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Alex Doak, CNN After two years of pandemic-related disruption, the luxury watch world descended on Geneva, Switzerland to confer on the latest horological trends and most exciting new timepieces at the annual Watches & Wonders trade show. With almost every heavyweight brand and CEO in attendance, the six-day event offered a chance to take the

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A cheeky New Yorker is going viral for the helpful information she shares on TikTok about public bathrooms in the city. Teddy Siegel, 22, started the “Got2GoNYC” account in 2021 after nearly peeing herself in Times Square. “I was on the verge of peeing my pants, and I had been turned

By Janelle Davis and Foren Clark, CNN His mission was a complicated one: Tell the complex story of the late Anthony Bourdain, a man he had never met. Documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville said when he researches a film subject, he tries to get inside the person’s head as much as possible. While researching “Roadrunner: A

Jacopo Prisco, CNN The very first FIFA World Cup final, contested by Uruguay and Argentina in 1930, started with a disagreement: Who would supply the ball? Both teams wanted to, because they were used to playing with their own equipment and didn’t trust one another. In the end, a compromise was reached: The first half

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It’s not every day that you spot a cruise ship for sale on Craigslist. So Chris Willson was immediately intrigued when he stumbled across a 293-foot vessel listed on the classified advertisements website back in 2008. The retired “pocket” cruise ship, built in Germany, was moored in the California Delta at the

By Amarachi Orie, CNN Emperor penguins releasing millions of micro-bubbles from their feathers, children’s dresses hanging on a laundry line on a porch in Puerto Rico, and students standing among fountains in Kyiv are all works by National Geographic photographers that are on sale to support Ukraine. The flash print sale, which will run until

Reuters Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport reopened on Thursday hours after a Boeing 757-200 cargo aircraft operated by DHL made an emergency landing and skidded off the runway, separating its tail, aviation authorities said. Airport operator Aeris said the airport, on the outskirts of capital San Jose, reopened at 3:30 p.m. local time, several

Francesca Street, CNN The travel industry has pitched in to help house some of the millions of people who have fled conflict in Ukraine over the past six weeks, with hotels and vacation home owners across Europe offering rooms to those in need. Now a cruise liner has also opened its doors to the refugees.

Francesca Street Gigantic cruise ships are a marvel of the modern age, but when it comes to steering these oceangoing titans through stormy seas, narrow waterways, in and out of ports big and small while keeping everyone on board safe, the responsibility lies with one person. The captain. It’s a job unlike any other. Leadership

Francesca Street, CNN Most airplane exteriors look more or less the same — white backdrop, bold lettering, company logo — but every now and again, an airline unveils a livery that stands out from the pack. Take All Nippon Airways’ “Flying Honu” A380s, designed to resemble bright colored turtles, or the stunning indigenous art that

Sana Noor Haq, CNN A set of rare notebooks filled with notes by Charles Darwin have been anonymously returned to the University of Cambridge, over 20 years after they were initially reported missing. The two notebooks — one of which includes Darwin’s famous 1837 “Tree of Life” sketch — were returned to Cambridge University’s Library

Oscar Holland, CNN Contributors: Angie Orellana Hernandez, CNN and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The Grammy Awards have a reputation for attracting bolder, riskier and more eye-popping fashion than almost any other major award ceremony — and the stars didn’t disappoint as they arrived on the red carpet Sunday evening. Held in Las Vegas for the very

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Doja Cat is up for eight awards at the 2022 Grammys, and the rapper and singer arrived on the red carpet in a sheer, sea foam-colored Versace gown looking like Grammys royalty. The off-shoulder look is dripping in crystals and features a corseted bodice. She paired it with matching platform shoes and

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger, retired on Thursday, just a few months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Soskin spent over a decade working at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park after joining the service full-time in 2011, according to a statement from the

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Guests at a Kentucky hotel won’t have to worry about who’s watering their plants while they’re away on vacation. Elwood Hotel & Suites in Lexington will allow its guests to experience the “world’s first plant-friendly hotel experience,” according to a statement from VisitLEX, the city’s convention and visitors bureau. “It’s official.

By Saeed Ahmed, CNN There are about 7.6 billion people in the world. And around 24% of them — 1.8 billion — are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For an entire month. It’s Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. But what if you’re not a Muslim — just a caring, considerate

Aya Elamroussi, CNN | Jacqui Palumbo, CNN A miniature unpublished manuscript written by Charlotte Brontë when she was 13 years old will go on sale for $1.25 million at a New York City book fair later this month. The work titled “A Book of Ryhmes by Charlotte Brontë, Sold by Nobody, and Printed by Herself”

Oscar Holland, CNN French fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier, who is known for his iconic images of some of the 20th century’s most glamorous women died Thursday at the age of 78, according to a statement posted to his official Instagram account. No cause of death was specified. In a statement to CNN, New York’s Staley-Wise

By Forrest Brown, CNN Of the many safety measures that Disney Parks had to set up to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic, requiring guests to keep a six-foot distance from the costumed characters must have been one of the hardest. At least emotionally. For kids (or kids at heart), running into the waiting arms of

Francesca Street, CNN When Tiffany Woods met Bridgette, she was at a crossroads. It was February 1987 and Tiffany was 23. She’d got married two years previously. Now her marriage was on the rocks and divorce seemed imminent. Tiffany was training to become a police officer, but her heart wasn’t in it. Tiffany, who is