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Oscar Holland, CNN Abercrombie & Fitch’s website is, today, awash with Gen-Z-friendly nods to diversity and inclusion. There are people of color, sizes up to 3XL and even a Pride-themed collection featuring “gender inclusive” rainbow tees. The brand’s Instagram account, meanwhile, proudly promotes models in wheelchairs, stories of body-positivity and statements of LGBTQ solidarity. Yet,

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On an early morning in 2008, before the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the day, the artist Yuki Kihara sat down across from two paintings by the French artist Paul Gauguin and inspected them in the hushed, empty gallery. The Japanese and Samoan artist, who was exhibiting at the New York

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN In the late 1970s, the US government deregulated the airline industry, removing federal control over fares, routes and the entry of new airlines into the market. As a result, a flurry of new airlines appeared from the 1980s onward, and some of them were particularly unusual. Let’s take a look. Pet

Julia Buckley, Pete Muntean and Barry Neild, CNN Temperatures are rising, Covid cases are falling, restrictions are dropping away in the blink of an eye and summer vacations are so close you can smell the sunscreen. But getting away this year won’t be easy or relaxing. Experts are warning that the chaos travelers endured during

Amarachi Orie, CNN A 400-year-old Dutch master painting which experts believe could be worth millions of dollars has been discovered in a storeroom in Australia. The artwork called “Still Life” was kept for many years in what is now a museum known as Woodford Academy in the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales (NSW). The

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Air passengers in the US have been removing their Covid-19 face coverings after a federal judge ruled that the government’s mask mandate on commercial planes was unlawful. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had previously insisted mask rules remain in place until May 3, but the judge in Florida struck down

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Travis Caldwell and Amanda Jackson, CNN Scenes ranging from excitement to confusion played out Monday across America’s airports after a federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation. Some passengers learned of the Florida judge’s decision on the rule aimed at mitigating the Covid-19 threat just moments before

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN A Ukraine-based humanitarian kitchen linked to celebrity chef José Andrés has been destroyed by a Russian missile in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to the charity that runs it. One of the restaurant partners of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was struck on Saturday, according to the nonprofit kitchen’s CEO Nate

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An 11-foot hammerhead shark washed up on a beach in southern Florida, much to beachgoers’ surprise. Visitors at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale, encountered the shark’s corpse on April 6, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. A team of scientists from the American Shark Conservancy took samples and identified the shark

Leah Dolan, CNN This weekend sees the return of Coachella after a three-year pandemic-induced hiatus. And, as ever, there will be as much written about the festival’s fashion as its performances. But while the event was once classed among the most stylish outings on the cultural calendar — thanks to its celebrity attendees and exclusive

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A WWII-era naval destroyer, an exhibit at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, is partially submerged into Lake Erie, according to the facility. A statement from the park says, “a serious hull breach” occurred Wednesday in the USS The Sullivans. Paul Marzello, the naval park’s president and CEO,

Oscar Holland, CNN | Manveena Suri, CNN Two of Bollywood’s biggest stars, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, tied the knot in Mumbai on Thursday in an intimate ceremony attended by some of the greats of Indian cinema. In one of India’s most hotly anticipated celebrity weddings of recent years, the Bollywood power couple cut cake

Amarachi Orie, CNN A showcase of portraits of queens who have ruled Britain will feature in a month-long program of exhibitions, events and auctions celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. The London exhibition of portraits loaned from country houses across the United Kingdom will present the likenesses of seven queens, from the larger-than-life Tudors, the

Maureen O’Hare, CNN There are many ways to judge a city’s success as a tourist destination beyond the number of visitors it gets. There’s infrastructure, sustainability and economics; how it copes with the challenges of attracting and accommodating travelers while maintaining quality of life for residents; and then there’s the efficacy of its response to

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Some of the world’s most innovative artists and photographers have teamed up with a cruise line in a bid to help change the face of travel marketing. Celebrity Cruises has simultaneously launched a new campaign featuring images by the likes of Annie Leibovitz, and the world’s first free to use, “open source”