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A new hotel in the clouds and a rare celestial event

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High-altitude accommodation in Vietnam, the longest bicycle tunnel in the world, and an unusual solar eclipse. View in Browser 04.22.23 High-altitude accommodation in Vietnam, the longest bicycle tunnel in the world, and a new museum dedicated to Amelia Earhart. Here's the latest news and tips from the world of travel.   By Lilit Marcus   🌒  Celestial synchronicity Terra Australis This week, the moon and the sun briefly aligned over a remote patch of Western Australia. This hybrid solar eclipse brought people from around the globe to the small town of Exmouth , one of the only places that had a view of the full totality.   As one stargazer put it: "It's the three most significant planetary bodies for our existence going into perfect alignment, like three notes on a guitar."   Such celestial happenings remind us of why we travel in the first place -- to experience as much as we can of the world's richness. ...

They break news on CNN.com's homepages

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Meet some of the people who program content on CNN Digital's core platforms View in browser An exclusive inside look with your free CNN account 📱 Meet the team behind CNN.com's homepages By Erica Hernandez Whenever there's a big breaking news moment anywhere in the world, millions of people have an almost Pavlovian reaction: type in CNN.com on their phone or computer and find out what's going on.    Yet few know there is a whole team of people behind the CNN homepages, spread out across the globe from Hong Kong to Washington state. The 24/7 task of updating headlines, changing what is in the lead spots and sending breaking news push notifications is handled by more than three dozen people in different time zones.    We recently talked to a few of the people who work diligently behind the scenes to bring the latest news to CNN's digital audiences. Here's what they told us:  "The chaos of breaking news situ...