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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A warship carrying about 330 people — including James Stuart, future King of England — ran aground and sank on May 6, 1682. Now the shipwreck’s location has finally been revealed off the coast of England 340 years later. When the HMS Gloucester sank, it became half buried in the seabed.
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN You might need a stiff drink before you even get to this watering hole. A 240-meter-long (787 feet) glass bridge with a “diamond-shaped” bar suspended in the center was unveiled at Dashbashi Canyon, located around two hours drive from capital city Tbilisi, in Southern Georgia earlier this week. Constructed by investment group
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN As her plane began its descent into the Seychelles on October 6, 2019, Ugandan-American travel influencer Jessica Nabongo peered out of the window, preparing herself for the momentous occasion about to take place. Not only was she about to become a member of a prestigious club made up of the very few
Continue ReadingMarianne Garvey Kim Kardashian did not ruin Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress at the Met Gala. That’s according to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, which owns Monroe’s dress and lent it to Kardashian for the May event. The museum and events franchise said in a statement Thursday that despite claims otherwise, Kardashian “did not, in any
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As the quest for less environmentally damaging aviation continues, one Spanish airline has thrown its hat into the ring by ordering new hybrid airships — which pack as much of a punch visually as they are said to do environmentally. Air Nostrum, which operates flights under the Iberia Regional umbrella from its
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerini, CNN After a year off due to the pandemic and a scaled-down iteration in September 2021, Milan’s Salone del Mobile — the international design fair that’s been held annually since 1961 — was back in full force last week. Beyond the trade show itself, which was packed with household names in the world
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite one man’s recent cancer scare. They took photo No. 9 on Wednesday, 40 years after they shot the first in 1982 at a prefabricated cabin at Copco Lake along the
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite one man’s recent cancer scare. They took photo No. 9 on Wednesday, 40 years after they shot the first in 1982 at a prefabricated cabin at Copco Lake along
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN Germany’s highest appeal court has ruled that a medieval sculpture can remain on the outside of a church in Wittenberg, eastern Germany, despite acknowledging that it is anti-Semitic. The sandstone carving, which has been part of the exterior of Wittenberg Stadtkirche — or city church — since around 1290, depicts two people
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN With its cliff-chiseled road, dramatic curves and sheer drops towards the turquoise sea far below, the Amalfi Coast has become an iconic road trip destination. A little too iconic, perhaps — because these days, it has become as legendary for its traffic as for its spectacular setting. Tales of miles-long backups abound,
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN James Patterson, the best-selling crime and mystery novelist, apologized for saying that White men are kept from getting writing jobs due to “racism.” Patterson, who recently co-authored a book with Dolly Parton and this month published his autobiography, made the initial comment in an interview with the UK’s Sunday Times. Patterson said
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ($52.8 million) at Sotheby’s London on Wednesday, the first time the artwork has been auctioned in its almost six-decade history. “Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud,” painted in 1964, was intended to be the centerpiece of a large triptych —
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Ryanair has confirmed that South Africans will no longer have to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality before boarding flights to the UK. The low-cost airline is abandoning the controversial requirement after receiving a huge backlash from South Africans, with some accusing Ryanair of racial discrimination. The apparent U-turn
Continue ReadingNadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured portraits at his studio in Booysens, Johannesburg. His medium is the plastic litter he collects from local rubbish dumps and city streets. “Animals are dying, fish in the ocean are dying — because of
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat designer reckons his design could revolutionize budget travel. Alejandro Núñez Vicente’s Chaise Longue Airplane Seat concept started small scale last year, as a college project for the then 21-year-old. A nomination
Continue ReadingKathleen Magramo, CNN A turtleshell-shaped box and a sacrificial altar are among a treasure trove of 13,000 relics dating back over 3,000 years discovered by archaeologists in southwest China. The relics — many made of gold, bronze and jade — were unearthed in six sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui archaeological site, near Chengdu, Chinese state
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Wedding season is in full swing after two years of delayed or pared down “micro” ceremonies, and one thing is clear: Classic is out, wear-what-you-want is in. For the big celebrity unions of the season, that shift has brought us Kourtney Kardashian’s corseted Dolce & Gabbana mini dress with a dramatic long
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN An Indian street food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis and an African American chef at a fine dining restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, earned three of the American culinary community’s top awards on Monday night. Mashama Bailey, chef at The Grey in Savannah, is
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Many mountaineers will tell you that climbing down Mount Everest is harder than climbing up. But South African Pierre Carter has come up with a breathtaking, death-defying workaround: hang gliding his way back to the bottom. In May 2022, Carter made history by becoming the first person ever granted a permit
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese painting who later reimagined modern art in his adopted American homeland, Zhang’s work
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