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(CNN) — This drone footage captured over a frozen lake in northwest China looks like the inside of a kaleidoscope. The breathtaking views from CNN affiliate CCTV show the top layer of ice on Butterfly Lake in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on January 17. CCTV The cracks resemble tree branches but turn into spooky

The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, consisting of channels, weirs and dams built from volcanic rocks, is one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems, according to UNESCO. Constructed by the Gunditjmara people more than 6,600 years ago, it is older than Egypt’s pyramids. While the aquatic system was known to archaeologists — it

Editor’s Note — For the latest information on the location of fires, visit the website “Fires near me.” Melbourne (CNN) — Australia wants you to know that it’s not all blackened and charred. The bushfires that burned millions of hectares in the southeast are still burning, but they’re fewer in number and recent storms have

(CNN) — Some airline brands die forever. Others, it seems, go into suspended animation, waiting to be reborn when the time’s right to take to the skies once again. Which is why, on January 12, a Boeing 767-300ER touched down on the runway at New York’s JFK airport, bringing with it a US brand name

(CNN) — Amsterdam’s De Wallen red-light district has long been one of the city’s most provocative neighborhoods thanks to its notorious window brothels. But the historic area has become something of a spectacle in recent years thanks to a dramatic rise in tourists to the Dutch capital in recent years. As a result, the area

(CNN) — Airports around the world are increasing health screenings and implementing new quarantine procedures as officials race to slow the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, a new SARS-like illness that first appeared in Hubei province, China. Hundreds of people have been infected by the Wuhan coronavirus in mainland China, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and

Access Living said it got the $25,000 round-trip quote last month, after it told an Amtrak agent that five of the 10 people making the trip are in wheelchairs. “We were shocked, we thought there was a mistake in the email they sent us,” Bridget Hayman with Access Living told CNN. In an email exchange

(CNN) — The concept of pilotless commercial jet flight has been bandied about for years. But while the technology has been there, there’s been little concrete evidence to suggest autonomous flying could ever really get off the ground — until now. Airbus has confirmed one of its test aircraft took off automatically at Toulouse-Blagnac airport

(CNN) — For some, the prospect of buying a cheap home in Italy is a chance to leave their old life behind and start all over again. But the latest town to offer tumbledown houses priced at just over a dollar wants buyers to bring it with them — encouraging families or groups of friends

(CNN) — The first monument in the United States honoring the victims of lynching has become a must-see civil rights attraction in Montgomery, Alabama, and now it’s been expanded. The Equal Justice Initiative opened its new Legacy Pavilion on Saturday — just in time to welcome visitors to the Alabama state capitol for the Martin

(CNN) — Poor Edgar Allan Poe. In life, he was a haunted writer whose Gothic works went largely unappreciated. In death, he’s a celebrated literary icon whose talent has earned him no fewer than three memorial sites. The newest of the bunch was just ordained a Literary Landmark, and on what would’ve been the minister

(CNN) — Florida is my father’s chosen state. He often jokes that he came to Tallahassee to attend FAMU (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) Law School in 1960 after he saw my mother’s picture in “Jet,” the digest published by Johnson Publishing Company to cover news and general interest stories for African-American readers. True story,

The restaurant, L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges, on the outskirts of Lyon, said it had been downgraded to two stars by inspectors from Michelin’s secretive culinary rating guide on Friday, just two years after Bocuse’s death at the age of 91. It’s the latest controversy to hit Michelin, which has been criticized by European chefs

(CNN) — Chris Gurksy nearly died hang gliding. No, that’s not an exaggeration. There’s a viral video to prove it. Yeah, you read that right: Gursky spent almost four spine-chilling minutes hanging on for his life, the glider soaring high above the ground as Gursky gripped on with a single hand. Thankfully, he lived to

Firefighters in New South Wales (NSW) were enlisted by the local government to save the prehistoric Wollemi Pine grove, which exists in a secret location within the 5,000-square-kilometer (1,930-square-mile) Wollemi National Park northwest of Sydney. The oldest fossil of the rare pine species dates back 90 million years and the pines are thought to have

“Imagine yourself on a cruise at sea with your stateroom infested with bed bugs,” said Connie Flores, who had a small part as an “arguing woman” in Netflix’s Oscar-nominated film “Marriage Story,” in a statement from her attorney, Brian Virag. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in the Central District of California, seeks general

(CNN) — If your sweetheart turns to you tonight and whispers “shall we try for a little one?”, don’t dismiss them out of hand. It could be they’re talking about an Irish island. Great Blasket, on Europe’s Atlantic fringes, is seeking a couple to become summer caretakers and sole full-time residents of this unoccupied island

(CNN) — For as long as I can remember, I have struggled to explain to people where I’m from. Americans know of the Soviet Union but have little idea of the different characters of the republics that made up the former USSR. Calling myself Russian didn’t feel authentic. Yet when I referred to Moldavia, where

Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy (CNN) — It’s Saturday morning in Civita di Bagnoregio, and the locals are patrolling the medieval walls, eyeing the visitors as they make their way toward the village. As the tourists get closer, they call out to the locals — who promptly flee. This, one of the most picture-perfect villages in

(CNN) — A traveling collection of King Tut’s treasures has already visited some of the world’s biggest cities: Paris, Los Angeles and London. Now, the Egyptian pharaoh’s belongings are headed to Boston, marking the first time in more than 50 years that any of King Tut’s artifacts have visited the city. The exhibition will be