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How new brews are stirring up Turkey's tea country

4 years 1 month ago
Atop a terrifyingly steep mountain in northeastern Turkey, the village of Haremtepe resembles an island surrounded by a vast ocean of green: verdant, bushy rows of tea plantations continue as far as the misty skies fleetingly allow to be seen.

Yangtze River waters reveal Buddhist statues

4 years 1 month ago
Plunging water levels of the Yangtze River have revealed a submerged island in China's southwestern city of Chongqing and a trio of Buddhist statues on it that are believed to be 600 years old, state media Xinhua has reported.

Rare prehistoric site from 5,000 B.C. emerges amidst drought

4 years 1 month ago
Amid Spain's worst drought in decades, a rare prehistoric site has emerged. Dubbed "Spanish Stonehenge," a rock formation believed to date back to 5,000 B.C. is now fully emerged after waters in the surrounding reservoir receded. CNN's Isa Soares reports.

'Stranger Things' cafe opens in Tokyo

4 years 1 month ago
Japanese fans of the sci-fi hit "Stranger Things" can chow down on demonic pasta and rock out to retro 1980s tunes at a pop-up cafe inspired by the Netflix horror drama.

The world's most alarming airplane landings

4 years 1 month ago
When an airport was built on the mid-Atlantic island of St. Helena (above), it was initially dubbed the "world's most useless" airport. That's because wind shear on the cliffside runway initially made it dangerous to land.

Tourist rides moped around Pompeii

4 years 1 month ago
Just weeks after tourists were caught driving and hurling scooters down the Spanish Steps in Rome, another tourist in Italy has caused havoc on two wheels in an ancient site.
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