Maldives luxury resort takes fresh approach to waste with ground-breaking ‘Sustainability Lab’
By Karla Cripps, CNN Maldives (CNN) — Click on the website of any given luxury resort in Maldives and you’ll likely find an entire page…
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Look of the Week: Pete Davidson shows up to ‘Transformers’ premiere in a tracksuit
By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday, Pete Davidson attended at the New York premiere of “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” — the…
Continue ReadingQantas now permits long hair, makeup and flat shoes for employees of any gender
By Lilit Marcus, CNN High heels no more: Australian airline Qantas has just released new guidelines for its employees regarding grooming and uniform…
Continue ReadingWhat this playful photo reveals about Hong Kong’s infamous ‘Walled City’
By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — It was the summer of 1989. Hong Kong’s humidity – already oppressive – was intensified in the dark,…
Continue Reading‘I wondered what I’d done wrong in life,’ says man next to passenger who opened plane door on flight
By Paula Hancocks, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Think you always get the bad seat when taking a flight? Then spare a thought for Lee…
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CNN, @RAINBOWMACH1, FMKOREA, JTBC, YTN, DAEGU FIRE DEPARTMENT By Paula Hancocks, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Think you always get the bad…
Continue ReadingWhat it’s like to stay at the world’s oldest hotel
Mayumi Maruyama Minobu, Japan (CNN) — Tucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has tatami…
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CNN Mayumi Maruyama Minobu, Japan (CNN) — Tucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has…
Continue ReadingLargest ruby ever to come to auction sells for record-breaking $34.8 million
By Oscar Holland and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — A 55.22-carat ruby has become both the largest and most valuable gem of its kind ever to sell…
Continue Reading10-year-old girl survives more than 24 hours alone in the rugged Cascade mountains after getting lost while out with her family
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers in Washington state are praising the resourcefulness of a 10-year-old girl who survived on her own for…
Continue ReadingRoman obsession with hairlessness revealed as more than 50 pairs of tweezers discovered in Britain
Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of Roman tweezers in Britain, revealing the ancient culture’s…
Continue ReadingFrançoise Gilot, artist whose career transcended her relationship with Picasso, has died at 101
By Benjamin Sutton Françoise Gilot, a tireless artist who defied simple categorization — and efforts to define her merely as a footnote in the…
Continue Reading‘Never Have I Ever’ comes to an end. For the show’s stars, it was the ‘ride of a lifetime’
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — On the first day that Richa Moorjani walked onto the set of “Never Have I Ever,” she realized she was a part…
Continue ReadingHe ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own
By Richard Collett, CNN (CNN) — “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego…
Continue ReadingParis rental bikes deliver unexpected anti-abortion messages
Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — Since being launched in 2007, Paris’ public Vélib’ rental bikes have proven a hit with tourists and locals…
Continue Reading‘Unbelievably excited’ – wheelchair users react to new Delta airplane seat design
By Francesca Street, CNN Hamburg, Germany (CNN) — A new airplane seat concept that allows wheelchair users to stay in their own chair…
Continue Reading70 years on, Gucci’s horsebit loafer is still a coveted status symbol
By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What do late former US president George H. W. Bush, ’60s muse Jane Birkin and rapper Wiz Khalifa all have in…
Continue ReadingAir India passengers who were stranded in Russia land in San Francisco
KGO By Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight sent to the remote Russian city of Magadan to…
Continue ReadingNostalgic photos evoke the ‘golden age’ of American arcades
Marianna Cerini, CNN (CNN) — Flipping through Franck Bohbot’s photos of Californian arcades is like stepping into a time machine. In one, a…
Continue ReadingThe UK announces $12 entry fee for travelers
CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — The United States has been charging visitors for electronic travel authorization since 2009, and now…
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