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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN A group of archeologists in the United Arab Emirates said Monday that they’ve found what they believe to be the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on Sinniyah Island, just east of the Umm al-Quwain emirate. The 12-hectare (30-acre) town functioned between the late 6th and mid-8th centuries, predating the Islamic

By Forrest Brown, CNN Thomas Nashe, the 16th-century British poet and dramatist, certainly looked forward to spring in his own colorful, singsong way: The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,In every street these tunes our ears do greet:Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to witta-woo!Spring, the sweet spring! Sweet spring

By Marnie Hunter, CNN There’s cause for optimism in the latest report on world happiness. For one, benevolence is about 25% higher than it was pre-pandemic. “Benevolence to others, especially the helping of strangers, which went up dramatically in 2021, stayed high in 2022,” John Helliwell, one of the authors of the World Happiness Report,

Natsumi Suiguira, CNN and Taylor Nicioli, CNN In Tokyo’s Shibuya district, fashion enthusiasts came out in droves for this month’s Rakuten Fashion Week donning a mix of brightly-colored and experimental garments. And as brands sent their Autumn-Winter 2023 collections down runways, the street style — in a city known for its bold fashion culture —

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport made an unusual — and potentially dangerous — discovery in a passenger’s luggage: Six giant African snails. The snails, which were alive, were found in the suitcase of a traveler who arrived in Detroit from the west African country of Ghana, according to a