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By Forrest Brown, CNN Once every four years, influential Texas Monthly magazine comes out with one of its most highly anticipated cover stories. And it’s not about oil or the economy or politics or tourism. It’s about something that might be taken even more seriously by folks there. Barbecue. Namely, the 50 best BBQ joints

Melanie Swan, CNN The UAE may have only just celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence but Abu Dhabi has a centuries-old past. The largest of the emirates boasts an array of UNESCO World Heritage sites as well as some of the country’s most well-preserved forts which showcase its key geographical location over the centuries, telling

Heather Chen, CNN Visiting the world’s largest Buddhist temple is about to get expensive. Borobudur, one of Indonesia’s most popular attractions, will soon be subjected to a massive price hike by government authorities in an effort to “preserve historic and cultural wealth” in the country. “We agreed to limit the tourist quota to 1,200 people

Megan C. Hills Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations were full of lavish pageantry to mark the British monarch’s 70-year-reign. And with the packed schedule of events, which included a tribute service at St. Paul’s Cathedral and a concert at Buckingham Palace, came many fashion highlights. Members of the Royal Family were seen throughout the

Zoe Sottile, CNN Several ancient works of art at the Dallas Museum of Art, including Greek vessels crafted thousands of years ago, were damaged by an intruder Wednesday night. “June 1, after Museum hours, an individual forcibly entered the Dallas Museum of Art,” the museum said in a statement. “Museum security responded immediately and Dallas

Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN When Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi fled her country in 2006 due to a leaked tape, she thought her career was over. But on Saturday she became the first Iranian to win the best actress award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Ebrahimi rose to fame in her native Iran, but the

Megan C. Hills, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex proved she’s still got strong royal fashion game as she made a dazzling arrival to the honorary National Service of Thanksgiving mass in London on Friday, to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The duchess made her appearance at St Paul’s Cathedral alongside husband Prince Harry. Their visit

Ziyu Zhang, CNN An opulent 260-year-old gilded carriage hit London streets again for the first time in two decades, beaming a hologram of a young Queen Elizabeth II. The Gold State Coach, which first transported the 96-year-old British monarch from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey on her coronation day in 1953, led a spectacular procession

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN A new ship design concept from Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein could be the first step toward a zero-emission future for expedition cruises and a range of other maritime operations. The proposed 500-foot-long vessel is called Thor — a reference to both the Norse god of thunder and the element thorium, which would

By Emiko Jozuka and Yuki Kurihara, CNN Sailing solo across the world’s largest ocean once is enough of an achievement. But 83-year-old Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie has done it multiple times. On Saturday, June 4, he set a record by becoming the world’s oldest solo yachtsman to sail non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. Horie

By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the halls of the United Nations, who agreed to recognize the change on Wednesday after a request from Turkey’s government. The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December. “The process we started under

By Jennifer Henderson and Paradise Afshar, CNN Some wedding chapels in Las Vegas are receiving cease-and-desist letters demanding they stop using Elvis’ image and likeness in their operations, according to two letters obtained by CNN. ​In letters two chapels have received and shared with CNN, an attorney for Authentic Brands Group (ABG) says the businesses

Megan C. Hills, CNN Outside Buckingham Palace in London, a towering “Tree of Trees” has been erected as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The sculpture, made of 350 smaller trees and plants, was designed by British “starchitect” Thomas Heatherwick and will serve as the centerpiece for one of the celebration’s key events —

By Katia Hetter, CNN Americans entered Memorial Day weekend with the United States at five times the level of Covid-19 infection compared with this time last year. Cases continue to rise in most parts of the country, driven by the very contagious BA.2.12.1 subvariant. At the same time, many more people are returning to pre-pandemic

By Reuters The administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor, including ending a prohibition on US airline flights to Cuban airports other than Havana. The US Transportation Department (USDOT) issued the order at the request of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who

Leah Dolan, CNN | Video: Angelica Pursley, CNN; Max Burnell, CNN As Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, the Queen is both a cherished and consistent part of public life — her image synonymous with stability and tradition to the British people. When masses gather and wait dutifully to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty, the color she

By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days. But it is his latest adventure that is creating a buzz after he successfully completed a motorcycle ride from London to Lagos. The journey took 41 days as he traveled

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN Grab your party hats and hang up your bunting — the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II are nearly upon us. No other monarch in British history has achieved 70 years of service. The Queen, then aged 25, acceded to the throne on

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN After spending several years renovating a nearly finished California home with his husband, the last thing graphic designer Mark Goff was thinking about was taking on another big project. But curiosity got the better of him when a blog about renovating a ruined chateau in France popped up on his computer screen,