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Stéphane Simon’s “In Memory of Me” series was intended to comment on the culture of selfie-taking. Works by French sculptor Stéphane Simon, which show nude, classical-style figures taking selfies, were being displayed in Paris during UNESCO’s European Heritage Days event in September. But officials decided to cover the offending parts of the artworks with underwear,

Editor’s Note — HMS Urge, shown here in harbor, set out from Malta for Egypt in April 1942. (CNN) — The wreck of a British submarine that went missing during World War II with 44 people on boardhas been found off the coast of Malta. HMS Urge — part of Britain’s 10th Submarine Flotilla —

(CNN) — Over the past few years, numerous towns in Italy have resorted to selling homes for just over a dollar in a bid to revitalize their dwindling communities. Zungoli near Naples and Sicily’s Sambuca were the most recent Italian destinations to get in on the act, launching schemes promoting dilapidated properties for just over

(CNN) — Once upon a time, air travel was glamorous. In the 1950s, air travel’s so-called golden age, flying was an occasion. Passengers dressed up, flight attendants served meals on china, standard seats were roomier, and everything about the experience felt dignified. Sixty years ago, air travel was a glamorous concept. Mondadori/Getty Images Today flying

(CNN) — Several rival companies may be hard at work trying to get Elon Musk’s Hyperloop concept off the ground, but hurtling across country — maybe even across continents — at 600 miles per hour in a low-pressure steel tube still feels far from reality. But 13-year-old New York student Caroline Crouchley may have invented

The latest study, published Wednesday in the journal Plos One, examined “subfossils” of pieces of vegetation that had frozen on or around the 5,300-year-old mummy, known as Otzi the Iceman. Otzi’s body was frozen in ice until it was discovered by a couple hiking in the North Italian Alps in 1991. Since then, nearly every

New York will ban restaurants and grocery stores from selling foie gras, after the bill passed the city council Wednesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office confirmed to CNN in an email that he will sign the bill into law. The ban comes amid increasing scrutiny on foie gras. The bill calls the luxury good a

(CNN) — In a baffling act of thievery, a 1-ton boulder was somehow snatched from the side of a highway in Arizona’s Prescott National Forest about two weeks ago. Now, Forest officials are reaching out to the public for help recovering the hefty loot. The stately black boulder, commonly called “Wizard Rock” by locals, was

(CNN) — Shelling out $277 billion worldwide in 2018, Chinese travelers are the world’s top tourism spenders. The global travel industry is constantly battling to snag a piece of this lucrative market and, as we’ve seen in recent years, falling out of Chinese travelers’ favor can have a dramatic impact on a country’s annual tourism

People in the area are being evacuated, said a police spokesperson, though it is unclear how many evacuees there are or how big the fire is. The blaze started near the main hall of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to the fire department in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan’s national broadcaster NHK reported. Shuri

(CNN) — Despite being little more than a century old, aviation has inspired some pretty impressive museums. From the Wright Brothers to supersonic travel, there are no shortage of opportunities for aviation enthusiasts to immerse themselves in the epic wonder of flight and its fascinating history. Yet only a relatively small part of these museums

Tokyo (CNN) — Authorities in Japan are searching for a man who appeared to fall in the middle of a live-streamed ascent of Mount Fuji on Monday. Aiko Kishibata, a press officer with Shizuoka prefectural police, told CNN that authorities were alerted to the incident after receiving calls from people watching the live stream of

Nirmal Purja, known as Nims, completed the penultimate peak, Manaslu in Nepal’s Himalayas, on October 27, 2019. (Nirmal “Nims” Purja/Bremont Project Possible) (CNN) — A former soldier from Nepal has climbed the world’s 14 highest peaks in just over six months, smashing the previous record by over 7 years. Nirmal “Nims” Purja, 36, who served

(CNN) — Do your dreams of retirement include wasting away in Margaritaville? Well, you’re in luck this week. The “Wheel of Fortune” is giving one lucky viewer a brand-new house. The TV game show is teaming up with Minto Communities and Latitude Margaritaville, the Jimmy Buffett-branded communities for people “55 and better,” in a home

The artwork in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is “considerably safer not being moved,” said museum spokeswoman Lisa Lapin, as thousands evacuated or lost power Monday because of wildfires raging in Southern California. That’s because the stone, concrete and steel building has state-of-the-art technology to protect itself. “The safest place for the

The female shark has been tagged with a tracker, which registered her being off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on October 12. Since then, the shark has moved further south to the Florida Keys, where she showed up on Saturday. The shark, named Unama’ki, a term used by indigenous people of Nova Scotia

(CNN) — The nights are drawing in and temperatures are dropping in the Northern Hemisphere. And in Finnish Lapland, that means one thing: tourists are on the way, and they want husky rides. That’s becoming a problem. In 2016, the top tourist activity in Finnish Lapland was snowmobiling. Three years on, it’s husky sledding. Around

(CNN) — Kyoto’s historic Gion neighborhood is cracking down on photography in response to ongoing issues with bad tourist behavior. As Japan’s tourism has grown exponentially, Kyoto has struggled to maintain its local way of life. Thousands of foreign tourists fill the city’s streets daily, many staying in local hotels while others visit as part

(CNN) — Diwali is the holiday of every Instagrammer’s dreams. The five-day festival of lights, observed by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs all over the world, is often celebrated with brightly colored rangolis, spectacular fireworks and firecracker displays and diyas and candles lining every nook and cranny. Those traditions make for some striking scenes, but capturing

Bal Gill, 41, was looking back over images from her trip to Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, in Edinburgh, when she noticed a heat patch over her breast. After making an appointment with her doctor, Gill was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer — but experts have warned that Gill was lucky and thermal