Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. CNN — Spring break and a busy summer are rolling up fast for travelers after the post-holiday lull. And […]
Seoul, South Korea CNN — South Korea on Monday announced a deal to compensate victims of forced labor by Japan during its occupation of Korea as the two United States allies try to smooth relations in the face of an increasingly turbulent Indo-Pacific security situation. US President Joe Biden hailed the move as “a groundbreaking […]
London CNN — Wayne Couzens, the former London police officer who abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard in 2021, has been sentenced to 19 further months in prison for indecent exposure incidents that took place while he was serving in the force. Couzens, 50, was already serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole […]
CNN — Peru is seeing some of its worst violence in decades, which erupted last month following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo, as protesters who oppose the current government call for political change in the country. In December, a state of emergency was imposed, airports and highways became the site of some clashes, […]
CNN — Worshipers at a church service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were killed Sunday when a bomb was detonated by a group with links to Islamic State, the government said. At least 12 people have been killed and at least 50 wounded when a bomb detonated during church service Sunday in eastern […]
Editor’s Note: Sunder Katwala is the director of British Future, an independent, non-partisan think tank. He was previously general secretary of the Fabian Society think tank and leader writer and online editor at the Observer newspaper. Sunder was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, to parents who came to Britain from India and Ireland to work for […]
London CNN Business — Rishi Sunak, Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks, took office on Tuesday with a pledge to fix the “mistakes” of predecessor Liz Truss and tackle a “profound economic crisis.” The task won’t be an easy one, he acknowledged. “This will mean difficult decisions to come,” Sunak said in his first […]
CNN — When Giulia Manca traveled to Pianosa, a former Italian prison island, back in 2011, she was looking forward to a relaxing sunshine break before returning home. But 12 years after checking into the beachfront Hotel Milena, which is staffed by supervised convicts on probation, Manca has remained on the island known as the […]
Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. CNN — It was “Rail Force One” – the overnight train that took US President Biden on a diplomatic […]
Editor’s Note: This CNN Travel series is, or was, sponsored by the country it highlights. CNN retains full editorial control over subject matter, reporting and frequency of the articles and videos within the sponsorship, in compliance with our policy. CNN — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may have only just started out on its tourism […]