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(CNN) — The first road bridge linking Russia and China has been completed, Reuters news agency reported. The bridge will connect the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk with Heihe in China, in a bid to increase the volume of freight traffic between the countries. Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the

(CNN) — When a solar-powered wooden houseboat was found washed up on an Irish beach, locals were puzzled. Three years later, they have finally got to the bottom of the strange vessel’s origins — and traced the boat’s original owner almost 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) across the Atlantic, to Newfoundland, Canada. The mystery began in

(CNN) — The Hungarian State Opera House is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful buildings in Budapest, drawing in thousands of visitors each year. But its facade is currently obscured by scaffolding, leaving the impressive landmark almost unrecognizable. The Neo-Renaissance structure has been closed for the past 18 months due to extensive restoration and modernization

(CNN) — Deck the bridge with lights a plenty, fa la la la la, la la la la! The bridge, which sits 140 feet over the mountain town, has been transformed into a tunnel of multicolored lights and gives visitors a bird’s eye view of other seasonal decorations below. Gatlinburg SkyLift Park Not a fan

(CNN) — Simply finding the Seven Summits — the highest mountains on each continent — is a tall order. Let alone measuring them all to within a few frustratingly ever-evolving feet, naming them after rock star 19th-century British colonial land surveyors and Polish-Lithuanian generals — and, get this, risking limb and life-savings to climb them

(CNN) — Conversations about how diet impacts the climate crisis have ramped up this past year, with a UN report published in August 2019 suggesting that eating less meat and reducing food waste could help save the planet. So perhaps it’s no surprise that top chefs are sitting up and taking notice, too. Dominque Crenn,