Peter Brook, visionary theater director, dies aged 97
Oscar Holland, CNN Director Peter Brook, whose ground-breaking stage productions transformed 20th-century theater, has died aged 97, according to his…
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A long-lost letter from Alexander Hamilton will be on display at Massachusetts museum on July 4th
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A letter written by Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers, thought lost for decades is finally going on…
Continue ReadingFrank Lloyd Wright designed the Guggenheim Museum — and this 12-year-old boy’s dog house
Zoe Sottile, CNN Famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed iconic buildings like the Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim…
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647 people drown each day. Here’s how to avoid being one of them
By Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s…
Continue Reading 647 people drown each day. Here’s how to avoid being one of them
By Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s…
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How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery
Francesca Street, CNN French railway aficionado Arthur Mettetal was watching a video on YouTube when some parked train carriages in the corner of the…
Continue ReadingAirplane cabin innovations from saunas to sleeping pods
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Happy July 4th weekend to our US readers and a wonderful July vacation season to everyone else. Here at CNN Travel,…
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$450 million Hong Kong Palace Museum opens with trove of Forbidden City treasures
Stephy Chung, CNN and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Beijing’s Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world’s…
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Venice reveals details of its €10 tourist entry fee
By Livia Borghese, Jula Buckley and Maureen O’Hare, CNN The countdown has begun. From January 16, 2023, visitors to Venice — that jewel…
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Planning a dream trip to Hawai’i? What’s new on the islands
By Will McGough, CNN With Covid-19 regulations a thing of the past, Hawaiʻi is primed to be a top destination in 2022 thanks to a load of fresh…
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Paris Fashion Week: Menswear designers turn up the heat for the Spring-Summer 2023 season
Samantha Tse, CNN The temperamental weather in Paris proved no match for the enthusiasm of fashion editors, celebrities and influencers who braved…
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This man and his dog spent seven years walking around the world
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Very few people attempt to walk around the entire world, and even fewer actually manage to complete the journey. On May…
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Woman is gored by a bison at Yellowstone, the second incident reported this week, park officials say
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A woman visiting the Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison, the second incident of an animal injuring a park visitor…
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Yellowstone plans to reopen its north loop and do away with a limited capacity system
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s north loop will reopen to all visitors Saturday, nearly three weeks after epic floods…
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Why more air travel chaos is on its way
John Walton, CNN Now is the summer of our discontent, Shakespeare didn’t exactly write in “Richard III,” but for airline travelers…
Continue Reading‘Extraordinarily rare’ Princess Diana portrait goes on display in London
Jacopo Prisco, CNN A rare portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, will be on public display for the first time after it was recently sold at auction.…
Continue ReadingHow two women with the exact same name became best friends
Francesca Street, CNN Growing up in the US, Kim Pflieger always thought her name was relatively unusual. Sure, Kimberly was fairly commonplace, but…
Continue Reading‘Big Eyes’ artist Margaret Keane dies aged 94
Oscar Holland, CNN Artist Margaret Keane, known for her distinctive paintings of wide-eyed figures, has died aged 94. Keane, whose husband infamously…
Continue ReadingThe couple who met at Disneyland
Francesca Street, CNN Renata Bastos always wondered if she might find romance at Disneyland. “On one hand, it feels almost impossible and…
Continue ReadingAirline reveals ‘Skynest’ bunk beds for economy class passengers
By Karla Cripps, CNN For the first time ever, economy class passengers are going to have the option of stretching out for some sleep on actual beds…
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Gigi and Bella Hadid stun runway with partially ‘shaved’ heads
Oscar Holland, CNN Supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid debuted bold new looks Monday, storming a New York runway with bleached eyebrows, short bangs and…
Continue ReadingTwo rare studies of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ are going up for auction
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Two chalk and pastel studies of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that once belonged to a 19th-century…
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Lufthansa is bringing back the A380 superjumbo
Francesca Street, CNN The A380 superjumbo is beloved among aviation fans, thanks to its spacious interior, mighty size and quiet inflight experience,…
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Sam Gilliam, pioneering abstract artist, dies age 88
Jack Bantock, CNN Sam Gilliam, the first Black artist to represent the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has died at the age of 88. The American…
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Italian tourism boss suggests stopping watch theft with cheap alternative
By Hannah Ryan, CNN A tourism chief in Naples has come up with a unique solution for any visitors worried about theft in the southern Italian city,…
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Glastonbury makes a visually arresting return
Leah Dolan, CNN Glastonbury, the world-famous art and music festival set within 900 acres of the British countryside, made a sensational return this…
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Could you land a plane in an emergency?
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN It’s a nightmare scenario: the pilot of your flight is incapacitated and someone has to get in their seat and land the…
Continue ReadingA ‘near complete’ mummified baby woolly mammoth was discovered in a Canadian gold field
By Zoe Sottile, CNN They were looking for gold in the permafrost of Canada‘s Klondike. Instead, they discovered what Canadian experts say is…
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Frescoes from the time of Hadrian unveiled at ancient Roman baths
By Livia Borghese and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Frescoes dating back almost 2,000 years to the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian will now be on display…
Continue ReadingCold War warning sirens are sounding across France. Here’s why
Camille Knight and Elias Lemercier, CNN It’s a typical Wednesday lunchtime in Paris, the streets buzzing with tourists, terraces packed with…
Continue ReadingThe world’s top liveable cities are in Europe — but one North American country scores big
By Lilit Marcus, CNN How is it already the last week of June??!! It’s officially summer in most of the world’s major cities now, meaning…
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Tourists are back in Iceland. But so is whale hunting
Jenna Gottlieb, CNN After a four-year hiatus, Iceland’s last remaining whaling company, Hvalur hf., will resume its hunt this summer, much to…
Continue ReadingExplorers find the world’s deepest shipwreck four miles under the Pacific
Julia Buckley, CNN It lurks over four miles deep below the Pacific Ocean, split in half and lodged on a slope. There’s a new world’s…
Continue ReadingSummer air travel is off to a messy start. Here’s how to up the chances of getting where you want to go
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Many air travelers this summer have already run into delays and cancellations, and there’s no sign of disruptions letting…
Continue ReadingSummer air travel is off to a messy start. Here’s how to up the chances of getting where you want to go
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Many air travelers this summer have already run into delays and cancellations, and there’s no sign of disruptions letting…
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How music and writing helped Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner overcome her mother’s death
Rachel Fadem, CNN | Ken Olshansky, CNN and Emmet Lyons, CNN The past two years have been a whirlwind for Japanese Breakfast’s lead vocalist…
Continue Reading How music and writing helped Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner overcome her mother’s death
Rachel Fadem, CNN | Ken Olshansky, CNN and Emmet Lyons, CNN The past two years have been a whirlwind for Japanese Breakfast’s lead vocalist…
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You’ll be charged to visit Europe from 2023
Julia Buckley, CNN It’s finally here: the end of fee-free travel to the European Union. The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited…
Continue Reading You’ll be charged to visit Europe from 2023
Julia Buckley, CNN It’s finally here: the end of fee-free travel to the European Union. The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited…
Continue Reading10 million of Ireland’s citizens left. Here’s why you should visit
By Maureen O’Hare and Richard Quest, CNN With St. Patrick’s Day a global phenomenon and Irish pubs found everywhere from Peru to…
Continue ReadingOwners of Jumbo Floating Restaurant backtrack on sinking claims as authorities investigate
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The owners of an iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant that made headlines around the world after reports emerged it had sunk…
Continue ReadingThe first official joint portrait of Prince William and Kate has been unveiled
Zoe Sottile, CNN The first official joint portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been revealed to the public at the Fitzwilliam Museum in…
Continue ReadingUnited to reduce schedule at Newark by 12% this summer
By Gregory Wallace, CNN Citing air traffic congestion, United Airlines said Thursday it will cut 12% of its daily domestic flights from its busy…
Continue ReadingAbu Dhabi Fossil Dunes: A beautiful frozen landscape created by climate change
Barry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape…
Continue ReadingAbu Dhabi Fossil Dunes: A beautiful frozen landscape created by climate change
Barry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape…
Continue ReadingGlastonbury Festival fashion history: Remember when Kate Moss wore rain boots?
Oscar Holland, CNN Remember when Kate Moss wore wellies (that’s rain boots for those outside the UK) to Glastonbury? As the historic festival…
Continue ReadingThe world’s most liveable cities for 2022
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Considering a big move this year? You may want to think about Canada or western Europe. The annual ranking of the world’s…
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Yellowstone reopens south loop with limited capacity after unprecedented floods
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s south loop reopened in a limited capacity Wednesday, a little more than a week after…
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Remember when Elvis Presley’s white jumpsuits changed how men dressed forever?
Megan C. Hills, CNN When Elvis Presley made broadcasting history in 1973, he was dressed in a white bell-bottomed jumpsuit, embellished with a bald…
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The conservation photographer capturing mesmerizing images of Mexico’s flamingos
Rebecca Cairns, CNN Since he was four years old, photographer Claudio Contreras Koob has been obsessed with flamingos: their vibrant pink feathers,…
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