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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Through oversized black-rimmed glasses, Iris Apfel for over a century surveyed the world with the confidence of…
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Through oversized black-rimmed glasses, Iris Apfel for over a century surveyed the world with the confidence of…
Continue ReadingBianca Gignac was swimming under the stars, against a backdrop of colorful, cliffside houses, with a complete stranger, her clothes left in a pile on…
Continue Reading(CNN) — Twenty-four floors up a Manhattan high rise, the photographer Ahn Jun sat on her windowsill one crisp day in 2008, dangling her leg…
Continue ReadingAhead of the 2024 Mount Everest season, Nepal has announced a new requirement that all climbers must rent and use tracking chips on their…
Continue ReadingIn the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question…
Continue ReadingCrowded, hot, noisy, hectic – subway systems can test the sanity of even the most hardened urbanite, but can you imagine the world’s biggest…
Continue ReadingAirlines damaged or lost more than 11,000 passenger wheelchairs last year – and a new federal proposal seeks cut the inconvenience for…
Continue ReadingBy Dan Q. Dao, CNN (CNN) — An-My Lê doesn’t identify as a war photographer. Though her body of work across the last three decades deals…
Continue ReadingA little more than 10 years ago, in October 2013, a Wizz Air A320 arriving from Budapest made headlines by becoming the first commercial passenger…
Continue ReadingThis year hasn’t started well for aviation safety, with a runway collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport and a door plug blowing out mid-air from an…
Continue ReadingKohl use in the Middle East and North Africa is as rich and varied as the region…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Saki Toi, CNN (CNN) — Geisha and maiko (teenage apprentices training to become geisha) are women who perform Japanese…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old clay head that once belonged to a Roman figurine of the god…
Continue ReadingFamilies attending a Willy Wonka-inspired event in Glasgow, Scotland were promised “optical marvels” and “extraordinary props” for a £35…
Continue ReadingCNN By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Families attending a Willy Wonka-inspired event in Glasgow, Scotland were promised “optical marvels” and…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Among contemporary readers, a few genres are reliably popular: Crime thrillers, for one, or twisty mysteries…
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s most dangerous active volcano spewed ash and smoke on Tuesday, with photos showing…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Cassidy and Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — Israeli journalist and film director Yuval Abraham said he is receiving death threats and has…
Continue ReadingBy Philipp Meier, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Nilas Corneliussen doesn’t need much sleep. In fact, the 32-year-old finds it unsettling when a city…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Photographed against a city skyline in a bright, high-rise office, Monica Lewinsky stands in an ankle-length black…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Walt Disney World has put 2025 tickets on sale, and prices for many tickets have gone up from 2024 pricing. Some…
Continue ReadingStanding on the South Pole at the start of the year with the wind whipping across the Antarctic, travel blogger Johnny Ward felt a surge of…
Continue ReadingWhat is a flag carrier? Although there’s no official definition for the term, in aviation a flag carrier is usually a country’s most…
Continue ReadingGimmicks were gone at the latest Milan runways — which concluded yesterday — with designers instead striking a more serious note that encouraged…
Continue ReadingThe former London home of rock legend Freddie Mercury is available to buy – that is, for those with a cool £30 million ($38 million) to…
Continue ReadingImages of a rhino in captivity, a Slovakian spa facility and a German finger wrestling champion are among the finalists and shortlisted entries in…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Mementoes from the personal collection of British photographer and model Pattie Boyd, who inspired a raft of famous…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Vogue China editorial director Margaret Zhang has announced that she is stepping down just three years after…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — Lena Bychcova couldn’t really believe it when her North Korean tourist visa came through.…
Continue ReadingThere are no roads and no trails in America’s least-visited national park. Just vast…
Continue ReadingAsked to share her rules for writing, the author Margaret Atwood once told British newspaper The Guardian: “Other people can help you a bit, but…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A TikToker whose video showing where to find the real house featured in the hit movie “Saltburn” said…
Continue ReadingBy Aishwarya S. Iyer and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A runaway freight train in northern India traveled nearly 45 miles without a…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Beneath the Nicola Bertucci frescoes and gilt Rococo cornicing of the 17th-century Palazzo Visconti Di Modrone…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Slicked-back hair, a leather jacket, a cross dangling from his ear and his trademark aviator sunglasses.…
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Woodcock, CNN (CNN) — It was not until I looked at “Family Room” for the second time that I saw the two children. Underneath…
Continue ReadingEssay by Brandon Griggs, CNN (CNN) — The first time I went to Las Vegas was in 1985, on a cross-country road trip with my stepbrother. I was in…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A Hello Kitty theme park in Tokyo has been forced to close for the day after it received a “terror threat,”…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rees, CNN. Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — There may only be a few dates left on the awards season calendar for 2024, but…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: trending flight routes around the world, the latest on Qantas’ record-breaking…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It’s a floating city exclusively home to the 1%, a playground for multimillionaires and billionaires that…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Google is set to open its New York headquarters in a repurposed 1930s railway terminus near Hudson Square on…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — If you joined the throngs of Americans and international visitors flocking to a National Park Service site in…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There’s method dressing, and then in the case of BAFTA-winning Irish actor Barry Keoghan, there is method…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan (CNN) — Trompe ‘l’oeil suspenders, resplendent ruffles, and polka dots aplenty: the 1980s Moschino archive…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Guillermo Barrantes relationship with Larry Mock was supposed to begin and end in Palm Springs. It was a…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift might be saying “So Long, London” in her much-anticipated upcoming album but one of the city’s top museums is offering the dream…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Fashion months’ finale — otherwise known as Paris Fashion Week — kicks off on Monday February 26th with over…
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, Pete Muntean and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Alaska Airlines passenger accused of attacking another traveler with pens…
Continue ReadingOf all the cities in Japan, Yokohama is without doubt the most international and…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — With the lunar touchdown of the Odysseus spacecraft on Thursday, the world’s most expensive living artist has…
Continue ReadingSaul Leiter had a thing for…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Consider the toilet — that humble porcelain bowl that spirits away our waste several times a day. It’s not a…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Karl Marx once gifted a signed copy of “Das Kapital” to scientist Charles Darwin, but the book remained largely…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — While the A380 superjumbo is enjoying a steady resurgence after having been on the brink of retirement during the…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Travelers who were hoping to experience Qantas’ long-awaited, record-breaking ‘Project Sunrise’ flights next…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — British YouTuber Ashley Humphries has made several videos about traveling in South Korea, including a tour of the…
Continue ReadingFor over 140 years, Lyle’s Golden Syrup — a staple item in any British baker’s pantry — has featured a rather curious logo on its tin: a…
Continue ReadingFor many skiers, modern ski resorts with slick infrastructure, plenty of lifts and an extensive network of runs are an essential part of the…
Continue ReadingPreviously unseen photographs showing the Rolling Stones “at their decadent peak” are going on display at a London art…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, Amanda Jackson and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Multiple people on an American Airlines flight pulled a fellow passenger to the…
Continue ReadingBy Ann Binlot, CNN (CNN) — The basketball player floats in the air, his arms out-stretched wide, frozen in a position that evokes both athletic…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Tourists who fancy getting a top-down view of London may soon be able to book themselves a room in the…
Continue ReadingBy Fiona Sinclair Scott and Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — Since its inaugural season in 1984, London has been known as the spirited, scrappy…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — In the land of Hello Kitty, kawaii (“cute”) culture and the Neo-Pop art of 1990s Japan, Tetsuya Ishida was an…
Continue ReadingCNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — An alligator at a zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, needed an emergency procedure late last week to remove dozens of coins…
Continue ReadingBy James A. Perkins, Rochester Institute of Technology (The Conversation) — “Medical illustrators draw what can’t be seen, watch what’s…
Continue ReadingEssay by Demi Perera, CNN (CNN) — April, autumn and midnight; they all sound better in Paris. It’s arguably the only city in the world that…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Controversial advertising campaigns are almost a rite of passage for brands and companies looking to grab headlines.…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Himari Semans, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — In near-freezing winter temperatures and wearing nothing but white loincloths, throngs of men…
Continue ReadingBy Ramaa Reddy, CNN (CNN) — In early January, anyone who visited the ski resort village of Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir with hopes…
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — An alligator at a zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, needed an emergency procedure late last week to remove dozens of coins from…
Continue ReadingCNN By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Because of excessive rainfall in California, a temporary lake is giving folks a rare chance to do some actual…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Because of excessive rainfall in California, a temporary lake is giving folks a rare chance to do some actual…
Continue ReadingIn Takasago City, Japan, a brand of frozen Kobe beef croquettes is so popular that the waiting list is longer than most…
Continue ReadingAs visitors step into The Budapest Café in Chengdu, China, they’re not just treated to a cup of…
Continue ReadingThey’d always dreamed of living by the ocean, but when they first visited the Bahamas back in 1985, Norvell and Mark Slezycki never imagined that…
Continue ReadingUman is not a fan of traveling. “I’m more of a fan of the destination,” the artist said, smiling behind sunglasses on a cloudy afternoon in…
Continue Reading“A makeover can’t hide the truth,” laments Rebecca Gayheart’s character Julie in the cult classic “Jawbreaker,” which celebrates its 25th…
Continue ReadingBy Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN London (CNN) — Next season’s style brief is to channel your gray-haired nosy neighbor, according to designer…
Continue ReadingThe People’s Choice Awards often serve up one of the year’s most entertaining red…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social…
Continue ReadingBy Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, designed to elevate the work of contemporary African artists, has…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Mowbray, CNN London (CNN) — There was plenty of red carpet pizzazz on display at the 2024 BAFTAs in London on Sunday, as some of…
Continue ReadingYou can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Paul McCartney’s legendary lost guitar will gently weep no more as it was reunited with its owner more than 50…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Wary airline passengers already on guard for unruly passengers and even real-life snakes on planes might have one…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — With Zendaya one of the leaders of red-carpet method dressing when promoting her movie roles, the expectations…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Fashion’s biggest night of the year is just around the corner, and the Met Gala red carpet theme has finally been…
Continue ReadingThe 50 Best Restaurants power list has unveiled its 2024 list for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) — and one city is dominating the…
Continue ReadingUnless you’re wearing skins on your skis to climb up the mountain, crashing on a friend’s couch and cooking meals in, you might have noticed…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The London Overground has been revamped, with the six separate lines which make up the network each being given a new…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — A pair of skyscrapers connected by a cantilevered “skybridge” and a rooftop infinity pool is set to join the…
Continue ReadingBy Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — The genesis of photographer Joy Gregory’s latest project, “Shining Lights,” began 40 years ago, at a…
Continue Reading“From episode one to episode nine, we were like people after the war: Very pleased when we finally got the New Look!” explained costume designer…
Continue ReadingThe arrivals hall at John F. Kennedy International Airport on September 3, 1971, was teeming with…
Continue ReadingIf you’ve ever sat on a plane wondering why the pilot announced that you’d be landing soon but seemed to be flying in circles with no runway in…
Continue ReadingBy Zara Khan, CNN (CNN) — A fluffy, doe-eyed kitten adorned with a rainbow and a unicorn horn may, at first glance, stir up images of…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A popular Australian nude beach could be no more. Tyagarah Beach, a secluded 800-meter (875-yard) stretch of…
Continue ReadingBy Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — What does love taste like? The answer likely depends on who you ask. Some may say it’s bittersweet, like dark…
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