Fabergé egg fetches record $30.2 million at rare auction
By 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 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 ReadingEditor’s Note (March 10, 2026): On November 30, 2025, after this report was published mentioning the announcement of an investigation by the…
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…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A visit to the Louvre museum in Paris is set to become significantly more expensive for travelers from outside Europe,…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — There may soon — potentially very soon — be a time when even the world’s greatest riches are unable to…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Psadek, Cambodia (CNN) — After years guiding tourists around Cambodia, Nao Sok has a clear answer when asked which…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It was the night before Thanksgiving, 1980. An unexpected blizzard had coated central Missouri in inches of…
Continue ReadingBy Ali Halit Diker, CNN (CNN) — The village of Akyaka is one of those places you hope no one else finds out about. Tucked between pine-covered…
Continue ReadingBy Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — International tourists visiting popular national parks in the US next year will be required to pay additional fees…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — In video footage, it almost looks like an earthquake. The ancient Torre dei Conti, which has occupied…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When you think of clothing silhouettes that evoke power and presence, 1980s-era padded shoulders might come to…
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By Kati Chitrakorn, Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Anna Wintour described the American philanthropist and former journalist Lauren Sánchez…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Our pre-Thanksgiving travel news roundup is all about transportation, from flight attendants’ holiday…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Isidor and Ida Straus are remembered as two of the highest-profile victims of the Titanic disaster, and among…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Navigating airports and airplanes can be stressful at the best of times. As millions of travelers take to the…
Continue ReadingBy Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — In popular culture, the archetypal look of a witch is a female figure generally depicted wearing a black dress,…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN Bodrum, Turkey (CNN) — The mountainous Bodrum Peninsula rises over the vibrant blue Aegean Sea, its peak richly…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A copy of the first ever issue of “Superman,” discovered in a Californian attic last year, has become the…
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — It’s only taken a few hundred years, but the “Spice Islands” region of eastern Indonesia — now known as the…
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Bosch of Mexico has been named Miss Universe 2025 in a scandal-hit competition where she emerged as a fan…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at…
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration is proposing an $18 fee for travelers without a…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italians have very strict rules when it comes to making carbonara. The classic combination of Italian…
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Hitting the streets is a great way to catch a city’s real pulse — drifting through indie stores, ducking…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — For more than two centuries, the Antico Caffè Greco has been part of the cultural landscape of Rome.…
Continue ReadingBy Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — The Spring-Summer 2026 collections, shown across the main fashion capitals of New York, London, Milan and Paris…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Klimt painting have in common? They christened…
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By Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN (CNN) — Flight delays and the recent government shutdown are pushing more travelers onto US highways this…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is expected to break records when it goes up for auction in New…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday, Jennifer Lawrence arrived at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles, part movie star, part walking advert.…
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By Rachel Tashjian, Leah Dolan, CNN New York (CNN) — What’s the best dressed painting of all time? It’s a question the Metropolitan Museum…
Continue ReadingBy Richard Collett, CNN (CNN) — For decades, Somalia’s name has been shorthand for conflict, piracy and danger. Since the country’s civil…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — For more than seven decades, the family behind electronics giant Samsung amassed one of Asia’s largest private…
Continue ReadingBy Terry Ward (CNN) — Is there a food more humble yet universally adored than the sandwich? And while one person’s go-to hamburger snack…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel: The world’s best cheese and plenty of delicious bread to pair with it, another…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — It’s not uncommon for a bar or café to remind patrons that someone famous once ate there by having a physical…
Continue ReadingBy Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — Two years ago, six young women — Sophia, Lara, Manon, Daniela, Megan and Yoonchae — went from relative…
Continue ReadingBy Barry Neild, CNN Bern, Switzerland (CNN) — Remember that time you had too much cheese, felt a bit queasy and — as a greasy sheen broke out…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — What does a cowgirl look like? For some, the question may call forth images of flanneled shirts, Stetson hats and…
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday, Joe Jonas arrived at a taping of “Good Morning America” in New York looking a little bit like a…
Continue ReadingBy Didem Kuzu, CNN Adıyaman, Turkey (CNN) — Mount Nemrut rises more than 2,000 meters over Adıyaman province, its slopes fading from olive…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of British lawmakers have called for the release of 15 penguins “trapped” at a London aquarium without…
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