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WCBS By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — When a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000 in 2019, social media uproar and an age-old debate…
Continue ReadingWCBS By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — When a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000 in 2019, social media uproar and an age-old debate…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — When a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000 in 2019, social media uproar and an age-old debate about the…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines is expanding its new boarding technology that stops passengers from cutting in line during…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A stained-glass Tiffany window originally designed for an Ohio church has sold for $12.48 million at auction.…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After continually moving further and further south in search of sunshine, Gail and Greg Warner, both…
Continue ReadingBy Smitha Menon, CNN Srinagar, India (CNN) — In Indian-administered Kashmir, long before the morning call to prayer reverberates across…
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape sold for more than $121 million at a Christie’s…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — At first glance you might have missed it. But hidden within the typical red carpet fanfare at the Governors Ball in…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — If you planned on traveling aboard Spirit Airlines for the holidays, which filed for bankruptcy Monday, you…
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — While many communities around the world have been wondering what to make of Donald Trump’s presidential…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — Despite usually lasting less than 15 minutes, the modern runway show often demands months of preparation,…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Pioneering travel guidebook writer Arthur Frommer has died at the age of 95, according to a statement from the…
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Rose Smith, CNN (CNN) — If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company.…
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A gold watch gifted to the captain of a ship which rescued more than 700 passengers and crew from the Titanic…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen and Alessandro Gentili, CNN (CNN) — There’s nothing quite like the mouthwatering taste of real…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — He’s the mythical Celtic warlord who held out against the Anglo Saxon invasion of what would come to be called…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: crackdowns on overtourism in Florence and Pompeii, new developments in the world…
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Dallas police are investigating after a Southwest Airlines flight was struck by a bullet as it was preparing to…
Continue ReadingCNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The ancient Colosseum in Rome has witnessed some historic battles, with toga-clad crowds once…
Continue ReadingBy Barry Neild, CNN (CNN) — Bored of the usual lump of cheddar? You could do a lot worse than swapping it out with a piece of Queijo de Ovelha…
Continue ReadingTravelers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight preparing to leave Denver Friday had to evacuate after a passenger’s cell phone battery caught on fire…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The ancient Colosseum in Rome has witnessed some historic battles, with toga-clad crowds once packing…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Ambika Mathur was sitting on her parents’ couch, watching “Emily in Paris” and feeling sorry for…
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A Miami-bound Scandinavian Airlines flight was forced to return to Europe on Thursday after…
Continue ReadingCNN By Paradise Afshar and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A Miami-bound Scandinavian Airlines flight was forced to return to Europe on Thursday…
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration says an air traffic controller’s instructions kept an American Airlines…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A rare knife handle in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England,…
Continue ReadingIs it a bird? Is it a winged goddess? Is it an ode to the history of traditional Dutch ceramics? At Miss Universe 2024, it was all those things —…
Continue ReadingBy Junko Ogura and Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a…
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The United States has returned more than 1,400 looted artifacts worth $10 million to India as part of an ongoing…
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — More than 260 peaks over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), hiking trails blazed by Indigenous people thousands of years…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Seoul’s Incheon Airport has taken a major stance. Throughout the terminal, large signs in Korean and English…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Visitors to New York City’s famed Flatiron Building may have noticed the landmark’s lesser-known neighbor…
Continue ReadingBy Leyla Rose, CNN (CNN) — The train click-clacks along at a steady rhythm, passing through various shades of green. Lush rice fields morph…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The name “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” is off-limits to Oakland’s airport — at least…
Continue ReadingCNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: crackdowns on overtourism in Florence and Pompeii, new developments in the…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The historic Italian city of Florence is taking steps to cut overtourism, introducing measures…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — CoCo and Deitrick Bates have made some pretty big leaps of faith in the past few years. They married within three…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The photograph could have been taken at any birthday party: three girls in dresses standing side-by-side in a…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Travelers booking seats on what’s currently the world’s longest nonstop commercial flight will have more…
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Several Australian airlines have canceled flights to and from the popular Indonesian vacation island of Bali after…
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — It’s a forlorn scene: after a long flight, you watch as each and every passenger departs the baggage area while…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An award-winning university building that won a prestigious architecture prize is set to be demolished less than 30…
Continue ReadingBy Jemal Polson, CNN (CNN) — White sand beaches, Atlantic Ocean views and a whole lot of skin — this is the 2025 Pirelli Calendar. The latest…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN London (CNN) — Britain, birthplace of rail transport, will get its first ever luxury sleeper train touring England…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — In the Australian city Geelong, just south of Melbourne, thousands are lining up for the rare chance to see –…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — While some might be growing weary of celebrity method dressing — the styling phenomenon that sees actors match…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The city of Lisbon, known for its picturesque cobbled streets, eye-catching colorful buildings and…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as…
Continue ReadingBy Justin Calderón, CNN Tirana (CNN) — Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Limited Too’s colorful, girly clothing defined childhood for many American Millennials. Now, the brand is back…
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — Rome’s baroque Trevi Fountain opened Saturday morning with selfie-takers lining a…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: why true crime buffs are heading to Beverly Hills, a look at the world’s only…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Lin En could have easily reached his destination in six hours had he caught a flight. But…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport…
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Baum and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — More than five years since a catastrophic fire destroyed large parts of the Notre-Dame cathedral…
Continue ReadingCNN By Caroline Baum and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — More than five years since a catastrophic fire destroyed large parts of the Notre-Dame…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — An AI robot’s painting of British computer scientist and codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for $1.08 million,…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It was 5.30 in the morning and Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas cruise ship was floating off the coast…
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN Almaty, Kazakhstan (CNN) — Several cities around the globe have reinvented themselves in recent years, but none more…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A “very rare” 77-year-old slice of the cake served at Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding sold for…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century have sold for £9.6 million ($12.5 million) at…
Continue ReadingBy Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — A lower cost of living. Affordable health care. Enhanced quality of life. Better bread. By now, many Americans are…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Lost luggage is one of the major woes of the modern travel era, with rates of mishandled bags still up since the…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Ye Kunkun spent 398 yuan (about $56) on a special iced Americano at a rural café in…
Continue ReadingCNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — When the city of Rome constructed what looks like a backyard swimming pool…
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Smart and Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York got quite the wake-up call on Monday morning…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York got quite the wake-up call on Monday morning…
Continue ReadingCNN By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Her name is as Scottish as it gets, but little Haggis is a long way from her natural home. The forests and…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A postcard written by a first-class passenger on the Titanic will go up for auction later this month. Richard…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Her name is as Scottish as it gets, but little Haggis is a long way from her natural home. The forests and…
Continue ReadingBy Stephy Chung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chanel presented its Cruise 2024-2025 collection in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with a mix of light tweed…
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Taiwan’s growth as a fine dining destination shows no signs of slowing, as evidenced by the island’s…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — When the city of Rome constructed what looks like a backyard swimming pool in…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A rare letter signed by three of the Founding Fathers of the United States is going on sale, and is expected to fetch…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They moved to France from San Francisco in October 2023, but just over 12 months later, Joanna…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — For tourists returning from vacation, a camera roll full of photos and a suitcase bursting…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Kim Kardashian is no stranger to wearing fashion history. In recent years she’s donned pieces belonging to Marilyn…
Continue ReadingYahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — Deep within the Arctic Circle, pocketed between giant glaciers and beneath polar ice floes, Swedish photographer and…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel roundup this week: the burning mountain whose flames never go out, how Antarctica became a…
Continue ReadingBy Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Eating a slice of New York pizza, taking a stroll in Central Park and hustling down the busy sidewalks of…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Mandy Suess was certain the red-haired man she met at Oktoberfest was special. When they’d said goodbye —…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Every year in Thailand, on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month of the Thai lunar…
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — More than a “brat summer” – it may even be a brat year. Collins Dictionary has named “brat” its word of…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Heidi Klum phone home. The most hotly anticipated costume of the spooky season is here — and the “Queen of…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, Hanako Montgomery and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — She weighs three apples and stands five apples tall. She enjoys baking cookies…
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Kia Fatahi, CNN (CNN) — United Airlines crew and passengers had to stop what court documents describe as an unprovoked…
Continue ReadingKGO By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — United Airlines crew and passengers had to stop what court documents describe as an unprovoked beating of a…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — A butcher in northeast Germany has come up with what he believes is an innovative solution to the…
Continue ReadingBy Tacita Quinn, CNN (CNN) — Gothic fantasy? Whimsical horror? Macabre comedy? Despite making films for over 40 years, Tim Burton’s visual…
Continue ReadingBy Kathy Rose OBrien, CNN London (CNN) — Rolls-Royce has created a one-of-a-kind car in honor of the 60th anniversary of the James Bond movie…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Up to 60,000 so-called “witches” are thought to have been executed across Europe during the 1600s and 1700s,…
Continue ReadingBy Milly Chan and Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Japan is famed for its skilled artisans, masters who maintain a commitment to tradition while…
Continue ReadingBy Corinne Whiting, CNN Pittsburgh (CNN) — Pittsburghers seem to enjoy that their hilly, welcoming city, which sits at the junction of three…
Continue ReadingBy Pavlo Fedykovych, CNN (CNN) — Greek legends are typically full of the incredible — winged white stallions, bull-headed minotaurs, Trojan…
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