What is Advent? And what traditions do people follow worldwide?
By Forrest Brown, CNN Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world. But what is Advent…
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US Customs officials seize nearly 4,000 bongs at DC airport
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officials seized a shipment of almost 4,000 bongs at Washington Dulles International…
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Countries around the world imposed travel restrictions after the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant in South Africa,…
Continue ReadingThe ‘betrayal’ that could kill Britain’s railway romance
Ben Jones, CNN The romance of rail travel has seduced many travelers over the years. Sitting in a train as it slips quietly out of a city, along…
Continue ReadingTravel doors slam shut as new Covid variant triggers alarm, stranding hundreds of passengers
CNN By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Laura Smith-Spark and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Major travel destinations including the European Union, Japan, Australia,…
Continue ReadingThis pilot fled Afghanistan as a child. Now he’s bringing Afghan refugees hope on their journey to America
WFAA, GULAJAN, CNN By John Blake, CNN Zak Khogyani has seen sights and wonders that would fill you with awe. He’s walked through Antelope…
Continue ReadingThis pilot fled Afghanistan as a child. Now he’s bringing Afghan refugees hope on their journey to America
By John Blake, CNN Zak Khogyani has seen sights and wonders that would fill you with awe. He’s walked through Antelope Canyon in Northern…
Continue ReadingFrance has suffered a wine ‘disaster.’ But there could be a silver lining
By Melissa Bell, CNN France’s Burgundy winemakers agree on one thing: 2021 was about as catastrophic a year as any of them can remember. It was…
Continue ReadingTravel doors slam shut as new Covid variant triggers alarm, stranding hundreds of passengers
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Laura Smith-Spark and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Major travel destinations including the European Union, Japan, Australia, the…
Continue ReadingA British guy crashed her Thanksgiving dinner. They’ve been married for 20 years
Francesca Street, CNN It was November 1997 and Dina Honour was hosting Thanksgiving dinner for the first time. The then 27-year-old had invited a…
Continue ReadingWinners of the 2021 Historic Photographer of the Year contest revealed
By Lilit Marcus, CNN “The past is never dead,” Nobel Prize winning novelist William Faulkner once wrote. “It’s not even…
Continue ReadingStunning paleoart shows what dinosaurs really looked like
Jacopo Prisco, CNN Crystal Palace Park, in south London, still hosts the world’s first dinosaur sculptures. They were created in the 1850s…
Continue ReadingA Hong Kong restaurant group is shelling out $650K to let 250 staff fly to see their families
Chris Dwyer, CNN For Sandeep Arora, home is the ancient city of Jalandhar in India’s Punjab region. His wife, son and parents live there, but…
Continue Reading‘Afghan Girl’ from National Geographic magazine cover granted refugee status in Italy
Hada Messia and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN The “Afghan Girl” made famous after featuring on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985…
Continue ReadingUK Michelin star restaurant burns down
Jack Guy, CNN A Michelin-star restaurant in northern England housed in a 14th century building has suffered significant damage after its thatched…
Continue ReadingRare Roman mosaic found on farm in ‘remarkable’ discovery
Sara Spary, CNN A rare Roman mosaic has been unearthed on a British farm in a “remarkable” discovery. Historic England, a public body…
Continue ReadingHawaiian artist’s enormous murals are ambitious in scale and message
Sherry Liang, CNN Honolulu, Hawaii-based artist Kamea Hadar has lost count of how many murals he’s painted in his career — his best guess…
Continue ReadingA statue of Thomas Jefferson is removed from New York City Hall after 187 years
By Sara Smart, CNN After 187 years, a statue of America’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, no longer sits in New York City Hall. The statue,…
Continue ReadingMore Native American chefs are opening restaurants — with future generations and sustainability in mind
CNN By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Crystal Wahpepah has made it her mission to share her Indigenous community’s rarely seen foods…
Continue ReadingMore Native American chefs are opening restaurants — with future generations and sustainability in mind
By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Crystal Wahpepah has made it her mission to share her Indigenous community’s rarely seen foods with…
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