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By Heather Chen and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic subsides, prompting hopes that Indonesia’s battered tourism industry is on the road to recovery. But this week, controversial new laws were passed in parliament that ban cohabitation and sex outside marriage.

Katie Hunt, CNN Archaeologists have discovered a stunning 1,300-year-old necklace, made of gold, garnets and other semiprecious stones, at an excavation site in central England earmarked for a housing development. The necklace and other precious objects, called the Harpole Treasure after the local parish in Northamptonshire county where they were unearthed in April, also revealed

Alaa Elassar, CNN Chants of “Woman, Life, Freedom” echoed Sunday around Roosevelt Island in New York City as hundreds gathered to bring to life an art installation symbolizing solidarity with the women leading the uprising in Iran. At the center of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, a massive portrait of an Iranian teenager’s

Leah Dolan, CNN “London is back,” announced Selling Sunset’s Christine Quinn, whose pre-recorded year-in review-video message opened the 2022 Fashion Awards on Monday evening. “New York is back, Paris is back, Milan is back,” Quinn continued, as viral runway moments from fashion houses including Bottega Veneta, Coperni, Tommy Hilfiger flashed across screens inside the historic

By Wayne Chang It’s been nearly two months since Taiwan lifted its entry restrictions and ended mandatory quarantine, allowing most international tourists to visit the island. The government has since vowed to boost its tourism offerings and attract 10 million international visitors by 2025 after losing out on tourist revenue amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But

Francesca Street, CNN James Sanford was sitting on a bench at Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic, waiting for his bag to appear on the luggage carousel. It was August 2013, and Atlanta-based James, then in his late 20s, was in the Dominican Republic with his best friend to attend Pride celebrations. The

Francesca Perry, CNN Russian designer Harry Nuriev’s latest sofa is made from a pile of trash bags. Recently on show at the collectible design fair Design Miami, the Trash Bag Sofa was inspired by garbage on the streets of New York, and Nuriev wants it to draw attention to how we use and waste things.

By Leyla Santiago, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN When James Michael Grimes fell overboard from a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, he said the sheer will to live, along with strength from God, kept him alive as he miraculously swam for what he believes was more than 15 hours.

Radina Gigova, Yulia Kesaieva and Sophie Tanno, CNN Authorities in Ukraine have detained a group of people who allegedly tried to steal a mural by renowned graffiti artist Banksy from the wall of a building that was damaged by Russian shelling. The mural, which shows a woman wearing a gas mask and carrying a fire

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The Smith family returned to the red carpet on Wednesday for the premiere of Will Smith’s new film “Emancipation,” after several low-profile months following his now-infamous Oscars slap. And while nearly everyone showed up in a bold look, from Jada’s billowing white high-low gown to Jaden’s black-and-white photograph-printed suit, it was 22-year-old

Julia Buckley, CNN As Saudi Arabia continues to develop as a tourist destination, it’s making plans for big things — specifically, one of the world’s biggest airports. The King Salman International Airport, due to be built in capital Riyadh, will have no fewer than six parallel runways, allowing 185 million passengers to pass through annually

Leah Asmelash, CNN The prestigious annual Fashion Awards are back on Monday night, and one of the most hotly anticipated categories is the model of the year prize. Five top industry names — Adut Akech, Bella Hadid, Paloma Elsesser, Quannah Chasinghorse, and Lila Moss — have been nominated for the award, which recognizes the most

Yasmeen E. Awaja, CNN In the shimmering heat of the Saudi desert, it could be dismissed as a mirage — but photographer Khaled Al Enazi. has the pictures to prove he really did spot a giant fish-shaped rock emerging from the sands. Al Enazi captured images of the unusual formation using a drone while recording

By Issy Ronald, CNN A Helena’s tree frog, camouflaged against bark except for its glowing golden eyes, has been named as the overall winner of this year’s British Ecological Society photography competition, organizers have announced. A close-up of pink-tipped daisy petals, a terrestrial hermit crab using a plastic bottle cap as its new home and

Faith Karimi, CNN Pantone has spoken. The color that will shape the year ahead is — drum roll, please — Viva Magenta. The global color authority reveals its Color of the Year every December, and its 2023 choice, announced Thursday, is a vibrant relative of the red family. Described as “a nuanced crimson tone” that

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN After cutting up a $30,000 Damien Hirst print, getting into a (now settled) legal entanglement with Nike over custom Satan sneakers and sending Grimes to the Met Gala with a sword made from melted-down guns, Brooklyn art collective MSCHF last week dared the wealthiest attendees of Art Basel Miami Beach to reveal

By Forrest Brown, CNN Turns out Smells the cat has a lot to be thankful for. First, there was his news-making rescue by Transportation Security Administration officers, who saw the outline of the poor feline in a suitcase as it rolled through an airport X-ray security check earlier in November. The ginger cat — who

By Jack Guy, CNN A playful polar bear cub, two nuzzling red foxes and golden snub-nosed monkeys huddled together are among the shortlisted images for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2022. The pictures “spotlight important stories of nature from across the globe” and were chosen from 38,575 entries across 93 countries,

Julia Buckley, CNN Usually it’s the tourists behaving badly in Italy, but this time three men accused of crimes outside the Colosseum are locals. The men have been arrested on suspicion of extortion after dressing up as gladiators and centurions and demanding money from tourists for their self-styled “imperial selfies” — which they had asked

Joseph Ataman, Marguerite Lacroix and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Freshly baked news: the baguette, the long, crusty loaf bread that is a delicious staple of French life, has been awarded special protected status, placing it in a culinary pantheon alongside other regional food delicacies from around the world. The “artisanal know-how and culture of the baguette”

Faith Karimi, CNN Ellen Pompeo still remembers swooning over the beach house the first time she saw it. There was something special about the modernist structure, perched on a blufftop overlooking the ocean in Malibu, California. But there was one major hurdle: The cost. At the time, “Grey’s Anatomy” — the ABC medical drama series

Lianne Kolirin, CNN Conservators working at a castle in northwestern England have managed to rescue some unusual medieval stone carvings that were in danger of being destroyed by the elements. Built in 1092 by William II, Carlisle Castle was historically the most besieged castle in England, according to conservation charity English Heritage. In 1315, Scottish