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By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Maria Avdeeva, CNN The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or “Dream,” the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old Bashynsky, one of its pilots. This is the first time Bashynsky has come back

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In 1650, the city of Rome was abuzz. The Spanish artist Diego Velázquez had just exhibited a portrait in the Pantheon’s domed interior. His subject: Juan de Pareja, an Andalusian man who was enslaved and serving as Velázquez’s studio assistant. Not only was a formal portrait of a man of African heritage

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN A shortage of air traffic controllers has major airlines considering summer schedule cuts to prevent delays. American Airlines told CNN it plans to slash service at two major New York area airports, and both United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN He’d spent years backpacking around the world, and Japanese traveler Daisuke Kajiyama was finally ready to return home to pursue his long-held dream of opening up a guesthouse. In 2011, Kajiyama arrived back in Japan with his Israeli partner Hila, who he met in Nepal, and the pair set about finding the

Francesca Street, CNN High flyers hoping to hop to the Netherlands in a private jet might be forced to rethink their travel plans, as Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is proposing a private jet ban. The notoriously busy airport has suggested a series of measures to reduce its air traffic and create a “quieter, cleaner and better”

By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Cape Town is the embodiment of multicultural South Africa. Long home to nomadic pastoralists, the country’s oldest city dates its modern history to 1652, when settlers from the Dutch East India Company set up a watering station for vessels heading to Asia. Today, in spite of the dark

Thomas Page, CNN Last year, a small independent movie by a debut director premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Called “Joyland,” it was notably the first Pakistani feature to screen at the world’s most prestigious film festival. The cast walked the red carpet, posed for photographs and received a standing ovation — all routine procedures

By Pierre Bairin and Joseph Ataman, CNN Residents of Paris have voted in favor of banning rental electric scooters from the French capital. Almost 90% of those who turned out on Sunday for a referendum organized by the Paris mayor’s office voted for the ban. The turnout was very low, however, with only 7.46% of

Toyin Owoseje, CNN Fans of “Saturday Night Fever” have the chance to grab a piece of pop culture history later this month when the white three-piece suit worn in the movie by John Travolta comes up for auction. The monochromatic ensemble is expected to fetch up to $200,000 when it goes under the hammer as

Moeri Karasawa, CNN In Japan’s ramen restaurants, there’s an unspoken rule: eat quickly and leave. One noodle shop owner takes this custom so seriously that he began timing how long his customers would take to start to eat. He found that those who waited the longest amount of time to dig into their piping hot

Radina Gigova, CNN and Amarachi Orie, CNN | Oscar Holland, CNN The Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto — who wrote the haunting score to “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” and won an Oscar for 1987’s “The Last Emperor” — has died aged 71. His management team announced that he died on March 28. He had been treated