Flying into Beijing is tougher than ever as China ramps up its zero-Covid measures
By Selina Wang, CNN Beijing is partially locking down to control a Covid outbreak that could completely shutter the Chinese capital. But just as the…
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A stranger on an airplane gave her $100 years ago and changed her life. Now she’s trying to find the mystery woman to thank her
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Ayda Zugay isn’t someone who normally likes to save things. The walls of her Boston home are bare. She keeps a…
Continue ReadingA couple couldn’t make it in time to a Vegas wedding chapel. They got married on a Southwest flight instead
By Sara Smart, CNN One couple has taken their love to new heights, quite literally. To about 37,000 feet, in fact. A Southwest flight from Dallas to…
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The Somali-French art dealer bringing Black perspectives to Paris’ gallery scene
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When Mariane Ibrahim opened her elegant, new three-story art gallery in Paris last September, she became one of the few Black…
Continue Reading The Somali-French art dealer bringing Black perspectives to Paris’ gallery scene
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When Mariane Ibrahim opened her elegant, new three-story art gallery in Paris last September, she became one of the few Black…
Continue ReadingA 61-year-old is set to row solo from the US to France. The entire journey will be nearly 4,000 miles
By Sara Smart, CNN Over the next couple of months, one man will attempt to row close to 4,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Peter Harley, 61,…
Continue ReadingAsia’s 50 best bars for 2022 revealed
By Karla Cripps, CNN With pandemic travel restrictions easing in much of the region, the annual Asia’s 50 Best Bars ceremony took place in…
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The world’s most challenging cruise ship routes
Francesca Street, CNN Navigating a colossal ship is no mean feat under any conditions, but certain routes, like the sandstorm-prone, narrow Suez…
Continue ReadingSee the world’s best food photographs of 2022
By Forrest Brown, CNN The image is simply mesmerizing and deceptively simple: a street vendor cooking kekabs. But linger on it for a minute.…
Continue ReadingTime to start planning your next big adventure
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Been stuck at home so long your passport has cobwebs? It’s time to start planning your comeback tour. Your journey…
Continue ReadingThe delicious snack you can only find in Venice
Cat Bauer, CNN “Cicchetti is the glue that holds Venice together,” says mask maker Sergio Boldrin of Bottega dei Mascareri. “It is…
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Met Gala 2022: Everything you need to know about the ‘Gilded Glamour’ theme
Jacqui Palumbo When celebrities take to the Met Gala red carpet on May 2, there will likely be no shortage of corset boning and bustles. That’s…
Continue ReadingIndia’s latest box office smash ‘The Kashmir Files’ exposes deepening religious divides
Rhea Mogul, CNN | Esha Mitra, CNN and Manveena Suri, CNN “If you don’t leave from here, we will burn your houses,” a bearded Muslim…
Continue ReadingWorld’s largest blue diamond to come to auction has sold for $57.5 million
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Sana Noor Haq, CNN The world’s largest blue diamond ever to come to auction has sold for 450,925,000 HKD, or $57.5 million.…
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Betty White’s LA home goes on sale for over $10.5 million
Lianne Kolirin, CNN The longtime home of late Hollywood star Betty White is up for sale, with a price a shade over $10.5 million. The five-bedroom…
Continue ReadingMargot Robbie’s ‘Barbie’ movie look revealed in first teaser image
Lianne Kolirin, CNN Life in plastic is certainly looking fantastic for Margot Robbie, as Warner Bros. teased Barbie fans with a glimpse of its…
Continue ReadingAntarctica cruise: The last frontier for a big at-last luxury adventure
By Mark Johanson, CNN Travelers to Antarctica always remember the first place they planted their feet on the frozen continent. For me, it was Portal…
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Palestinian farmer finds 4,500-year-old goddess statue while working his land
Jack Guy and Abbas AlLawati, CNN A Palestinian farmer working his land in Gaza has uncovered the head of a 4,500-year-old statue of Canaanite goddess…
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Model Quannah Chasinghorse: ‘If you want to work with me, you have to work with all of me’
Quannah Chasinghorse Despite being into fashion since I was young, I never once thought that I could be a model. I am a proud member of the Hän…
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What goes into the healing power of an ‘Encanto’ arepa? A Colombian chef reveals its magic
By Angie Orellana Hernandez, CNN. Recipe from Carmen Angel “You just healed my hand with an arepa con queso,” Mirabel Madrigal tells her…
Continue ReadingOpen-source encyclopedia puts 10,000 years of Indian art history in one place
Oscar Holland, CNN From prehistoric Bhimbetka cave paintings to works by contemporary art stars like Atul Dodiya and Shilpa Gupta, India has a rich…
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The surprising reasons why Atlanta’s airport is the world’s busiest
By Forrest Brown, CNN Atlanta is “The Big City” to Deep South residents. But once you leave the region, it starts to feel smaller.…
Continue Reading The surprising reasons why Atlanta’s airport is the world’s busiest
By Forrest Brown, CNN Atlanta is “The Big City” to Deep South residents. But once you leave the region, it starts to feel smaller.…
Continue ReadingA powerful portrait of motherhood and exotic dancing
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When Hajar Benjida began photographing exotic dancers around the Atlanta area, she didn’t want to take typical images of…
Continue ReadingGiant sculpture made from 350 trees to stand outside Buckingham Palace
Hafsa Khalil, CNN When Britain marks Queen Elizabeth II‘s 70 years on the throne in June, a striking tree-shaped sculpture will stand outside…
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Kaş: A beautiful unspoiled corner of the Med
Lisa Morrow, CNN At the point where the sky ends, a giant man sleeps stretched along a mountainous ridge overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. At least…
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Wildlife and celebrity photographer reveals secrets behind most iconic shots
Jacopo Prisco, CNN When David Yarrow snapped one of the most iconic sports photographs ever taken, he was, by his own admission, “merely a fan…
Continue ReadingFire crews rescue Washington woman after she falls headfirst into toilet
By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you think hiking stinks, get a load of this … A woman was rescued by two fire crews after she fell headfirst into a…
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Whitby Abbey seeks vampires to beat world record in honor of Dracula’s 125th anniversary
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Gothic ruins that inspired “Dracula” are inviting in the world’s largest gathering of vampires — or…
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‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ that hung in the White House up for auction at Christie’s in May
Story by Reuters The famous “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting, which hung in the White House from the 1970s to 2014, is coming…
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This week in travel: Mask mandates and tourist tax
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The US mask mandate for planes and public transportation has been struck down, Venice is introducing an entry fee for…
Continue Reading This week in travel: Mask mandates and tourist tax
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The US mask mandate for planes and public transportation has been struck down, Venice is introducing an entry fee for…
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Against all odds, a Ukrainian artist and his curators bring ‘Fountain of Exhaustion’ to Venice
Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Contributors: Eliza Mackintosh, Jacqui Palumbo, Max Burnell, Angelica Pursley On the evening of February 24, just hours…
Continue Reading Against all odds, a Ukrainian artist and his curators bring ‘Fountain of Exhaustion’ to Venice
Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Contributors: Eliza Mackintosh, Jacqui Palumbo, Max Burnell, Angelica Pursley On the evening of February 24, just hours…
Continue ReadingSome travelers, faced with fewer colds, will still mask in flight
By Terry Ward, CNN Jessie Festa was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport waiting to take off for Pasco,…
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Venice to charge daytrippers up to €10 to enter in 2023
Julia Buckley, CNN As the poster child for overtourism, Venice has long been a city of mounting lines, uncomfortable crowding and mushrooming Airbnbs…
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Hong Kong museum removes controversial Tiananmen painting
Stephy Chung, CNN For the last three months, Hong Kong’s art galleries have been closed to the public as part of failed efforts to curtail the…
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Stormy seas or smooth sailing? What lies ahead for the global cruise industry
By Elissa Garay After two years of navigating relentlessly choppy seas, the cruise industry — one of the sectors of tourism hardest hit by the…
Continue Reading Stormy seas or smooth sailing? What lies ahead for the global cruise industry
By Elissa Garay After two years of navigating relentlessly choppy seas, the cruise industry — one of the sectors of tourism hardest hit by the…
Continue ReadingWorld’s tallest timber residential tower to be built
Amarachi Orie, CNN Switzerland is set to become home to the world’s tallest timber residential building. The project, named…
Continue ReadingInside Chicago O’Hare Airport’s $8.5 billion revamp
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN The city of Chicago has long had one of the world’s busiest airport systems. Before the Jet Age and until the late 1950s,…
Continue ReadingInside Alexander Wang’s controversial return to the runway
Samantha Tse It almost felt like a pre-pandemic fashion event. The cool kids gathered inside Los Angeles’ Chinatown Central Plaza, without…
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Luxury private island resort in Panama reveals new ‘aerial’ beach
By Karla Cripps, CNN Panama’s Bocas Bali resort seemingly had it all. Sixteen luxurious overwater villas on a private island in the Caribbean…
Continue Reading‘It wasn’t not racist’: Netflix documentary charts the troubling rise of Abercrombie & Fitch
Oscar Holland, CNN Abercrombie & Fitch’s website is, today, awash with Gen-Z-friendly nods to diversity and inclusion. There are people of…
Continue ReadingPowerful photo by Pacific Indigenous artist reveals truth about 1899 painting
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On an early morning in 2008, before the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the day, the artist Yuki Kihara sat down across…
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5 unusual airlines that really existed
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN In the late 1970s, the US government deregulated the airline industry, removing federal control over fares, routes and the…
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The travelers who created their own cozy campervans
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Search the #vanlife hashtag on Instagram and you’ll find millions of posts from travelers on the road in tiny homes…
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Gird yourselves. The summer of travel chaos just got more chaotic
Julia Buckley, Pete Muntean and Barry Neild, CNN Temperatures are rising, Covid cases are falling, restrictions are dropping away in the blink of an…
Continue Reading Gird yourselves. The summer of travel chaos just got more chaotic
Julia Buckley, Pete Muntean and Barry Neild, CNN Temperatures are rising, Covid cases are falling, restrictions are dropping away in the blink of an…
Continue Reading‘Hugely exciting’: 400-year-old painting found in storeroom could be worth millions
Amarachi Orie, CNN A 400-year-old Dutch master painting which experts believe could be worth millions of dollars has been discovered in a storeroom…
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