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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Once a year on the first Monday of May, the carpeted steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (“the…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Once a year on the first Monday of May, the carpeted steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (“the…
Continue ReadingBy Yolanda Evans, CNN (CNN) — Donegal is Ireland’s most northerly county, where you’ll find spectacular sea cliffs, rugged mountains and…
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — Ancestral African art is a linchpin of identity and a source of inspiration to creatives across the continent.…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Miami has a new addition to its skyline – a 66-story residential tower built by Aston Martin, marking the British…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — A month after eight Norwegian Cruise Line passengers were stranded in Africa when their ship left without…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Twice a week this spring, a nude performance artist sits inside a small wooden box in a New York gallery waiting…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Paul Auster, the acclaimed American author of “The New York Trilogy,” has died at age 77. Auster, who was…
Continue ReadingBy Richard Collett, CNN (CNN) — In ancient Greek and Roman legend, the Pillars of Hercules –marking the edge of the known world – were…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — While Singapore and Doha’s airports compete against each other for the title of “world’s best,” another…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of kicking a bison in the leg at Yellowstone National Park while under the influence of alcohol was…
Continue ReadingBy Nick Remsen, CNN (CNN) — In recent years and with the rise of social media, fashion shows have become somewhat synonymous with broad…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Newly-deciphered text from ancient scrolls may have finally revealed the location of where Greek…
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Thick murky clouds fill the sky, with freezing winds carrying snow faster than 100 miles per hour. With a…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare and Miquel Ros, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to airport expansion projects, the Gulf States are abuzz and the competition…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Picture it: A spare concert ticket comes your way, leading to a chance encounter with an internationally renowned…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Around Australia, travelers are stranded and trying to get home after low-cost airline Bonza unexpectedly…
Continue ReadingBy Emily Blumenthal, CNN (CNN) — Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed one of the largest Roman dodecahedrons ever found, but…
Continue ReadingBy Nick Remsen, CNN (CNN) — Tyrese Haliburton has great style. The 24-year-old pro basketball player — a point guard for the Indiana Pacers —…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — China Southern Airlines is launching its first-ever direct passenger flight from the megacity…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The soap opera surrounding the Haiku Stairs, a disused staircase in a remote part of eastern Oahu that has become…
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN Venice (CNN) — Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to visit Venice’s contemporary art festival during a trip…
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — A house purchase is often one of the trickiest life experiences to negotiate, requiring huge deliberations on…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Magsaysay, CNN (CNN) — ”This is nerve-wracking,” James Canody exclaimed — through an exhale — of his new job as an…
Continue ReadingCNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: a gelato ban in Italy, runaway horses in central London, the orange fog that…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: a gelato ban in Italy, runaway horses in central London, the orange fog that hit…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — At the premiere of his new film “Poolman” in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, Chris Pine stepped onto the red carpet…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — Some people travel to relax. Others travel to see new places and explore the world. It turns out a growing number…
Continue ReadingBy Emily Blumenthal and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — An idyllic 453-acre private island is up for sale off the west coast of Scotland and it comes with sandy…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Turnips, radishes, potatoes… This is not the beginning of Emily Blunt’s shopping list, but rather the items that…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A picturesque Japanese town is putting up a giant mesh barrier to block a popular selfie spot near Mount Fuji.…
Continue ReadingBy Joan Kennedy (CNN) — There’s a lot of talk about luxury’s rising prices, but it’s at auction that fashion is selling for the most…
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The blades of the windmill atop the famous Parisian dancehall the Moulin Rouge fell off…
Continue ReadingBy Will McGough, CNN (CNN) — On the north side of Molokaʻi — the least-visited Hawaiian Island — a piece of land called the Kalaupapa…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — For over 100 years, it has been a staple of the British seaside – one so classic that one of the best-known…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN | Interview by Julia Chatterley, CNN (CNN) — With “Shogun,” Hiroyuki Sanada wanted to get things right. “Sometimes…
Continue ReadingCNN By Christy Choi, CNN | Interview by Julia Chatterley, CNN (CNN) — With “Shogun,” Hiroyuki Sanada wanted to get things right.…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — April 25 has long been a historic day in Venice – the date is not just Italy’s Liberation day,…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — An arms fair may contain all the trappings of war, but it is nothing like a battlefield. It is “an oversized…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “I only go to casinos once a year, on Chinese New Year,” says Vivian Lai, a second-generation Macao resident…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century has sold for $32 million – the bottom end of…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A work contract signed by Diana Spencer two years before she married the then-Prince of Wales is expected…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It’s a midweek lunchtime on an unassuming residential street in Vauxhall, south London. There aren’t many…
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Venturing down the cobbled back streets of Milan in search of a late-night gelato is an…
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A multi-day storm threat is set to impact millions of people in the central US through the weekend.…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A Polish pilot proposed to his flight attendant girlfriend during a flight from Warsaw to Krakow, and she said yes.…
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Airline canceled your flight? The plane arrived hours late after a maintenance issue? The inflight Wi-Fi…
Continue ReadingBy Fawnia Soo Hoo, CNN (CNN) — What’s old is new again, and the longstanding phrase couldn’t be more apropos when it comes to pre-owned and…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s beloved Shinkansen trains are getting another upgrade. From 2026, some trains on the Tokaido line –…
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