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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN “It’s more fun in the Philippines” is the tourism tagline that draws travelers from around the globe to explore the country’s pristine beaches and lush mountains. But getting there is not always a smooth journey, as anyone unfortunate enough to be at Manila’s airport during two crippling power outages this year

By Tara John, Duarte Mendonca and Max Foster, CNN Parts of a controversial public order bill, which empowers British police to take stronger action against peaceful protesters, will come into force on Wednesday, days ahead of the coronation of King Charles III. The Home Office said the Public Order Act on Tuesday received royal assent

By Issy Ronald, CNN King Charles III’s sister Princess Anne has said that a slimmed-down monarchy “doesn’t sound like a good idea.” Comments by the Princess Royal, who is 16th in line to the British throne and is considered to be one of the hardest-working royals, were made during a wide-ranging interview Monday. In the

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN With the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her rural Balmoral home in September, Charles III instantly became King. In the days that followed, he was formally proclaimed Britain’s new monarch and now, after months of painstaking preparation, his coronation is upon us. Heir to the

By Issy Ronald, CNN The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a new photograph of their daughter, Princess Charlotte, to mark her eighth birthday on Tuesday. Shared the evening before her birthday, the photo shows Charlotte sitting in a white chair wearing a white floral dress and smiling at the camera. Like many of

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN India is now home to the world’s tallest railway bridge. Some 29 meters (over 95 feet) taller than the Eiffel Tower, the Chenab Bridge sits 359 meters (around 1,180 feet) above the Chenab River in India’s contentious Jammu and Kashmir region. After decades of construction, the bridge in northern India will

By Kathleen Magramo and Hilary Whiteman, CNN The Australian government will ban e-cigarettes through a heavy set of controls on imports and packaging to discourage vaping, especially among teens, under its biggest smoking reforms in more than a decade. Australian Health Minister Mark Butler on Tuesday said vaping has become a top behavioral issue in

CNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuban police cracked down on protesters in the isolated town of Caimanera, close to the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, after dozens took to the streets on Saturday demanding better living conditions and freedom. Videos posted to social media show a crowd protesting in front of government buildings, before riot police

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN As the gas lines grow longer, tempers in Cuba are growing shorter. Since mid-April, Cuba has been beset with its most dire fuel shortages in years, prompting comparisons to the severe disruptions Cubans suffered after the fall of the Soviet Union. Lines stretch for blocks even at gas stations where there

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN “MasterChef Australia” host Jock Zonfrillo has died suddenly age 46 on the eve of the cooking show’s new series, according to a statement from Australian broadcaster Network 10. The Scottish presenter passed away in Melbourne on Sunday, according to the statement, which gave no cause of death. Zonfrillo joined the popular

CNN By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN With her husband’s accession to the throne, Camilla has become Britain’s new Queen, taking on a new and more prominent role alongside King Charles III. She was ever-present at Charles’ side as he publicly grieved his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, and stepped into his new

By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN With her husband’s accession to the throne, Camilla has become Britain’s new Queen, taking on a new and more prominent role alongside King Charles III. She was ever-present at Charles’ side as he publicly grieved his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, and stepped into his new role.

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN There is a popular saying in Italian — similar to how Anglophones use “when hell freezes over” — that translates as “I’ll do it when the bridge to Messina is finished.” The dream of a bridge connecting the mainland to Sicily across the Straits of Messina goes back to Roman

By Heather Chen and Juliana Liu, CNN An Indonesian food giant has defended the safety of its products following recalls in Malaysia and Taiwan, where health officials say they have discovered a potentially cancer-causing substance in the popular Indomie brand of instant noodles. “We would like to emphasize that … our Indomie instant noodles are

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN New photographs of Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been released by Buckingham Palace on Friday. The three images were taken by photographer Hugo Burnand in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace last month, according to a statement from the palace. In one photo, Charles is shown sitting

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN With the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her rural Balmoral home in September, Charles III instantly became King. In the days that followed, he was formally proclaimed Britain’s new monarch and now, after months of painstaking preparation, his coronation is upon us. Heir to the

By Chris Lau, CNN Australian police are scouring a dump site in Queensland for the remains of a woman whose body is believed to have been inside a trash can that was emptied into a garbage truck during a regular rubbish collection. Lesley Trotter, 78, was reported missing from her Brisbane home by her family