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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — If you were a polarizing Canadian rapper who had a tumultuous end to your 30s and had spent the better part of the last year releasing a trove of new music to change the narrative, what would you want to signal through your 40th birthday attire?Drake, who turned 40

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Some 250 World War I-era munitions that emerged from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Italian Dolomites have been removed.Artillery shells, mortar bombs and other ammunition had initially been found in the Trentino-Alto Adige region by hikers, naturalists and, in one case, after a road accident, according to

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A residential cruise ship that has been sailing around the world continuously for more than two years has evicted passengers in Cambodia after the fallout from the Iran war made fuel prices too expensive to continue its voyage.The Florida-based operator of the luxury Villa Vie Odyssey announced Tuesday that

Arabelle Sicardi Frank Voelkl is a well-dressed German man you’d walk past on your Manhattan commute without a second thought. But his work has likely been on your neck, your vanity, your partner or your ex. If you’ve worn fragrance in the last two decades, you’ve probably worn Voelkl. He is, arguably, the perfumer of

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Liverpool, England (CNN) — It’s an unassuming entrance to what’s been described as the world’s largest underground folly, a centuries-old mystery buried at least 60 feet below the streets of Liverpool, England, and stretching out for perhaps a square mile or more.The peeling, graffiti-covered facade of a Georgian house is all

By Mike Valerio, CNN Xiaohuajiang, China (CNN) — Against the towering mountains of southwestern China, a crowd gathered as a young man prepared to bungee jump off the world’s highest bridge.He stood above a vast canyon, the bridge’s roadway soaring nearly nine times higher above the water than San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Beyond him,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: the reality of living on a permanent cruise, the travelers visiting some of the world’s most notorious destinations, plus how the pandemic nearly killed off cargo ship tourism.Cargo ship cruisersFor centuries, cargo ships have welcomed paying passengers, making freighter tourism a

By Francesca Street, CNN London (CNN) — Walking down a London street populated by chic wine bars, Michelin-starred restaurants and smart, Victorian buildings, a group of tourists suddenly halts in its tracks.They’re ignoring the appealing surroundings. Instead, they’re peering through an iron gate leading to a far-less-appealing alleyway where a row of garbage cans flanks

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Busan, South Korea (CNN) — Crabs pulled, still alive, out of tanks and cooked to order. Groups of teens wearing fan gear for their favorite pop idols. Moms and daughters relaxing side-by-side in a naturally heated pool.Yes, Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, has all of those things. But in the past

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — Airbnb has revised its rules to reduce the tasks a host can expect a guest to perform at the end of their stay — and washing dishes has been wiped from the to-do list.Airbnb, which connects travelers with more than 5 million hosts globally, has advised hosts to choose

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Just four years after the Civil Rights era, Chicago welcomed its first downtown high rise designed by a Black architect for a Black-owned company. For four decades, the Johnson Publishing Company occupied an 11-story tower at 820 S. Michigan Avenue that was a monument to Black culture, sending out millions of

By Lottie Gross, CNN (CNN) — Something delicious and wholesome is popping up all over the British countryside, and people are traveling for miles to be a part of it. While America has roadside farm stands and fruit carts, Britain is now officially obsessed with cake sheds.Honesty boxes — small wooden structures containing fresh, local

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When David English woke up on the morning of September 11, 2001, he was confident his life was about to change.The entrepreneur, who was working near the Lower Manhattan area now known as Ground Zero, had been scheduled to sign a “career-clinching contract” with a major bank that day

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — From a certain handmade $50 million white-gold bra to the latest red carpet look worn by Jenna Ortega, metal couture is everywhere this week.At first glance, Ortega’s fitted bodice, fringe skirt and W-shaped bustier looked like something you might find hanging in Cher’s closet. But the gown, designed by

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It’s too easy to kick the can down the road when planning dream trips: Push it to next month, next year, after the new kitchen is done, or never.To help banish the endless procrastination, National Geographic’s 2027 list of 25 must-visit destinations for the year ahead is one of

By Stephy Chung, CNN Shanghai, China (CNN) — One of China’s most exciting art curators, X Zhu-Nowell, is giving me a very Shanghai morning. We share a breakfast of traditional staples –– scallion pancakes, salty bean curd and soup dumplings –– in an Art Deco museum building as she recalls the work of the Chinese

By Leah Dolan. Photographs by Jennelle Fong for CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — On Sunday night, just when you thought the megawatt spectacle that is the Victoria’s Secret runway show couldn’t get any glitzier, out struts Kylie Jenner in a $50 million diamond brasserie.The “Fantasy Bra” is a Victoria’s Secret signature stunt — since 1996,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: Istanbul’s time-traveling hotel, a slow-eater’s guide to Hong Kong, plus the aristocrats opening their homes to guests.Palazzo for hireGone are the days when the duties of an Italian princess involved nothing more than a bit of regal hand-waving and playing piano

By Oscar Holland, CNN As father to both a toddler and an infant, the din of tearful wailing — theirs, not mine (usually) — is the soundtrack to approximately half of all car journeys. I get it. Trapped wind, claustrophobic car seats and long scary tunnels are all legitimate reasons to cry when you’re barely

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Crowded, hot, noisy, hectic — subway systems can test the sanity of even the most hardened urbanite, but can you imagine the world’s biggest cities without them? And as millions more of us flock to live in cities every year, efficient mass transit is going to become ever more

By Oscar Holland, CNN Featuring tranquil courtyards, pond-lined walkways and a facade bursting with tropical plants, a rug factory in Bangladesh has claimed one of architecture’s top prizes.Green Field Factory, a seven-story textile facility in the northern city of Rangpur, won the prestigious RIBA International Prize on Thursday, with judges calling the building a “work

By Kate Springer, CNN Dubai-based A380 superfan Arun Rajagopal knocks three times on an ivory-colored door.“Voila!” he exclaims as he slides it open.Inside, there’s a beige leather sofa, wide blocky armrests, gently arching ceilings, under-seat accent lighting and two open windows bathing the space in sunshine.For a moment, it looks as though Rajagopal has boarded

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN I often base my impression of a celebrity on one of two major variables: how much I would want to actually be their friend and yap over martinis and French fries or how much I would want to raid their closet. The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor Ayo Edebiri passes both

By Sebnem Arsu, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — “This has been sitting in the safe for such a long time,” says 78-year-old Umit Berksoy, leaning over the table with his magnifying glass in hand, gently running his fingers over the stone gleaming inside the creased white cloth. “You can no longer find rubies of this size

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Passengers traveling from Italy to Australia failed to arrive in Perth as planned over the weekend, after their flight was canceled due to a reported case of bedbugs.Qantas, Australian’s national airliner, was forced to cancel the flight scheduled for Saturday after passengers on an earlier incoming flight complained about

By Leah Dolan, CNN You’re a copywriter, a communications manager, an elusive creative director with indeterminate responsibilities. So why are you dressed liked a 20th century French rail worker?Today, some 70 million employed Americans will probably work from behind a desk. Yet our obsession with clothes from a different kind of working life just won’t

By Brad Lendon, CNN Manila, Philippines (CNN) — Without Filipino sailors, much of the world’s merchant shipping would come to a standstill — and the world economy along with it.Seafarers from the Philippine archipelago make up 25% to 30% of the ship crews worldwide, from tankers to bulk carriers to cruise ships.It’s a statistic that

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our round-up of travel stories this week: Why one US family moved from Virginia to Naples, how to stop a runaway plane, plus the verdict’s in on the world’s best bars, restaurants and hotels.The ‘world’s best bars’When Lorenzo Antinori opened Bar Leone in Hong Kong’s fashionable Sheung Wan

By Leah Dolan, CNN You might have an idea as to what fashion people wear to runway shows. Then photographer Juergen Teller shows up, as always, to prove you wrong.Even amid the hooplah of peacocking influencers and frazzled fashion editors, Teller’s flash of Ibiza club-colored sportswear demanded a double take. He wore them a number

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Anne Carson, the Canadian writer and classicist whose work blends verse, prose and essay with influences from classical myths, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature for her “bold and inventive oeuvre.”Carson, 76, is an accomplished classicist who has taught at multiple colleges in the US and Canada