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Oscar Holland, CNN In the Jade Emperor’s “Great Race,” the folk tale that dictates the order of China’s zodiac animals, it was the rabbit that enjoyed an unlikely stroke of good fortune. Clinging to a log in a fast-flowing river, the helpless creature was assisted by the dragon, who used a powerful gust of breath

Oscar Holland, CNN Singer Dua Lipa, tennis star Roger Federer and actors Penélope Cruz and Michaela Coel will join Vogue magazine’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as co-chairs of the 2023 Met Gala. The celebrity quartet was unveiled Wednesday by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose Costume Institute serves as the beneficiary of the exclusive fundraiser. The

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Greener commercial flight technology may be on the horizon. NASA and Boeing will work together on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project to build, test and fly an emission-reducing single-aisle aircraft this decade, according to an announcement from the agency on Wednesday. “Since the beginning, NASA has been with you when you

Amarachi Orie, CNN Archeologists in Norway have discovered the world’s oldest dated runestone, featuring runic inscriptions from up to 2,000 years ago. Researchers at the University of Oslo’s Museum of Cultural History found the stone while investigating a burial ground in the municipality of Hole in eastern Norway in fall 2021, according to the museum.

Francesca Street, CNN When a huge plumbing disaster strikes, most Airbnb guests would pack their bags and demand their money back, while their hosts would glumly write off their profits and try to forget about it. But for German travelers Elke Thau-Montgomery and Rudi Thau, and their American hosts Beth Ann Moon and Jennifer Steinberg,

By Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Jackson, CNN Seventeen migrants were taken onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship Saturday after it encountered a small vessel adrift on its way to the Bahamas, according to a statement from the cruise line. The Liberty of the Seas was sailing to the Bahamas when it encountered a small vessel

Oscar Holland, CNN Dior has named BTS star Jimin as a global brand ambassador, a move that further signals South Korea’s growing importance to the world’s biggest luxury fashion houses. Announcing the partnership via social media Monday, Dior said its appointment “solidifies” the singer’s friendship with the French label, and “continues a bond” with artistic

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The first time Reuben Wu saw the warm sandstone hues and vast, open skies of the American West, he was watching the landscapes pass him by from the window of a tour bus. The British visual artist, now based in Chicago, has become known for his sublime imagery of remote landscapes using

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The United States Department of the Interior has replaced a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for centuries in five areas across the country. The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted on replacement names to remove the word sq—, an “offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women,” from

By Pete Muntean and Ross Levitt, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration announced it is starting a probe into how a commercial airliner taxied in front of a flight that was taking off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Friday evening. The crew of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 aborted its takeoff, ultimately stopping

Hahna Yoon, CNN One of last year’s most successful South Korean TV shows, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” follows the story of a young autistic woman, Woo Young-woo, who navigates adulthood while winning cases at one of the nation’s top law firms. Already renewed for a second season, it is now Netflix’s sixth most-watched non-English television series

Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN | Illustrations by Leanza Abucayan There’s a scene from the original incarnation of MTV’s aughts-era reality TV series “The Hills” in which main character Lauren Conrad has her outfit assessed by a fashion stylist within minutes of starting an internship at Teen Vogue. She wants to make sure she’s looking her

Issy Ronald, CNN Bestselling author Colleen Hoover apologized for a planned coloring book based on her novel about domestic violence, “It Ends with Us,” following criticism from readers, and announced that the project will be canceled. Hoover posted a statement on her Instagram story, which disappeared after 24 hours but was widely reported by media

Martin Bailey Art will always inspire and provoke, but it also continues to baffle and confound. To kick off the New Year, we look at some of the lighter examples of a world turned upside-down, with even some of the most experienced curators not quite getting the hang of it. Here are some of the

Oscar Holland, CNN Luxury group LVMH’s billionaire owner Bernard Arnault, has appointed his daughter Delphine as the new head of Christian Dior, it was announced Wednesday. The 47-year-old will serve as chair and CEO of the French label from February following a major shakeup at the conglomerate behind brands including Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Givenchy and

Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Prince Harry has set a record with his tell-all memoir “Spare,” after the English language version sold more than 1.4 million copies in its first day of publication. The bumper sales included all formats of the book — paper, audio and electronic — in the US, Canada

Scottie Andrew, CNN Tatjana Patitz, who rose to fashion fame in the ’90s as an animal-loving supermodel with a piercing gaze, has died, her agent confirmed to CNN. She was 56. Patitz died January 11 from breast cancer, her agent Corinne Nicolas told CNN. She’s survived by her son, Jonah. The German-born model appeared on