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Sign up for CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter, Unlocking the World. Get destination news, plus the latest information on aviation, food and drink, and accommodation. This week’s travel roundup includes why British Chinese food baffles Americans, a couple who bought a secluded Italian mansion, and a couple staying in a luxury hotel in North Korea. Vito Andrea Racanelli’s ancestors immigrated to America from Italy in the late 1800s. More than a century and a half later, he and his family made the opposite decision and chose Tuscany as their home. Mr. Racanelli, a Denver-based attorney, spent more than $1 million on…
England took a big step towards qualifying for the Super 8s stage of the Men’s T20 World Cup with a five-wicket win over Scotland in Kolkata.Harry Brook’s side had a four-point win over Nepal but lost their first two Group C matches to West Indies, leaving them fourth out of five teams and under pressure to avoid an embarrassing early exit. Richie Berrington, 49, and Tom Bruce, 24, produced an impressive 71 runs to help Scotland recover from 42-3 after losing the toss and forcing England to bat, and England hit back with five wickets in the space of 21…
Americans are celebrating Valentine’s Day the old-fashioned way this year, with 61% saying a romantic dinner is the ideal gift.That’s according to a recent Coupon Follow survey of 1,005 Americans in a relationship, with 57% saying their ideal gift would be an experience like a trip or concert, and 46% saying they’d like a handwritten card or letter.No matter what direction they ultimately go in, couples have very specific Valentine’s Day budgets in place. On average, Americans plan to spend $87 on their partner. That may seem like too much to some people, says Douglas Bonepers, president of wealth management…
Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright speak to the media in Caracas, Venezuela, February 11, 2026, after attending a meeting marking the highest-level U.S. visit in nearly 30 years to focus on energy policy to an OPEC member country, as the U.S. conducts its first on-site assessment of the oil industry it aims to help rebuild.Leonardo Fernández Viloria | Leonardo Fernández Viloria REUTERSEnergy Secretary Chris Wright said in an interview with NBC News this week that Venezuela’s oil revenue will no longer be deposited into Qatari accounts. “An account was opened in Qatar to deposit…
listen to this article | 4 minutesinformationUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a speech to European leaders at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) that was seen as more conciliatory than in previous years.Rubio said Saturday that the United States and Europe are “one body,” adding: “We want Europe to be strong. We believe Europe must survive.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe also said that the United States under the Trump administration wants to lead the global “revitalization and recovery” and is prepared to do this alone if necessary, but that is our hope, and that it is…
When Jessica met Luke at a wedding for the first time, two words reverberated around her head: “That’s it.” She felt an instant ease with him. A familiarity. Chemistry. “You always hear, ‘when you know, you know,’” Jessica tells CNN Travel today. “I never had any real experience with that myself until we met.” As for Luke, he says he can “barely remember” life before meeting Jessica. It was so overwhelming, so exciting, so inevitable, that, today, he can’t really connect with the twentysomething version of him that didn’t know her. One thing Luke’s certain of: this was “right place,…
Rory McIlroy insists he’s still in contention after reaching the halfway mark at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, six shots behind the lead.The defending champion, who finished the second round at Pebble Beach with a 67, moved to nine under par with his last birdie, chasing second round leaders Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune. American duo Rickie Fowler and Sam Burns are two strokes clear of the group that includes Austria’s Sepp Straka and one stroke behind the lead. Matt Fitzpatrick is in a large group among players at McIlroy’s level with fellow Brit Tommy Fleetwood at 10 under.McIlroy got…
When U.S. figure skaters Amber Glenn, Alisa Liu and Isabeau Levitt take to the ice to compete in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, they’re all wearing dresses designed by the same woman.The designer’s name is Lisa McKinnon, and she dressed all three women competing on Team USA in the singles figure skating competition, as well as two American ice dancers and two Korean skaters for this year’s Olympics. The seven athletes will compete wearing at least 13 costumes from Lisa McKinnon Designs, the Los Angeles-based studio McKinnon founded in 2014.McKinnon told CNBC Make It that she works 40 to 60 hours…
F1 testing has always been a mystery as to which team actually has the fastest car, but the 2026 pre-season mystery is shaping up to be one of the most confusing and complex in the sport’s history.Two-thirds of the extended testing schedule has been completed, dispelling any notion of a complete shake-up of the established pecking order, but who is the fastest of the ‘big four’ is still up for debate. Listed in order of winning the constructors’ championship last year, McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari all claim that they are not the fastest, and that at least one…
A worker stocks beef fillets in the meat section of a Washington grocery store.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesEconomists said inflation slowed in January as price pressures eased across a wide range of consumer staples such as food and gasoline, but prices for some items such as electricity and heating remained rising. The Consumer Price Index, a key inflation measure, rose 2.4% in January compared to 12 months earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. This was lower than expected, down from 2.7% in December.Inflation remains above the goal of Federal Reserve policymakers, who aim for…