Thousands allowed to disembark cruise ship after testing amid Hong Kong Covid scare
CNN Francesca Street and Teele Rebane, CNN More than 3,000 passengers and crew members were held on a major cruise liner in Hong Kong on Wednesday…
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In ‘zero-Covid’ Hong Kong, this is what happens when you test positive
By Eric Cheung and Will Ripley, CNN Darryl Chan tested positive for Covid-19 when he landed in Hong Kong last month. More than two weeks later…
Continue ReadingCovid outbreak hits Mediterranean cruise ship MSC Grandiosa
Francesca Street and Livia Borghese, CNN One of the largest cruise ships operating in the Mediterranean has become the latest to be hit by a Covid…
Continue ReadingCan seaweed help solve the world’s plastic crisis?
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN After you finish your fries, eat the ketchup packet. When you add your pasta to boiling water, toss the bag into the pot, too. If…
Continue ReadingChina’s longest underwater highway tunnel opens
By Yong Xiong and Karla Cripps, CNN After nearly four years of construction, China’s longest underwater highway tunnel is now open to vehicle…
Continue ReadingBritish Sikh Army officer becomes first woman of color to ski solo to the South Pole
Laura Smith-Spark and Francesca Street, CNN British-born Sikh army officer Preet Chandi has become the first woman of color to complete a solo…
Continue ReadingMap drawn from memory helps man reunite with family decades after abduction
By Jessie Yeung, CNN A man who was abducted as a child in China more than 30 years ago has been reunited with his parents — thanks to social…
Continue ReadingDinosaur footprints dating back 200 million years discovered on Wales beach, researchers believe
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Footprints discovered on a beach in Wales are believed to have been made by an early dinosaur more than 200 million years ago,…
Continue ReadingWhere to travel 2022: The best destinations to visit
By Lilit Marcus, Forrest Brown, Julia Buckley, Karla Cripps, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Marnie Hunter, Barry Neild, Maureen O’Hare and Francesca…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s statues are disappearing, but their symbolism may prove harder to erase
Oscar Holland, CNN | Teele Rebane, Lizzy Yee and Cheryl Ho Depicting a heap of screaming faces and contorted torsos, the “Pillar of…
Continue ReadingA brief history of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On the last day of each year, it has become a ritual for large crowds to gather in the brightly lit chaos of New York’s…
Continue ReadingChicago woman quarantined in airplane bathroom for 3 hours after testing positive for Covid-19 mid-flight
CNN By Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few…
Continue ReadingChicago woman quarantined in airplane bathroom for 3 hours after testing positive for Covid-19 mid-flight
By Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours.…
Continue ReadingThe European art and architecture that inspired iconic Disney films
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Each year, over one million people visit Neuschwanstein, a 19th-century castle in the Bavarian alps, famous for its Romanesque…
Continue ReadingInside the upcoming Orient Express La Dolce Vita train
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN The launch of the new Orient Express La Dolce Vita might still be a while off, but it seems as though the highly…
Continue ReadingAmanda Gorman releases a brand new poem — ‘New Day’s Lyric’
Scottie Andrew, CNN Poet Amanda Gorman has released a new work, just in time for the year’s end. And like her most famous poem, “The Hill…
Continue ReadingMiddle Eastern designers are claiming their own space in fashion
Marianna Cerini, CNN When Dubai-based Basma Abu Ghazaleh launched her luxury ready-to-wear brand Kage in 2009, she said she could count the number of…
Continue ReadingThe flood barriers that might save Venice
Julia Buckley, CNN The first thing it resembles — this private, manmade island, straddling the Adriatic Sea and the Venetian lagoon — is…
Continue ReadingImagining the future: 2021’s boldest design proposals
Oscar Holland, CNN Predictions for the future have not always been entirely accurate. If sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s classic novel “Do…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles woman faces federal charge after allegedly punching another passenger on Delta flight
CNN By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN A Los Angeles woman is facing a federal assault charge after allegedly hitting and spitting on another…
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