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By Sam Peters, CNN London (CNN) — Private letters from the late Princess Diana to actor Terence Stamp, who died last year, are going on sale, revealing the depth of their friendship and touching on topics such as royal duties, mental health and their social lives. Written between July and December 1991, the correspondence details

By Miki Lendon, CNN Sitting atop a rocky outcrop on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, the pool at Kuroneiwa-buro is so close to the Pacific that the waves are only just out of reach as they crash onto the boulders nearby. The hot spring is in the tiny fishing harbor community of Hokkawa Onsen. It’s the kind

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN (CNN) — What is New York style? For actor and native New Yorker Teyana Taylor it doesn’t stem from any specific piece of clothing or brand. Instead, it’s an almost impossible-to-define emanation that translates through a look. It’s about one’s energy, more so than the outfit. New Yorkers “have an aura

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — When scoping out a travel itinerary, it all comes down to what a city offers. Some visitors designate an entire day to exploring a historical site or hiking up a mountain to a stunning overlook. But others have their eyes set on one thing: menus. Exploring a city through

By Pau Mosquera, CNN; Photographs by Maria Contreras Coll for CNN Barcelona, Spain (CNN) — It’s inevitable — everyone looks up. When visitors arrive at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, their eyes instinctively follow the surreal twisting lines of the basilica’s sculptural towers until they reach the tip of each spire. Their gazes now extend higher than

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — It’s the kind of celebrity snap you might scroll past on your phone several times a day – a soccer star and his pop singer girlfriend hand-in-hand on an evening out. There’s a sense of summer ease; both are tanned, dressed in casual black tops and trousers, sandals on.

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our round-up of travel stories this week: a miraculous story of survival high on Everest, how to not be a cliché in Paris, plus the people who decide when and where your next flight will be going. Airline service Every time you board a flight, the plane you

By Mustafa Qadri, CNN (CNN) — Barcelona’s Sagrada Família is nearing completion after 144 years. Now, Lego is inviting fans to recreate the iconic church brick by brick — albeit on a much smaller scale. Adding to its collection of miniature landmarks around the world — from New York City’s skyline and landmarks to the

Video by Leroy Ah-Ben and Edward Scott-Clarke, text by Avni Trivedi (CNN) — In the internet’s latest viral moment, an Istanbul street food vendor is pulling crowds from across the world, just to snap a selfie with him. Alper Temel, a chestnut and corn seller, has been working at his family’s street food stall in

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A Sherpa climbing guide who was believed to have died high on Mount Everest was found crawling back to Base Camp after spending almost a week on the mountain with no food or bottled oxygen. For six days, there had been no radio contact or sign of Hillary Dawa

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Chicago (CNN) — At the top of the Obama Presidential Center, in its sunlit Sky Room is where you’re meant to take it all in. The panoramic views are impressive: Surrounding the campus is Chicago’s South and West Sides, as well as the ultramarine of Lake Michigan. But, more than that,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An art museum in France has filed a legal complaint after a banana that makes up part of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial artwork “Comedian” was stolen. The theft was reported by a security guard at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in the city of Metz, eastern France, on Saturday, according

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — The world’s most famous blonde bombshell, perched on playground equipment, absorbed in a book. The studio make-up and lighting is gone; as are her shoes. It’s 1955 and a summery glow radiates from her exposed limbs. The photo is playful — she wears a multi-colored romper in a children’s

By Wayne Chang, CNN Keelung, Taiwan (CNN) — You can now fall asleep on a ferry in Taiwan and wake up in Japan. On the surface, the Yaima Maru offers a perfect slow-travel escape — a passenger ferry equipped with saunas, karaoke rooms and a top-deck cafe. Launched in Taiwan last month to the sound

By Mustafa Qadri, CNN (CNN) — More commonly known as the home of Santa Claus and for its landscapes reminiscent of the magical world of Narnia, Lapland in Finland is inviting tourists to swap reindeer rides for a summer-long hunt for hidden gold. Participants will explore the trails and landmarks of Levi, a resort in

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN (CNN) — There’s a somber scene in a new documentary about Patrick Kelly, where executive producers Jess Manning and Ray Cornelius are at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, about to dive into research about the late fashion designer. To their surprise, there are only seven small boxes, containing photos,

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — This is Dua Lipa’s week. Not only because she is our Look of the Week, but because the next seven days — if a swirl of reports are to be believed — will be bookended by her nuptials. On Sunday, just as north London was being flare-painted red at

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Ever wished for a love-at-first-sight moment at an airport, like Sam and Annie in “Sleepless in Seattle”? For anyone young enough to have only travelled after Sept. 11, 2001, walking your loved one all the way to their gate is something you only see in old movies, or reruns

By Mustafa Qadri, CNN (CNN) — Hel is a real place, and beachgoers can once again board a controversial bus numbered “666” to reach the popular Polish seaside resort. Three years after the original designation was scrapped following complaints from religious groups, coach operator Flixbus has announced it will revive the notorious number for its

By Melanie Swan, CNN (CNN) — Traffic is building in Dubai again, restaurant tables are filling up and flights have largely resumed. On the surface, life in the Gulf’s tourism powerhouse looks close to normal. Beneath it, the city is facing a harder reality — although infrastructure is up and running, confidence hasn’t followed. And

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Living within walking distance of the mountains of Bavaria, Molly Williams never misses an opportunity to go hiking. She has hiked all over the Alpine landscapes around her home in southern Germany, in the pretty town of Allgäu near Munich, as well as the trails of the Dolomite mountains,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: what it’s like inside Air New Zealand’s new bunk beds, why cruise ships are adding a phantom destination to their itinerary, plus the dark fascist secret that lies under one of Europe’s biggest train stations. Tragic legacy It’s a little over

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — It took four men to heave the 200-pound painting on the wall. Once mounted, the voluptuous nude body stands tall like a mountain against the pale wash of Sotheby’s London gallery. There are five or six people in the room, including the hangers and the auction house press

By Sam Peters, CNN (CNN) — Pictures of a napping polar bear, the remnants of a rain shower in the Namib desert and a bustling dumpling stall in Seoul are among this year’s winners of the National Geographic Traveller (UK) Photography Competition, capturing both extraordinary moments and daily life around the world. Returning for its

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York (CNN) — In New York’s Hudson Valley, the artist Anicka Yi has erected columns bursting with mercurial microbial life, in hues of acid green and coffee, arranged like an archaeological dig at Storm King Art Center. Some 60 miles away, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, two of her jellyfish-like

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Canberra, Australia (CNN) — Canberra began life on the back foot. Unlike Australia’s other major cities, it’s not on the ocean. It isn’t rich from opal mining. It doesn’t have an opera house. Australia’s capital city was designed to settle an argument. According to the Australian Constitution, enacted in 1901, the

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN (CNN) — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, like many politicians, often leans on the ease of uniform dressing. Since being elected as one of New York City’s youngest (and first Muslim, first South Asian) mayor late last year, the city official has become synonymous with sleek but simple suiting — mainly sporting affordable

By Jen Rose Smith, CNN (CNN) — For travelers stepping into their first Parisian pâtisserie, a few of the treats on offer might already be familiar — some famous French pastries have long since entered the world’s collective culinary lexicon. “Everyone knows macarons, croissants and pains au chocolat,” said Gale Gand, an American pastry chef

Shuai Zhang and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Amid the constant hustle to be recognized as one of the world’s best airports, Hong Kong International has quietly opened up an expansion. It’s a small but key first step in the airport’s plan to become a bigger global aviation hub. Hong Kong International (HKG)

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A medieval manuscript featuring an early version of the tales of King Arthur and Merlin, which has been in private hands for about 700 years, is going under the hammer in a rare sale this summer. Expected to fetch up to $2.7 million, the illuminated manuscript, which dates from

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — When photographer Greg Brennan spotted Kate Moss in a fur coat at the bottom of a fire exit, cigarette in hand, he knew he’d stumbled across something special. The year was 2007, and what he didn’t realize is that one of the resulting photos — not even his favorite

By Jack Guy, Antonia Mortensen and Juan Pablo O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — A five-star hotel in Italy that repeatedly refused to serve a guest tap water at its restaurant did not break any laws, the country’s top court has ruled. The woman filed a lawsuit after hotel staff said they would only serve her bottled

By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — Route 66 is just one of the highways that features in “On The Road,” the Jack Kerouac book that introduced so many people to white-line wanderlust. More than anything written about the iconic highway, it’s a quote from that book that personifies the almost mystical allure of America’s most

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — If you dreamed of holding one of history’s most seismic New Year parties, one capable of ripping through six centuries of time and uniting the chronology of a whole country at the stroke of midnight, you’d choose a ballroom like this. When the Champagne popped in this

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Europe wants to lure more people away from short-haul airlines and onto high-speed trains between its major cities. And as more and more travelers discover the joys of long-distance rail, there’s everything to play for. But there’s one big problem: geography. Europe is a continent with mountain ranges slicing

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When Icelandic Chinese musician Laufey dropped her latest music video last month, starring a cast of mixed white and Asian celebrities, the internet went wild. “Laufey collecting wasians like pokemon,” read one social media comment, using a portmanteau to describe people of mixed white and Asian descent. “WASIAN AVENGERS,”

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The light fades as divers disappear farther into a cave system, until the greenish hue from their flashlight is all that’s visible, bouncing off walls, picking out creatures humans might never have seen before, and illuminating a world otherwise confined to total darkness. These caverns can extend for hundreds

By Sam Peters, CNN (CNN) — An EasyJet flight bound for London was forced to divert to Rome after a passenger told crew they had left a device charging from a power bank in their hold luggage, the airline told CNN. Flight EZY2618 departed from Hurghada, a popular Egyptian tourist destination on the Red Sea,

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Diana Beasley knew she wanted to spend her 12th birthday at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, surrounded by the paintings of Amy Sherald. She dressed up for the occasion, wearing a sparkly pink crown reading “BIRTHDAY GIRL” over her neat braids. Diana learned about Sherald in school, she said,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week, America’s most underrated destinations, the world’s most dangerous bowl of soup, plus how two US families’ lives changed when they relocated from the States to Italy, Ireland and Germany. Families who moved from the US to Europe The Galella family had

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Vibeke Tandberg met her husband at the bar. And the next one. And the husband after that. In fact, she met all 11 of her husbands at a bar in Bergen, Norway. She became a bride in the summer of 1993, with a puff-sleeved gown trimmed in lace in

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN (CNN) — In Boots Riley’s “I Love Boosters,” color serves as its own character, fueling the full-throttle chaos of his latest eccentric comedy about a group of girlfriends who steal and resell (or “boost”) clothes to make ends meet. Starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige – who play Corvette, Sade

By Sam Peters, CNN. Photographs by Toby Hancock, CNN. (CNN) — Ask Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany what they thought of New York’s pizza and the response is emphatic: “Underwhelmed.” While New York’s slices may have a global reputation as some of the world’s best, they pale in comparison to what’s on offer in

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — What better way to honor one of fashion history’s most famously spontaneous moments than with an elaborate custom gown that took 130 artisans a combined 22,160 hours to produce? If only irony always looked this glamorous. At Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, supermodel Bella Hadid attended the premiere of

By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — A crescent-shaped beach in Hawaii that’s immersed in greenery and facing an island just offshore is the best beach in the US. So says coastal scientist Stephen P. Leatherman, better known as “Dr. Beach.” Poipu Beach on the island of Kauai tops the list for 2026, which he compiles

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Everlane, a company that promised shoppers affordable and ethically defensible clothing, may be over as customers have known it. Shoppers have been rattled by reports that Everlane, the former direct-sales retailer that promised sustainably made clothes, is being purchased by fast-fashion giant Shein. The $100 million deal was made

By Lilit Marcus, Erica Hwang, CNN Busan, South Korea (CNN) — In a 1991 episode of “The Simpsons,” Homer goes to a Japanese restaurant and eats fugu, or poisonous pufferfish. He becomes convinced that he’s going to die, so he crosses off as many of the items on his bucket list as possible. There’s one

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York (CNN) — On Monday evening, it took auction house Christie’s just 40 minutes to sell more than $630 million in art, smashing records for both the painter Jackson Pollock and sculptor Constantin Brancusi. Later in the night, it rounded things off with yet more broken records and another $490

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Jet Li’s work has always carried some degree of risk. Performing many of his own stunts, the martial arts star has fought opponents on shaky bamboo ladders (“Once Upon a Time in China”), leapt from tall buildings (“Romeo Must Die”) and dodged fireball explosions (“High Risk”). But no amount

By Silvia Marchetti (CNN) — Not long after Charly Oliver and Michelle Denton met in the 1990s, they found they had the same dream — to live on a sailboat and explore the world. It took many years for that goal to be realized, but the couple were finally able to sell their home in

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — One company sells millions of low-cost watches a year, the other makes luxury watches that have sold for millions. Together, Swatch and Audemars Piguet have sparked a “high-meets-low” retail frenzy that saw scenes of mayhem unfold in cities around the world over the weekend. From Paris to Kuala Lumpur,

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — Like many of us, director Ron Howard had come across Richard Avedon’s photos all his life, without realizing it. There’s the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe looking off-camera, deflated. Charlie Chaplin mimicking devil horns. Brooke Shields in a provocative Calvin Klein ad. As Howard dug through the archives and

Story by Chris Lau, CNN. Photos by Bertha Wang Hong Kong (CNN) — A coffee roaster hums like an idling train in the attic of LCC Roastery, churning out freshly cooked beans at the artisan coffee seller on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Owner Ringo Lam is proud of the broad selection of beans on offer:

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: the Wyoming monument made famous by “alien encounters,” the rise of solo dining, and the lowdown on the “Schengen Shuffle.” Rock of ages The Sicilian village of Gibellina was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968, but its ruins were to be

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — At the Cannes Film Festival, a historic annual celebration of cinema, American supermodel Alton Mason has been demonstrating a different type of artistic mastery: The art of the open shirt. It’s a delicate craft with many varied and intricate elements. For example, how many buttons should be left undone?

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When she was four, the artist Widline Cadet was separated from her mother for six years as she emigrated from Haiti to New York to pursue a better life for her family. Cadet, her father and older sister remained in Thomassin, eventually joining her. During that time, her father would travel

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Devils Tower, Wyoming (CNN) — The buzz started in a hay meadow at the foot of a mysterious-looking geological formation. Helicopters and trailers arrived in large numbers, famous faces and a distinguished director settled in near grazing cattle, and the cameras started rolling. Fifty years ago, Devils Tower National Monument became

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Koror, Palau (CNN) — A neon-pink blob appears in my line of vision. Even though I’m wearing a snorkel mask, I’m holding my breath. Slowly, the blob floats closer and closer before suddenly puffing up like a balloon. The water is swirling in its tiny wake and the sun glowing above

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — At the 79th Cannes Film Festival, which concluded on Saturday, there was no shortage of interesting, unusual and plainly fabulous fashion. This year, the storied celebration of film held on the French Riviera looked a little less “Mission: Impossible,” which premiered on the Croisette in 2025, and a lot

By Griffin Shea, CNN Kampala (CNN) — When Emmanuel Jonathan Okello decided to open a restaurant, he knew exactly what the menu would include: Rolexes. “There’s a common saying; in Uganda, we don’t wear the Rolex. We eat the rolex,” he said. Now a national dish in the East African country, and beyond, the humble

By Carole Rosenblat (CNN) — Christina and Eric Schwendeman’s travels had them bouncing around Asia for several months early last year. In the spring, the American retirees returned to their home base in Italy for a few months. But because of 90-day restrictions on stays, the couple spent the next three months on the go

By Barry Neild, CNN Lebanon, Kansas (CNN) — To find the very middle of America, you have to drive a long way — but it’s worth every undulating mile of blacktop. It’s a journey that perfectly captures the dream of the American road trip. Wide-open highways stretch across vast acres of arable emptiness. Pit-stop towns

By Chrissie McClatchie, CNN (CNN) — In the gardens of Paris’ emblematic Champs Élysées, tucked behind the Petit Palais where works by Rembrandt, Gauguin and Cézanne decorate the walls, is an ornate two-story Neoclassical building with a buttercream and forest green façade. The Pavillon Ledoyen is a historic restaurant that since 1792 has hosted names

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: Korean cafe culture has taken over the world, Delta Air Lines is changing its snack policy, and a cemetery is hoping to become a hot tourist attraction in New York. Love is in the air Angela Buckner was flying from Wichita to New York

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Venice (CNN) — After a dramatic lead up to this year’s Venice Biennale, involving the tragic death of its chief curator, outcry over Russia, Israel and the United States’ participation, and a prize jury that abruptly quit, it was, in the end, a set of portable toilets that stole the

By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — The depiction of an enslaved Black child known as “Jersey” by celebrated 18th-century portrait painter Joshua Reynolds has long puzzled art historians, raising questions about the boy’s identity and life — and whether or not he was even real. Now, researchers in London say they finally have some

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Artworks by Renoir, Degas and Rodin that are believed to have been looted by the Nazis from their Jewish owners have gone on display at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. The museum, home to the world’s largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist art, has this week taken a significant

By Joe Yogerst (CNN) — Disney World, Times Square and Yellowstone National Park can be packed to the rafters with tourists. But there are plenty of other places across the United States that continue to fly beneath the travel radar. While there are literally hundreds of locations that fit that description, here are 25 destinations

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A German tourist has been awarded more than 900 euros (about $1,100) by judges after his family was left without sun loungers while on vacation in Greece because other guests had got there first. While vacationing with his wife and two children on the island of Kos during the

By Julia Buckley, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — With its monumental façade, ornated with Roman-style columns, pedestals, and huge statues — naked men, winged horses, lions’ heads and gargoyles, for starters — Milan’s main train station is a tourist sight in its own right. This is a city that doesn’t do things by halves —

By Ali Halit Diker, CNN (CNN) — Muğla in southwestern Turkey delivers exactly what travelers expect from this corner of the Mediterranean: sunlit coastlines, rugged mountains and the ruins of long-fallen empires. Yet beyond these well-trodden attractions, it hides something far less familiar — a place that attracts a secretive, devoted stream of visitors for

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Generally speaking, you can’t sit on the art in a museum. But in one gallery of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago — which is currently staged to resemble a karaoke bar complete with a disco ball, stage and jukebox — three plastic chairs, upholstered with the face of

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They’ve lived in various destinations, including San Francisco and Ireland, over the years but Geoffrey and Sarah say they’ve never felt as at home as they do in Germany. The couple, who relocated to Breisach, located along the temperate Rhine Valley, in 2023, loves exploring the riverbanks, parks and

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Extreme visibility has historically been the name of the game on the Meta Gala’s celebrity-packed red carpet, but this year some guests hid (or at least obscured) their biggest asset: Their faces. It started with the eye masks. Rachel Zegler, dressed in Prabal Gurung and referencing Paul Delaroche’s 19th

CNN By Jacqui Palumbo, Oscar Holland, Bianca Betancourt, Jennifer Arnow, Lanna Apisukh New York (CNN) — Hundreds of stars ascended the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala on Monday evening, bringing a range of interpretations to this year’s dress code, “Fashion is Art.” The theme mirrored an accompanying exhibition

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When Beyoncé was announced as a co-chair of this year’s Met Gala, it signaled the end of her decade-long hiatus away from the annual Costume Institute fundraiser — which became a globally watched phenomenon in the 2010s thanks to appearances from superstars like her. It wasn’t a surprise then

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When Angela Buckner decided to fly halfway across the United States for a blind date, she didn’t consider the decision a leap of faith. Instead, Angela saw the trip as simply a fun adventure — another in a series of carefree romantic escapades. “I was a recreation supervisor, laid

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Ever wish your dog was more patriotic, better company during soccer games and sufficiently excited for this summer’s FIFA World Cup? No? Well, Adidas is here to help anyway. Replica jerseys have become a staple part of World Cup summers. And on Friday, the German sportswear giant released a

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: Trump’s face will appear on some new US passports, why a Chinese city is cracking down on dim sum, plus a surprise delivery on a Delta Air Lines flight. Psilocybin therapy Martha Stem, a retired paralegal and grandmother in her early

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Spirit Airlines passengers are facing a chaotic weekend as the budget carrier announced it’s halting all flights as of early Saturday after days of mounting shutdown concerns. A proposed government bailout of the airline failed. The company was unable to emerge from its second bankruptcy. In a

By Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — The annual Met Gala, which takes place this year on Monday, May 4, is always a lightning rod for controversy. Was Karl Lagerfeld too problematic to serve as a 2023 theme? Was TikTok, which had just been deemed a national security threat by the US government, an appropriate sponsor

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A dazzling collection of modern art belonging to the former owner of British soccer club Tottenham Hotspur is expected to fetch a record amount when it goes up for auction next month. Paintings by Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, Egon Schiele, Amedeo Modigliani, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud are among

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — When the world’s most prestigious international art exhibition, the Venice Biennale, opens next week, it will do so amid a series of crises. It will not receive its customary blessing from Italy’s minister of culture Alessandro Giuili who, along with a growing number of people and organizations, is

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Banksy has confirmed that he is behind a large statue that mysteriously appeared in the heart of London depicting a suited man marching off a pedestal with a flag smothering his face. The enigmatic artist took credit for the work in a humorous video, posted to his Instagram page