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By Scottie Andrew, CNN | Photos by Shelby Knowles for CNN (CNN) — Ella hadn’t found a style that felt like her until a Lolita waltzed into her workplace in California’s Bay Area. Not a “Lolita” in the Nabokovian sense, the woman was an adult dressed in Lolita fashion, a style of dress popularized in

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom will send back gold and silver artifacts looted from Ghana in the 19th century after a long-term loan agreement was struck. Both the British Museum and the V&A will send items related to the Asante royal court to Ghana, where they will be displayed at the

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Steve Conradie was excited. It was July of 2022, and the co-founder of Discover Africa Safaris was out in the bush near the Khwai River in northern Botswana. For someone of Conradie’s experience, the setting wasn’t anything remarkable. Though not a professional guide, the South Africa native was first

By Mostafa Salem, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — New rules on alcohol in Saudi Arabia have been revealed ahead of the reported opening of the first-ever liquor store in the capital Riyadh. The rules regulating alcohol quotas for non-Muslim diplomatic missions are being introduced to “counter the illicit trade of alcohol goods,” the governmental Center

By Amy Fraher (CNN) — The aviation industry is still in shock from a near disaster on January 5, 2024, in which a 60-pound “door plug” blew out from a nearly new Boeing 737 MAX 9 in flight at 16,000 feet, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage. In response, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all 737 MAX 9

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Two hundred and fifty years after American revolutionaries dumped tea into Boston Harbor, a fresh diplomatic storm is brewing between Britain and the United States over the cherished beverage. Britain’s media has reacted with fury and bewilderment after a US scientist claimed the perfect cup of tea is

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Passenger Philip Baum recently experienced one of the most uncomfortable flights of his life. To Baum, it was obvious his seatmate, a stranger, was drunk. Flight crew, he says, “denied him alcohol.” “But in front of me, he managed to sneak more alcohol off the trolley,” Baum recalls. For

By Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to US aviation officials. The Delta Air Lines plane had been preparing to fly to Bogota, Colombia, on January 20 when the “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill,” according

CNN, KCBS By Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to US aviation officials. The Delta Air Lines plane had been preparing to fly to Bogota, Colombia, on January 20 when the “nose wheel came off and rolled down

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out at the National Art Gallery of Abkhazia — a pro-Russian separatist republic that is officially part of Georgia — in the early hours of Sunday morning, destroying at least 4,000 works of art, local state media has reported. “Everything burned down,” Acting Minister of Culture

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Get ready for another parade of Kim Kardashian in black spandex ensembles. Less than 24 hours after Balenciaga announced the Skims founder had officially joined the luxury house as a brand ambassador, Kardashian appeared in her first campaign in her new role to herald the return of the label’s

By Amy Woodyatt and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Celebrities, editors and designers congregated in Paris this week for the hotly anticipated Spring-Summer 2024 collections at Haute Couture Fashion Week. The event kicked off on Schiaparelli’s runway, where the stars were out in full force. Zendaya stole the limelight, donning an all black gown with

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A British wildlife park has hatched a new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots after they unleashed a tide of expletives. Back in 2020, five foul-mouthed African gray parrots, donated to Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in eastern England, were isolated from the flock in an attempt to improve their

By Samantha Tse, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows in Paris saw the return of Balmain Homme after a four-year absence, Givenchy’s first collection since Matthew Williams’ departure and the runway debut of fashion company 032c. Footwear was in focus, with designers offering ways for the willing to leave sneakers behind (some

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It’s the city that’s the main character in all your favorite TV shows and movies, the inspiration behind countless songs and art – and one of the famous destinations in the world. Perhaps it’s no wonder, then, that media company Time Out has named New York City as its

By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — While visiting London to see the work of her grandfather, the late Ghanaian photographer J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije, at the 2023 contemporary African art fair “1-54,” Kate Tamakloe was surprised to discover another of his images, uncredited, in the collection at the British capital’s Victoria and Albert Museum. “I asked how

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — If you order a box of frozen Kobe beef croquettes from Asahiya, a family-run butcher shop in Takasago City in western Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, it’ll take another 43 years before you receive your order. That isn’t a typo. Forty. Three. Years. Founded in 1926, Asahiya sold meat products

By Sarah Kent (CNN) — After close to two years of conflict, the global diamond market is set to feel the full consequences of the war in Ukraine. The European Union earlier this month added the world’s biggest diamond producer, Russia’s Alrosa, to its sanctions list alongside its CEO, Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev. The new year

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece of history. Using carbon dating, scientists discovered that the “Glen Affric” fabric, uncovered in a peat bog in the

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After living in Manhattan for more than two decades and New Jersey for five years, Charles “Chuck” H. Stevens and Berardino “Ben” Di Rienzo were ready for something new. The US couple, who’ve been together for around 37 years and married for 12, say they felt as though they