Jailed Iranian poet Baktash Abtin dies due to Covid-19
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ramin Mostaghim, CNN Jailed Iranian poet and documentary filmmaker Baktash Abtin has died in detention in a hospital after…
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$8M Marble Arch Mound to close after just six disappointing months
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Just six months after opening, London’s newest tourist attraction is shutting its doors. The much-derided Marble Arch…
Continue ReadingThe world’s best-performing airline has been revealed
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Among the clouds over 2022, we’re finding silver linings. Some popular countries for tourism are relaxing entry…
Continue ReadingVandals defaced ancient Big Bend rock art by scratching their names into it
By Sara Spary, CNN A panel of prehistoric stone artworks, thought to be between 4,000 and 8,500 years old, have been “irreparably…
Continue ReadingIndian police hunt Covid-positive air passengers who escaped on way to quarantine
By Swati Gupta, CNN At least 10 passengers have escaped from an airport in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after testing positive for Covid-19,…
Continue ReadingThese precious family letters were left on a flight. Against all the odds, they came home
Julia Buckley, CNN It’s the stuff of travel nightmares. Taking something precious on your trip, keeping it close to hand so you don’t…
Continue ReadingWhat it’s like on the world’s shortest flight
Barry Neild, CNN The pilot, who is just inches away from his passengers, reaches up and flicks the metallic toggle switches that fire up his engines.…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists uncover ancient tombs of wealthy Chinese clan
Jessie Yeung, CNN A 3,000-year-old cemetery containing the tombs of a wealthy clan has been uncovered in central China following two years of…
Continue ReadingKelvin Harrison Jr. to star in new Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The short life and meteoric rise of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will once again be told on the silver screen in an upcoming…
Continue ReadingPartying passengers stuck in Mexico after airlines decline to fly them home
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Some members of a rowdy group shown dancing, drinking and vaping maskless aboard a flight to Cancun find themselves stranded in…
Continue ReadingPartying passengers stuck in Mexico after airlines decline to fly them home
CNN, CBC, CBC NEWS By Marnie Hunter, CNN Some members of a rowdy group shown dancing, drinking and vaping maskless aboard a flight to Cancun find…
Continue ReadingHoyeon Jung is the first Korean to appear solo on the cover of Vogue
Harmeet Kaur, CNN The past few months have been a whirlwind for Hoyeon Jung. The South Korean model-turned-actress shot to international fame almost…
Continue ReadingDozens of children were mummified in an Italian catacomb. Scientists want to know why
By Jack Guy and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A team of scientists is trying to find out why dozens of children were mummified and buried in catacombs at a…
Continue ReadingKim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model, dies age 29
Gawon Bae and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Kim Mi-soo, a South Korean actress who appeared in the Disney+ series “Snowdrop” and Netflix’s…
Continue ReadingHow flying will change in 2022
John Walton, CNN During almost any other year, a look ahead to what the future holds for aviation would almost certainly be centered on exciting…
Continue ReadingNorwegian Cruise Line cancels voyages on 8 ships
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the cancellation of voyages on eight ships, citing “ongoing travel…
Continue ReadingThe perils of air travel right now — and a silver lining
By Marnie Hunter, CNN The year is off to a rough start for air travelers. Widespread cancellations, tied in part to the spread of the Omicron variant…
Continue ReadingCarnival street parades canceled in Rio de Janeiro amid Covid surge
CNN, CNN CHILE, GETTY IMAGES By Karol Suarez and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival street parades due to a…
Continue ReadingEngland scraps pre-departure PCR tests for travelers
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN England has ditched its requirement for pre-departure tests for inbound travelers in the latest shake up to Covid…
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