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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — A trip to the gas station usually warrants more of a hurried waddle to the bathroom than a commemorative TikTok.…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — A trip to the gas station usually warrants more of a hurried waddle to the bathroom than a commemorative TikTok.…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Indonesia has launched Southeast Asia’s first-ever bullet train, a high-speed rail line that will connect two of…
Continue ReadingKristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — It’s not the diamonds or the pearls that make Beyoncé that girl, but fashion is a critical part of what’s made…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Tracy Ferrell stared at the boarded up hotel in disbelief. It was definitely closed. Not only that, it looked…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — New analysis has identified the oldest shoes ever discovered in Europe, according to a study published this week in…
Continue ReadingIt’s been nearly 20 years since I moved from New York to London. Yet, after all this time, I’m still learning what it means to be…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — A German museum employee swapped out a painting with a fake and then sold the original to buy luxury goods,…
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — A small island juts out of the Caribbean Sea, its sheer cliffs descending into turquoise waters. Remote and…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Mengchen Zhang, CNN (CNN) — China’s rail ambitions just keep growing. The latest addition to the country’s portfolio is…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, Kocha Olarn, Berry Wang and Carina Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s golden beaches, shopping districts and ornate temples…
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — The alligator that was taken to Gatorland after being reported wandering around Central Florida with the top…
Continue ReadingBy Marianna Cerini, CNN Milan (CNN) — Just days after Milan Fashion Week, Donatella Versace is making headlines not for her — albeit…
Continue ReadingJetBlue Airways has joined three other US-based airlines in offering a no-fee guarantee that children 13 years and younger may sit next to an adult…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Taiwanese billionaire Pierre Chen is auctioning off 25,000 bottles of wine from his vast collection, with some…
Continue ReadingClosed to the public for more than a decade, the stunning Zeyrek Çinili Hamam has just reopened its wooden doors to the world. Located in…
Continue ReadingPokémon is partnering with the Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam as part of a new collaboration to teach youngsters about the work of one of the…
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Delta Air Lines “probably went too far” in overhauling its SkyMiles program and lounge…
Continue ReadingWhat happens when several hundred archaeologists gather in a “glass box” in the…
Continue ReadingIt was the summer where everyone went to Europe. And now it’s fall, when the continent really comes into its own as the leaves – and visitor…
Continue ReadingPlans have been revealed for what promises to be London’s most spectacular underground tourist attraction ever: the $268 million transformation of…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Growing up on the remote island of Karpathos, Greece, in the 1990s, Anna Katogiritis struggled to make…
Continue ReadingOften associated with traffic-blocking buses, screechy megaphones and overcrowded landmarks, group tours don’t exactly have the best…
Continue ReadingWhen Ludovica Sannazzaro Natta introduces herself to new people, she always leads with the key…
Continue ReadingA vacation rental that describes itself as a “mud-laden, moss-covered, murky-watered swamp” wouldn’t usually be in…
Continue Readingver the next few days, the biggest names in the international luxury yachting sector will gather to witness the extraordinary sight of some of the…
Continue Reading“Well, I’m obviously a great fan of the little black dress,” quipped Tristram Hunt, director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, when…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Since Angelina Jolie first announced her latest venture, Atelier Jolie, this spring, she’s revealed few…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists in Israel have discovered what they believe to be the remains of an Ancient Greek…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — The British Museum is appealing to the public in its efforts to recover some of the 2,000…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Many a US roadway is nothing more than a clogged eyesore or an efficient but bland way to get from Point A to…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What comes to mind when one thinks of Kim Kardashian? Flowing dark locks, flawless skin or maybe her exaggerated…
Continue ReadingBy Marianna Cerini, CNN Milan (CNN) — Milan Fashion Week picked up where London left off last Wednesday, at least weather-wise. Just like in…
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Standing outside the modern, minimalist exterior of the US State Department’s Harry…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, but the formula you know is long gone. For more than 20 years,…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Li’i, the last Pacific white-sided dolphin at Miami Seaquarium who spent the past few years with beloved…
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Kent, CNN (CNN) — In 2018, fashion designer Bobby Kolade moved from Berlin back to Uganda’s capital Kampala with the ambition of…
Continue Readingby Zoe Whitfield, CNN London (CNN) — Around the time of 2003, as the British Fashion Council’s talent-fostering initiative Newgen turned 10,…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — After Jody Servon’s father died, she kept his hairbrush safe in a Ziploc bag. “That way it still preserved…
Continue ReadingYou wouldn’t be far off if you guessed Italy or France as the country with more of this year’s “World’s 50 Best” restaurants than any…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN. Recipe from José Andrés (CNN) — Many Americans think they know what paella is. The deep, rust-colored rice. The crispy…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week, we bring you the go-to airports for international connections and for passenger…
Continue ReadingTwice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the amount of light and…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan (CNN) — Making your creative director debut when your predecessor was responsible for one of fashion’s most…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN (CNN) — This August, fashion editors and buyers from over 120 of the world’s most influential fashion publications…
Continue ReadingKacie Rose Burns walked into the Florence jazz bar,…
Continue ReadingAn unknown story by Truman Capote has been published for the first time, after it was discovered hiding in plain sight in a red notebook belonging to…
Continue ReadingMongolian cuisine can best be summed up by a local proverb: “Give a man a knife, fire and some stones, and he has a…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Quirky accessories are nothing new in the fashion world. Just last weekend, Simone Rocha unveiled beaded face masks…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — A new dawn rose in Milan on Thursday evening as British designer Peter Hawkings made his hotly…
Continue ReadingWhen Italian villages started selling houses for the price of a cup of coffee, most foreign buyers rushing to grab a slice of the action saw it as a…
Continue ReadingBy Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — You may have come across it wrapped around rice and fish at a sushi restaurant, but when it comes to choosing…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — During a ceremony and press conference Wednesday in New York, seven drawings by the Austrian expressionist Egon…
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A rare $10,000 bill dating back to the Great Depression has sold for $480,000 at auction. Issued in 1934, the…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN London (CNN) — It opened just over a year ago, but a luxurious 24-key Italian property has already been named…
Continue ReadingSky-high passenger volumes. A shortage of pilots. Weather delays and…
Continue ReadingTraveling through one of the world’s best airports is set to get even smoother next…
Continue ReadingJens Haaning was supposed to create works of art with the 530,000 Danish krone ($76,000) lent to him by a museum, but instead he took the money and…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan and Nicole Mowbray, CNN London (CNN) — London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday in the glow of a sweltering UK heatwave, and…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — The life of any burgeoning designer is far from predictable. But in the last two weeks, Dilara Findikoglu has…
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — New “treasures and secrets” have been revealed at the site of a sunken temple off Egypt’s Mediterranean…
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — There are cities, there are capitals and then there is Cairo. Chaotic, enchanting and…
Continue ReadingA huge prehistoric structure in Ohio has become the 25th US landmark to be awarded a place on the UNESCO World Heritage…
Continue ReadingBy Leigh Signal (CNN) — For most of us, the prospect of a long-haul flight is exciting, mixed with a few nerves. We’re off somewhere…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — US investigators seized artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele from three museums amid claims Nazis stole them…
Continue ReadingA bear that prompted partial closures at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Monday was captured without incident and is being relocated,…
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — The alligator that was rescued last week after being reported wandering in Central Florida with the top half of…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A university observatory in Russia has been inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List. The…
Continue ReadingAimee Look, CNN Dubai, UAE (CNN) — London-based Nigerian fashion designer Mowalola Ogunlesi has apologized after stirring a backlash online for…
Continue Readinghe Italian city of Venice and its lagoon were not listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list during a meeting of the UN agency in Saudi…
Continue ReadingA promotional video by a state-owned railway in China that asked women to refrain from putting on makeup during train journeys has sparked a fierce…
Continue ReadingCNN By Stefano Pozzebon and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero, celebrated for his iconic style featuring…
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero, celebrated for his iconic style featuring rotund…
Continue ReadingBarbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — The Italian city of Venice and its lagoon were not listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger…
Continue ReadingBy Nick Remsen and Alex Rees, CNN New York City (CNN) — Few fashion labels conjure a picturesque — and aspirational — vision of gilded…
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to quantify the value of painter and all-around cultural icon Bob Ross, but $9.85 million is a good…
Continue ReadingPrincess Diana wore many show-stopping outfits over the years, leaving behind an indelible impact on fashion history as it relates to royal dress…
Continue ReadingAt 6 pm on Wednesday evening, St Paul’s — an iconic part of the London skyline for hundreds of years — concluded its choral evensong service as…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A collection of tombs from Korea’s ancient Gaya confederacy, a Viking age ring fortress in Denmark, an…
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A photograph of a huge plasma arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way,…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, Michelle Watson and Ross Levitt, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight bound for Rome returned to New Jersey just after…
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Braff, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes it only takes one visit to convince visitors to pack up their belongings and move to Bonaire…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Mowbray, CNN London, UK (CNN) — It was billed as Britain’s answer to the Met Gala, and last night’s inaugural “Vogue World”…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Old, round, imperfect and beautiful — that’s how fans of Korean art describe the moon jar, or…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Residents and travelers to California can already visit cannabis dispensaries to buy legal weed. They can even…
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Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — One day in 2021, Megan Clawson was walking home from a night out when she was inspired to record a video on…
Continue ReadingBy Ranjan Pal, CNN Tharangambadi, India (CNN) — In the long history of colonial rule in Asia, the shadow of Denmark does not loom large. It…
Continue ReadingJack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Two gold necklaces dating from around 2,500 years ago have been found by chance in northwestern Spain by a worker for a…
Continue ReadingAriana Grande has revealed she’s taken a hiatus from lip fillers and Botox injections in recent…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Ruben Flowers stumbled across the photo by accident. It was early 2023 and he was thumbing through photo…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” fetched more than $139 million on Wednesday, becoming the…
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood, Benjamin Brown, James Frater and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — A luxury cruise ship that ran aground off Greenland’s eastern…
Continue ReadingBy Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — There are cities, there are capitals and then there is Cairo. Chaotic, enchanting and…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo and Alex Rees, CNN New York City (CNN) — Swarming crowds and extravagant locations are par for the course at New York Fashion…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland and Christy Choi, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood’s red carpets have been eerily quiet amid the…
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The air traffic controller shortage will continue to cause travel disruptions not only next year, but for at…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Bangs, CNN (CNN) — It’s one thing standing in line to watch the blockbuster film “Oppenheimer.” It’s another thing entirely…
Continue ReadingIt turns out that luxury London hotels are like buses. You wait ages for one to open, and then two, or in this case several, come at…
Continue ReadingNational parks are really into big things, especially super-large…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — If the 1950s had red lipstick and pin curls, and the 1990s had brown gloss and “tightliner,” then the 2010s was…
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