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CNN Richard Quest and Julia Buckley, CNN There’s something in the air in Seattle. And while at first sniff you might assume that it’s coffee, nose a little harder and you’ll notice that Seattle doesn’t run on caffeine — it runs on innovation. It’s not for nothing that this city has spawned Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing
Continue ReadingRichard Quest and Julia Buckley, CNN There’s something in the air in Seattle. And while at first sniff you might assume that it’s coffee, nose a little harder and you’ll notice that Seattle doesn’t run on caffeine — it runs on innovation. It’s not for nothing that this city has spawned Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing and
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN More than two decades ago, Jennifer Lopez changed the internet forever when she wore a dress so striking it inspired engineers to build Google Image Search. It was at the 2000 Grammy Awards, when Lopez’s emerald green and blue palm leaf printed Versace dress became one of fashion history’s most enduring outfits.
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN As this year’s Lunar New Year celebrations draw to a close, it’s time to get ready for the grand finale, a.k.a. the Lantern Festival. Happening on the 15th day of the first lunar month (February 5 this year), the event, called Yuan Xiao Jie in Mandarin Chinese, is considered the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN So far this week, more than 6,000 flights have been canceled within, into or out of the United States as icy weather has hit large swaths of the country. By Thursday afternoon, nearly 6,300 flight cancellations had been logged on flight tracking site FlightAware since Monday, including more than 750 Thursday
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN For decades she’s been dubbed “queen of the skies” and now it’s official — kind of. The last Boeing 747 to ever be produced traced the shape of a crown in the sky as she made her maiden flight. Cargo operator Atlas Air took delivery of the jumbo jet on Tuesday, in
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN Gillian Anderson has called on women around the world to contact her anonymously about their sexual fantasies. Anderson, who plays forthright sex therapist Jean Milburn in the blockbuster Netflix series “Sex Education,” has posted a video on Instagram and explained that she’s “launching a major exploration of women and sex.” Seated on
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Whether it’s a denim bralet hastily fashioned from a jean waistband or a pair of leather pants so low-slung they exposed her pubic bone, Julia Fox has become synonymous with daredevil dressing. But her wardrobe hasn’t always been this risqué. After rising to fame in 2019 after being cast in “Uncut Gems,”
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN After losing her house to a fire, Jo Ann Ussery had a peculiar idea: to live in an airplane. She bought an old Boeing 727 that was destined for the scrapyard, had it shipped to a plot of land she already owned, and spent six months renovating, doing most of the
Continue ReadingSIlvia Marchetti, CNN Ever dream of really getting away from it all? The Italians have long known how to do it. For centuries this has been a land of hermits and religious retreats — and Italy is still full of secluded monasteries and abbeys where religious folk have lived in seclusion. Only, you don’t have
Continue ReadingIssy Ronald, CNN It was a find of such magnitude that the amateur detectorist who discovered it was lost for words, and the expert who unraveled its mysteries spent two years researching it. Charlie Clarke had only been metal detecting for six months when, in 2019, he unearthed a gold pendant in Warwickshire, in England’s
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Pamela Anderson made her name in red. In fact, the swimwear she and her “Baywatch” co-stars wore in the 1990s is so iconic that Pantone has since officially named the tone “Baywatch Red.” So there was, perhaps, no better color the 55-year-old star could have worn to the premiere of Netflix’s new
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Every year, Americans in snowy states wait with bated breath to see whether Punxsutawney Phil will spot his shadow. And every year, we take Phil’s weather forecast — six more weeks of winter, or an early spring? — as gospel, meteorology be damned. It’s about as strange (and cute) as holidays
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN A couple abandoned their baby at an airport check-in desk in Tel Aviv, Israel after arriving without a ticket for the child. The pair, who have not been identified, were checking in for a Ryanair flight from Ben Gurion International Airport to Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday with the infant. It emerged that
Continue ReadingIssy Ronald, CNN Eating out seems to have been as popular 5,000 years ago as it is today, with archaeologists in Iraq uncovering an ancient tavern dating back to 2,700 BCE. Researchers working in the ancient city of Lagash discovered that the pub, hidden just 19 inches below the surface, was split into an open-air
Continue ReadingYenni Kwok for CNN With extremely cold temperatures gripping much of the United States, travelers may be wondering how their planes are made safe for flying. The short answer: Along with regular deicing of planes before take-off, airlines put their aircraft through rigorous testing in some of the coldest places on the planet before they
Continue ReadingBen Jones, CNN As the world opens up to international travel again, it’s time to look beyond the usual tourist trails for your next adventure on rails. But instead of using the train as just a mode of transport, how about making it the vacation? Here’s our guide to 10 of Europe’s most underrated scenic
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN From floating ‘diamonds’ to roaming volcanoes, an array of eclectic and innovative superyacht concepts has been emerging in recent months, and this latest invention from Lazzarini Design Studio is no exception. Powered by a hydrofoil system, the 74-meter-long vessel, known as Plectrum, can lift itself above the water surface and seemingly “fly”
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Dallas Police Department released surveillance video and a photo of an unidentified man they want to speak to in regard to two tamarin monkeys who were believed to be stolen from the zoo on Monday. “Dallas Police are looking for the public’s help in identifying the pictured
Continue ReadingBy Miquel Ros, CNN More than half a century since the original jumbo jet ushered in a glamorous new jet age, helping bring affordable air travel to millions of passengers, the last-ever Boeing 747 was delivered on Tuesday, marking the start of the final chapter for the much-loved airplane. In a ceremony that was broadcast
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