They came for a beach holiday. Now they’re trapped in China’s latest Covid lockdown
By Nectar Gan, CNN Known for its sandy beaches, luxury resorts and duty-free shopping, the city of Sanya on China’s tropical Hainan island has…
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BBC soap legend June Spencer retires at age 103
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN June Spencer, the last original cast member of BBC Radio 4 drama “The Archers,” has retired from the show after…
Continue ReadingHow a tiny Chinatown bookstore became a hub for authentic Asian American stories
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Lucy Yu found refuge in books growing up. An only child raised by a Chinese immigrant mother in west Los Angeles, she spent a…
Continue ReadingA centuries-old horse tooth might be the last piece in the genetic puzzle of Assateague’s horses
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The unexpected discovery of a 16th-century horse tooth in modern-day Haiti has provided credence for an age-old folk story about…
Continue ReadingThis small Japanese town is a vintage vending machine paradise
By Dean Irvine, CNN There’s a reason Sagamihara, Japan, isn’t in travel guides. It’s a sprawling commuter city for nearby Yokohama…
Continue ReadingCovid lockdown strands 80,000 tourists in ‘China’s Hawaii’
By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau Around 80,000 tourists are stranded in the popular resort city of Sanya on China’s tropical…
Continue ReadingA London museum will return its stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Zoe Sottile, CNN A London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian government. The Horniman Museum and…
Continue ReadingAnne Heche is in stable condition after a fiery car crash at a Los Angeles home
By Chloe Melas and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Anne Heche is in stable condition Sunday, two days after the car she was driving crashed into a home and…
Continue ReadingHow to adapt Jane Austen — and why it’s so hard to get right
By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s an act braver than marrying for love, riskier than running away with Mr. Wickham and plainer than Anne Elliot to…
Continue ReadingAnne Heche remains in critical condition as police continue to investigate her car crash
CNN, KCAL, KCBS By Chloe Melas and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Anne Heche has remained in critical condition since crashing her vehicle into a Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingTiffany’s sells out custom Cryptopunk ‘NFTiff’ pendants for $50,000 each
Zoe Sottile, CNN On Friday, Tiffany & Co debuted and quickly sold out a limited collection of 250 custom jewel-encrusted pendants for holders of…
Continue ReadingAirlines cancel more than 600 US flights and delay thousands more Saturday
By Keith Allen and Nouran Salahieh, CNN More than 600 flights were canceled and thousands more were delayed in the United States on Saturday,…
Continue ReadingWhat should I do if my luggage is delayed, lost or damaged?
By Forrest Brown, CNN It’s enough to give anyone already on edge about flying hassles has yet another reason to pop an antacid or two: the…
Continue ReadingGigi Hadid teases the launch of her first solo clothing line
Zoe Sottile, CNN Gigi Hadid may soon be making the switch from modeling clothes to designing them. The American supermodel of Palestinian-Dutch…
Continue ReadingAustralian folk star Judith Durham of The Seekers dies at 79
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Judith Durham, an Australian folk music star and lead singer of The Seekers, has died, according to a statement from her record…
Continue Reading‘My Life as a Rolling Stone’ shines a stadium-worthy spotlight on the Rolling Stones
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Beatles: Get Back” set a very high bar for musical nostalgia, but “My Life As a Rolling…
Continue ReadingAnne Heche is ‘not expected to survive,’ family says in statement
CNN, HLN, KCAL, KCBS By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Anne Heche, who remains hospitalized after crashing her vehicle into a Los Angeles residence last week,…
Continue Reading‘The government should not be involved.’ John Legend speaks out on abortion rights
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Just over a month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, musician John Legend is advocating for abortion access and…
Continue ReadingHow the Ukraine invasion flattened Eastern European tourism
Julia Buckley, CNN When frequent flier Julie booked a clutch of trips to Warsaw last year, she was expecting to spend her weekends in the Polish…
Continue ReadingTravel news: Space balloons, floating hotels and supersonic jets
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel, we look at innovative new transport concepts, the reopening of Thailand’s most famous beach,…
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