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1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village found in Mexico City

By Issy Ronald and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village in Mexico City, complete with large concentrations of ceramics and three human burials, Mexico’s National Institute of History and Anthropology has announced. Excavations between March and June unearthed several remnants of buildings within the settlement, including drainage channels, holes

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Wear a rainbow Swatch watch in Malaysia and you could face 3 years in jail

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Wearing a rainbow-themed Swatch watch in Malaysia could now land you three years in jail, after the government banned what it described as the brand’s “LGBTQ related” products — claiming they are “harmful to morality.” Anybody who wears, sells, imports or distributes the Swiss watchmaker’s rainbow-themed products — including

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China loosens its pandemic-era ban on citizens joining group tours abroad

Reuters (CNN) — China has lifted pandemic-era restrictions on group tours for more countries, including key markets such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia, in a potential boon for their tourism industries. The decision was announced by China’s culture and tourism ministry on Thursday, effective immediately. Prior to the pandemic, mainland Chinese tourists spent more than

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Why Remedios Varo, one of the ‘three witches’ of surrealism, continues to fascinate

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In her Mexico City studio, the artist Remedios Varo — who painted meticulous, fantastical scenes in the mid-20th century — kept all her essentials nearby: paintbrushes, oil paints, graphite, hardboard and luminescent quartz crystals, which she charged by moonlight in hopes of harnessing an arcane energy. Varo — full

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