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By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Normally just the unlovely places where passengers step on and off en route to somewhere more picturesque, cruise ports aren’t usually known as destinations in their own rights. But in Qatar, a regular port of call on Arabian Sea itineraries, there’s a reason to stop and stare. Doha’s Grand

By Amy Woodyatt and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Celebrities, editors and designers congregated in Paris this week for the hotly anticipated Spring-Summer 2024 collections at Haute Couture Fashion Week. The event kicked off on Schiaparelli’s runway, where the stars were out in full force. Zendaya stole the limelight, donning an all black gown with

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A British wildlife park has hatched a new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots after they unleashed a tide of expletives. Back in 2020, five foul-mouthed African gray parrots, donated to Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in eastern England, were isolated from the flock in an attempt to improve their

By Samantha Tse, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows in Paris saw the return of Balmain Homme after a four-year absence, Givenchy’s first collection since Matthew Williams’ departure and the runway debut of fashion company 032c. Footwear was in focus, with designers offering ways for the willing to leave sneakers behind (some

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It’s the city that’s the main character in all your favorite TV shows and movies, the inspiration behind countless songs and art – and one of the famous destinations in the world. Perhaps it’s no wonder, then, that media company Time Out has named New York City as its

By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — While visiting London to see the work of her grandfather, the late Ghanaian photographer J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije, at the 2023 contemporary African art fair “1-54,” Kate Tamakloe was surprised to discover another of his images, uncredited, in the collection at the British capital’s Victoria and Albert Museum. “I asked how

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — If you order a box of frozen Kobe beef croquettes from Asahiya, a family-run butcher shop in Takasago City in western Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, it’ll take another 43 years before you receive your order. That isn’t a typo. Forty. Three. Years. Founded in 1926, Asahiya sold meat products

By Sarah Kent (CNN) — After close to two years of conflict, the global diamond market is set to feel the full consequences of the war in Ukraine. The European Union earlier this month added the world’s biggest diamond producer, Russia’s Alrosa, to its sanctions list alongside its CEO, Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev. The new year

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece of history. Using carbon dating, scientists discovered that the “Glen Affric” fabric, uncovered in a peat bog in the

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After living in Manhattan for more than two decades and New Jersey for five years, Charles “Chuck” H. Stevens and Berardino “Ben” Di Rienzo were ready for something new. The US couple, who’ve been together for around 37 years and married for 12, say they felt as though they

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Mist rising from the Tuscan hills, a tiny fish staring at the ocean from inside the neck of a glass bottle, and a pangolin tucked contentedly under the chin of her carer are among the winning entries from the 2023 Travel Photographer of the Year competition. Shot all around

By Nell Card, CNN (CNN) — The human predilection for living alongside patterns can be traced back to our ancestors who marked the walls of their caves with dots, lines, zigzags and cross-hatching. Tens of thousands of years on, it is arguably wallpaper — that most ephemeral of design items — that provides one of

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When a Japan Airlines airplane collided with a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport earlier this month, the JAL A350 aircraft was swiftly engulfed in flames and terrifying images of the runway fire spread across social media. Former Japan Airlines flight attendant and cabin safety officer Mizuki Urano

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The custodians of an ancient Hindu religious site in Malaysia are planning to install an escalator as an alternative for those visitors either unable or unwilling to climb the 272 steps leading to its temple and cave shrines. The Batu Caves are one of Malaysia’s most popular tourist attractions.

By Veronica Lin, CNN (CNN) — In a behind-the-scenes video posted to social media, 9-year-old Zou Shengyu can be seen pointing her analog camera at ”Aquaman” star Jason Momoa for a series of portraits. Seemingly unfazed by his bulky six-foot-four-inch physique, the young Chinese photographer gives clear instructions to the actor, asking him to pose

By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Holden Ringer has experienced incredible highs trekking across America on foot. The avid walker from Seattle has hobnobbed with state representatives in Georgia, eaten tacos in Kansas and seen the oldest KFC in America. Of course, he’s also had his share of unpleasant moments – walking over roadside kill,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Why the cost of living is high but plane tickets are relatively cheap, the best countries for expats in 2024 and the big-shot movie stars getting in trouble in the United States and Europe. Airfares are down If you’re searching for a silver lining,

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — In April 2023, George Fox was gearing up for the adventure of a lifetime: a three-year cruise taking him around the world. The departure was set for Life at Sea’s inaugural cruise, slated to leave Istanbul on November 1. There was just one problem: His bank refused to wire

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Nestled in the Pyrenees mountains, La Molina is Spain’s oldest ski resort. It boasts the biggest superpipe in the Pyrenees and its slopes have hosted high-profile events, from the Alpine Skiing World Cup to the Snowboard World Championships. But La Molina now faces an existential threat: A dearth of

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone has just finished playing a morally complicated home-flipper in the first season of “The Curse,” and now the actor is selling her own newly-renovated Los Angeles abode. Stone has listed a two-story Westwood pied-à-terre for just under $4 million through Sotheby’s International Reality. Built in 1926, the four-bedroom,