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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An image of a rare hyena standing in front of an abandoned building in a former diamond mining town in Namibia has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 award. Shot by South African photographer Wim van den Heever in the town of Kolmanskop, “Ghost Town Visitor” is

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — What makes a passport “powerful”? Well, a clear measure is travel openness, the ability to slip into destinations around the world with a breezy wave of your passport, no visa required. The Henley Passport Index is one of several rankings measuring passport potency in this regard and, for the

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Text by Jen Rose Smith | Video by Alexandra Gilwit and Nick Blatt, CNN (CNN) — Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum. In May, he joined a group of paranormal fans at Pennhurst Paracon, an event

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Several locales across the US claim to be king when it comes to Halloween. But three in particular — Savannah, Georgia; New Orleans and Salem, Massachusetts — have the haunting histories to truly earn the title. The trio of historic cities, each of them at least a couple of

By Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — As tourists stand on the beach, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner swoops in to land less than 100 feet above their heads. Hands in the air, they pose for photographs. Later, they might be asked whether the pictures are real. Maho Beach, on the northeastern Caribbean island of Saint

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Following the news that actor Diane Keaton died on the weekend, aged 79, a clip of her at a Ralph Lauren show in 2022 resurfaced on social media. Runways can be serious places, but the Oscar-winner is clearly having a ball — drinking wine, laughing, bopping her head to

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our weekend digest of travel and aviation news: air traffic control problems in the US, free economy-class alcohol in Canada, India’s much-delayed new mega airport, plus a European jetliner eclipses the Boeing 737 as the plane with the most deliveries ever. Stressful skies The US federal government shutdown

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A 2,000-year-old tunnel once used by Roman emperors to slip into the Colosseum unseen will open to the public this month, offering visitors a rare glimpse of the arena’s imperial backstage. Known as the Passage of Commodus, the 180-foot corridor was built beneath the amphitheater to let emperors

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — The long wait is over. After years of planning and myriad delays, the European Union’s Entry/Exit system (EES) will go live on October 12. While nothing has changed when it comes to the rules of who can enter the EU, and how long they can stay, the new system

By Silvia Marchetti (CNN) — With its hills, olive groves, and vineyards, Radicondoli looks like the image of Tuscany found on postcards. But behind the stone walls and quiet streets, the small medieval village near Siena has been losing people for years. Once home to around 3,000 residents, Radicondoli now counts just 966. About 100

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — In Luca Guadagnino’s new psychological thriller “After the Hunt,” Julia Roberts stars as a Yale professor who is forced to choose sides when a star pupil accuses another faculty member of sexual assault. Each scene that unfolds is thorny and tense. And as the cast — including Ayo Edebiri

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian writer who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality “to the point of madness.” Announcing the prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, the Nobel Committee praised Krasznahorkai “for his

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — No one knows for sure how many bars exist on Earth, but there are likely millions of spots around the world where patrons can get a glass of wine or a bottle of beer. No one knows for sure how many bars exist on Earth, but there are likely

By Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — Curved lines and block colors in shades of orange, yellow and blue create the image of an artist, framed by a border of abstract shapes. Look a little closer and you can see the artist’s beret with concentric circles, perched atop the solitary figure’s head as they lean over

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Paris (CNN) — The world of high fashion is increasingly accessible. Anyone with a phone and the internet can get a front row view of fashion week, connect with their favorite designers and immerse themselves in the virtual worlds of luxury brands. But, while people may be looking,

By Ayushi Shah, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — After decades of bottlenecks and delays, Mumbai, one of the world’s most crowded cities, finally has a second airport. For travelers, the new Navi Mumbai International Airport promises shorter lines, more flights and a smoother start or finish to their trip than before. For the city, long

By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Theme park fans dread what has become an expected annual price increase for US Disney parks. But the new prices that hit Wednesday morning — along with some of the best discount offers in years — suggest the media and entertainment giant is being strategic in

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Over the next five years, New York City will welcome two new momentous spaces for the arts, both along Manhattan’s iconic Fifth Avenue, some 40 blocks apart. The first is an airy new $550-million wing for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s modern and contemporary collection on the Upper East

CNN Travel (CNN) — When Elizabeth Gilbert shared the story of her year spent traveling post-divorce, it inspired more than a memoir. Eat, Pray, Love, her story of traveling to Italy, India, and Indonesia, became a touchstone for many women around the world. Since the book’s publication in 2005 and the release of the Julia

CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) — In 1967, four years after her husband President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and she became the most recognizable widow in the world, Jacqueline Kennedy visited Cambodia. When she arrived in the capital city of Phnom Penh amid a generation-defining war, there was no question

By Miquel Ros Tabarca, Spain (CNN) — Spain’s Mediterranean islands have come to represent an ideal of lifestyle and leisure. Chances are you’re familiar with the Balearic archipelago. Every year, millions flock every year to the islands of Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera to wander whitewashed towns, soak up pristine beaches, embrace the laidback vibes

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Paris (CNN) — After a month of designer debuts — more than a dozen across fashion weeks in London, Milan and New York — the task fell to Chanel’s new artistic director, Matthieu Blazy, to present his vision for the future of one of history’s most storied houses. Bringing Paris

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Vogue will no longer feature “new animal fur in editorial content or advertising,” according to updated guidelines on the website of its parent company, Condé Nast. The guidelines — which allow for “defined exceptions, including byproducts of subsistence and indigenous practices” — will also affect other titles owned by

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Paris (CNN) — When guests arrived for the Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week on Saturday evening, several found themselves on familiar ground: a chapel built during the reign of the former French King Louis XIII, which is part of the historic Laennec headquarters of Balenciaga’s owner, Kering. After all, it

By Jenny Adams New Orleans (CNN) — A bowtie is adjusted. A trombone is hoisted. On the corner of Dauphine and Toulouse, two motorcycle cops block the intersection. The opening notes of “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” emerge from a trumpet. The melody is carried as a saxophone and sousaphone join in. The band

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In this week’s roundup of travel news: an Italian town has introduced a tourist tax for dogs, a New Yorker who moved to Italy and met her future husband, plus a Polish hotelier who wants to boost his country’s birth rate by hosting celebrations for expectant couples. Spread the

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Little kids line up in white graduation caps and gowns. Family members pose for formal photos at a wedding. Cousins laugh as they cut into the frosting of a giant birthday cake. These scenes from Amar Shah’s childhood flash across the screen in a new film. And they share something

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Delta Air Lines pilots and dispatchers didn’t look at all available weather information when they sent a plane into a damaging hailstorm in Italy in 2023, Italian transportation investigators ruled in a report published Thursday. On July 24, 2023, the Boeing 767 took off from Milan’s Malpensa Airport headed

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The International Civil Aviation Organization rejected a proposal Friday that would have allowed older commercial pilots to keep flying. Airline trade group, the International Air Transport Association called for the mandatory pilot retirement age to be raised to 67 from 65 at ICAO’s meeting in Montreal last month.

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — On the face of it, George and Josh Kohler are just like any other father and son duo — only these two men are on an extraordinary mission. Having set off from home in the east of England in March this year, the pair are attempting to cycle around

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Pamela Anderson, blonde bombshell of the 1990s and beyond, is no more. Instead, the actor has gone red. Glimpses of Anderson’s strawberry-colored locks were first spotted at a Vogue magazine party in Paris earlier this week. As the runway shows kicked off across the city — Paris Fashion Week

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It was set to be the worst flight of Anesu Masube’s life. The day before, he’d received the devastating news that his mother had passed away. Anesu was living in Washington, DC. His family lived 7,000 miles away in Zimbabwe. In the depths of grief, he had to try

By Lisa Morrow, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Cocooned in the warm embrace of the hamam, sounds are muffled. Gentle light from oculi, “eyes” in a large dome overhead, etches patterns across the marble surfaces below. Running water and softly dripping taps lap at the edges of consciousness like a lullaby. In the steamy, almost mystical

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In Morris Lum’s photographic archive of Chinatowns, change is the only constant. Wall murals are painted then covered up. Restaurant menus adapt to diners’ evolving palates. Colorful shopfronts fade and are replaced, as family businesses fall victim to rising rents or the disinterest of aging owners’ children and grandchildren.

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The Yankees and the Red Sox. Celtic and Rangers. Real Madrid and Barcelona. In a competition bear-ly more ferocious, 12 chunky brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve have been battling it out in one of the most cutthroat places on the planet – the internet. As

Scarlett Harris (CNN) — Throughout her four-decade career, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick has been lauded for transporting viewers across time and place, from the metaphor-heavy suiting of Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” to the elaborate period pomp of Emmy-winning “Bridgerton.” Her work on the 1995 cult classic “Showgirls,” however, often elicits a very different response: Did it even

By Jeanne Bonner, Tami Luhby, Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — US congressional lawmakers have failed to agree on a spending package for the new fiscal year, triggering a federal government shutdown. That could mean significant travel disruptions for travelers in the US and for visitors from overseas. Impacts could be felt in longer airport lines,

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Taking the metro is usually little more than a means to an end while moving around cities, but Saudi Arabia’s brand new Riyadh Metro is turning this notion on its head. Launched in December 2024, the automated rapid transit system brings new meaning to the phrase, “It’s not the

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Milan (CNN) — You can usually tell that it’s a Giorgio Armani show. Not least because of the refined designs, but because the models are most often smiling. That wasn’t the case on Sunday night, when the Italian luxury label presented its Spring-Summer 2026 collection — the last by the “maestro”

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Milan (CNN) — Dressing for the “female gaze” is a concept that has gained ground in fashion over the past decade, with the term — which first emerged in response to a 1975 essay by the British film theorist Laura Mulvey, who wrote about the objectification of women from a male

By Forrest Brown The annual rituals of autumn – shoulder season vacations, football games, the unpacking of sweaters, the pumpkin spice tsunami – are upon us. And then there’s perhaps the best of them all: the scenic fall drive. Timing is everything when setting up the perfect fall drive. If you want to increase your

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Milan (CNN) — Of all the designers to present a debut collection for a major house during fashion week this September, Dario Vitale arguably had one of the lowest profiles. Prior to his appointment as Versace’s new chief creative officer in April, Vitale was rarely mentioned in the press and fairly

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel news this week: the world’s coolest neighborhoods, best cities for young people, and most internationally connected airports. Plus, a new 50 Best dining award names the best restaurants in North America. Top internationally connected airports It’s been a challenging week for air travel. Cyberattacks

By Harrison Pierce, CNN (CNN) — You arrive at the airport only to be told that you won’t get the airplane seat you paid for. Unfortunately, you’ve been downgraded. While uncommon, it happens more often than you might think. You book a premium economy, business-class or first-class ticket, but when it comes time to fly,

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s new line, GWYN, is filled with tasteful charcoal and moss green colored chunky knit cardigans, minimalist boat-neck blouses and unassuming mid-length navy pleated skirts. Made for the “dynamic women that do it all,” according to the brand, the clothes are chic, classic and largely unidentifiable — exactly

By Stephanie Halasz, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — The echo rang out as I passed beneath the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. One of my fellow swimmers had shouted in joy, and the sound reverberated across the water. I swam on until the second bridge, the 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü, came into view. It seemed impossibly far

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — When couture designer Robert Wun was nominated for the 2022 Andam Fashion Awards, a prestigious French honor for emerging talent previously won by Martin Margiela and Christophe Lemaire, he went to Paris for the ceremony purely as a formality. Convinced he wouldn’t win, Wun stood at the very

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Who doesn’t love stumbling across a bustling off-the-beaten-track neighborhood on vacation? There’s a particular thrill in finding an area that feels like a welcoming home away from home, where the barista remembers your order — even if you’re only visiting for the week. If you’re daydreaming about the most

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes, relocating abroad can feel like a gamble, a leap into the unknown. For Caroline Chirichella, a 36-year-old New Yorker, the move to a quiet corner of central Italy was more than an escape. It meant building a family, buying an affordable home and creating a new life —

By Barbie Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Well-traveled pets already get their own passports. Now, in an age of overtourism — where visitors are sometimes charged fees to counter their impact on inundated communities — there’s inevitably a tourist tax on dogs. Starting in 2026, owners of dogs visiting the northern Italian city of Bolzano will

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — It’s a new chapter for London Fashion Week. The first to take place under the British Fashion Council’s new CEO Laura Weir, who has made her message clear: “fashion matters.” In her opening speech on Friday, Weir doubled down on her ambition to make London “a sensational showcase

By Issy Ronald, Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — An Afghan boy traveled from Kabul to Delhi by hiding in the landing gear compartment of a plane, Indian authorities have said. The boy, who authorities estimated was about 13 years old, was found wandering around the tarmac near where the plane had parked shortly after it

By Barry Neild, CNN Termessos, Turkey (CNN) — Alexander the Great tried to conquer Termessos but failed. Today, the incredible deserted ruins of this once-powerful city, perched like a fortified eagle’s nest high in the mountains of southwestern Turkey, can be conquered by anyone willing to make the hike up here. But few people ever

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — September 23, 2025 marks two important holidays: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Fat Bear Week. Every fall, rangers at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve keep track of the brown bears who live there, noting how much weight each one gains ahead of entering their winter hibernation

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN London (CNN) — What could be more British than standing in a muddy tent as the sun sets on a cool end-of-summer evening? This was the scene at Burberry’s show in London on Monday — a headline event that always closes the city’s fashion week. While the mud was fake

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Standing in line for a taxi, in a hot and unfamiliar country thousands of miles from home, Tony and Karen Webb were feeling overwhelmed. It was October 1987 in Freeport, a popular tourist destination in the Bahamas. Tony and Karen were visiting the island from Surrey, England. The couple

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — When Emilia D’Albero heard her name called, she started crying. She had just become the first ever American to win the Mondial du Fromage, a biennial event held in France and known in English as the Cheesemonger World Cup. While some onlookers believe that D’Albero’s victory could change the

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel roundup this week, a Scottish hotel owner has invented “tourist plates” to combat the rise in dangerous crashes on his nation’s roads. Plus, why Google Maps doesn’t work in one of Asia’s most developed countries – and how a government decision in October might change that.

Elyssa Goodman, CNN New York (CNN) — “The first time I saw God was at Bizarre,” says visual artist Rachel Rampleman. She is referring to the drag artist God Complex and the now-defunct Brooklyn bar Bizarre. Inspired by the performer’s background as a dancer after seeing him live, Rampleman committed him to the screen for

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — An oil painting by Pablo Picasso, unseen by the public for more than 80 years, will go under the hammer in Paris next month. The painting, “Bust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat,” depicts French photographer and painter Dora Maar — one of Picasso’s lovers and most famous

By Azhar Al-Rubaie, CNN Hillah, Iraq (CNN) — The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time itself. In this moment the city feels both empty and eternal,

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — Marie Antoinette died over 230 years ago. But in the modern day, the teen queen’s presence remains widely felt. A-listers from Kylie Jenner to Miley Cyrus have embodied her likeness for fashion magazines, wearing diaphanous frocks or towering wigs surrounded by a selection of teeth-rotting confectionery. Last year,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A spellbinding image of two tiny but vibrant “ladybugs of the sea” has won the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 award. Taken by Indonesia-based photographer Yury Ivanov at his local dive site in Bali, the winning photograph shows two amphipods, which stand at just three millimeters tall, resting

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked across the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, “Scourged Back” is one of the 19th century’s defining photographs. The image was so widely circulated in America during the Civil War that it reshaped the abolitionist cause by laying bare the

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Melania Trump’s enigmatic style staple, the face-covering wide-brimmed hat, is back. And this one cast an even lower, closer shadow — rendering her expressions even more inscrutable — than any before it. The first lady struck a suitably formal figure on Wednesday as the Prince and Princess of Wales

By Ella Alexander, CNN London (CNN) — When Laura Weir made her first speech as the British Fashion Council’s new CEO this summer, she put inclusivity at the heart of her mission. She addressed issues that have long been discussed among the city’s fashion designers: whether it is possible to run a viable brand if

By Jimena De La Quintana, CNN (CNN) — It was in 2007 when Peru’s Machu Picchu Inca sanctuary was designated one of the New 7 Wonders of the World after receiving more than 100 million votes in a global competition. Now, the New7Wonders project, which organized the vote, warns that Machu Picchu is at risk

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York (CNN) — On Manhattan’s breezy piers, inside golden-hour lit warehouses and even in an Episcopal church: such locations served as the venue for runway shows, as New York Fashion Week kicks off a busy fashion month. While a growing number of influential designers (Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera and Marc

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — In Scanno, a medieval village deep in the wild mountains of central Italy’s Abruzzo region, one woman dresses as if time has never moved on. At 94, Margherita Ciarletta — witty, fiercely independent and guarded about her privacy — is the last person who wears Scanno’s centuries-old traditional clothing

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Egypt are on the hunt for a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet, once owned by a pharaoh, which has disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The gold bracelet adorned with a lapis lazuli bead was last seen in the restoration laboratory of the museum in Tahrir Square, Egypt’s

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Long lines, delays and record passenger numbers might not scream “satisfaction,” but while these remain frequent hallmarks of air travel in North America, a new study has revealed flyers are increasingly pleased with their experience of the region’s airports. Overall passenger satisfaction scores are marginally up from last year,

By Chris Lau and Fred He, CNN China Eastern Airlines has begun selling tickets for its new route connecting Shanghai and Buenos Aires, in what the carrier touts as the “world’s longest direct flight.” The flight departing from Shanghai’s Pudong Interntional Airport (PVG) is scheduled to take about 25.5 hours to reach the Ministro Pistarini

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — When the legendary Hollywood actor-turned director Robert Redford passed away Tuesday, he left behind not only a body of impactful and culturally significant films, but also a style legacy that has largely become the blueprint for American menswear. Instantly recognizable by his floppy windswept hair and penchant for relaxed,

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — For the British, the difference between state visits and plain old official visits is far more than semantics. By convention, the full pomp and pageantry of a royal welcome — the guard of honor, the cavalry band, the palace’s finest silverware — is strictly for the former, making it

By Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN The Empty Quarter, Abu Dhabi (CNN) — You hear it before you see it. Hundreds of all-terrain vehicles tearing across the desert, the roar of their engines echoing over the sand dunes. The noise goes all night long, making it impossible to grab any shuteye. Not that anyone does. “There

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN A couple from the United Kingdom had to cut their vacation in Venice short after being caught swimming in the Grand Canal. The 35-year-old British man and his 25-year-old Romanian girlfriend were forced to return to their home in the UK on Thursday, the same day they arrived in the

By Maureen O’Hare, Tom Bouchier-Hayes, Işıl Sarıyüce, Victoria Rubadiri, Andrew Waller, CNN Bodrum, Turkey (CNN) — “What would you like? Dancing lobsters for the lunch?” Sahir Erozan, owner of the legendary Maçakızı resort on Turkey’s Bodrum Peninsula, is showing us around the latest offering in his portfolio, the ultra-premium Villa Maçakızı. Here, in the bougainvillea-laden

By Oscar Holland, Stephy Chung and photo editor Jennifer Arnow. (CNN) — Cropped tuxedo jackets, “naked” dresses and plenty of pink — attendees at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards offered an early hint at the red-carpet trends that may unfold between now and the Oscars next March. One of the early dates on the awards

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel roundup this week: the European capital with an underwater labyrinth beneath its streets, why an Abu Dhabi surf company believes it’s found “the perfect wave,” plus the rise and rise of XXL cruise ships. You’re going to need a bigger boat The world’s largest cruise ship,

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York (CNN) — New York has been buzzing with star power as September kicked off with the US Open and MTV’s Video Music Awards, segueing neatly into New York Fashion Week, the first city to kick off fashion month. Before the week officially began with Michael Kors on Thursday morning,

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to travel, wherever you are in the world, some things never change. McDonald’s is always McDonald’s. A hotel lobby is always a hotel lobby. An inflight safety demonstration is always a safety demonstration, and an airport runway is an airport runway: a long, clean-lined strip of

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN London (CNN) — Edward Enninful’s farewell cover for the March 2024 issue of British Vogue, marking the end of his six-year tenure as editor-in-chief, featured 40 very famous women: Jane Fonda, Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, Cindy Crawford, Victoria Beckham, Naomi Campbell — the list went on and on. Getting that

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Fashion is fickle, and not many people can hold their own against the changing tide of trends. But yesterday Jennifer Aniston, while on her way to appear on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in New York, proved once again she sits in that exclusive crowd. Promoting the latest

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — One month before this WNBA season was set to start, the league made an unconventional announcement: Coach, the American fashion house, would become the “official handbag partner” of the WNBA. The multiyear partnership, a first for both the brand and the league, cemented the already blooming relationship between the

By Rochelle Beighton, CNN (CNN) — Chances are, if you’re planning to hike the Andes in Peru, your journey will take you to Huaraz. The capital of the Ancash region in northern Peru, Huaraz is known as the gateway to the Cordillera Blanca mountain range and is often dubbed the “Switzerland of Peru.” This high-altitude

By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Mugello, Italy (CNN) — It is a sultry Friday night in high summer on a rolling, cypress tree-lined hillside near the little town of Scarperia e San Piero, in the heart of Italy’s Tuscany region. A bearded man in red fishnet tights and a matching vinyl minidress sways with a beer

By Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Every year, in the middle of summer, hundreds of Hong Kong construction workers and engineers walk up some 200 steps to Ching Lin Terrace in the seaside neighborhood of Kennedy Town. There, in one of the city’s temples, they gather and pay their respects to Lo Pan,

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The best way to sneak into a fashion show is to be confident and friendly — at least according to Dan Bassini, who has been photographing New York Fashion Week for almost a decade, without being on the guest lists. You might catch the New Jersey-based photographer on the

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN To visitors, Venice is a glorious tapestry of historic buildings, waterways, bell towers, red roofs — and a mighty winged lion, the symbol of the Venetian republic, carved into structures across the city. Possibly the most famous version of the lion is a bronze statue standing atop a column in the

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — America’s fastest train has arrived. ‘NextGen Acela’ made its public debut on August 27, delivering modern design, more seats and an enhanced passenger experience. Hailed as a leap forward for high-speed rail in America, it is, in truth, more of a half-step. The new trains — siblings to France’s

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Giorgio Armani, the visionary Italian designer who redefined modern elegance and tailoring on the world’s stage, became a mainstay at red carpets and award shows after launching his eponymous brand in 1975. But despite his global dominance, Armani — who died at age 91 on September 4 — will

By Oscar Holland, Stephy Chung, CNN, Photo Editor: Jennifer Arnow (CNN) — The MTV Video Music Awards have a rich history of outlandish — and, at times, outright bizarre — fashion. Even without Lady Gaga’s meat dress or Britney Spears’ python, the annual ceremony is guaranteed to deliver over-the-top styling, playful accessories and tributes to

By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: a look inside North Korea’s answer to Waikiki, a taste of Turkey’s beloved brew, plus fees for travelers to the US will rise at the end of September. Visitors to the US from some of the nation’s closest allies will soon be required to

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings. Sisters, in particular, influence the thoughts, opinions and actions of many of Austen’s heroines,

CNN By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — High-profile figures from the fashion world and beyond are paying tribute to the late Giorgio Armani, whose death at the age of 91 was announced Thursday. Messages celebrating the designer’s life and legacy also poured in from across politics, entertainment and pop culture — including from celebrity friends,

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — High-profile figures from the fashion world and beyond are paying tribute to the late Giorgio Armani, whose death at the age of 91 was announced Thursday. Messages celebrating the designer’s life and legacy also poured in from across politics, entertainment and pop culture — including from celebrity friends, like

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The worlds of art, luxury and design have long fixated on the elusive “young collector” — Gen-Z and millennial buyers whose shopping habits and status signifiers will drive spending for decades to come. The matter of where to reach them — online — is self-evident. Beyond that, however, lie

By Kati Chitrakorn, Jacopo Prisco (CNN) — Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91, the Armani Group announced on Thursday. The designer is credited over his decades of practice with curating a quintessentially Italian aesthetic in his clothes, as well as taking Hollywood’s red carpets to new heights. “Il Signor

By Francesca Street, CNN Three young women are photographed, mid-laughter, on a beach. It’s a sunny day in the early 1980s. Their arms are wrapped around one another. They’re snacking on potato chips, stretching out on a plaid picnic blanket after a dip in the English Channel. “Looking at the photograph, it really epitomizes who