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Facebook Tweet Email Link EDITOR’S NOTE: This CNN Travel series may have adjacent ads by the country it highlights. CNN retains full editorial control over subject matter, reporting and frequency of the articles and videos, in compliance with our policy. Calling Turkish coffee “just a drink” undersells it. It’s a ritual, a conversation and, as arguably the ancestor of all modern coffees, it’s a nearly 500-year-old piece of history, inscribed by UNESCO on its intangible cultural heritage of humanity list. Coffee’s roots go back even further. Lani Kingston, adjunct professor at Portland State University, says a single coffee bean dating…
Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump’s decision late Monday to dismiss Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook escalated his yearlong effort to consolidate executive power and could open a new high-stakes legal battle at the Supreme Court. The 6-3 conservative court has repeatedly allowed Trump to fire the leadership at independent agencies, but it has in the past drawn a line around the Fed. In May, the court called the Federal Reserve a “uniquely structured” agency with a long history of insulation from political interference from the White House that shouldn’t be changed. “Because the Constitution vests the executive power…
Trump administration officials are planning to meet with a senior Chinese trade negotiator this week — but there’s little expectation it will yield a breakthrough in ending the nations’ trade standoff. The negotiator, Li Chenggang, is expected to meet with deputy-level administration officials during his visit to Washington, a US government spokesperson told CNN. The Wall Street Journal first reported the meeting. But the sit-down is not a formal negotiating session, and administration officials are skeptical that it will accomplish much. Chenggang was not invited by US officials and instead sought out the meeting on his own, according to a…
Facebook Tweet Email Link (CNN) – “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is a phrase enshrined in the US Declaration of Independence. But a couple of the Founding Fathers might have considered skinny dipping another inalienable right. Benjamin Franklin was known to have stripped down to his birthday suit to demonstrate what were apparently exceptional swimming skills. During his tenure in the White House, John Quincy Adams frequently started his presidential day with a naked soak in the Potomac. Fast forward more than two centuries, clothing optional resorts and nude beaches can be found across the nation. The American…
Facebook Tweet Email Link United States Special Envoy Tom Barrack sparked outrage after telling Lebanese journalists to act “civilized,” not “animalistic,” during a news conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday. Barrack, joined by deputy envoy Morgan Ortagus, was in the Lebanese capital as part of US efforts to disarm the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. During the briefing, he scolded the journalists for calling out questions simultaneously – a common practice in news conferences – linking their behavior to what he described as a broader “problem” in the Middle East. “Please, be quiet for a moment. And I wanna tell…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Sydney, Australia Reuters — A manhunt is underway in southern Australia for a heavily armed gunman who police said shot dead two officers and wounded another on Tuesday as they tried to serve a warrant at a rural property in the state of Victoria. Police said the suspect fired on a team of 10 officers in Porepunkah, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northeast of the city of Melbourne, at around 10.30 a.m. local time (8.30 p.m. Monday ET). In a news conference on Tuesday evening, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed a 59-year-old detective, and…