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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — For more than fifty years, athletes competing in the Olympic Games have often been cheered on by either a furry, feathered or slimy friend. The Olympic mascot – a cartoonish encapsulation of the host city’s culture and history – is so important, designs are often selected and finalized years

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — It was meant to be one of the most advanced aircraft of its era, dispatching the threat of Soviet nuclear bombers and making Canada a world leader in military aviation and engineering. The Avro Arrow, also known as the CF-105, had a lot resting on its wings. However, the

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism. Demonstrators marching through areas popular with tourists on Saturday chanted “tourists go home” and squirted them with water pistols, while others carried signs with slogans including “Barcelona is not for sale.” Thousands of

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Malpensa, Milan’s biggest airport, and the second-busiest in Italy, will be renamed after the country’s late former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and minister of infrastructure and transport, announced the change on social media Friday, writing: “Good news: Milan Malpensa airport will be named

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Have you ever looked at a beautiful little mews house in London and thought “it must be so amazing to live there?” If so, you’re not the only one. But for the people who actually do live in those homes, social media photography has changed what it means to

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — After going missing for more than 50 years, a firearm dating back to the Revolutionary War has been recovered and donated to a Philadelphia museum, the FBI says. The .78-caliber musket, which was stolen from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in October 1968, was donated to the Museum of the

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Paris’ iconic Moulin Rouge windmill has been fitted with new blades, nearly three months after they fell off the landmark. According to CNN affiliate BFMTV, around 500 spectators watched the inauguration of the blades on Friday evening, welcoming the installation with thunderous applause. Jean-Victor Clerico, General Manager of Moulin

By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Osaka, Japan (CNN) — Let’s be honest. Osaka hasn’t got Tokyo’s mind-bending urban sprawl, where every turn opens up a world of adventure. Likewise, it lacks the historic temples, tree-covered hills and ancient history of Kyoto. What it does have, though, are two of the biggest draws any

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Shark attacks are very rare, but our fascination with them is endless. Also, rough weather in tourist spots and aviation highs and lows. Fins to the left, fins to the right The late Jimmy Buffett’s cautionary “Fins” from 1979 dealt with predatory “land sharks”

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s hardly a great tourism slogan. “Britain is grinding to a halt” was the verdict of the UK’s Labour Party on the country they hoped to govern, as they were setting out their case for election in June. On July 4, they won by a landslide, promising change. As

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Carter Leathers was sitting at a table on the terrace of a boutique hotel in the center of Florence, Italy – sipping a Negroni and trying to quieten her nerves. The courtyard was peaceful, open and airy, dotted with aperitivo-hour drinkers. Carter tried to soak up the Florentine vibes