Clumsy cub and smiling fish among Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards winning images
By Issy Ronald, CNN An image of a 3-month-old lion cub falling out of a tree has been named the overall winner of this year’s Comedy Wildlife…
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Palestinians relive the raw and painful history of al-Nakba in Netflix’s new film ‘Farha’
Alaa Elassar, CNN On a warm evening last week, Leila Giries sat in her California home, took a deep breath and pressed play on a film she says forced…
Continue ReadingA Ukrainian photographer’s love letter to his homeland
Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called “Dead Sea of Ukraine,” takes on a surreal,…
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Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called “Dead Sea of Ukraine,” takes on a surreal,…
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The tourist attractions you can’t visit in 2023
By Lilit Marcus, CNN It already looks like 2023 is going to be a year of “revenge travel,” with people who were cooped up during the…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Lensa, the AI portrait app all over social media
Zoe Sottile, CNN If you’ve logged on to any social media app this week, you’ve probably seen pictures of your friends, but re-imagined as…
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A portrait of America’s prison arts programs
Eva Rothenberg, CNN In photographer Peter Merts’ images of California’s Arts in Corrections program, a smiling man is pictured with an…
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Kanye West’s honorary doctorate rescinded by prestigious Chicago art college
Toyin Owoseje, CNN The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has revoked an honorary doctorate awarded to Kanye West, as the fallout from the…
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Look of the Week: In this 90s-style track jacket Michelle Obama has outdone herself
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Former First Lady Michelle Obama is in the middle of a month-long book tour and, as always, her style choices are making…
Continue ReadingThis artist is exhibiting a nightmarish display of intestines around the world
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The artist Samara Golden has spent months painting guts — lurid, swollen, sinuous forms in bloody red, purplish-blue or a…
Continue ReadingFrozen food named ‘dish of the year’ in Japan
Mayumi Maruyama Smoke began to drift out of a box as the winner of Japan’s “dish of the year” was revealed. But it wasn’t a…
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Who is Liz Garbus, the director Harry and Meghan entrusted with their Netflix docuseries?
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN After much speculation over the fate of Netflix’s docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” the first three episodes…
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Top authors console downhearted debut novelist with their own tales of humiliation
Lianne Kolirin, CNN As a librarian, Chelsea Banning must have known the life of a writer is a lonely one. Even so, she was shocked when she…
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Southwest flight relief is still days away, and Buttigieg is steamed
By Forrest Brown, Gregory Wallace and Karla Cripps, CNN For passengers who are booked with Southwest Airlines this week, the much-needed conclusion…
Continue Reading13 stranded strangers went on a road trip. Here’s what happened
Francesca Street, CNN What do you do when your evening flight is canceled, you really need to be somewhere in the morning and there are no other…
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Italy implements one-way foot traffic in ‘dangerously’ overtouristed street
Julia Buckley, CNN As tourism returns with a vengeance, some destinations are swiftly becoming overwhelmed. Hot on the heels of Taiwan becoming a…
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100 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton discovery ‘could hold the key’ to prehistoric research
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as…
Continue Reading 100 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton discovery ‘could hold the key’ to prehistoric research
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as…
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How Indonesia’s new sex laws will affect tourists
By Heather Chen and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic…
Continue ReadingThe ‘Blue Marble’: One of Earth’s most iconic images, 50 years on
Ashley Strickland, CNN On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the vast…
Continue ReadingThe ‘Blue Marble’: One of Earth’s most iconic images, 50 years on
Ashley Strickland, CNN On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the vast…
Continue ReadingWorld’s first ‘upcycled’ skyscraper saves Australian tower from demolition
Oscar Holland, CNN Once Sydney’s tallest building, the AMP Centre was showing its age. The outdated 1970s structure had come to the end of its…
Continue ReadingStunning necklace found at burial site of powerful Anglo-Saxon woman
Katie Hunt, CNN Archaeologists have discovered a stunning 1,300-year-old necklace, made of gold, garnets and other semiprecious stones, at an…
Continue ReadingRare guitar given as a gift by Marie Antoinette expected to sell for $84,000
Hafsa Khalil, CNN Marie Antoinette may be better remembered for her tragic demise than as a musician, but a guitar thought to have belonged to the…
Continue ReadingCrowd gathers in New York City to bring an art installation to life and demand ‘all eyes on Iran’
Alaa Elassar, CNN Chants of “Woman, Life, Freedom” echoed Sunday around Roosevelt Island in New York City as hundreds gathered to bring…
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Bella Hadid’s Model of the Year win and more highlights from the Fashion Awards
Leah Dolan, CNN “London is back,” announced Selling Sunset’s Christine Quinn, whose pre-recorded year-in review-video message…
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What it’s really like to live in Monaco
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Described as a “sunny place for shady people,” by English novelist W. Somerset Maugham, Monaco is one of the…
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Taiwan’s ‘living hell’ traffic is a tourism problem, say critics
By Wayne Chang It’s been nearly two months since Taiwan lifted its entry restrictions and ended mandatory quarantine, allowing most…
Continue ReadingDocumentary chronicles an unexpected side of prison life
Hanna Pham “Apokaluptein: 16389067” is what artist Jesse Krimes dubbed his prison contraband — a project so off-limits, he had to…
Continue ReadingTSA removes nunchucks, saw blades and more from carry-on bag at LaGuardia
By Forrest Brown, CNN Forget that soda bottle or errant tube of toothpaste. One airline passenger thought it was a dandy idea to place a six-pack of…
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Flight heading to UK diverted after ‘possible’ bomb reported on board
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN An EasyJet flight bound for the UK from Poland had to be diverted to the Czech Republic on Sunday due to a report of a…
Continue ReadingHe sat down on a bench at the airport. Then his future husband sat down next to him
Francesca Street, CNN James Sanford was sitting on a bench at Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic, waiting for his bag to…
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Like fast fashion, ‘fast furniture’ is a problem for our planet
Francesca Perry, CNN Russian designer Harry Nuriev’s latest sofa is made from a pile of trash bags. Recently on show at the collectible design…
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Christmas vacations: 15 of the best places to go
By CNN staff Anyplace can throw up a few lights and call it a holiday celebration, but travelers who really adore Christmas want more. In 2022, many…
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Nativity sets are getting a minimalist makeover
AJ Willingham, CNN In the fall of 2020, just before the typical holiday rush, glass artist Lauren Wzorek Earl noticed an unusual uptick in the sales…
Continue Reading‘I wasn’t going to give up’: A cruise ship passenger who fell overboard recounts harrowing experience
By Leyla Santiago, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN When James Michael Grimes fell overboard from a Carnival cruise ship in…
Continue Reading‘I wasn’t going to give up’: A cruise ship passenger who fell overboard recounts harrowing experience
By Leyla Santiago, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN When James Michael Grimes fell overboard from a Carnival cruise ship in…
Continue Reading‘I wasn’t going to give up’: A cruise ship passenger who fell overboard recounts harrowing experience
By Leyla Santiago, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN When James Michael Grimes fell overboard from a Carnival cruise ship in…
Continue ReadingGroup suspected of trying to steal Banksy mural in Ukraine arrested
Radina Gigova, Yulia Kesaieva and Sophie Tanno, CNN Authorities in Ukraine have detained a group of people who allegedly tried to steal a mural by…
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Kate wears Princess Diana emerald choker to Earthshot Prize Awards
Sophie Tanno and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Catherine, Princess of Wales, delighted at the 2022 Earthshot Prize awards Friday evening, showcasing her…
Continue Reading‘Most significant’ arts venue since Opera House: Sydney’s $230M gallery complex opens
Angus Watson, CNN In a World War II-era fuel storage tank deep beneath Sydney, the smell of gasoline still hangs in the air. Pulsing lights sweep the…
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Look of the Week: Willow Smith makes strong case for ultra-low-rise pants
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The Smith family returned to the red carpet on Wednesday for the premiere of Will Smith’s new film…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia plans one of the world’s biggest airports
Julia Buckley, CNN As Saudi Arabia continues to develop as a tourist destination, it’s making plans for big things — specifically, one of…
Continue ReadingTop models go head-to-head for hotly anticipated model of the year award
Leah Asmelash, CNN The prestigious annual Fashion Awards are back on Monday night, and one of the most hotly anticipated categories is the model of…
Continue ReadingHuge fish-shaped rock emerges from the desert
Yasmeen E. Awaja, CNN In the shimmering heat of the Saudi desert, it could be dismissed as a mirage — but photographer Khaled Al Enazi. has the…
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Air Canada launches North America’s only nonstop flight to Bangkok
By Karla Cripps, CNN For the first time in 10 years, there’s now a nonstop flight between North America and the capital of one of the…
Continue ReadingOtherworldly images from the British Ecological Society photography competition
By Issy Ronald, CNN A Helena’s tree frog, camouflaged against bark except for its glowing golden eyes, has been named as the overall winner of…
Continue ReadingPantone’s 2023 Color of the Year revealed — and it’s unexpectedly bright
Faith Karimi, CNN Pantone has spoken. The color that will shape the year ahead is — drum roll, please — Viva Magenta. The global color authority…
Continue ReadingPantone’s 2023 Color of the Year revealed — and it’s unexpectedly bright
Faith Karimi, CNN Pantone has spoken. The color that will shape the year ahead is — drum roll, please — Viva Magenta. The global color authority…
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New footage reveals how 5 lions escaped their Sydney zoo enclosure
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN The Great Escape always brings prisoner-of-war Steve McQueen to mind, but perhaps the real masters of breaking out are five…
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