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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN After almost 700 days, one of the world’s longest border closures has finally ended Down Under, Yellowstone National Park is celebrating its 150th anniversary, and we have an update on India’s high-speed rail ambitions. Here’s what’s been happening in travel this week. Reopenings and rule changes In some happy news, families
Continue ReadingRamishah Maruf, CNN, Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Elsa Klensch, who was among the first to bring fashion to TV screens with CNN’s “Style with Elsa Klensch” in the 1980s, has died at 92 in New York City, CNN has confirmed. For two decades, she gave CNN viewers a front row seat to runways all over
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Contributors: Brook Joyner, CNN When costume designer Glyn Dillon got a call asking if he’d be interested in working on Matt Reeves’ newly-released movie “The Batman,” the first thing he sketched was a pair of ears. “How big are the ears?” he remembered worrying about. “For some reason, it’s a big deal
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Residents of the Ukrainian cultural capital Lviv are assisting efforts to safeguard historic monuments, according to local heritage officials, with several stone statues seen being wrapped in protective sheets. Photos taken at the city’s central Market Square on Thursday show men on stepladders enveloping sculptures of the Roman god Neptune and Greek
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN An AeroMéxico flight from Toronto to Mexico City was diverted to Houston early Thursday morning to remove three passengers who appeared to be intoxicated. AeroMéxico Flight 617 landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston at 3:42 a.m., according to flight tracking site FlightAware. The passengers, two men and a woman,
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Marnie Hunter, CNN The reservation system that is the backbone of airlines around the world has terminated its agreement with Aeroflot, crippling the majority government-owned carrier’s ability to sell seats. The technology company Sabre says Aeroflot has been removed from its global distribution system, meaning Russia’s largest airline will not be
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Linsay DeBates was adopted from South Korea by an American family when she was six months old. She didn’t return to the country of her birth for almost two decades. “I struggled a lot with identity and cultural identity,” says DeBates, now 42, of her time growing up in the American Midwest
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN An NFT of Ukraine’s flag has raised over $6.7 million for the country’s defenses as cryptocurrency donations continue to flood in following the Russian invasion. Organized by UkraineDAO, an initiative backed by a member of the Russian activist group and feminist punk band Pussy Riot, the sale saw thousands of users bid
Continue ReadingCNN By Faith Karimi and Samantha Kelly, CNN Volodymyr Bondarenko spends most of his day holed up in his apartment in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Between listening for air-raid sirens and frantically messaging family for updates, he trades messages with a flurry of Airbnb guests booking his one-bedroom rental in the heart of Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy Blane Bachelor, CNN From professional sports to Hollywood to food and beverage, a wide range of industries have announced boycotts, bans and other forms of retaliation against Russia in response to its violent invasion of Ukraine. Now, the travel sector is starting to take action, too. Cruise lines, including prominent brands like Carnival, tour
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Stage curtains are closing, art exhibitions are being halted and performers are being replaced. Over the past week, major cultural players worldwide — including some within Russia — have reacted to the invasion of Ukraine by canceling shows and applying pressure to the country’s art institutions. So far, more than 500,000 refugees
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN About a week ago, a US basketball player from Maryland was in Ukraine playing in the international leagues. Little did he know that within days he would urgently start a journey to get back to his home, nearly 5,000 miles away. Lucious “Lucky” Jones had been playing professional basketball in Ternopil,
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Travis Caldwell, CNN Hawaii’s Safe Travels program, established to slow the spread of Covid-19 through safety precautions for travelers, will come to an end on March 25, the state’s governor announced. Domestic passengers arriving in Hawaii after the program ends won’t need to follow earlier regulations, like showing proof of vaccination
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN From an English castle that’s threatened by climate change to an Egyptian landmark in the shadow of its more famous counterparts, this year’s World Monuments Watch highlights 25 culturally significant but endangered heritage sites. The World Monuments Watch is a project run by the World Monuments Fund, a nonprofit that spotlights threatened
Continue ReadingNick Remsen, CNN The stars shone brightly at Off-White’s Fall-Winter 2022 show, with fashion and celebrity powerhouses Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Serena Williams, Karlie Kloss, Naomi Campbell and Joan Smalls all walking for the label. But it was another high-profile model moment that stole the limelight: mother-and-daughter duo Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerini, CNN Like London before it, Milan Fashion Week returned with beautiful in-person shows, plenty of influencers and A-listers in attendance and collections that spanned high glamour and sure-fire commercial hits. Gucci showed in the city for the first time since February 2020, Prada included Kim Kardashian among its guests (a hint to a
Continue ReadingChris Dwyer, CNN The traditional Christian feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday is celebrated as a chance to eat well before the 40 days of sacrifices in the lead-up to Easter. Shrove Tuesday, which falls on March 1 this year, is also a great excuse — as if one were needed
Continue ReadingBy Peter Wilkinson, CNN The closure of Europe’s skies to Russia’s airplanes has created real problems for travelers trying to fly both to and from the country as it continues its invasion of Ukraine. That’s led to a scramble for the last planes in and out. For some passengers it was a race against time
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Beth Pratt first explored the wonders of Yellowstone National Park through the pages of a book. Inside a tattered hardcover entitled “National Parks of the U.S.A.,” she still has a list where she penned in five Western parks she dreamed of visiting. Among the quintet was Yellowstone. “I can still remember
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN New York’s Metropolitan Opera announced it will not work with Russian artists and organizations who support President Vladimir Putin until the country’s invasion of Ukraine ceases. Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, said that the opera house, which hosts scores of international artists each season, can “help ring the alarm and
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