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By Barry Neild and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s leading aircraft manufacturer says it’s completed a successful test flight of a new widebody passenger airplane that it claims could replace Western aircraft in the country’s skies.  The United Aircraft Corporation said a prototype of its IL-96-400M long-haul airplane has taken off for the first

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — What do a 17th-century European woman and an image-conscious Gen Z-er have in common? For one, both might choose to adorn a blemish mark with a star-shaped sticker. In the 17th and 18th centuries, women (and sometimes men) bought beauty patches to cover smallpox, syphilis scars, or simply

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years after the publication of his “First Folio” on November 8, 1623, British filmmaker Jack Jewers has sent a

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When a famous British tree was “deliberately felled” in September, pictures showed the trunk lying, horizontal, over part of Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall. The tree, located in the Northumberland National Park in northern England, was recognizable internationally thanks to its cameo in Kevin Costner’s 1991 movie “Robin Hood: Prince

By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — An animal grazes, oblivious to another tracking it silently from behind. The predator waits for the perfect moment, then pounces. It’s over in a flash. It’s a scene most of us might associate with an open savannah in a nature documentary, but photographer Andy Murray is watching the drama

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Art history is filled with examples of the powerful and the wealthy communicating their status through portraiture. Not just sovereigns, but military leaders, aristocrats, and champions of industry. This is particularly true of Western art, at a time when European nations conquered land, peoples and commerce. But what of

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — American company Pizza Hut has teamed up with a century-old Hong Kong restaurant to put a modern spin on a traditional dish, or more simply, snake on a pizza. The new offering combines shredded snake meat, black mushrooms and Chinese dried ham – all indispensable ingredients of

CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For a few days in the southern hemisphere every spring, the world’s biggest and most famous coral reef explodes. This is coral spawning season – a time when the Great Barrier Reef creates the next generation of corals. In fact, as some scientists explain it, it’s when the

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For a few days in the southern hemisphere every spring, the world’s biggest and most famous coral reef explodes. This is coral spawning season – a time when the Great Barrier Reef creates the next generation of corals. In fact, as some scientists explain it, it’s when the whole

By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Following criticism from animal rights group PETA for using live butterflies in dresses, the founder of Japanese brand Undercover has apologized and promised to never feature living animals in his designs. “I regret that I trapped butterflies that could fly freely in the sky,” said Jun Takahashi in a

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday night in New York City, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) presented its annual Fashion Awards at the American Museum of Natural History. It’s one of the biggest events of the year for industry insiders and creatives, as the ceremony aims to promote US designers on

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A rare first-class menu from the Titanic sold for £83,000 ($102,000) on Saturday as part of an auction of memorabilia associated with the doomed ocean liner. Heavily water-stained, with some of the lettering partly erased, the menu likely ended up in the North Atlantic for a time when