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Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — At Singapore’s secretive Le Freeport, a fortified luxury storage facility often dubbed “Asia’s Fort Knox,” security is arguably tighter than at the international airport it connects to. Art, jewels and gold bars can enter the windowless building directly — and discreetly — from the runway at neighboring Changi, but

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Amelie Malmfält opened the message at work. When she saw Kris Brock’s name, her face broke out into a huge smile. She couldn’t believe it. It was a simple note — he’d bumped into her parents at the airport, he said. He was wondering how she was doing. It’d

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — The biggest mystery in the art world has apparently been solved: Banksy has been unmasked as a bespectacled middle-aged man from Bristol, England called Robin Gunningham. His name was revealed in a sprawling investigation by Reuters, though many say it has been an open secret for years, having been

By Lisa Courbebaisse and Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Paris (CNN) — Anyone visiting Paris just over a decade ago would doubtless have been charmed by the city’s timeless attractions — brasseries serving delicious food, museums crammed with famous works of art, boulevards of chic stores — all overlooked by the sparkling lights of the Eiffel

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — The world’s happiest countries for 2026, what travelers can expect in terms of rising air fares, plus United Airlines cracks down on noisy passengers. Here’s what’s happening in Travel. Noise annoys Here’s a teensy bit of positive news in what’s been a dark and difficult month: United Airlines has

By Kati Chitrakorn, Hanako Montgomery, CNN Seoul (CNN) — The moment that BTS fans have been waiting for has arrived: Members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook performing on the stage together for the first time in almost four years. At the heart of BTS’ comeback is a free, public concert in

By Milena Lazazzera, CNN (CNN) — Gemini? Scorpio? Sagittarius? What is your moon sign? And your sun? These are not, it seems, trivial questions for Gen Z. For a growing number, an astrological profile has become a way to express individuality in a generation that places particular value on self-definition. “It has become increasingly common

CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — The world’s happiest countries for 2026, what travelers can expect in terms of rising air fares, plus United Airlines cracks down on noisy passengers. Here’s what’s happening in Travel. Noise annoys Here’s a teensy bit of positive news in what’s been a dark and difficult month: United Airlines

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Perched along a craggy rock overhang, the ornate Buddhist temple provides sweeping views of the sea, making it a popular place to watch the sun rise against the beauty of Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city. But Haedong Yonggungsa is so much more than a place of worship. The temple

By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — If happiness were an Olympic event, the Nordic countries would be guaranteed a spot on the podium. Actually, all three spots on the podium. According to the latest edition of the World Happiness Report, the three happiest countries in the world are Finland, Iceland and Denmark. Finland was named

By Lisa Morrow, CNN (CNN) — On hot summer nights, a long line forms near the waterfront of Eski Foça, a small town on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Laughter and chatter fill the air as travelers wait for their turn to buy sakız dondurma, the local ice cream. It’s a town shaped by thousands of years

By Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — It was pushing 4 a.m. when Vignesh Sundaresan bought one of the most expensive artworks in history. Wearing his favorite T-shirt for the occasion, he had stayed up through the night on his iMac, at home alone, watching rival bids trickle in. A row of Starbucks coffee cups