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By Lucy Sherriff, CNN A bumpy, 10-passenger plane ride from Belize City takes you over lush green jungles, craggy mountaintops and skims along the vibrant Caribbean Sea, dotted with paradisiacal atolls, before coming to land on a one-strip airport, a slash of dusty red in the midst of thick treetops. This is the airport of

By Rob Frehse, CNN Nearly 60 antiquities valued at almost $19 million were returned to Italy in a repatriation ceremony, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Some had been seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. “These 58 pieces represent thousands of years of rich history, yet traffickers throughout Italy utilized looters to

Shama Nasinde, CNN Skepta, one of the UK’s most prominent grime musicians and producers, can add a new title to his resume: artist and curator. The award-winning performer has guest curated a section of the upcoming “Contemporary Curated” sale, a Sotheby’s initiative which sees famous figures — from Oprah to the late Virgil Abloh —

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Backpacking tends to be associated with young people with few responsibilities. But more and more parents have been opting to take their children off on extended trips around the world in the past few years. In fact, a recent travel trends report by American Express Travel found that 76% of those parents

Alaa Elassar, CNN Hidden for decades, a mosaic that is a “key part of Rome’s history” was located and returned to the Italian government, the Federal Bureau of Investigations said in a news release on Friday. In 2020, an attorney contacted the FBI Art Crime Team on behalf of an anonymous client who was in possession

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN It’s Labor Day weekend in the United States and Canada and just plain old September everywhere else. CNN Travel is back with another weekly roundup of news from planes, trains, the great outdoors and the ocean depths. Life at sea A new underwater expedition will set out September 4 to explore

Lauren del Valle, Liam Reilly and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dozens of ancient artifacts investigators believe were looted have been seized from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The office seized 27 artifacts from the Met using three search warrants. They will be repatriated to their countries of

Toyin Owoseje, CNN One of the world’s most twisted towers has been unveiled in Chongqing, China. The Dance Of Light tower, designed by architecture firm Aedas and completed this year, is 180 meters (590 feet) tall and features a twisted facade that emulates the shape of the northern lights, according to a press release. Located

Leah Dolan, CNN Celebrities dressed to the nines have descended on the Venice Lido this week to attend the 79th installment of the city’s annual film festival. It’s set to be a star-studded event, with the premieres of Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” starring Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver, the buzzy “Don’t Worry Darling” directed by

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN The world’s tallest outdoor elevator might be two decades old, but it remains just as popular as ever, offering fast and effortless views of a national park many believe inspired the incredible scenery of the 2009 film “Avatar.” The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan, China is famed for its

By Ross Levitt, Pete Muntean and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident at the Orlando airport last month in which a Cessna single-engine plane and a Delta Boeing 757 came within “close proximity” to one another, the agency said. The close pass occurred when the planes were departing the Orlando

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN A Canadian company has unveiled plans for a fully electric train-style vehicle which could travel at 1,000 kilometers per hour and, it claims, would cost less than a plane ticket to travel on. FluxJet was announced by TransPod in its home city of Toronto last month, with a scaled-down one-tonne version