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(CNN) — After losing the number one spot to Bangkok in 2023, Tokyo has reclaimed its crown as the city with the top eatery in the region at the…
Continue Reading(CNN) — After losing the number one spot to Bangkok in 2023, Tokyo has reclaimed its crown as the city with the top eatery in the region at the…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have unearthed a “remarkable” Roman villa complex on a housing development site in a small…
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — It’s become Italy’s other “leaning tower.” And now, after mounting concern that the Torre Garisenda…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In February, the artist and ink-maker Thomas Little loaded up his van and traveled around North Carolina to…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A Paris apartment owned by the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has sold for €10 million ($10.8 million). The…
Continue ReadingKristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For many people, being diagnosed with breast cancer, and undergoing surgery, brings about a period of grief for the…
Continue ReadingBy Atika Shubert, CNN (CNN) — The Spanish day is famously long. Lunch doesn’t start until two in the afternoon. Work often ends after seven…
Continue ReadingBy Cath Pound, CNN (CNN) — From a steam train shooting out of a fireplace (“Time Transfixed,” by René Magritte) or to the nude back of a…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Artist Richard Serra, whose monumental abstract sculptures transformed museums, public spaces and even entire…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists excavating the site of Pompeii have uncovered an ancient building site, revealing Roman construction techniques used by builders at…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After a number of failed IVF rounds, health issues and the death of their beloved dog, US couple Jason…
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Woodcock, CNN (CNN) — Nora Turato is anxious about authenticity. She’s questioning if positive affirmations are positive, or…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less…
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — With its soft gray lines and sleek, curving exterior, Project Hive looks less like a school and more like a…
Continue ReadingColorful paintings of daily life in ancient Egypt have been discovered in a tomb dating back more than 4,300…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Menrad, CNN (CNN) — How did an innovative exhibition house, designed in New York City in 1931 — and only meant to stand for seven…
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Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Italy’s one-euro-home sales have been attracting a lot of interest over the past few years, with dozens…
Continue ReadingRome might not have built ancient history’s biggest empire – a shout out to Genghis for that one – but it was undoubtedly the most enduring and…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will finally be finished in 2026, more than 140 years after…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father’s legacy by producing dozens of original…
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — The army of waiters who are the lifeblood of the French capital’s many cafés often get a bad rap, accused…
Continue ReadingBy David Williams and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Heath Barnes opened his book on the upper decks of the Bahamas-bound Carnival Freedom…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Martin Greenfield, a tailor who dressed six US presidents, countless A-list actors and professional athletes, died…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel round-up this week: love stories of missed flights and strong connections, the Greek island…
Continue ReadingJust off the D515 state highway to Kuşadası, a meandering asphalted road cuts through the pine trees and undulating olive groves of the…
Continue ReadingMore than 4,000 culturally significant items, including textiles, ceramics, and clothing, have been repatriated to Peru, their country of origin, the…
Continue ReadingCelebrated architect Norman Foster has unveiled plans for a new $1-billion office tower in Los Angeles that will see greenery spilling out from a…
Continue ReadingWithin hours of the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky invoked martial law across the country, setting in…
Continue ReadingBy Colleen Kelsey, CNN (CNN) — Writing in 1863, the French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire turned his eye to a striking faction of Parisian…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — If she can avoid it, Saphia never travels by airplane. Saphia researches the climate crisis for a living –…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Diamonds are forever – especially for Emily Ratajkowski, who has chosen to turn her engagement ring into…
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A Netflix adaptation of wildly popular Chinese sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” has split opinions in China…
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Hiufu Wong and Hazel Pfeifer, CNN (CNN) — A short walk from Sensoji, the oldest temple in Tokyo, sits another aging classic –…
Continue ReadingCNN By Maggie Hiufu Wong and Hazel Pfeifer, CNN (CNN) — A short walk from Sensoji, the oldest temple in Tokyo, sits another aging classic –…
Continue ReadingBy Emily Blumenthal, CNN (CNN) — A treasure hunter struggling with faulty equipment has unearthed a gold nugget believed to be the largest ever…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Tuesday, a starry guestlist poured into the regal halls of London’s National Portrait Gallery for the…
Continue ReadingBy Tom Page and Sean Coppack, CNN (CNN) — Thanda Island, a speck of sand off the Tanzanian coast, has room for only a handful of guests, but…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A model of the “Pillar of Shame,” a memorial to victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre that was…
Continue ReadingPoonam Binayak, CNN (CNN) — When planning a trip to India, the “Golden Triangle,” comprising Delhi, Jaipur and Agra, often comes to mind as…
Continue ReadingA Delta Airlines pilot was sentenced to 10 months in prison for reporting for duty at Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport while drunk, according to a…
Continue ReadingThe World Happiness Report is out, and once again Nordic countries are humming along with the highest…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Within an original poem, spelled out in neon lettering, the Indigenous artist Demian DinéYazhi´ hid a message…
Continue ReadingBy Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — Growing up in the UK, photographer Jamie McGregor Smith was familiar with traditional churches and their historic…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — There’s a global energy crisis and onshore wind farms are a potential growth option. Larger wind…
Continue ReadingCNN staff (CNN) — Nearly a dozen recent incidents involving United Airlines planes. A fiery runway collision in Tokyo. And the alarming mid-air…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — A pair of ruby slippers, famously donned by Judy Garland (in character as Dorothy Gale) in “The Wizard of…
Continue ReadingFor those of us who approach things by the Goldilocks Principle (not too little, not too much), spring equinox is practically…
Continue ReadingA Roman statue dating back almost 2,000 years has been discovered by construction workers building a parking lot in the United…
Continue ReadingPhotos and interviews by Moeri Karasawa, Himari Semans and Getty Images; Text by Oscar Holland, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Tokyo Fashion Week…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — “My God, it’s dull,” said interior designer Steven Thomas of the British retail landscape in 2024. As the…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Shigeichi Negishi, the entrepreneur who invented the world’s first karaoke machine, has died aged 100. Negishi,…
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Mohamad Orfali was a child, his favorite meal was breakfast. At his family home in Aleppo, Syria, his…
Continue ReadingA small stone vial discovered in southeastern Iran contained a red cosmetic that was likely used as a lip coloring nearly 4,000 years ago, according…
Continue ReadingFive years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even…
Continue ReadingIn travel news this week: passenger–pleasing airports, cool streets around the world, France’s frog-leg crisis and Ireland’s best food and…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has returned a trove of looted Japanese art to its country of origin after a family found a stash of…
Continue ReadingBy Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — For all the stories of American families who’ve bid adieu to the United States to give their kids a different…
Continue ReadingBy Christian House, CNN (CNN) — As accidental adverts for art shows go, a giant pooch made of flowers is a crowd pleaser. Outside the…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — Visitors love Las Vegas for the glitz, glam and garishness of the resorts that line the 4.2-mile Las Vegas Strip,…
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Look at almost any modern high-horsepower supercar and you will see the work of auto designer Marcello…
Continue ReadingEssay by Yemisi Aribisala, CNN (CNN) — Femi Oyebade, a Nigerian diasporan for more than 30 years and a Guinness beer connoisseur, assures me…
Continue ReadingDo you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your…
Continue ReadingA football floats on the surface of the Atlantic Sea; it looks like new from above the water, but below a huge collection of barnacles have attached…
Continue ReadingChristian Friese was standing in the arrivals area in Honolulu Airport, Hawaii, peering at a large airport…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Long lines. Feeling bleary-eyed and exhausted after an overnight flight. Scrambling to get your documents…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Tourists to the Galapagos Islands will be asked to pay twice as much in entry fees from this year amid concerns…
Continue ReadingNine years ago, Sethembile Msezane stepped on top of a plinth, wearing a black body suit and stiletto heels, her arms adorned with wings she…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Royal Caribbean is suspending cruise ship ports of call in Labadee, on the northern coast of Haiti, as violence…
Continue ReadingIn a man’s world, Katharine Hepburn often wore the pants. The Hollywood leading lady and trailblazer defiantly embraced menswear staples, amid…
Continue ReadingValencia has long been one of Spain’s sunniest cities, thanks to its prime location on the Mediterranean. Now, it can also claim to be the most…
Continue ReadingConcorde, the world’s fastest commercial aircraft, has been making a rare journey – floating down New York’s Hudson…
Continue ReadingBy Steffi Cao, CNN (CNN) — At the turn of the millennium, web-based technology was in a state of chrysalis. Google was just one of several…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — While there was an abundance of daring looks at the Oscars red carpet this year, one of the evening’s most…
Continue ReadingHere’s something for serious stamp collectors only. This summer, philatelists will have a chance to snag the rarest US stamp ever: the 1868…
Continue ReadingAs she prepared for a risky spine operation around 18 months after sustaining injuries in a horrific 2011 car accident that left her in constant…
Continue ReadingAfter a first intervention for the fashion house’s seismic creative director John Galliano failed, Dior’s then-CEO Sidney Toledano staged a…
Continue ReadingWhat makes a street “cool?” Is it a plethora of restaurants, bars, cafes you can spend hours dipping in and out of? Is it independent stores,…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The disastrous Willy Wonka-inspired experience held in Glasgow, Scotland, last month has already been immortalized…
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — For more than a decade, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has been the driving force…
Continue ReadingA man trying to swim to shore after his recreational sailboat capsized at Everglades National Park suffered an apparent bite from an American…
Continue ReadingBy Dimitris Sideridis, CNN (CNN) — For miles on end, there is nothing but huge swathes of desert and the burning blue of the sky. In this…
Continue ReadingBy Lyn Slater (CNN) — In the fall of 2019, I received an e-mail from a group of Parsons Fashion Design and Society MFA students who had been given…
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — Ever since her 2020 birth, Fu Bao has been one of South Korea’s biggest celebrities, with fans eagerly following…
Continue ReadingCNN By Kathleen Magramo, Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The pilot of a terrifying flight from Australia to New Zealand told…
Continue ReadingThere are more than 8 billion people in the world. And about a quarter of them are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For an entire…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Three Belgian climate activists who were previously sentenced to prison for a protest targeting Johannes…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered groundbreaking evidence connecting prehistoric facial piercings to…
Continue ReadingMore and more tourist hot spots are introducing visitor caps and entry fees to prevent overcrowding – and, whaddya know, it gives their coffers a…
Continue ReadingThe popularity of the famous French delicacy of cuisses de grenouille, or frogs’ legs, is threatening the existence of certain frog species, a…
Continue ReadingThe stars of the new “Wicked” movie appear to be gearing up for an epic “method dressing” press tour, having opted for color-coded looks on…
Continue ReadingBali, Indonesia is one of the world’s most popular vacation destinations. The streets tingle with the whizz of motorbikes and the happy buzz of…
Continue ReadingThe red carpet at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre shimmered on Sunday, as the stars arrived at the Oscars in a flurry of sequins, sparkles and striking…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There was something uncanny about Sydney Sweeney’s look at the Vanity Fair Oscars party last night. The wavy…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — An awards ceremony curveball indeed: Emma Stone, winner of the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The cast of “Barbie” will go down in red-carpet history for their dedication to method dressing, as stars…
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Billie Eilish, Finneas, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Ramy Youssef and Quannah Chasinghorse…
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Miami Beach may be breaking up with spring break, but spring break isn’t moving on just yet.…
Continue ReadingIt’s been over a century since theater mogul Sid Grauman introduced the concept of the Hollywood red carpet at the 1922 premiere of “Robin…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Besting 111 of her fellow titleholders from across the globe, Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned…
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