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Oscar Holland, CNN In Thurstan Redding’s photography series “Kids of Cosplay,” the mundane and the fantastical collide in…

By Jake Kwon, CNN Kim Kyung-seop recalls going to cheap bars after class with his friends, where they binged on as much makgeolli as possible.…

Jacopo Prisco There’s a real-life yellow brick road forming in Ghana, and it shares at least one thing in common with the fictional path…

By Janelle Davis, CNN. Recipe from Adriano and Alfredo Lazzeri, Il Cavaliere Restaurant Most people think pan pizza and they think of mega American…

Stephanie Becker, CNN From the time the Continental Congress gave the stars and stripes its stamp of approval in 1777 amid the American Revolution,…

Julia Buckley, CNN As pandemic-related restrictions start to lift, and we emerge from the lockdown shadows, one thing is returning to the minds and…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN This week in travel: an upside-down train, the meaning of “revenge travel” and the world’s greatest fried…

Julia Buckley, CNN Many a time has a vacation in the sun led to a destination wedding and it seems that Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are no…

Toyin Owoseje, CNN British royalty and Hollywood royalty came together on the red carpet for the charity premiere of the new Tom Cruise movie,…

By Helen Regan, CNN Every spring, crowds flock to admire Japan’s cherry blossom — a dazzling pink and white bloom that has been revered…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN A woman gave birth to a healthy baby in a lavatory on board a Frontier Airlines flight, according to a Facebook post from the…

By Hada Messia and Lianne Kolirin, CNN An Italian coffee shop owner is in hot water after being fined 1,000 euros ($1,050) for failing to display the…

Leah Dolan, CNN At the Cannes film festival premiere of Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” on Wednesday, former Victoria’s…

Sana Noor Haq, CNN A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction. The gilded blue…

Lianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Royal Mint has issued a commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride UK. The coin, which…

Sana Noor Haq, CNN Bob Mackie, the designer who drew the sketch for a crystal-covered gown once worn by Marilyn Monroe, said “it was a big…

Lianne Kolirin, CNN When New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) bought “The Starry Night” from a private collector in 1941, the…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph taken in newly independent Ukraine during the mid-1990s, an elderly woman casts her eyes away from the camera,…

By Casey Barber, CNN People have never been able to resist the crunchy craving of deep-fried food. Archaeological evidence shows we’ve been…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN More than three years after the high-profile divorce proceedings of New York real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his wife,…

Jacqui Palumbo and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Pablo Picasso’s most curious painting of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, in which she appears as a…

Amarachi Orie, CNN Her billionaire son may have dominated headlines recently, but 74-year-old Maye Musk is now in the spotlight after becoming the…

By Jack Guy and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise public appearance at the opening ceremony of a long-awaited…

By Terry Ward, CNN Want to become Italian? If you have Italian ancestors in your family tree, it might be easier than you realize. Thanks to the rule…

Marcel Krueger, CNN Suspension railways today seem like an anachronism — a 19th-century vision of what the future of transport would look like.…

Toyin Owoseje, CNN Man Ray’s famed “Le Violon d’Ingres” made history Saturday when it became the most expensive photograph…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN As more and more countries reopen their borders to eager tourists, a trendy new phrase has emerged on social media: revenge…

Scottie Andrew, CNN From labor leader César Chávez’s decades of activism, to Roberto Clemente’s boundary-breaking career in Major…

Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN The recently opened Venice Biennale — an 8-month-long international festival of art and culture staged every other…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN His name is “Hector,” he’s over 100 million years old, and his fossils sold for more than $12 million in…

Jacopo Prisco, CNN Cita Sadeli saw the start of the pandemic from a different angle than most: standing on an articulated lift, hovering 120 feet…

Hannah Ryan, CNN A painting that served as the cover for one of legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye’s albums has sold at auction for almost $15.3…