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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Despite its shiny red exoskeleton and reputation as a bug of the sea, the lobster — though far from the…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Despite its shiny red exoskeleton and reputation as a bug of the sea, the lobster — though far from the…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Millions of fans, one recording-breaking artist, almost 150 sold-out shows and a rotating wardrobe of 11 designers:…
Continue ReadingBy Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your “yeah, nah” from your “nah, yeah”? Or your “woop woop” from your “wig out”?…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In American politics, a tan suit is no longer just a tan suit. So, when Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Soaring across the scenic landscape, it’s indisputably one of the most beautiful bridges in the world. Often…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — It was designed by the King of Morocco, and this luxury Marrakech resort has been pulling out all the…
Continue ReadingBy Keiron Monks, CNN (CNN) — Dubai in 1993 was a world away from the global capital of today. The finance and construction industries had yet…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Switzerland have launched a competition to gather ideas on how to remove old munitions from the depths…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Wasilla, south central Alaska. Home to bears, lakes, mountains and a flight school that’s fast becoming…
Continue ReadingBy Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN (CNN) — When actor Blake Lively wore a pair of $19,000 designer jeans to a screening of her latest movie, “It…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our latest roundup of travel news: love in later life, dark tourism from Chernobyl to Germany, plus a…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Wherever you go, the experience is usually the same. You enter a church or a cathedral, and an ecclesiastical…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Chidimma Adetshina, who quit the Miss South Africa beauty pageant last week after being embroiled in…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Their shared love of travel was one of the main topics of conversation during their first date back in…
Continue ReadingBy Osman Can Yerebakan, CNN (CNN) — What did it mean to go viral at the height of the Renaissance? In Northern Belgium, which underwent a…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — Dream Roman Holidays may be more like a nightmare for anyone visiting Italy over…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — For some it’s the dream: a flight pass around Europe and the Mediterranean. For others, of course, it’s an…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — For nearly a decade and a half, New Yorkers have awaited the arrival of a self-filtering, cross-shaped pool…
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to wheels, it’s hard to deny that rented e-scooters are among the most divisive modes of…
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — Horses were Mongolia’s chief means of getting around for thousands of years, and they remain an integral part of…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Katy Perry is in hot water in Spain after allegedly filming the music video for her new single “Lifetimes” in a…
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, Mike Valerio and Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — North Korea is to reopen limited international tourism by the end of 2024, nearly five…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What’s the difference between a men’s shirt and a women’s skirt? According to Ashley Graham, they’re…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — After more than three years of work, one of the Pacific Northwest’s busiest airports is set to reopen its main…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A beautiful, remarkably well-preserved mosaic that was “hidden for thousands of years” has been uncovered by…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The moment Kenneth Harl first saw Sema Tekgul, everything changed. “I was instantly struck with love at…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — At 58 meters tall – just a little taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but with considerably more…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Most architects look to control nature; Kongjian Yu wants it to take over. Intense storms are on the rise and…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Some cruise lines are having to change up some of their ships’ itineraries or port dates to keep out of the way…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner valued between $50-70 million is among the historic cars set to be sold by the…
Continue ReadingBy Barry Neild, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes in the sunniest, warmest and most relaxing of places, we seek out dark, cold danger. Which – along with…
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — People around the world dream of relocating to Italy live the “Dolce Vita” dream.But for many, that dream…
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — Paris police told CNN on Sunday that the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris has been evacuated after a…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Remember when Lionel Richie, flanked by 1984’s finest pyrotechnics, closed out the LA Olympic Games wearing an…
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN Anaheim, CA (CNN) — On the heels of an earnings report with slumping domestic parks attendance, Disney announced a slew of…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Its perfectly preserved streets and still-standing houses provide a unique opportunity to see how people lived…
Continue ReadingBy Steffi Cao, CNN (CNN) — At the beginning of the year, Yerim Lee landed in Seoul, South Korea with the intention of spending around a week…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: a life-changing DNA test, a Georgia-to-Mongolia road trip with…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — A frequently visited arch collapsed in Rock Creek Bay in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, the…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — As Deadpool breaks records at the box office with “Deadpool & Wolverine,” cover art depicting the of…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — “It is with great sadness that we must announce the death of a dream. Midnight Trains died today, surrounded by…
Continue ReadingBy Suyin Hayes, CNN (CNN) — There are two rather different perceptions of the Balearic island of Ibiza near Spain. One is as a nightlife and…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Cruise ships have doubled in size over the past two decades, a precedent that could lead to even bigger…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett has worn a top made out of more than 100 spoons at a red carpet event in Los…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — San Diego’s newest giant pandas are set to make their public debut Thursday in the San Diego…
Continue ReadingCNN By Amanda Musa and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — San Diego’s newest giant pandas made their public debut Thursday in the San Diego Zoo’s…
Continue ReadingBy Will McGough, CNN (CNN) — On August 8, 2023, an out-of-control wildfire fueled by winds from Hurricane Dora ripped through the town of…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Jen Barnett has wanted to live abroad since first grade, when cafés lined her Birmingham, Alabama, school’s…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spanish authorities are investigating a man who allegedly damaged cave paintings that are thousands of years old by…
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Woodcock, CNN (CNN) — “The lack of queer visual history compelled me to produce what was missing,” says Zanele Muholi of their…
Continue ReadingBy Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Scott Mayerowitz grew up in New Jersey in a household with resentment toward Germany, his family’s motherland. He…
Continue ReadingBy Ana DeOliva, CNN (CNN) — Imagine boarding a flight without showing your passport, ID or ticket even once at the airport. By 2025, that might…
Continue ReadingBy Simon Usborne, CNN (CNN) — Few things appear to soothe the existential anxieties of the super rich like a bunker designed to withstand…
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Buying and renovating a home in a different country is a decision that would put any relationship to the test.…
Continue ReadingBy Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — Slovakian photographer Petra Basnakova made a series of remarkable and personally transformative discoveries during…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Diners huddling around barbecue grills used to be a familiar sight in the streets of Zibo.…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN London (CNN) — Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Not content with dressing the top dogs of the music scene, from Beyoncé and Usher to Christina Aguilera, Dolce…
Continue ReadingEssay by Breanna Wilson, CNN Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (CNN) — When I first came up with the idea to drive from Tbilisi, Georgia to Ulaanbaatar,…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — As the Olympic Games in Paris draws to a close, it’s clear there was more on show than world-class sporting…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Michigan’s Alma Cooper, a US Army officer, was named Miss USA on Sunday, becoming the third person to hold the…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — There’s a volcano waiting to blow on Santorini, but it’s not the world-famous caldera. The dazzling…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When women first competed in Olympic track and field events in 1928, they wore loose t-shirts and wide shorts,…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: soda cans exploding mid-flight, trouble in the Dublin wax museum, Italy’s…
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Through gratitude and exhaustion, James Gillese tries to reconcile feelings of shock and resolve as he considers…
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Sutton (CNN) — New Yorkers may not all agree on which urban critter is the more fitting symbol for their city — the resilient…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When Giuseppe Morisani first suggested it, Skyler Mapes thought she must have misread his message. She’d met…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN The Olympics are a spectacle of athleticism, hard work, peak performance – and perhaps, for some, eating parmesan cheese.…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Addie Carver of Mississippi was named Miss Teen USA on Thursday, assuming a title that has stood vacant since…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A play that opened in London this week had to be temporarily paused after audience members felt unwell…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — While most Olympic divers sitting poolside at Paris’ Aquatic Center are anxiously twiddling their thumbs, one…
Continue ReadingBy Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Being a parent is tiring, no doubt about it. Add balancing a career, a household, plus maybe being a…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When fashion designer Aurora James toured her soon-to-be new home, a friend in tow called it a “tragic…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Natza Ladeau and Jack Guy, CNN Rome (CNN) — It’s about to get just a little bit quieter in Venice –- at least that’s the hope…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After a turbulent year for the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants that saw both its 2023 titleholders resign…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Airplane turbulence is often the culprit when someone’s suitcase falls out of an overhead bin. Now, though,…
Continue ReadingBy Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Building with 3D printers has matured rapidly in recent years, as advances in technology and material science allow…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Tech giant Apple has pulled a new promotional video from the internet after heavy criticism…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Two suits, two women, one message: “Hotties for Harris.” At least that was the phrase scrawled across banners at…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Walls of bright orange flames. Harrowing escapes. The charred shells of what’s left behind. It’s hard not to…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Packing up your lives and starting afresh in a new country together is a huge move for many couples. But…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The Marquesas are a beautiful, remote stretch of islands in the South Pacific. And, as of last weekend, they are…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — She’s impossibly cool, casually breaks world records and is the internet’s latest darling. And while her cap…
Continue ReadingBy Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — John Portmann, a professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, was born as Thomas James Delehanty…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A golden bikini costume worn by Carrie Fisher on the set of “Return of the Jedi” has sold at auction…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A fossilized mammoth skull, centuries-old ceramics and Banksy’s famous self-shredding painting are among…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Westcott (CNN) — Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they’ll likely recount a close encounter with this carnivorous,…
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A “biohazard” on a United Airlines flight is the latest midair incident to trigger an unplanned, early landing…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — An ancient Christian monastery in Gaza has been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger because of the…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Close your eyes and imagine a stand-up comedian. Perhaps they’re standing in a basement in front of an exposed…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “I see money on holidays like Monopoly money,” says Lisa Fraser. The currently unemployed 30-year-old has been…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Maybe you want to escape the winter months at home, opting instead to take care of your…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — First there was the three-year cruise that never took off. Now, another company aiming to be the first to produce…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — An art historian has identified a missing portrait of King Henry VIII after spotting it on social media.…
Continue ReadingBilly Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Anti-tourism protests have been sweeping across Europe this summer, with demonstrations taking place in the…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a tough couple of weeks for travel, with chaos caused by a global IT outage and then…
Continue ReadingCNN By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — One of the most iconic and romantic trails in the world — Italy’s Via dell’Amore (“Path of…
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — One of the most iconic and romantic trails in the world — Italy’s Via dell’Amore (“Path of Love”)…
Continue ReadingBy Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — A large, pink, inflatable man, created by the Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun, has divided opinion in a small…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — An Irish museum will withdraw a waxwork of singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor just one day after installing it,…
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