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CNN By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting…
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CNN By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting…
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By Maureen O’Hare and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 747 en route from New York JFK to Liege, Belgium, was forced to turn around…
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A signature white, ruffled shirt once owned by Prince is expected to fetch thousands of dollars in an online…
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By Flo Cornall, CNN (CNN) — A wooly coat and a head of human hair have more in common than you think; not only do they help retain body heat,…
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Kate Beckinsale wore a bejeweled mini dress over the weekend to celebrate Leonardo DiCaprio’s 49th birthday in…
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Spotting the tiny Elektra Trainer aircraft from far off was never going to be an easy…
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Some little kids dream of building a treehouse. But one Japanese man turned his childhood dream into an adult…
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — “You have pretty hair,” my colleague said. “Is it your natural color?” “I…. don’t know?”…
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By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Oliver Akinfeleye remembers Burna Boy’s first show in New York. The location was Palladium Times Square, the year…
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By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — This Thanksgiving travel period is expected to be the busiest in several years and a record-setter…
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By Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — Calida Rawles has been thinking a lot about light and darkness, in her artwork and beyond. “It feels like a very…
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By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Could you survive a vacation without your mobile phone, resisting the compulsion to check emails, make a call,…
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Young Derich Born’s cheekbones were not always sharp enough to peel…
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The pandemic’s enforced period of no travel led an American couple to rethink their life and retire to sunny southern…
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By Issy Ronald, Caitlin Danaher and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Iceland has declared a state of emergency and more than 3,000 residents…
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There’s nothing quite like a festive market to bring out the Christmas spirit in…
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In travel news this week: smart alternatives to the world’s top tourism destinations, the Michelin restaurant that closed because it was too…
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Night trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more sustainable ways of crisscrossing the…
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Madder, cochineal, Mauveine; these words may be unfamiliar but they’re the names of dyes made from a plant, an insect and a chemical that have…
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By Jessie Lau, CNN London, UK (CNN) — In an 1861 painting commissioned by the British monarch Queen Victoria, a brown and white Pekingese sits…
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Story by Maureen O’Hare, video by Max Burnell, CNN Drumnadrochit, Scotland (CNN) — It’s not the volume of water in Loch Ness that…
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More than a billion Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world are celebrating Diwali, the festival of…
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In 1977, Jo Ann Callis took a photograph of a woman’s head thrown back, her neck taut and tied with a bow…
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Reuters (Reuters) — Chinese carrier China Southern Airlines said on Thursday it would honor the sale of tickets priced as cheaply as $1.30…
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Italian fashion designer Davide Renne, Moschino’s new creative director, has died aged 46, according to a press release issued by the brand’s…
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The owner of Miss Universe, JKN Global Group, has confirmed that next week’s pageant will go ahead, despite the Thai firm filing for…
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For the last half-decade, the ultimate innovation in business class has been privacy. Passengers overwhelmingly tell airlines they want it, and…
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By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — When you think of Dubai, you might picture its iconic skyline and breathtaking architecture. Now, a group of…
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Reuters (CNN) — Denmark’s government on Thursday proposed imposing an average tax of 100 Danish krone ($14.35) on air travel to help finance…
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Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — While she may be promoting her forthcoming studio album “Pink Friday 2,” Nicki Minaj is on the cover of Vogue…
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By Marnie Hunter and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Air Canada apologized on Thursday to customers with disabilities who were not met with…
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By Rob Hodgetts, CNN (CNN) — Peering out of the plane window, he spotted the priceless “white gold.” Towering, snow-laden peaks stretching…
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After more than half a century, the identity of the elderly, stick-carrying man featured on the “Led Zeppelin IV” album cover has finally been…
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The world’s newest island has risen from the sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific…
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — An Airbus A321 aircraft took off from London Stansted Airport last month with four damaged window panes,…
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By Sunita Kumar Nair, CNN (CNN) — What gives style staying power? It’s a question I’ve pondered often during the writing of my book “CBK:…
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By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea has become the latest country to declare war on bedbugs following a wave of…
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CNN By Maggie Hiufu Wong and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — On scenic Geumjeong Mountain on the edge of Busan, South Korea’s second biggest city,…
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By Maggie Hiufu Wong and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — On scenic Geumjeong Mountain on the edge of Busan, South Korea’s second biggest city, lies…
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has revealed details of its 2024 spring exhibition, which…
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By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A rare first-class menu from the Titanic sold for £83,000 ($102,000) on Saturday as part of an auction of…
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An animal grazes, oblivious to another tracking it silently from behind. The predator waits for the perfect moment, then pounces. It’s over in a…
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William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his…
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For a few days in the southern hemisphere every spring, the world’s biggest and most famous coral reef explodes. This is coral spawning season –…
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By Barry Neild and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s leading aircraft manufacturer says it’s completed a successful test flight of a new…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — What do a 17th-century European woman and an image-conscious Gen Z-er have in common? For one, both might…
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When a famous British tree was “deliberately felled” in September, pictures showed the trunk lying,…
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By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Art history is filled with examples of the powerful and the wealthy communicating their status through portraiture.…
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — American company Pizza Hut has teamed up with a century-old Hong Kong restaurant to put a modern spin on a…
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CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For a few days in the southern hemisphere every spring, the world’s biggest and most famous coral reef…
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By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Following criticism from animal rights group PETA for using live butterflies in dresses, the founder of Japanese…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday night in New York City, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) presented its annual Fashion…
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After 26 years in business, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is closing due to costs becoming too expensive – for both…
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — On the afternoon photographer Mayan Toledano snapped a playful bedroom portrait of her friends in Mexico…
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By Marc Bain (CNN) — When Revolve and Maison Meta, an AI-centric creative agency, teamed up for the first AI Fashion Week this April, the promise…
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Julia Buckley and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — For most people, arriving for a trip to Las Vegas brings excitement, mixed with a little…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — “West Side Story” breakout Rachel Zegler is set to join the blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise with the…
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If you’re ever stranded in your car because of a winter storm, being prepared can be the difference between survival and serious harm or…
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By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Thanksgiving is closing in. For some people, the holiday piles on the pressure to nail it in the hospitality…
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More than 30,000 large bronze coins dating back to the fourth century AD have been found by a member of the public during a dive off the coast of…
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (CNN) — When a petite blonde with a high hairdo and even higher heels is expected to be in a…
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n travel news this week: new airport openings and upgrades in Asia, the greatest cheese of 2024 as well as tips on how to handle encounters with…
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By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A tiny wooden shed perched on a steep cliff in a scenic southern Chinese region has earned the nickname of “most…
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — For almost four decades, its cartoonish eyes gazed out placidly over Sathorn, a commercial district in downtown…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Whether you’re going out or just going to bed, Kim Kardashian wants to make sure you can glisten head-to-toe. The…
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Food and fashion seem an unlikely…
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Flight attendant Ilona Zahn was less than impressed when she first met pilot Ian Duncan. It was 1970. Ilona…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Before Kim and Kanye or even Posh and Becks, there was Priscilla and Elvis Presley: A fashion-forward couple whose…
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By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Singapore’s Changi Airport has fully reopened Terminal 2 following a massive 3.5-year expansion project. And…
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By Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — To the naked eye not much happens on tree branches in the depths of our forests. But a closer look through a…
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Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — He’s known for his colossal works, such as the statue of David, the floor-to-ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel,…
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A helicopter drops you off on the edge of a mountain. You stand at the tee perched on the precipice as a pride of lions stalk an unsuspecting…
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A tourist tried to avoid a wild animal in a national park and got in a car accident. But it wasn’t a bear or…
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By Katie Lockhart, CNN Luang Prabang, Laos (CNN) — We’ve all heard of buffalo mozzarella. But in one popular Southeast Asia destination, a…
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By Wayne Chang, CNN Beigan, Taiwan (CNN) — In a sleepy Taiwanese island village just eight miles off the coast of mainland China, scooters whiz…
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Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east…
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By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Normally just the unlovely places where passengers step on and off en route to somewhere more…
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By Flo Cornall, CNN (CNN) — When you think of a guitar what comes to mind? Maybe it’s a simple maple acoustic, the kind played by countless…
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By Francesca Perry, CNN (CNN) — In the wealthy neighborhood of Mayfair in London, Gallery Fumi — a contemporary design space — is…
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By Leah Asmelash and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Día de los Muertos, known in English as Day of the Dead, is a time-honored tradition in Mexico…
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CNN By Leah Asmelash and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Día de los Muertos, known in English as Day of the Dead, is a time-honored tradition in…
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By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway has been closed by officials “after multiple documented reports of…
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A restroom with an out-of-this-world view could be the surprise highlight for travelers adventuring with space tourism start-up Space…
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Get your wishlist fired up, Lonely Planet just revealed its 50 top travel destinations for the year…
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By Elissa Garay, CNN (CNN) — Think of “ghost towns” and images of dusty, lost-to-time towns, like those in America’s Wild West, may come…
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An 18th century bust bought for £5 ($6) nearly 100 years ago by a Scottish town council could sell for more than £2.5 million ($3…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There is nothing like Halloween to provide a quick temperature check on pop culture. Which scream queen reigned…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — “PhoebePhilo.com is now open.” It’s music to fashion fanatics’ ears, particularly the self-titled…
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A previously unseen painting by Claude Monet is expected to fetch more than $65 million when it goes on sale in New York early next month, according…
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The seven-point metallic star floats on the glassy surface of the lake, reminiscent of a far-flung future civilization, or a spaceship touching down…
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On the plateau overlooking the ancient Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, a major outdoor art exhibition brings together the work of 14 international…
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Until she left for college, film historian Karie Bible spent almost her entire childhood living next to a…
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n our latest roundup of travel news: great cities for world-class cocktails, Japanese street food and Michelin-starred fine dining, plus father-son…
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By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — The tears were flowing backstage at Phillip Lim’s latest runway show, as the fashion designer made has return to the…
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By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Just when you think you finally know Florida, it goes ahead and throws a town full of mediums into the mix. Roughly…
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A Norwegian blue cheese bested contenders from around the world Friday to become the world’s new No. 1…
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Fluorescent lighting, dark tunnels, scurrying rats and questionable dripping: New York City’s subway stations could serve as a spooky backdrop on…
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It was billed as the first ‘affordable’ long-term cruise for people who wanted to live onboard while sailing the…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Four-time NBA champion LeBron James is the latest male celebrity to be spotted out and about wearing a high-fashion…
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By Chris Tharp, CNN Busan, South Korea (CNN) — Known for its fiery cuisine, cutting-edge technology and hefty pop-cultural output, South Korea…
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