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By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — When Elizabeth Ruane and her family spent a semester in Lüneburg, Germany, her life revolved around Marktplatz,…
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Continue ReadingBy Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Lagos is busy at the best of times, but as the year draws to a close, the sprawling…
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By Jane Wooldridge, CNN Altamura, Italy (CNN) — A pair of practiced hands pushes novice fingers into the stretchy dough, encouraging the…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When the Obama Presidential Center opens on Chicago’s South Side in the spring, a series of large-scale…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Rose Smith (CNN) — If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news roundup this week: Italy gets angry at “fake” carbonara, the winner of the Wildlife…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Buckeyes, biscochitos, marionberry pie. All over the United States, locals have concocted sweet treats that…
Continue ReadingBy Marcel Krueger, CNN Cheiner Torfmoor, Germany (CNN) — Germany’s most peaceful landscape owes its existence to one of its most paranoid.…
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Roux (CNN) — The designs for six new stained-glass windows for the cathedral of Notre Dame have gone on show at the Grand Palais in…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn had spent four days trekking through the Virunga mountains in Rwanda…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Sophie Kinsella, the best-selling author behind the “Shopaholic” book series, has died at…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — It’s time to uncork the prosecco and maybe order a plate of tagliatelle al ragù for the table.…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A British Nigerian artist who produces large-scale draped sculptures and vortex-like circular drawings has become…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland (CNN) — Manish Malhotra is to Diwali what Heidi Klum is to Halloween: its ultimate celebrity party host. Every year, the…
Continue ReadingBy Griffin Shea, CNN (CNN) — On the outskirts of Luanda, in a centuries-old white house on a hill, a small museum documents one of the greatest…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday night, A-lister couple of the moment Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner arrived at the Hollywood premiere…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most widely admired and well accoladed actors on the planet: she was the…
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Thieves made off with more than a dozen pieces of art, including works by Henri Matisse, from a library in São…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A water leak at the Louvre in Paris has damaged hundreds of books, exposing further issues at the world’s largest…
Continue ReadingBy Will Noble, CNN London (CNN) — “Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the…
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a century in the life of a fictional kabuki actor, we…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What goes into building a modern beauty business? Ask Sharmadean Reid, the British mogul with at least four under…
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Danaher, Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN (CNN) — One of Britain’s most acclaimed photographers, Martin Parr, died on Saturday at age 73,…
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — “It’s not a good airport at all,” President Donald Trump said of Dulles International Airport outside…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel news this week: the world’s top 100 cities for 2025, the world’s best hotels,…
Continue ReadingBy Nick Glass and Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN (CNN) — Frank Gehry, who in the second half of the 20th century forged a new language in…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Since Sydney Sweeney starred in a controversial American Eagle ad this summer, which some viewers interpreted as…
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By Ali Halit Diker, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — For years, the Botter Apartment was easy to miss. On İstiklal Avenue — Istanbul’s busiest…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — In the medieval fantasy kingdom of Migal Bavel, where the film “100 Nights of Hero” is set, characters speak…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — Is there still room in fashion for true originality? That’s the question raised by the latest news out of…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen Ohare, CNN (CNN) — What’s la plus belle city of all the world, enticing more than 18 million visitors in 2025 alone? Paris has…
Continue ReadingBy Bijan Hosseini, CNN Dubai (CNN) — Dubai has a new record-breaker on its skyline — almost by accident. The world’s tallest hotel, Ciel…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Miami (CNN) — A pack of robot quadrupeds trot around the floor, bearing the hyperrealistic silicone faces of tech…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Capturing the cultural zeitgeist and trends for the year ahead is a tricky business. But every year, the Pantone…
Continue ReadingBy Cy Neff Skopje, North Macedonia (CNN) — Spiked with ridges and peaks that deliver scenery running the full four-seasons gamut — from…
Continue ReadingRachel Tashjian New York (CNN) — On Tuesday afternoon, Kristen Stewart was ensconced in a New York City subway car, feeling “genuine…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — One of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands sold for £22.9 million ($30.2 million), with fees, on Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — On Monday, Melania Trump revealed the 2025 White House Christmas decorations. And with them, she showed that…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian officials are on thin ice after a skating rink was built around a bronze statue of Luciano…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Vientiane, Laos (CNN) — Aditta Kittikhoun has learned to anticipate the question. No, not Thailand, but it’s next to…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A painting by Flemish Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens that had been out of the public eye for centuries has sold for…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Humans are living 20 years longer than they did in 1950 and a growing number of people are choosing to…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — If gift-giving talents were ranked by profession, interior designers would likely top the list — after all,…
Continue ReadingBy Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died, according to his talent agency United…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the scandal-ridden Miss Universe pageant, this is proving a big…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — For our CNN Travel roundup this Thanksgiving weekend, we’re bringing you a potluck of stories about…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Grace Richardson, a 20-year-old musical theater student, has become the first-ever out lesbian winner of the…
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