The design of diplomacy: See inside the lavish reception rooms at the US State Department
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Standing outside the modern, minimalist exterior of the US State Department’s Harry…
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Standing outside the modern, minimalist exterior of the US State Department’s Harry…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Growing up on the remote island of Karpathos, Greece, in the 1990s, Anna Katogiritis struggled to make…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, but the formula you know is long gone. For more than 20 years,…
Continue ReadingBy Kate Springer, CNN (CNN) — Often associated with traffic-blocking buses, screechy megaphones and overcrowded landmarks, group tours don’t…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Li’i, the last Pacific white-sided dolphin at Miami Seaquarium who spent the past few years with beloved…
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Kent, CNN (CNN) — In 2018, fashion designer Bobby Kolade moved from Berlin back to Uganda’s capital Kampala with the ambition of…
Continue Readingby Zoe Whitfield, CNN London (CNN) — Around the time of 2003, as the British Fashion Council’s talent-fostering initiative Newgen turned 10,…
Continue ReadingTerry Ward, CNN (CNN) — It was the summer where everyone went to Europe. And now it’s fall, when the continent really comes into its own as…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — After Jody Servon’s father died, she kept his hairbrush safe in a Ziploc bag. “That way it still preserved…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — You wouldn’t be far off if you guessed Italy or France as the country with more of this year’s “World’s…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN. Recipe from José Andrés (CNN) — Many Americans think they know what paella is. The deep, rust-colored rice. The crispy…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week, we bring you the go-to airports for international connections and for passenger…
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — What happens when several hundred archaeologists gather in a “glass box” in the desert? It’s an odd kind of…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan (CNN) — Making your creative director debut when your predecessor was responsible for one of fashion’s most…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN (CNN) — This August, fashion editors and buyers from over 120 of the world’s most influential fashion publications…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Kacie Rose Burns walked into the Florence jazz bar, alone. “I’ll go for one song and suss it out,” she…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — An unknown story by Truman Capote has been published for the first time, after it was discovered hiding in plain…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Quirky accessories are nothing new in the fashion world. Just last weekend, Simone Rocha unveiled beaded face masks…
Continue ReadingBy Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — A new dawn rose in Milan on Thursday evening as British designer Peter Hawkings made his hotly…
Continue ReadingMaggie Wong, CNN (CNN) — Mongolian cuisine can best be summed up by a local proverb: “Give a man a knife, fire and some stones, and he has a…
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — When Italian villages started selling houses for the price of a cup of coffee, most foreign buyers rushing to…
Continue ReadingBy Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — You may have come across it wrapped around rice and fish at a sushi restaurant, but when it comes to choosing…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — During a ceremony and press conference Wednesday in New York, seven drawings by the Austrian expressionist Egon…
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A rare $10,000 bill dating back to the Great Depression has sold for $480,000 at auction. Issued in 1934, the…
Continue ReadingBy Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — The traditional depiction of an English garden is often one of structured flower beds, quaint pathways, and…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan and Nicole Mowbray, CNN London (CNN) — London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday in the glow of a sweltering UK heatwave, and…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Sky-high passenger volumes. A shortage of pilots. Weather delays and cancellations. Sounds like a recipe for…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN London (CNN) — It opened just over a year ago, but a luxurious 24-key Italian property has already been named…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — The life of any burgeoning designer is far from predictable. But in the last two weeks, Dilara Findikoglu has…
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Traveling through one of the world’s best airports is set to get even smoother next year. Starting in 2024,…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Jens Haaning was supposed to create works of art with the 530,000 Danish krone ($76,000) lent to him by a museum,…
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — There are cities, there are capitals and then there is Cairo. Chaotic, enchanting and…
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — New “treasures and secrets” have been revealed at the site of a sunken temple off Egypt’s Mediterranean…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — US investigators seized artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele from three museums amid claims Nazis stole them…
Continue ReadingBy Leigh Signal (CNN) — For most of us, the prospect of a long-haul flight is exciting, mixed with a few nerves. We’re off somewhere…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A huge prehistoric structure in Ohio has become the 25th US landmark to be awarded a place on the UNESCO…
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By Natasha Chen and Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — A bear that prompted partial closures at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Monday was…
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — The alligator that was rescued last week after being reported wandering in Central Florida with the top half of…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A university observatory in Russia has been inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List. The…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — British Vogue announced Monday that Chioma Nnadi will replace Edward Enninful as the head of the magazine. Nnadi…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Visitors to Paris will soon be able to explore the former home of French singer and actor Serge Gainsbourg, which has…
Continue ReadingAimee Look, CNN Dubai, UAE (CNN) — London-based Nigerian fashion designer Mowalola Ogunlesi has apologized after stirring a backlash online for…
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of garments from French label Balmain’s forthcoming collection were stolen when a delivery truck was…
Continue ReadingKristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Consider Michelangelo’s famous “Creation of Adam,” Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” or Leonardo…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Many a US roadway is nothing more than a clogged eyesore or an efficient but bland way to get from Point A to…
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — In the distant future, archaeologists will happen upon a Shrek Croc, its soft vinyl unsullied by the ages, and…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Hodgetts, CNN (CNN) — From the litany of bad headlines surrounding the world of travel, you could be forgiven thinking it’s been the…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau Hong Kong (CNN) –– A promotional video by a state-owned railway in China that asked women to refrain from putting on makeup…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has wrapped up its deliberations related to sites that are in danger…
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