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By Fiona Sinclair-Scott and Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — How do you begin to talk about something as seemingly frivolous as haute couture…
Continue ReadingBy Fiona Sinclair-Scott and Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — How do you begin to talk about something as seemingly frivolous as haute couture…
Continue ReadingGabriella Vagnoli never forgot that trip to…
Continue ReadingBy Selina Julien, CNN (CNN) — Closed to tourists until recently, Saudi Arabia is still an unknown quantity for many would-be travelers.…
Continue ReadingA portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century is expected to fetch millions when it goes up for auction this…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, Mayumi Maruyama, Hanako Montgomery and Francesca Annio, CNN (CNN) — The face of Japanese beauty is now a Ukrainian-born model…
Continue ReadingReuters A health warning from South Korea’s food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — For young celebrities in the public eye today, many of life’s milestones are accompanied by a glossy magazine…
Continue ReadingBy Wallace Ludel (CNN) — Carl Andre, the American sculptor who helped define the Minimalist movement and whose quiet, material-driven work forever…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN | Photos by Shelby Knowles for CNN (CNN) — Ella hadn’t found a style that felt like her until a Lolita waltzed into…
Continue ReadingThe aviation industry is still in shock from a near disaster on January 5, 2024, in which a 60-pound “door plug” blew out from a nearly new…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom will send back gold and silver artifacts looted from Ghana in the 19th century after a long-term…
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — New rules on alcohol in Saudi Arabia have been revealed ahead of the reported opening of the first-ever…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Two hundred and fifty years after American revolutionaries dumped tea into Boston Harbor, a fresh diplomatic…
Continue ReadingPassenger Philip Baum recently experienced one of the most uncomfortable flights of his…
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson…
Continue ReadingCNN, KCBS By Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out at the National Art Gallery of Abkhazia — a pro-Russian separatist republic that is…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Get ready for another parade of Kim Kardashian in black spandex ensembles. Less than 24 hours after Balenciaga…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Celebrities, editors and designers congregated in Paris this week for the hotly anticipated…
Continue ReadingBy Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Normally just the unlovely places where passengers step on and off en route to somewhere more…
Continue ReadingIt’s the city that’s the main character in all your favorite TV shows and movies, the inspiration behind countless songs and art – and one of…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A British wildlife park has hatched a new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots after they…
Continue ReadingIf you order a box of frozen Kobe beef croquettes from Asahiya, a family-run butcher shop in Takasago City in western Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture,…
Continue ReadingWhile visiting London to see the work of her grandfather, the late Ghanaian photographer J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije, at the 2023 contemporary African art…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Tse, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows in Paris saw the return of Balmain Homme after a four-year absence,…
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Kent (CNN) — After close to two years of conflict, the global diamond market is set to feel the full consequences of the war in…
Continue ReadingTextile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Why the cost of living is high but plane tickets are relatively cheap, the best…
Continue ReadingIn a behind-the-scenes video posted to social media, 9-year-old Zou Shengyu can be seen pointing her analog camera at ”Aquaman” star Jason Momoa…
Continue ReadingThe custodians of an ancient Hindu religious site in Malaysia are planning to install an escalator as an alternative for those visitors either unable…
Continue ReadingThe human predilection for living alongside patterns can be traced back to our ancestors who marked the walls of their caves with dots, lines,…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After living in Manhattan for more than two decades and New Jersey for five years, Charles “Chuck”…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Mist rising from the Tuscan hills, a tiny fish staring at the ocean from inside the neck of a glass bottle, and a…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When a Japan Airlines airplane collided with a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport earlier this…
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Holden Ringer has experienced incredible highs trekking across America on foot. The avid walker from Seattle…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — In April 2023, George Fox was gearing up for the adventure of a lifetime: a three-year cruise taking him around…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Nestled in the Pyrenees mountains, La Molina is Spain’s oldest ski resort. It boasts the biggest superpipe in…
Continue ReadingA set of Winston Churchill’s false teeth is expected to fetch up to £8,000 ($10,000) when it goes on sale in England next…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone has just finished playing a morally complicated home-flipper in the first season of “The Curse,”…
Continue ReadingThink of Balenciaga today, and you may think of bold accessories emblazoned with the brand’s name, futuristic footwear, and runway shows featuring…
Continue ReadingTaking a long-distance train journey often feels like going back in time. Now, a new route opening up fast, direct access between two European…
Continue ReadingFrom legendary nightlife hotspots to volcanic outposts far off the continent’s mainland, Europe has islands in…
Continue ReadingFamed for its beautiful open spaces, lush green valleys and traditional nomadic culture, Mongolia has long been considered a destination best visited…
Continue ReadingA three-year project to build a children’s playground and recreation area south of the Italian city of Naples has unearthed the ruins of a…
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — It has been a year since China reopened its borders, but despite loosening its stringent Covid-19…
Continue ReadingBeth Reiber, CNN Tomonoura, Japan (CNN) — Shopkeeper Yuri Koshimizu is kind enough to explain why a small, rudimentary box hangs from the…
Continue ReadingBy Joan Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Just a few days into 2024, Jeremy Allen White’s bare, muscled body — clad in Calvin Klein briefs — became…
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Frith, Clemson University (The Conversation) — Few objects in the world are more immediately recognizable than the barcode. After all,…
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Relocating to a sunny Mediterranean city in Spain isn’t always just for a more relaxed lifestyle —…
Continue ReadingBy Fawnia Soo Hoo, CNN (CNN) — At first glance, cinematic parallels between centuries-old French nobility and rough-and-tumble Texan wrestlers…
Continue ReadingNine months. Seven continents. Hundreds of passengers in close quarters at sea. Millions more watching along…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan (CNN) — Whether you are aching for the great outdoors or in search of sleek office-appropriate suiting, the…
Continue ReadingCNN By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the US Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy…
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN There are looks, there are looks, and then there’s whatever Princess Poppy was serving at the 2024 Emmy Awards. The…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Chaos erupted on a domestic flight traveling from Thailand’s capital Bangkok…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Annio, Junko Ogura, Jessie Yeung and Mihir Melwani, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — An American airline passenger allegedly bit a female cabin…
Continue ReadingBy Junko Ogura, Eric Cheung and Martin Goillandeau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A Korean Air plane clipped wings with a Cathay Pacific jet at an airport…
Continue ReadingMoving to a foreign country can be a scary decision. Particularly if it’s a country you’ve never even…
Continue ReadingVicious winter storms have pummeled much of the US in recent days, bringing bitter cold and hazardous…
Continue ReadingIrreplaceable art works by Picasso, Rembrandt, Goya and M.C. Escher are among those feared lost after a fire swept through a Seattle art gallery on…
Continue ReadingBritish supermodel Kate Moss turns 50 today — and she remains as much a cultural icon as when she emerged as a breakout star more than three…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — The breakout star of hit series “The Bear,” has proven that her ability to dazzle extends well beyond the…
Continue ReadingBy Dimitris Sideridis, CNN (CNN) — The Qatari desert is home to rolling sand dunes and dramatic limestone cliffs – and lately, to…
Continue ReadingIf you’ve heard a sonic boom recently, you probably remember it. The loud, explosion-like bang – caused by a plane flying faster than the speed…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, Christy Choi and Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Awards season is officially in full swing. After last week’s Golden Globes and…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the US Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy…
Continue ReadingA new year is a fitting time to commit to big-picture goals — and for some, that can mean a dream of living…
Continue ReadingAt this time of year, the slopes of Gulmarg are normally packed with snowboarders and skiers, all taking advantage of the fresh January powder that…
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Kagoshima, Japan (CNN) — Think of a kamikaze pilot and the image that comes to mind is probably a screaming face obscured…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland and Christy Choi, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Last week’s Golden Globes saw red carpet glamour return to…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A loud bang, a jolt, and cold air whooshing suddenly through the cabin: these were the immediate signs that…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a tense start to the year in travel, with five people trapped — then rescued — from a…
Continue ReadingCarrying lunch into the office from home can be one way to save money — except, perhaps, when it is stored in Pharrell Williams’ Louis Vuitton…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Tweens and young teens aren’t always clumsily playing with what is in their parent’s makeup bag anymore…
Continue ReadingAt 16, Jude Maboné often went to bed wondering whether she would wake up the next…
Continue Reading“Since the explosion I feel like a glass of water that overflows constantly,” wrote Lebanese photographer Myriam Boulos on August 20,…
Continue ReadingMartin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of his region,…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A Russian travel agency is advertising what appears to be the first tour to North Korea since the isolated country…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Yeoul Jo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Caged behind glass, a plump raccoon runs for a few seconds on an exercise wheel…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — With her signature megawatt smile and timeless style, Julia Roberts might be a beauty icon, but she doesn’t take…
Continue ReadingOriginal scripts from the long-running sitcom “Friends” that were found in a trash can 25 years ago are going under the…
Continue ReadingThe past year in architecture may be remembered for superlatives after India opened the world’s largest office building and Malaysia’s Merdeka…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Hodgetts, CNN (CNN) — It’s the white gold that gives ski resorts their essence, but these days, snow is an increasingly precious…
Continue ReadingThe first known piece of mail sent using a prepaid stamp — “one of the greatest leaps forward in human communication” — could fetch between…
Continue ReadingBy Zamira Rahim, CNN (CNN) — Roya Shariat doesn’t think of her cookbook “Maman and Me” as a Middle Eastern book. She co-wrote it with her…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In the city center of Tirana, Albania, residents and visitors can climb a monumental pyramid that was once the…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — There was not a stitch of Barbie’s signature color to be seen on America Ferrera at the Governors Awards on…
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Everyone has seen the videos of people — presumably normal, functional members of society — inciting…
Continue ReadingIn a big shakeup of a quarterly ranking of the world’s most powerful passports, an unprecedented six countries are tied in the top spot for the…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — The rumors have finally been confirmed – season three of HBO hit TV series “The White Lotus” is…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The iconic tulle tutu worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the opening credits of “Sex and the City”…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The Alaska Airlines incident on January 5 that left a hole in the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Veronica Lin, CNN (CNN) — For years, Americans interested in visiting China had to endure a thorough visa process, which…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Warm thoughts of young romance – not the cold, harsh possibilities of a Midwestern road trip in winter – were…
Continue ReadingTraveling to one of Africa’s most popular destinations seemed to be about to get a lot easier in 2024 after the government of Kenya announced…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Before they fell for each other, Aileen and Tom Winter had already fallen head over heels for Italy. The…
Continue ReadingTo immerse yourself in the pages of new book “Candy, Andy & The Bearandas” is to delve into a surreal world that riffs on the peculiar while…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — At Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, Gillian Anderson’s ivory, strapless, floor-grazing gown made not one…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Maya Szaniecki, CNN (CNN) — A Parisian road has been named after David Bowie, with the official inauguration taking place on…
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