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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

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Mist rising from the Tuscan hills, a tiny fish staring at the ocean from inside the neck of a glass bottle, and a pangolin tucked contentedly under the chin of her carer are among the winning entries from the 2023 Travel Photographer of the Year competition. Shot all around

By Nell Card, CNN (CNN) — The human predilection for living alongside patterns can be traced back to our ancestors who marked the walls of their caves with dots, lines, zigzags and cross-hatching. Tens of thousands of years on, it is arguably wallpaper — that most ephemeral of design items — that provides one of

CNN By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When a Japan Airlines airplane collided with a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport earlier this month, the JAL A350 aircraft was swiftly engulfed in flames and terrifying images of the runway fire spread across social media. Former Japan Airlines flight attendant and cabin safety officer Mizuki

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When a Japan Airlines airplane collided with a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport earlier this month, the JAL A350 aircraft was swiftly engulfed in flames and terrifying images of the runway fire spread across social media. Former Japan Airlines flight attendant and cabin safety officer Mizuki Urano

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The custodians of an ancient Hindu religious site in Malaysia are planning to install an escalator as an alternative for those visitors either unable or unwilling to climb the 272 steps leading to its temple and cave shrines. The Batu Caves are one of Malaysia’s most popular tourist attractions.

By Veronica Lin, CNN (CNN) — In a behind-the-scenes video posted to social media, 9-year-old Zou Shengyu can be seen pointing her analog camera at ”Aquaman” star Jason Momoa for a series of portraits. Seemingly unfazed by his bulky six-foot-four-inch physique, the young Chinese photographer gives clear instructions to the actor, asking him to pose

By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Holden Ringer has experienced incredible highs trekking across America on foot. The avid walker from Seattle has hobnobbed with state representatives in Georgia, eaten tacos in Kansas and seen the oldest KFC in America. Of course, he’s also had his share of unpleasant moments – walking over roadside kill,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Why the cost of living is high but plane tickets are relatively cheap, the best countries for expats in 2024 and the big-shot movie stars getting in trouble in the United States and Europe. Airfares are down If you’re searching for a silver lining,

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — In April 2023, George Fox was gearing up for the adventure of a lifetime: a three-year cruise taking him around the world. The departure was set for Life at Sea’s inaugural cruise, slated to leave Istanbul on November 1. There was just one problem: His bank refused to wire

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Nestled in the Pyrenees mountains, La Molina is Spain’s oldest ski resort. It boasts the biggest superpipe in the Pyrenees and its slopes have hosted high-profile events, from the Alpine Skiing World Cup to the Snowboard World Championships. But La Molina now faces an existential threat: A dearth of

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone has just finished playing a morally complicated home-flipper in the first season of “The Curse,” and now the actor is selling her own newly-renovated Los Angeles abode. Stone has listed a two-story Westwood pied-à-terre for just under $4 million through Sotheby’s International Reality. Built in 1926, the four-bedroom,

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A set of Winston Churchill’s false teeth is expected to fetch up to £8,000 ($10,000) when it goes on sale in England next month. Churchill, Britain’s prime minister during World War II, had several sets of upper dentures that were specifically constructed to maintain his natural lisp and were mounted

By Christy Choi and Francesca Annio, CNN (CNN) — After Japanese author Rie Kudan won one of the country’s most prestigious literary awards, she admitted she’d had help from an unusual source — ChatGPT. “I plan to continue to profit from the use of AI in the writing of my novels, while letting my creativity

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — From legendary nightlife hotspots to volcanic outposts far off the continent’s mainland, Europe has islands in spades. But for every Mykonos, Ibiza or Santorini, there’s someplace lesser known and equally lovely to escape to where you can ditch the crowds and get closer to nature. Here are some of

Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Taking a long-distance train journey often feels like going back in time. Now, a new route opening up fast, direct access between two European countries will spin passengers back more than a century to the times of the Habsburg empire. A new high-speed route between Italy and Slovenia is now

By Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — Think of Balenciaga today, and you may think of bold accessories emblazoned with the brand’s name, futuristic footwear, and runway shows featuring celebrities splashed across social media. Yet the label’s origins were rather more discreet; founder Cristóbal Balenciaga was renowned for his privacy, secrecy and need for control over every

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN Naples, Italy (CNN) — A three-year project to build a children’s playground and recreation area south of the Italian city of Naples has unearthed the ruins of a 2000-year-old clifftop beach house. Built in the first century, the panoramic mansion — which overlooks the islands of Ischia and Procida — is