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By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal officials say they will look into a group of 30 “disruptive” high schoolers who American Airlines removed from a Bahamas-bound flight on Monday. American Airlines said the teens were kicked off flight 893 from Charlotte to Nassau after they were told to wear federally mandated masks, caused

CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Antarctica, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Antarctica reported its first cases of Covid-19 in late December 2020. While scientists who observed strict quarantine rules sailed to the continent from the UK in November

By Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Planning a post-vaccination vacation this year? Chances are, you’ll be spending a lot of time outdoors. With destinations slowly opening up for tourism again, and travelers tentatively booking flights, travels that take in the great outdoors look set to boom post-pandemic. And in Italy — the first country

Manveena Suri and Jessie Yeung | Vedika Sud, CNN Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, one of the most beloved figures in Indian cinema, died on Wednesday at the age of 98, his doctor confirmed. Kumar was known to several generations of movie fans for starring in Bollywood cult classics, including the films “Devdas,” “Naya Daur,” “Ganga

By Jack Guy, CNN An entire herd of elephants from a British zoo will be released into the wild in Kenya in what conservationists have hailed as a world first. The 13 elephants live at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, southern England, and will be flown more than 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) to Kenya,

Silvia Marchetti, CNN Italy’s cheap homes bonanza continues to lure hundreds of interested buyers, despite the pandemic. But what happens once someone takes the plunge and invests their (small) chunk of change in a crumbling corner of a remote town? For Roy Patrick, a 67-year-old British car and motorbike fanatic who bought an old school

By Will McGough, CNN Seeing a panther in the wild is one of the most-coveted experiences an adventurer in South Florida can pursue. It’s also one of the least likely to occur. The Florida panther is among the most endangered species in the United States, found only in South Florida, with an estimated population of

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Homesickness is a tricky thing. First you’re paying $12 for a box of Rice Krispies and before you know it you’ve decorated your entire apartment in red, white and blue. Growing up in the United States, I never really thought about what it meant to be American. That’s a gift of

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN At the western edge of Europe lie two little islands with a complex past. Ireland and Britain are just 12 miles apart at the Irish Sea’s narrowest point, but waters run deep here — in every sense. For the past century, Ireland’s northeast corner has been part of the United Kingdom

An influx of visitors is forcing Arches National Park in Utah to temporarily shut its gates almost daily. And disappointed visitors aren’t the only consequence of overcrowding. The National Park Service is anticipating one of its busiest summers on record, so Arches won’t be the only popular park where crowds could be an issue. CNN’s Lucy Kafanov reports.

By Lucy Kafanov, Leslie Perrot and Marnie Hunter, CNN Imagine traveling across the country to visit one of the most stunning national parks in the United States only to find it’s too crowded to get inside. That’s what happened to Elise Brandenburg of Greenville, South Carolina, when she and her family arrived at Arches National

By Lucy Kafanov, Leslie Perrot and Marnie Hunter, CNN Imagine traveling across the country to visit one of the most stunning national parks in the United States only to find it’s too crowded to get inside. That’s what happened to Elise Brandenburg of Greenville, South Carolina, when she and her family arrived at Arches National

CNN staff If you’re planning to travel to India, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the coronavirus pandemic. The basics India has emerged from a devastating 2021, in which it was the global center of a new wave of the pandemic, which brought the country’s health system

CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Costa Rica, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic. The basics Costa Rica was one of the first countries to open back up for tourism, which it did in November 2020. Around 1 million travelers visited

CNN Travel Staff If you’re planning to travel to the Maldives here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics The Maldives reopened borders to all travelers from all countries on July 15, 2020. The primary exception to this is the tightly packed capital city

CNN Travel Staff If you’re planning to travel to the Maldives here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics The Maldives reopened borders to all travelers from all countries on July 15, 2020. The primary exception to this is the tightly packed capital city

Julia Buckley, CNN As the tourists head back to Italy, one of the cities that has suffered most at the hands of tourism is fighting back. In a bid to avoid overcrowding during the pandemic, authorities in Florence have announced that people will be banned from the city’s most popular nightlife areas, unless they’ve been

Julia Buckley, CNN It’s one of Europe’s most beautiful countries with an immense amount of heritage: world famous cities, spectacular landscapes and a top notch railway system to get around. Italy is already a dream destination — but now there are plans to make the rail experience a little more dreamier, with plans being drawn

Julia Buckley, CNN It’s one of Europe’s most beautiful countries with an immense amount of heritage: world famous cities, spectacular landscapes and a top notch railway system to get around. Italy is already a dream destination — but now there are plans to make the rail experience a little more dreamier, with plans being drawn

CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Thailand, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Thailand has recorded more than 30,000 deaths and over 4.5 million cases of Covid-19 as of July 1, 2022. On average, around 2,000 Covid-19 cases are reported

By Hannah Seligson, CNN What awaits American visitors to Europe this summer is a byzantine and constantly-changing array of Covid-related restrictions and registration requirements. It’s sort of like shifting mask mandates in the US, just with lots of paperwork and foreign languages thrown in. This is what I discovered on my Kafkaesque odyssey to Greece

By Hannah Seligson, CNN What awaits American visitors to Europe this summer is a byzantine and constantly-changing array of Covid-related restrictions and registration requirements. It’s sort of like shifting mask mandates in the US, just with lots of paperwork and foreign languages thrown in. This is what I discovered on my Kafkaesque odyssey to Greece

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Forget superyachts, a new residential vessel is on the way that’s so huge, it’s being referred to as a “yacht liner.” Measuring an impressive 728 feet, Somnio is to be the largest yacht in the world “by both length and volume” when it launches in 2024. Somnio, which means “to dream ”

Julia Buckley, CNN As the tourists head back to Italy, one of the cities that has suffered most at the hands of tourism is fighting back. In a bid to avoid overcrowding during the pandemic, authorities in Florence have announced that people will be banned from the city’s most popular nightlife areas, unless they’ve been

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Business was already booming for the vacation rental market before the pandemic, but interest has skyrocketed in the past year. The global vacation rental market size is expected to reach $113.9 billion by 2027, according to a report by Grand View Research. Back in March, Jeff Hurst, president of Vrbo, which was

CNN Staff If you’re planning a trip to Australia, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic. The basics Australia reopened its borders to fully vaccinated tourists on February 21, having previously had some of the most stringent entry regulations on the planet. However, this

Prince William and Prince Harry reunited to unveil a statue dedicated to their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, at Kensington Palace.

Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Princes William and Harry put aside their differences to appear together Thursday to unveil a statue honoring their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace. The statue — which was originally commissioned in 2017 on the 20th anniversary of her death — was revealed

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Breathtaking images of a lavender field lit up by the Milky Way, a panorama of Iceland’s Northern Lights over a frozen estuary, and a hazy sunrise in Shanghai are among those shortlisted for this year’s 2021’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Limitations on travel may have been in place for

Amy Woodyatt, CNN Breathtaking images of a lavender field lit up by the Milky Way, a panorama of Iceland’s Northern Lights over a frozen estuary, and a hazy sunrise in Shanghai are among those shortlisted for this year’s 2021’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Limitations on travel may have been in place for millions

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Business was already booming for the vacation rental market before the pandemic, but interest has skyrocketed in the past year. The global vacation rental market size is expected to reach $113.9 billion by 2027, according to a report by Grand View Research. Back in March, Jeff Hurst, president of Vrbo, which was

Oscar Holland, CNN Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, has auctioned off his invention’s source code as an NFT. It sold via Sotheby’s for $5,434,500 following a week-long online auction that began on June 23. Although the groundbreaking code has long been in the public domain, the British computer scientist authorized the sale

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Three years after Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the paintings have arrived at the Art Institute of Chicago, where the former President and First Lady had their very first date. On display there through mid-August, the artworks by Brooklyn-based Kehinde Wiley and Baltimore-based

The 270-mile railway between Lhasa and Nyingchi entered into service on June 25, giving all regions in mainland China access to high-speed train travel.

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN For the first time, travelers in Tibet can enjoy the area’s mountainous views at high-speed. A 435-kilometer (250-mile) rail line connecting Tibetan capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi entered into service on June 25, giving all 31 provincial-level regions of mainland China access to high-speed train travel. 47 tunnels,

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN For the first time, travelers in Tibet can enjoy the area’s mountainous views at high-speed. A 435-kilometer (250-mile) rail line connecting Tibetan capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi entered into service on June 25, giving all 31 provincial-level regions of mainland China access to high-speed train travel. 47 tunnels,

Isabelle Gerretsen, CNN Amsterdam’s well-known tolerance of recreational drugs and sex has long attracted tourists in search of the seedier side to the city of canals and cycle paths. But when border closures and lockdowns brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic emptied the Dutch capital of all visitors, many locals found the absence of the

By Helen Regan, CNN As countries around the Asia-Pacific region tighten restrictions once again to curb potential breakouts of the Delta coronavirus variant, Singapore has laid out a new vision for life to return to normal. The roadmap, proposed by three members of Singapore’s Covid-19 task force, would scrap lockdowns and mass contact tracing and

By Helen Regan, CNN As countries around the Asia-Pacific region tighten restrictions once again to curb potential breakouts of the Delta coronavirus variant, Singapore has laid out a new vision for life to return to normal. The roadmap, proposed by three members of Singapore’s Covid-19 task force, would scrap lockdowns and mass contact tracing and

By James Briggs and Zamira Rahim, CNN A car given to Princess Diana by Prince Charles as an engagement present has sold for more than £52,000 ($72,000) at auction. The 1981 Ford Escort Ghia sold for about $30,000 more than the lower range of the expected price. The auctioneer’s estimate had suggested that the car

Jack Guy, CNN A “forgotten” painting kept in the same family for generations has sold for 7.68 million euros ($9.1 million) at auction after experts discovered it was the work of French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard. “A philosopher reading” by Fragonard was spotted by Antoine Petit, an auctioneer at the Enchères Champagne auction house in Épernay,

By Alexandra Meeks and Hollie Silverman, CNN A man is facing a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew after attempting to breach a cockpit and jumping out of a departing airplane at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, officials said. It’s the latest in a series of incidents on planes over the