Post-pandemic home design trends reflect a need for more fluidity and nature
Marianna Cerini, CNN After a year off due to the pandemic and a scaled-down iteration in September 2021, Milan’s Salone del Mobile — the…
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Five guys take the same photo for 40 years
By Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite…
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CNN By Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see…
Continue ReadingThis classic Italian destination just limited tourist access
Julia Buckley, CNN With its cliff-chiseled road, dramatic curves and sheer drops towards the turquoise sea far below, the Amalfi Coast has become an…
Continue ReadingAnti-Semitic church carving can stay, Germany’s top appeal court rules
Lianne Kolirin, CNN Germany’s highest appeal court has ruled that a medieval sculpture can remain on the outside of a church in Wittenberg,…
Continue ReadingJames Patterson apologizes for saying White men don’t get writing jobs due to ‘racism’
Scottie Andrew, CNN James Patterson, the best-selling crime and mystery novelist, apologized for saying that White men are kept from getting writing…
Continue ReadingRyanair abandons controversial Afrikaans test for South African travelers
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Ryanair has confirmed that South Africans will no longer have to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality…
Continue ReadingRare portrait by Francis Bacon fetches $52.8 million at auction
Leah Dolan, CNN A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ($52.8 million) at Sotheby’s London on Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingMbongeni Buthelezi: The South African artist turning plastic into portraits
Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured…
Continue ReadingHere’s what it might be like to travel on a double decker airplane seat
By Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat…
Continue ReadingSacrificial altar among 13,000 relics unearthed at Sanxingdui archaeological site in China
Kathleen Magramo, CNN A turtleshell-shaped box and a sacrificial altar are among a treasure trove of 13,000 relics dating back over 3,000 years…
Continue ReadingThe biggest bridal style trend in 2022? Whatever you please
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Wedding season is in full swing after two years of delayed or pared down “micro” ceremonies, and one thing is clear:…
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By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN An Indian street food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis and an…
Continue ReadingPierre Carter: The man who paraglided off Mount Everest and into the history books
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Many mountaineers will tell you that climbing down Mount Everest is harder than climbing up. But South African Pierre Carter has…
Continue ReadingWhy this Chinese artist is outselling Van Gogh
Oscar Holland, CNN Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par…
Continue Reading‘Inundated with American travelers’: End of testing rule opens summer travel floodgates
Blane Bachelor, CNN Just as summer heats up, the US is lifting its long-standing requirement for all travelers entering the country to present a…
Continue ReadingUkrainians are using 3D technology to preserve hundreds of cultural artifacts in a digital archive, far away from Russia’s attacks
Emma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery…
Continue ReadingUkrainians are using 3D technology to preserve hundreds of cultural artifacts in a digital archive, far away from Russia’s attacks
CNN Emma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by…
Continue ReadingPre-travel testing requirement lifted: What you need to know about the new US travel policy
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Many travelers in the United States and abroad have been waiting for it. The travel industry has been pushing for it. And on…
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Britney Spears wears elegant Versace gown to wed Sam Asghari
Leah Dolan, CNN Britney Spears wore an elegant custom Versace gown to marry personal trainer and model Sam Asghari at an intimate wedding ceremony…
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