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There is a legend that a group of Portuguese monks were sailing to Macao when their ship hit bad weather and they landed in Nagasaki, Japan,…
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There is a legend that a group of Portuguese monks were sailing to Macao when their ship hit bad weather and they landed in Nagasaki, Japan,…
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The world’s first underwater sculpture park has just gotten a lot…
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A painting by the 15th-century master Sandro Botticelli, recorded as missing since the 1980s, has been found at a home in southern…
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By Simon Cullen, Max Foster and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — King Charles has worn a tie emblazoned with the Greek flag, just days after the…
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Brian Aerni’s favorite photo of himself was taken when he was just three years…
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By Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — With a painted white face and head, wearing an all-white ensemble save for long black gloves and gigantic black…
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By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — As a young boy growing up in the 1960s in Mthatha, South Africa, Luyanda Mpahlwa loved to draw houses. “I would…
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — What is better than a warming meal of hot pot? A catchy dance routine to go with the Chinese cuisine,…
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Elliott Erwitt, the photojournalist and filmmaker who wryly documented the minutiae of American life for over…
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By Marie Lodi, CNN (CNN) — The 1990s gave birth to many fictional style icons whose wardrobes inspire generation after generation. There’s…
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By Stephy Chung and Oscar Holland, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Louis Vuitton’s creative director for menswear Pharrell Williams signaled the…
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — In news that won’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s been feeling the pinch, the global cost of…
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In the 1980s and ’90s, Winona Ryder was a dark-haired waif against a sea of preppy blondes. Pale, brooding and enigmatic, Ryder cut her teeth…
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Christmas commercials have become a staple of the holiday season for many retail giants, from Disney to British…
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By Alex Rees and Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — The 50th edition of the famed Pirelli calendar has been released, with its customary glamour and…
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — In Värmdö, a municipality of 10,000 small islands near Stockholm in Sweden, the school commute is about to get…
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With at least 25 states and 50,000 miles under her belt, Frankie may just be the most well-traveled goat in the United…
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A mural painted by Banksy which first appeared not long after Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) has been destroyed after the building it…
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Barbara Bush outfitted the White House Christmas Tree with hundreds of white lilies and iridescent garlands.…
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By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — “I never really paid attention to politics before the 2016 election,” confided Japanese photographer Fumi…
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By Christy Choi, CNN and Reuters (CNN) — Dozens of employees at Italian fashion house Gucci staged a strike on Monday to protest the…
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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — French hotelier Michel Chertouh arrived in Hong Kong during an unusual time: it was 2021 and the…
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Will it be a picture that reflects the pristine beauty of the natural world, or one that shows the…
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The world’s biggest cruise ship is now in the hands of its new owner, with Royal Caribbean accepting delivery of the 1,198-foot Icon of the…
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Complete with 98 Christmas trees, 72 wreaths and 2.8 miles of ribbon, the White House has been transformed into a classic winter wonderland for the…
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By Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he was “annoyed” by the last-minute cancelation of a meeting…
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By Maria Kostenko, Victoria Butenko and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A haul of Ukrainian treasures sent to Europe for an exhibition nearly 10…
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, a transatlantic flight operated by a commercial airline will be powered by 100% Sustainable…
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It’s not often that the words “TSA” and “adorable” come together in the same sentence. Long lines, discarded items, a sometimes-grumpy…
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Anyone who’s ever been swarmed by mosquitoes while trying to unwind on a scenic hike or placid beach is keenly aware that even a small pest can…
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A ruff-collared, pale pink blouse Princess Diana wore in a 1981 engagement portrait is expected to fetch up to $100,000 when it goes up for auction…
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They had signed up for the experience of a lifetime: three years traveling the world from the comfort of a cruise ship, at prices that rivaled…
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So you want to live like you’re from the Middle…
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US airports are on the verge of setting more travel records as huge numbers of travelers have been taking to the skies over the Thanksgiving…
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By Claudia Ramos, CNN (CNN) — In the bottom left-hand corner of Africa, just before the landscape gives way to the arid terrain of Namibia,…
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The massacre was silent, the assassins stealthy and the impact devastating. The victims: more than 30…
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: a 50-year romance between a Pan Am pilot and a flight attendant, a three-year…
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By Christian House, CNN A Caruña (CNN) — Helmut Newton, the German post-war fashion photographer who notoriously posed a model on a bed in a…
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By Amaya McDonald and Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — To keep up with the ever-changing trends propagated by runway shows, influencers and frenetic…
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By Lana Lam, CNN London (CNN) — The Coliseum in London’s West End is used to staging epic theatrical productions. But even for the…
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Airbrushing and beauty filters may feel like a modern phenomenon, but conservation work to a portrait…
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — How creative would you get to shave $500 off a flight? For those kinds of savings, some flyers engage in the practice…
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Fragments of musical scores discovered at Auschwitz will be played for the first time next week after being…
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Words by Jane Sit, videos by Kevin Broad, CNN Bulgan, Mongolia (CNN) — It’s early morning and an orange glow has filled the sky as the sun…
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By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Lewis and Christian Scali met the old-fashioned way, as Scali likes to call it: at a Starbucks in Los…
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Prepare to chortle, titter or even guffaw, for this is the biggest moment of the year for fans of funny…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What’s the color of the year? Pantone is still deciding, but sometimes all the evidence you need for the next…
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By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — A herd of buffaloes wander parched land amidst a drought, a farmer and his cows wade knee-deep through floodwater,…
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By Trey Taylor, CNN (CNN) — There is something fascinating about a young man in the public eye — an actor — putting himself so squarely and so…
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By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Computer glitches. Air traffic controller shortages. Awful weather. Holiday crunches. Accidents and…
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An animatronic head of E.T., the beloved alien left behind on Earth in Steven Spielberg’s classic movie, is expected to sell for as much as $1…
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — There’s nothing quite like a festive market to bring out the Christmas spirit in people. While these…
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By Faye Bradley, CNN (CNN) — Remember when Angelina Jolie’s right leg became a viral sensation? It was 2012, and the actress arrived at the…
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By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Sven have a new home on a subtropical island in Asia. World of Frozen,…
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By Cath Pound, CNN (CNN) — Soheila Sokhanvari’s retrospective “We Could Be Heroes…” takes its name from David Bowie’s 1977 classic…
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CNN By Steve Almasy, Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines said it is reviewing a video posted on TikTok that shows a…
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By Steve Almasy, Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines said it is reviewing a video posted on TikTok that shows a…
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As far as holiday traditions go, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is about as essential to the cozy November holiday as turkey and…
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By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — Displayed in a room overlooking the Seine that was filled with the smell of warm butter and baked flour, an…
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By Tiffany Ap (CNN) — Back in February, Nattawin Wattanagitiphat’s fans spared no expense in marking the Thai actor’s 29th birthday. Videos…
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or all the buzz Alaska gets for summertime’s wildlife adventures and busy cruising season, visiting the state during the quieter winter months has…
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In a sport where the aim is to shoot as low a score as possible, one golf venue in North Wales is shooting lower than anywhere else on the…
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Once you’re finally on vacation, it’s no fun when suddenly not being able to poop keeps you from enjoying…
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The people of Pembroke, North Carolina, don’t shy away from their Native identity. In fact, some of them wear it…
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Anonymity lies at the center of the mythology surrounding the elusive street artist Banksy, but he may have…
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By Tom Marsden, CNN (CNN) — Brimming with natural resources and in a prime spot at the frontier of Europe and Asia, the transcontinental…
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By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — Wildlife is under unprecedented threat from human activity, but research suggests that given space and time, even…
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Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Sven have a new home on a subtropical island in Asia. World of Frozen, Disney’s first-ever themed land dedicated to the…
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — How creative would you get to shave $500 off a flight? For those kinds of savings, some flyers engage in the practice…
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In our latest travel roundup, we meet a young woman who grew up in a fairytale Italian castle and another who lived in the Tower of London,…
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Planes are going to be packed. Patience will be…
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For those who appreciate the finer tipples in life, a bottle of the world’s “most sought-after Scotch whisky” sold for more than £2.1 million…
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Wildlife is under unprecedented threat from human activity, but research suggests that given space and time, even animal and plant species on the…
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One of Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous black hats sold for more than $2 million at an auction in France on…
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By Tom Marsden, CNN (CNN) — Brimming with natural resources and in a prime spot at the frontier of Europe and Asia, the transcontinental…
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CNN By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Sven have a new home on a subtropical island in Asia. World of Frozen,…
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By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — The stars were not quite out in force at the Billboard Music Awards last night, which was held in several live…
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Behold, a woman fuming. Though she’s dressed in an opulent, fur-trimmed gown in a palatial French home…
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By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua was crowned the 2023 Miss Universe at the culmination of the annual beauty pageant,…
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By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Miss Universe pageant will take place tonight in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador. (It will air in the…
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — There are few things Italians do better than dreaming big against the odds. Take the multi-million-dollar…
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By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines has banned for life an American traveler whom it accused of writing “profane words” on a digital…
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Tokyo? Been there. London? Done…
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Imagine boarding a plane and stepping into a “cocoon-like” private bedroom fitted with a king-size bed, and a bathroom featuring the largest rain…
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Heart-shaped hot tubs surrounded by rose petals, circular beds with ceilings that replicate a starry night sky…
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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — There are short runways, bumpy runways and runways that are notoriously buffeted by crosswinds, but here’s a…
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By Jenny Marc, CNN Tanomah, Saudi Arabia – (CNN) — Abdulrahman Alabdu hangs off the side of a cliff, drilling into the rock and placing…
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By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — What do dictionaries, fighter planes, plantains and the Swiss Guard have in common? That’s a serious question, but…
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By Christy Choi, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A golden face with patinaed turquoise eyes stares out of the darkness. Illuminated around it stand three…
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Swifties are invited to set sail to the Bahamas next year on a four-night fan cruise from Miami. But Taylor Swift…
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the…
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By Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who had replaced price tags with anti-war messages in a St. Petersburg…
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In Japan, gardening isn’t just a hobby – it’s an art form with spiritual…
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The Louvre Museum in Paris has added a “national treasure” to its collection four years after it was discovered…
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — One of the most hyped events on the 2023 sporting calendar, Formula One’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix…
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By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Supporters of Africa’s cultural and natural heritage recently had cause to celebrate. At the 45th session of the…
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Playing till the summer sun sets is a reasonable expectation for most golfers, but run it by a Norwegian player and they may respond with a look of…
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The first time Jasmijn van Waalwijk van Doorn accompanied her pilot father, Jorrit van Waalwijk van Doorn, to…
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A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO has sold for $51.705 million, becoming the most expensive car from the Italian manufacturer ever sold at…
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A woman from Lagos, Nigeria, has entered the record books after weaving a handmade wig that measures 351.28 meters (1,152 feet, 5 inches) in…
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