All-Black group makes history by summiting Mount Everest
By Lilit Marcus, CNN About 4,000 people have summited Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. And only eight of them have been Black. That is…
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The 2022 Newbery and Caldecott Medal winners honor tales about the apocalypse, heritage and history
Scottie Andrew, CNN The 2022 winners of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards, the top prizes in US children’s…
Continue ReadingDutch tourist fined over Nazi salute at Auschwitz
By Jack Guy and Antonia Mortensen, CNN A Dutch tourist was detained by police and fined in Poland after making a Nazi salute at the gate of the…
Continue ReadingKanye West, Julia Fox and other highlights from the Paris Fashion Week menswear shows
Nick Remsen, CNN Even in an evermore metaverse-obsessed world, physical fashion weeks remain bellwethers of our wardrobe trends. Over the past two…
Continue ReadingA tale of two Mexico trips during the pandemic
By Joe Yogerst, CNN With some of the least restrictive Covid-19 travel policies in the world, Mexico has been open to international travelers…
Continue ReadingJamie Oliver says he’s hired cultural appropriation specialists to advise on cookbooks
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has said he hires “teams of cultural appropriation specialists” to vet his recipes…
Continue ReadingCoumboscuro: The Italian village that doesn’t speak Italian
Silvia Marchetti, CNN Nicknamed Italy’s “Little Provence,” Sancto Lucio de Coumboscuro is an isolated village in almost every…
Continue ReadingMy big fat digital wedding: Couple plan India’s ‘first metaverse marriage’
Oscar Holland, CNN As Covid-19 forces families across India to downsize or cancel their traditionally large-scale weddings, one couple has found a…
Continue ReadingThierry Mugler, iconic French fashion designer, dies aged 73
Oscar Holland, CNN | Philip Wang, CNN French fashion designer Thierry Mugler, whose flamboyant creations transformed haute couture, has died at the…
Continue ReadingWhat it’s like to cruise during Omicron
Francesca Street, CNN Cruise ships turning around mid-voyage. People placed in quarantine cabins on board. Voyages abruptly canceled. Crew members…
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CNN, CDC, JOHNS HOPKINS Francesca Street, CNN Cruise ships turning around mid-voyage. People placed in quarantine cabins on board. Voyages abruptly…
Continue ReadingRemote nation in the Pacific goes into lockdown for the first time
By Hannah Ryan, CNN The remote island nation of Kiribati went into lockdown for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began two years ago after…
Continue ReadingUnited Airlines flight to Tel Aviv turns around due to ‘disruptive passengers’
By Marnie Hunter, CNN A United Airlines flight bound for Tel Aviv turned around mid-flight Thursday evening due to unruly passenger behavior.…
Continue ReadingEnormous superyacht squeezes under Dutch bridges
CNN Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It’s not every day that you spot an 80-meter superyacht squeezing under a bridge with just a few inches of…
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It’s not every day that you spot an 80-meter superyacht squeezing under a bridge with just a few inches of…
Continue ReadingLouis Vuitton unveils Virgil Abloh’s final collection at Paris Fashion Week
Nick Remsen, CNN Louis Vuitton has unveiled the final collection by its late artistic director of menswear, Virgil Abloh. Abloh died on November 28,…
Continue ReadingAmerican Airlines flight bound for London turns around mid-flight over mask rule compliance
By Marnie Hunter and Pete Muntean, CNN An American Airlines passenger plane bound for London turned around mid-flight due to a mask-related…
Continue ReadingRare snow and hailstorms cover Saudi desert
Nourhan Elkallawy, CNN For most people, thinking about the Saudi Arabian desert probably conjures up images of sand dunes baked by relentless…
Continue ReadingTeen pilot Zara Rutherford becomes youngest woman to fly the world solo
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Teenage aviator Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. The 19-year-old, who has dual…
Continue ReadingWorld’s first ‘winery airline’ to launch in New Zealand
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN There’s been much debate about alcohol and flying in the past few years, with some airlines banning booze onboard…
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