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By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — A breathtaking image of a peregrine falcon attacking an enormous pelican with its bright orange talons won top prize in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition. The contest, in its eighth edition, celebrates the beauty of birds while also raising awareness of the mounting pressures they face.

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Travelers looking to rent an apartment for a few days in New York City will find slimmer pickings now that city officials have started enforcing new rules cracking down on short-term rentals. The rules, which are being enforced as of Tuesday, mean a whole lot of listings on sites

By Emily Kirkpatrick, CNN (CNN) — For Jeff Leatham, a floral arrangement isn’t just, well, flowers. It’s an invitation to travel through time. Over the last three decades, the celebrity florist has worked at the highest levels, transforming the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills and Paris, among other venues, with breathtaking installations, curating florals for

Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Actor Emma Corrin has become the latest in a string of celebrities to sign up to the “pantless” fashion trend, sporting only underwear on their lower half at the Venice Film Festival. Corrin, best known for appearances in Netflix series “The Crown” and the streaming giant’s feature-length “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,”

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Made from almost 8 pounds of gold and some 6,426 diamonds, a new coin honoring the life of Queen Elizabeth II may be “among the most valuable coins of all time.” In fact, the creator of this one-off luxury object has valued it at “around $23 million.” Unveiled on

By Hanna Phifer, CNN (CNN) — Upon reflection, the odd couple sensibilities that captivated viewers of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” were in place even before the cameras started rolling. The perfectly mismatched casting of Will Smith, then known as one half of a successful rap duo hailing from West Philadelphia, and James Avery, a

By Chris Liakos and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — One of Greece’s most famous landmarks is trialing limiting its daily visitors, starting today. The Athens Acropolis archaeological site attracts visitors from around the world keen to marvel at the ancient cultural spot. Going forward, visitors will be capped at 20,000 a day, with a booking

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Sure, an escape to the beach or cooler mountain air or the arctic air-conditioning of a museum comes not a moment too soon when summer really starts to heat up. But if you can wait until the season winds down, the rewards can be significant – both in terms

Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — If the idea of spending three years on a cruise ship made you claustrophobic, it’s time to look away now. Life at Sea Cruises – which is due to depart in November for a three-year round-the-world cruise – reckons that people are so enthused by the idea of sailing around

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week, the Americans who’ve had enough of the United States and have started new lives overseas, plus everything you need to know about Europe’s new visa waiver scheme. And while this Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of the summer travel season, you might

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — North Korea may be known as the hermit kingdom, but the isolated nation could be edging toward opening its borders to small numbers of tourists for the first time since the pandemic. In late August, flights on North Korea’s national carrier Air Koryo resumed services between the capital Pyongyang

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — With the deaths of the five blonde Lisbon sisters, the 1998 adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel “The Virgin Suicides” from filmmaker Sofia Coppola told a tragic tale through gauzy, sunlit suburban scenes. Her characters in the movie, and her subsequent works including “Lost in Translation,” “Somewhere,” and the soon-to-be-released

By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, capping another blockbuster season for travel. But according to some industry experts, it’s not too early to start thinking about – and perhaps even booking – next year’s trip. Tour operators, travel advisers and other tourism insiders say they’ve seen a

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Opposites are said to attract, but the poles between Hailey and Justin Bieber couldn’t be further apart — at least sartorially. While in New York promoting a new lip gloss from her beauty brand Rhode this week, Hailey opted for a firetruck red strapless Ermanno Scervino mini dress, red

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Isis Woods had only known Michael Bradford for a few hours when she texted her mother, overcome with excitement. “Mom, I met my husband,” she typed, phone in one hand and cocktail in another. “Are you drunk?” Isis’ mother replied. “Yes,” said Isis. “And I met my husband.” It

By Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN (CNN) — With untouched and natural rugged scenery, forested with pristine bays on both sides, the Datça peninsula feels a world away from the touristy towns of this popular corner of the Med. The long and narrow headland, stretching between the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas in southwestern Turkey, is mostly uninhabited

By Pete Muntean and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board said that it is opening an investigation into a Delta Air Lines flight rocked by turbulence on Tuesday that sent passengers and crew to the hospital. “The Airbus A350 was en route from Milan, Italy, when flight encountered severe turbulence on

By Jacqui Palumbo and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of Thursday, in the middle of the ephemeral city that rises in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each summer, a 26-foot-tall, 13-foot-wide box was set ablaze. The flames formed a column in the sky, engulfing the wooden tower for over 20 minutes before

By Marianna Cerini, CNN (CNN) — In June last year, Gita Kumari Bhumik and her family lost their home to flooding in India’s northeastern Assam state. Heavy rainfall that summer affected more than 5 million people, and the 44-year-old was among hundreds of thousands of those displaced across in the region. “We lost everything,” Bhumik

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN London (CNN) — It’s been hidden from public eyes for more than a hundred years. But in a few weeks time, the former Old War Office in London, Whitehall will finally open its doors after a multi-million-dollar transformation. Previously home to the operations of military leaders like Winston Churchill, the property