By Kyle Blaine and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Saudi Arabia on Friday opened its airspace to all civilian carriers, including all flights to and from Israel, in a step toward normalizing relations between the two nations as US President Joe Biden tours the Middle East. In a statement shared hours before he was due to fly
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN Home entertainment today is defined by sleek, high definition flat screen televisions, voice controlled speakers, and cell phones that know us better than we know ourselves. So when we board an airplane, decade-old, bulky inflight entertainment screens can feel like a hangover from another era. Recent inflight entertainment concepts aim to revolutionize
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN A timber bridge in China, an art storage facility in the Netherlands and a Buddhist meditation center in Thailand are among over 250 buildings shortlisted in the annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards. Hailing from over 50 countries, the finalists will be judged in categories spanning residential, commercial and civic architecture, before
Continue Reading Joe Minihane, CNN Hiking is often derided by adrenaline addicts as somehow lesser than more hardcore mountain experiences like climbing or skiing. But as these challenging trails show, putting one foot in front of the other isn’t always the easy option. To undertake these famous hikes, you’ll need more than just a hefty dose of
Continue Reading Liz Kang, CNN and Jane Sit, CNN The early 2010s were an era of instant hits. From the “Harlem Shake” to “Party Rock Anthem”, digital platforms ushered in a new era of publicity — and virality. On July 15, 2012, South Korean singer and rapper Psy broke onto the global music scene with a bright
Continue Reading Liz Kang, CNN and Jane Sit, CNN The early 2010s were an era of instant hits. From the “Harlem Shake” to “Party Rock Anthem”, digital platforms ushered in a new era of publicity — and virality. On July 15, 2012, South Korean singer and rapper Psy broke onto the global music scene with a bright
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN The cultural phenomenon that was pre-2020 Victoria’s Secret, with its televised lingerie catwalks and salacious TV ads, may be at times hard to fathom in a post-#MeToo world. What was once a multi-million-dollar fantasy of womanhood — exclusively svelte, athletic models in lace-trimmed thongs or diamante push-up bras, each framed by a
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Disney’s newest cruise ship is setting sail on its maiden voyage Thursday from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the Bahamas. Disney Wish is the fifth ship in the cruise line’s fleet and the first new Disney ship in a decade. The mammoth vessel, weighing in at about 144,000 gross tons, carries a
Continue Reading By Barry Neild, CNN Cycling vacations usually conjure up images of pedaling across the French countryside, a baguette lashed to the handlebars, or perhaps a breezy ride along the flat and friendly bike paths that weave their way through cities like Copenhagen or Amsterdam. They don’t usually involve the Arabian desert, where summer temperatures and
Continue Reading Amarachi Orie, CNN A hidden self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered behind one of his paintings, covered by layers of glue and cardboard for more than a century. The image was found when art conservators took an X-ray of Van Gogh’s 1885 “Head of a Peasant Woman” painting ahead of a forthcoming exhibition.
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN It’s been an unusual couple of years for the aviation industry. After months of pandemic-related groundings, travel’s returned not with a bang, but with a bit of a whimper, as many global airlines and airports struggle with cancellations and delays. In the midst of this chaotic season of travel, Australia-based aviation safety
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The ability to enhance your body is everywhere today: wearable tech to help you sleep better or exercise more efficiently, “smart drugs” to sharpen your focus and memory recall, injectable fillers to tweak the features of your face, genetic testing to identify and mitigate potential health risks. But what if humans fully
Continue Reading Lianne Kolirin, CNN Acclaimed writer Khaled Hosseini has said he has “never been prouder” of his daughter, after she came out as transgender. The Afghan-American novelist posted a black and white picture of his daughter on social media Wednesday, with a heartfelt message about her news. Hosseini, whose work includes bestselling novels “The Kite Runner,”
Continue Reading Mia Alberti, CNN Public transport prices on state-owned service across Spain have already been slashed in half in response to rapidly rising energy and inflation rates. Now the government has announced further 100% discounts. As of September, passengers will be able to travel across various trains operated by public train network Renfe for absolutely nothing.
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN | Esha Mitra, CNN A statue of India’s national emblem, unveiled this week atop the country’s new parliament, has been slammed by government critics for its “unnecessarily aggressive” appearance. Officials maintain that the 10-ton bronze sculpture, which depicts four lions, is an enlarged like-for-like replica of the ancient statue the emblem was
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Amid the thousands of treasures in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian art collection, a small bronze mirror dating back to the 15th or 16th century always seemed rather unremarkable. Last exhibited in 2017, it had spent much of the preceding decades in storage, where it sat on a backroom shelf alongside
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN London Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, has made the extraordinary move of asking airlines to stop selling tickets for outbound travel this summer. The airport will be limiting passenger traffic to just 100,000 departures per day until September 11. Here’s what you need to know about the measure. Why
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Bad weather. Computer glitches. Staffing shortages. Oversold flights. Inflation. It has been a tough slog for some air travelers this year — starting with the winter holiday season and extending in waves into the summer of 2022. What if you’re one of the unlucky passengers caught up in these events, such
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 200-year-old “pristine” cobalt mine has been discovered in Cheshire, northwest England, revealing a trove of personal objects left behind by workers. The mine, which would have been in production during the Napoleonic Wars, was found in Alderley Edge village. It is believed to have been abandoned in 1810, according
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Get your credit card out and your favorite booking platforms at the ready: US magazine and news website TIME has just released its list of the world’s 50 greatest places of 2022. The list was compiled by its international network of correspondents and contributors, and, says TIME in a statement, “with
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