JetZero: Groundbreaking ‘blended-wing’ demonstrator plane cleared to fly
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn’t changed much in the past 60 years. Modern airliners like the…
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China reopens Mount Everest access to foreigners
By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet.…
Continue ReadingPassenger, flight attendant injured during severe turbulence on Southwest flight
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two people were injured when a Southwest Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence on Wednesday morning and…
Continue ReadingChumbawamba wants politician to stop playing ’90s hit at rallies
By Dhruv Tikekar, CNN (CNN) — When New Zealand’s populist Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters strode out to address a political convention…
Continue ReadingThese US restaurants and chefs are 2024 James Beard Award finalists
By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — A New Orleans restaurant featuring a modern Senegalese tasting menu and an Ethiopia-born chef who studied…
Continue ReadingOne of world’s earliest known books expected to fetch more than $2.6m at auction
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — One of the earliest books in existence is expected to fetch upwards of $2.6m when it goes up for auction later…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to theft of solid gold toilet worth $6 million from Blenheim Palace
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A man has pleaded guilty to stealing a toilet made entirely from 18-carat gold and worth more than $6 million…
Continue ReadingA double dose of hell: The Bataan Death March and what came next
By Brad Lendon, CNN Balanga, Philippines (CNN) — On the grounds of an elementary school in a small Philippine town, the fuse was lit on one of…
Continue ReadingOriginal Sherlock Holmes manuscript could fetch $1.2 million at auction
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — One summer evening in 1889, Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde sat down for dinner at the Langham Hotel in London…
Continue ReadingThe eclipse is less than a week away. People are scrambling to make – or change – plans
By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Eclipse mania is approaching fever pitch as people with the best laid plans — and those who have yet to make them,…
Continue ReadingThe hidden meanings behind photographer Nora Faustine’s nude self-portraits
By Briana Ellis-Gibbs, CNN (CNN) — For over a decade, the photographer Nona Faustine shot self-portraits in and around New York City, in many…
Continue ReadingThey moved from the US to cook American food in deepest Italy. Here’s what happened
By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — The Calabria region, right down in the toe of Italy’s boot, is where Italian cuisine gets intense. Along…
Continue ReadingGermany to redesign Adidas soccer jersey numbering amid Nazi symbol controversy
By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — German soccer authorities will redesign the number “4” on the country’s national jerseys amid claims it…
Continue ReadingStranded cruise passengers in Africa race to rejoin their ship
By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Eight cruise passengers left behind in the African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe have been…
Continue ReadingThe eclipse is less than a week away. People are scrambling to make – or change – plans
CNN By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Eclipse mania is approaching fever pitch as people with the best laid plans — and those who have yet to make…
Continue ReadingWhy this pioneering abstract painter disappeared from the art world at the height of her fame
By Helen Stoilas, CNN (CNN) — In the latter years of World War II, the New York art scene started coalescing around a group of artists…
Continue ReadingPart of famed California highway crumbles into the ocean
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Part of a roadway on California’s Big Sur coast crumbled into the ocean over the weekend after part of a cliff…
Continue ReadingPart of famed California highway crumbles into the ocean
KGO By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Part of a roadway on California’s Big Sur coast crumbled into the ocean over the weekend after part of a cliff…
Continue ReadingEurope’s highest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Italy
By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s known as the green heart of Italy because of its forested hills and landlocked location. But the region of…
Continue Reading‘Oppenheimer’ finally opens in Japan, the only nation to experience horror of nuclear war
By Chris Lau and Moeri Karasawa, CNN (CNN) — Japanese moviegoers finally got the chance to see “Oppenheimer” this weekend, eight months…
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