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☆ ‘Extremely rare’ Roman temple discovered on supermarket building site
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That’s because workers at the site on the outskirts of town in December 2022 unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman temple — or ‘capitolium’ — dating back to the first century BC. The excavation site in Sarsini has yielded ruins on top of ruins, literally. MiBac“We have unearthed three separate rooms, likely dedicated to the triad of gods Jupiter, Juno and Minerva,” lead archaeologist at the excavation site Romina Pirraglia told CNN. The discovery of the temple has pushed local authorities to revise their building plans. “The temple is an incredible finding that sheds light on how ancient Roman towns rose and fell across time.”What makes the discovery exceptional is the temple’s unique state of preservation.

Persons: Plautus, Jupiter, Minerva, ”, Pirraglia, …, Sarsina, Federica Gonzato, ” Gonzato, Gonzato, Romina, MiBac Gonzato Organizations: CNN Locations: Italy’s Emilia Romagna, Roman, Sarsini, Savio, Ravenna, Rimini, Forlì, Cesena, Sarsina, Italy

REUTERS/Mahamadou Hamidou Acquire Licensing RightsTOLEDO, Spain, Aug 31 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers meet in Spain on Thursday to discuss their response to last month's coup in Niger - including possible sanctions - as they also consider news of military officers declaring they have seized power in Gabon. Borrell said the EU was "moving forward" with work on a legal framework for sanctions against the junta in Niger and the foreign ministers would discuss it further on Thursday. Both the EU and ECOWAS have already imposed punitive economic and political measures on Niger but the framework would allow the EU to target specific individuals and organisations. Borrell said on Wednesday after an EU defence ministers' meeting that the EU would seek to mirror any measures taken by ECOWAS. Diplomats said another subject of discussion was how the EU should respond if ECOWAS asks for financial help for a military intervention to restore Niger's ousted government.

Persons: Ibro Amadou, Mahamadou, Dmytro Kuleba, Hassoumi Massoudou, Niger's, Omar Touray, Josep Borrell, Borrell, David Latona, Andrew Gray, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Nigerien, REUTERS, Rights, Union, Ukrainian Foreign, ECOWAS, Wednesday, West, EU, Diplomats, Thomson Locations: Niamey, Niger, Rights TOLEDO, Spain, Gabon, West, Central, Toledo, Ukraine, West Africa's, EU

☆ More single moms are taking long trips abroad with the kids — here's how they do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Marylou Costa | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Two and a half years after Roni Dagan's husband died, she and her seven-year-old son, Gal, found solace in places far from home. Of her son Gal, Roni Dagan said: "It was difficult when he was younger, but … he's now super easy to travel with." Work, school and playDagan is part of a wave of single moms who are rediscovering themselves and reconnecting with their children through travel. It's a demographic Boundless Life hasn't specifically targeted, yet the trips — which include accommodations, coworking spaces, and schooling — are resonating with single moms and single dads. And that has to do with being a single mom, because [traditional] families stick together, and single moms are kind of left out," she said.

Persons: Roni Dagan's, Gal, Dagan, They've, Roni Dagan, …, there's, Elodie, Alison Lewis, O, Lewis, Catherine Chinatree, Sonny Organizations: CNBC Travel Locations: United States, India, Ibiza, Tel Aviv, Israel, Egypt, Red, Tanzania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Bali, U.S, Hawaii, Texas, Sintra , Portugal, Margate, Bangkok, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal

☆ Opinion: Bradley Cooper’s fake nose in ‘Maestro’ was a poor choice
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion David M. Perry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Arguably the least interesting thing about Leonard Bernstein — the legendary conductor and composer now being played by Bradley Cooper in an upcoming Netflix biopic called “Maestro”— was his nose. However, any non-Jewish person putting on a fake nose in order to portray a Jew is colliding with a grim history. I think we can and must discern between Cooper’s nose prosthesis and, for example, the virulent antisemitism embedded in the works of beloved children’s author Roald Dahl. I don’t want to watch “Maestro.” I don’t really care whether you do, so long as you respect my feelings. You cannot have a non-Jewish actor putting on a fake nose in order to play a Jew and not at least pause for a moment to consider the history.

Persons: David M, Perry, “, Leonard Bernstein —, Bradley Cooper, ” —, Perry David Perry Bernstein, Felicia Montealegre, Carey Mulligan, It’s, Cooper, Bernstein, Sara Lipton, ”, I’ve, Maisel, it’s, Mulligan, “ Maestro, I’m, Roald Dahl, Dahl, Lipton Organizations: University of Minnesota, CNN, Netflix, Rican, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Europe, Costa, Rican American, Greenwich

☆ Skull reshaping was practiced for centuries in ancient Japan by men and women
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Modified skulls found in an ancient burial site in Japan were deliberately reshaped in both men and women as an expression of collective identity. It’s possible, the researchers suggested, that the Hirota cranial reshaping played a part in their trading success. For the new study, the scientists 3D-scanned and digitally modeled 19 adult Hirota skulls to conduct more detailed morphological analysis. Certain indentations were also identified in Hirota skulls but were absent in those of Jomon and Doigahama individuals. At the Hirota site, each marker indicates where burials were found along with the notes on their sex and approximate age group.

Persons: ”, Noriko Seguchi, James Frances Loftus III, ” Seguchi, Loftus, Seguchi, —, crania Organizations: CNN, Faculty of Social, Studies, Kyushu University, Kyushu University Museum Locations: Japan, Tanegashima, Asia, Europe, Germany, Croatia, China, Central America, Mexico, Americas

☆ A 15-year-old medieval girl was buried face down with her ankles possibly tied together to stop her from returning from the dead, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A 9th century gravesite unearthed in England suggests ancient settlers may have feared the undead. Researchers with the Museum of London Archeology discovered a 15-year-old girl buried face-down. Archeologists, however, discovered the Conington girl buried face-down in a pit that marked the entrance to the small settlement and believe her ankles may have also been tied together, according to the MOLA statement. Archeologists unearthed the remains of a 15-year-old girl in a Medieval settlement near Conington, Cambridgeshire several years ago. "Her burial rites may have reflected the nature of her death, or her social identity or that of her family."

Persons: MOLA, Don Walker, Matteo Borrini, Osteologists, Nicolaus, Walker Organizations: Museum of London Archeology, Service, Privacy, Museum of London, Infrastructure, Conington . Oxford, Liverpool John Moores University, MOLA Headland, Nicolaus Copernicus University Locations: England, Wall, Silicon, Conington , Cambridgeshire, MOLA, Conington, Europe, Cambridgeshire

☆ Medieval girl buried face down, ankles possibly tied, to prevent ‘return’ from the grave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Analysis of the remains of a young Medieval girl, who was buried face down with her ankles potentially tied together, suggests extra measures were taken to ensure “she could not ‘return’ from the grave,” archaeologists have said. “To be buried face-down is thought to have been a social expression of ‘otherness’, a burial practice reserved for people considered outside of Early Medieval society,” MOLA said. MOLA Headland InfrastructureOsteologists – bone specialists – at MOLA found evidence to suggest the girl was of a low social status. She was buried in a pit that used to hold an entry post for the Early Medieval Gatehouse at the Conington settlement. Oxford Archaeology“As well as being buried face down on a boundary, the position of her ankles suggests they may have been tied together.

Persons: MOLA, “, ” MOLA, ”, –, Don Walker Organizations: CNN, Museum of London, Infrastructure, “ Locations: English, Conington, Cambridgeshire, MOLA, England, Medeival England, MOLA senior, Oxford

☆ ‘Swifterature:’ Belgian university launches course to analyze Taylor Swift lyrics
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Poetry, prose and now songwriting: Ghent University in Belgium is launching a new literature course dedicated to the literary merit of Taylor Swift’s discography. “Highly prolific and autobiographical in her songwriting, Swift makes frequent allusions to canonical literary texts in her music,” the class syllabus explains. “Using Swift’s work as a springboard, we will explore, among other topics, literary feminism, ecocriticism, fan studies, and tropes such as the anti-hero. In 2016, the University of Texas launched an English Literature course unpacking Beyoncé’s visual album “Lemonade” and its relationship to Black feminism. “But if anyone can teach you a lesson in how to respond to trolls, it’s Taylor Swift,” she concluded.

Persons: Taylor, Elly McCausland, McCausland, Sylvia Plath, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare —, Geoffrey Chaucer’s “, Criseyde, Charlotte Brontë’s “, Margaret Atwood, Simon Armitage, “, Swift, Taylor Swift, ” McCausland, ”, Sylvia Plath’s, —, I’ll, “ I’m, There’s, it’s Taylor Swift Organizations: CNN, Ghent University, Oxford University, University of York, University of Oslo, New York University, Arizona State University, Berklee College of Music, Rice University, University of Texas, University of Copenhagen Locations: Belgium, Charlotte Brontë’s “ Villette, ”, ’, United Kingdom, Norway, Europe, United States, Houston

☆ College professors are going back to paper exams and handwritten essays to fight students using ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

While some professors have embraced it as a tool, others are finding ways to fight its use. Concerned professors told Insider they plan to go back to handwritten assignments and oral exams to avoid the use of generative AI. "I'm planning on going medieval on the students and going all the way back to oral exams," Christopher Bartel, a philosophy professor at Appalachian State University, told Insider in January. "If it's school kids, that's a real yellow-red flag on the size of the prize," internet analyst Mark Shmulik told Insider. "This idea that if the ChatGPT drop-off is due to students on summer break, that implies a narrower audience and fewer use cases."

Persons: Fortune, Krebs, Bill Hart, Davidson, Christopher Bartel, Mark Shmulik Organizations: Harvard, Michigan State University's College of Arts and, Appalachian State University, Fox News, OpenAI

☆ PHOTOS: Inside the home designed to look like a princess castle in Illinois
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The unique home was designed to look like a princess' castle, according to the listing agent. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The $1.9 million property hit the market in Barrington Hills, and its unique architecture will certainly be a conversation starter for future visitors. It was designed by a father to look like a castle for his daughter who wanted to be a princess when she was 4 years old, according to listing agent Rob Morrison. "They've just done everything to the actual definition of a castle as far as all the architecture on the inside and the outside," Morrison said.

Persons: Rob Morrison, Morrison Organizations: Service Locations: Chicago, Wall, Silicon, Illinois, Barrington Hills

☆ Film festival brings the world to Kosovo
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Fatos Bytyci | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Spectators watch a movie in an open-air cinema on a medieval fortress during Dokufest documentary and film festival in Prizren, Kosovo August 9, 2023. REUTERS/Fatos BytyciPRIZREN, Kosovo, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The medieval fortress overlooking the southern Kosovo town of Prizren is one of the striking venues for Dokufest, a film festival that has become one of the Balkan country's biggest cultural events. "In the absence of us not being able to travel abroad we brought the world here with people, films, possibilities, friendship." And with Kosovo only recognised by around 110 other countries, their passport is among the weakest in the world. "We do something so real and on the ground and genuine like I make a personal film about my mother.

Persons: Sinan Pasha, Dokufest, Veton Nurkollari, Jude Chehab, Chehab, Fatos Bytyci, Toby Chopra Organizations: REUTERS, Dokufest, Balkan, Thomson Locations: Prizren, Kosovo, Fatos, PRIZREN, Serbia, Colombia, Tanzania, Britain, Canada, United States, Lebanese, American

☆ Will AI be an economic blessing or curse? History offers clues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Mark John | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Backers of AI predict a productivity leap that will generate wealth and improve living standards. The productivity gains it was once lauded for have slowed across many economies. In a globalised economy, there are other reasons to doubt whether the potential gains of AI will be felt evenly. That is just one of several factors that will help determine how AI shapes our economic lives - from antitrust policies that ensure healthy competition among AI suppliers through to re-training of workforces. "The question is: will AI exacerbate existing inequalities or could it actually help us get back to something much fairer?"

Persons: Richard Erkhov, Yiannis, Simon Johnson, Johnson, Daron Acemoglu, jenny, Natixis, Stefano Scarpetta, MIT's Johnson, Mary Towers, Eva Mathews, Mark John, Catherine Evans Organizations: REUTERS, MIT Sloan School of Management, McKinsey, Hollywood, Reuters, Labour, Social Affairs, Economic Cooperation, Development, UN, POWER, Britain's Trades Union, OECD, Thomson Locations: Pascal, Nicosia, Cyprus, U.S, American, Paris, Bengaluru

☆ For Luck in Love, Couples Are Breaking Plates (On Purpose)
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Alix Strauss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The act of breaking plates is believed to represent a couple’s first moment of unity and teamwork. “I’m known for mixed-culture weddings,” Ms. Lee-DePasquale said. “Blending those cultures together is best done by understanding customs, traditions and rituals.”For the past 13 years, Ms. Lee-DePasquale has worked with couples to incorporate their cultures into modern celebrations. The more shards, the more luck the couple would experience.”Centuries later, a second step in this ritual emerged. “The couple sweep up the broken shards together to chase away the evil spirits and to represent their first shared task,” Ms. Lee-DePasquale said.

Persons: Harrington, ”, Meena Lee, “, Ms, Lee, DePasquale Locations: Manhattan, American

☆ Tupac Shakur’s self-designed ring becomes most expensive hip-hop artifact sold at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Late rapper Tupac Shakur’s gold, ruby and diamond crown ring fetched more than $1 million on Tuesday, becoming the most valuable hip-hop artifact ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s. From left: Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac Shakur show off their rings DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection//ShutterstockThe ring was designed over several months after the rapper signed with Death Row Records following a prison sentence of which he served eight months. It was modeled after the crowns of Europe’s medieval kings in “an act of self-coronation,” said Shakur’s godmother Yaasmyn Fula, who brought the ring to auction, according to a Sotheby’s press release. The ring on display ahead of Tuesday's hip-hop-themed auction. The wooden box, painted in the artist’s classic cartoonish style, sold within estimate at $76,200.

Persons: Tupac Shakur’s, Shakur, “, Kidada Jones, Quincy Jones, Snoop, Tupac Shakur, ”, Yaasmyn, De La Soul’s Kelvin Mercer, Alexi Rosenfeld, KAWS, UNKLE, James Lavelle, Wu, Tang, Bill Sienkiewicz, EPMD’s Organizations: CNN Locations: New York, “, York, American

☆ This Hummus Holds Up After 800 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Ligaya Mishan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

You take chickpeas, hard and dry, and boil them until their skins loosen and they reveal themselves, tender little hulks with souls of butter. For much of human civilization, recipes were rarely written down, and of those that were, almost none have survived. You might recognize this as hummus. Notably absent from the recipe is garlic, despite its ubiquity in the cooking of the Arab world at the time. It’s not certain exactly when garlic was introduced to the dish: Nasrallah notes that there is no documentation of hummus recipes after the 14th century until the late 19th century.

Persons: Nawal Nasrallah, It’s, Nasrallah, Frenchman, Spencer Merolla, —, Alexandria —, ” Zayan Organizations: JR Locations: United States, Mexico, Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria, France, Paris, Salle

☆ Wildfires spread near Croatia's Adriatic pearl of Dubrovnik
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SARAJEVO, July 25 (Reuters) - Firefighters battled wildfires that were spreading in the area south of the Croatian Adriatic city of Dubrovnik late on Tuesday, with strong southerly winds preventing deployment of aircraft and landmines exploding, local media reported. "A hurricane southern wind blowing in the Dubrovnik-Neretva canton has fuelled a widespread open space fire in the area of the Dubrovnik Plat community," the Croatian Firefighters Community (HVZ) said on its website. The area affected by fire is just 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from the medieval Mediterranean town of Dubrovnik, a top tourist destination in Croatia. Another bushfire occurred in the Split-Dalmatian county on Tuesday, with 65 firefighters and three aircraft battling the flames. Also on Tuesday, two people drowned and several were injured in neighbouring Montenegro when strong southern winds hit its coast, port authorities in the towns of Ulcinj and Petrovac said.

Persons: Petrovac, Daria Sito, Aleksandar Vasovic, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Firefighters, Croatian Firefighters, Canadair, Local, Thomson Locations: SARAJEVO, Croatian Adriatic, Dubrovnik, Neretva, Croatia, Local Dubrovnik, Du, Dalmatian, Montenegro, Ulcinj, Europe

☆ Jan. 6 Rioter Who Beat Officer With Flagpole Gets Four-Year Sentence
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A truck driver who assaulted a police officer with a flagpole at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Monday to 52 months in federal prison. The attack by the driver, Peter Stager, produced one of the most disturbing images to emerge from the Capitol attack. Mr. Stager, 44, of Conway, Ark., was captured on video beating the officer, Blake Miller, with the flagpole in a fit of rage as Officer Miller lay facedown in a mob of other rioters with “no means of defending himself,” prosecutors wrote in court papers. Officers who fell victim to attacks in a tunnel on the terrace and on the steps there have repeatedly likened the violence to the hand-to-hand combat of a medieval battle. After assaulting Officer Miller, prosecutors say, Mr. Stager was caught on video pointing at the Capitol, and declaring: “Everybody in there is a disgrace.

Persons: Peter Stager, Stager, Blake Miller, Miller, ”, Carter Moore, Andrew Wayte Organizations: Capitol, Officers Locations: Conway, West Terrace

☆ Tourists flee Greek island Rhodes wildfire, thousands evacuated
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A wildfire which has raged on the Greek island of Rhodes for six days forced thousands of tourists and island residents to shelter in schools and indoor stadiums on Sunday after they were evacuated from coastal villages and resorts. Many fled their hotels when huge flames reached the seaside villages of Kiotari, Gennadi, Pefki, Lindos, Lardos and Kalathos. "We have between 4,000 and 5,000 people now accommodated at different structures," Thanasis Virinis, a vice mayor of Rhodes told Mega television on Sunday, calling for donations of essentials such as mattresses and bedclothes. Climate change means heatwaves will become more frequent, an advisor to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Saturday. The fire has scorched swathes of forest and several buildings since breaking out in a mountainous area on Tuesday.

Persons: Rhodes, Ioannis Artopoios Organizations: Coastguard, Mega, Reuters, World Meteorological Organization, Firefighters Locations: Rhodes, Kiotari, Lindos, Greece, Southern Europe

☆ Wildfires in Greece: what you need to know about the island of Rhodes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ATHENS, July 23 (Reuters) - Following are some facts about the Greek island of Rhodes, facing wildfires that caused thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate this weekend. With a population of about 125,000 people, Rhodes is the ninth largest island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Lying to the southeast of the Greek mainland, it is one of the country's most popular islands for tourists, known for its sun-drenched beaches and historic sites. The old medieval town of Rhodes is home to a citadel, one of the finest examples of Gothic defensive architecture, and a well-preserved castle, the Palace of the Grand Master. In the southeast of the island, the small fishing village of Lindos attracts tourists with its hilltop medieval fortress and ancient acropolis.

Persons: Rhodes, Saint John, Angeliki, Frances Kerry Organizations: Knights, Crusaders, UNESCO, Thomson Locations: ATHENS, Rhodes, Lindos

ATHENS, July 23 (Reuters) - A wildfire raging on the Greek island of Rhodes forced thousands of tourists and island residents to shelter in schools and indoor stadiums on Sunday after they were evacuated from coastal villages and resorts. One government official told Reuters 19,000 people had been moved away from their homes and hotels, 3,000 of them by boat. Large groups gathered in the streets under a red sky waiting to be taken to safety. "We have between 4,000 and 5,000 people now accommodated at different structures," Thanasis Virinis, a vice mayor of Rhodes told Mega television on Sunday, calling for donations of essentials such as mattresses and bedclothes. "Customers currently in Rhodes will return on their intended flight home", it sad in a statement.

Persons: Amy Leyden, Leyden, Rhodes, Ioannis Artopoios, Jet2, TUI, Renee Maltezou, Elizabeth Piper, Frank Jack Daniel, Frances Kerry Organizations: Correndon, Reuters, Sky News, Volunteers, Mega, Firefighters, World Meteorological Organization, Thomson Locations: ATHENS, Rhodes, TUI, Greece, Kiotari, Lindos, Southern Europe

☆ Facing a Future of Drought, Spain Turns to Medieval Solutions and ‘Ancient Wisdom’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Constant Méheut | More About Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He explained that before the acequias, it was hard to grow food in the unstable climate of the Mediterranean, with periodic droughts. The “genius of the system,” he said, is that it slows down the water flow from the mountains to the plains in order to better retain and distribute it. Without acequias, snowmelt from mountain peaks would flow directly into rivers and lakes that dry up during the summer. With them, the melt is diverted to multiple acequias winding through the hills. It spurts from fountains in the region’s typical whitewashed villages.

Persons: Civantos, ” Locations: acequias, Granada, Almeria, Al, Sierra Nevada

☆ Is It a Meal? A Snack? No, It’s ‘Girl Dinner.’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Jessica Roy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s 90 degrees outside, and you’re too hot and exhausted from a long day of work to cobble together a proper meal. Luckily you’re home by yourself — no kids, no roommates, no partners — and therefore can eat whatever you want for dinner, without having to consider the food preferences or nutrition needs of others. Welcome to “girl dinner.”According to TikTok, where the trend has more than 30 million views, girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal. Typical girl dinners may include some kind of fruit, a block of cheddar, sliced salami, a sleeve of fancy crackers and a dish of olives. Girl dinner is “both chaotic and filling,” as one TikTok commenter put it, requiring none of the forethought, cooking or plating demanded by an actual meal.

Persons: you’re, commenter, Olivia Maher, ” Locations: TikTok

☆ Royal destinations you need to visit in the UK
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A version of this story appeared in the July 7 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. Research in 2011 by Visit Britain found that around 60% of tourists to the UK are likely to visit places associated with the royal family, according to Ross Bennett-Cook, a visiting lecturer at the School of Architecture and Cities at London’s University of Westminster. While there is no more recent data on royal sites specifically, in 2022 Visit Britain found that history and heritage were the biggest pull factors for tourists. Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesCornwall: Dear to local and international tourists alike, Cornwall, on the southwestern tip of the UK pointing out into the Atlantic Ocean, is also a special destination for the royal family. The medieval parish church of St Mary Magdalene is regularly used as a place of worship by members of the royal family and dates back to the 16th-century.

Persons: Ross Bennett, Cook, we’ve, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, William the, Edward III, Prince Harry, Prince Philip, Peter Titmuss, Duke of Cornwall, Prince William, Mary Magdalene, Bauer, Griffin, Queen, King George VI, Queen Victoria . Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Andrew Milligan, Prince Albert, daytrippers, Mary Queen of Scots, It’s, Peter Byrne, King Charles, Prince of Wales, Work, wasn’t, King Edward I, Wales, Edward II, Tim Rooke, King George IV, Albert, There’s, shouldn’t Organizations: CNN’s Royal, CNN, Wimbledon, School of Architecture, London’s University of Westminster, Guard, Getty, Radcliffe, Sandringham, Sandringham House, Queen, Highlands, Scottish, Caernarfon, Royal Palaces Locations: Europe, London, Windsor, St, George’s, Duchy, Cornwall, Lostwithiel, UK, British, England, Scilly, Sandringham, Norfolk, Royal Parkland, Scotland, Cairns, Edinburgh, Holyroodhouse, Scottish, Caernarfon, Wales, Menai, Anglesey, Prince, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Brighton, Isle of Wight, Osborne

☆ Rize: Turkey’s hidden mountain hideaways
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Feride Yalav-Heckeroth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Rize province, on the Black Sea coast near Turkey’s northeast border with Georgia, is still largely unknown to many international travelers. Away from Rize itself – the seaside city which lends its name to the province – the area’s valleys and plateaus, surrounded by high-altitude mountain ridges, have remained largely rural. With high rates of rainfall, Rize’s mountain villages (yayla) become a point of escape from summer temperatures. “The state of tourism in Rize is not very pleasant because visitors often arrive without much knowledge about the local culture or the nature. “I think the purpose of coming to Rize shouldn’t be to rush through everything and take a few selfies.

Persons: Orhan Eskiva, café, hamsili, Rize’s, Zeyne, Ahmet Şişman, İbrahim Birben, it’s, Dağ Evi, Trebizond, Emre Corbaci, Taşkın, ”, Elif, Peri, Deniz Demirci Tarakçı, Çinçiva, “, Işık Güner, Feride, Conde Nast Organizations: CNN, Ottomans, Apo, Rize Zua Coffee Locations: Rize, Turkey’s, Georgia, Rize province, Çamlıhemşin, Forestry, Karadeniz, Russia, Senyuva, Çamlıhemşin’s, Mola, Sümela, Trabzon, Zilkale, Armenian, Şenyuva, Istanbul, Pokutsal, Peri, Rize Zua, Yasemin, Barcelona, Fırtına, “, Lake Constance, Kinfolk

☆ Pope names Argentine bishop, author of kissing book, to top Vatican post
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Vatican statement on Saturday said Francis had chosen fellow Argentine Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez to be the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF). The powerful post of DDF prefect was held by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger for 23 years before he became Pope Benedict in 2005. "The kiss is a meeting of the two in a moment in which there is nothing else besides them, and nothing else matters," Fernandez wrote in the book. The Vatican did not mention the book in the partial list of his publications it issued with the appointment announcement. Francis succeeds Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria, a Spanish Jesuit, who is at the end of his mandate.

Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, Victor Manuel Fernandez, Fernandez, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict, Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria, Philip Pullella, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Catholic, Argentine, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Spanish Jesuit, Thomson Locations: Argentine, Spanish

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