She had to flee Iran. Now she’s won best actress at Cannes
Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN When Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi fled her country in 2006 due to a leaked tape, she thought her career was over. But on…
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives at jubilee service in a chic white ensemble
Megan C. Hills, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex proved she’s still got strong royal fashion game as she made a dazzling arrival to the honorary…
Continue ReadingQueen’s hologram waves from gold coach at Platinum Jubilee pageant
Ziyu Zhang, CNN An opulent 260-year-old gilded carriage hit London streets again for the first time in two decades, beaming a hologram of a young…
Continue ReadingNuclear power could be the future of expedition cruises
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN A new ship design concept from Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein could be the first step toward a zero-emission future for…
Continue ReadingKenichi Horie: 83-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific
By Emiko Jozuka and Yuki Kurihara, CNN Sailing solo across the world’s largest ocean once is enough of an achievement. But 83-year-old Japanese…
Continue ReadingTurkey rebrands as ‘Türkiye,’ changing name at the United Nations
By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas wedding chapels receive Elvis cease-and-desist letters
By Jennifer Henderson and Paradise Afshar, CNN Some wedding chapels in Las Vegas are receiving cease-and-desist letters demanding they stop using…
Continue Reading‘I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,’ says man who biked from London to Lagos
CNN By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over…
Continue Reading‘Massively over-engineered:’ A tree sculpture for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations gets mixed reviews
Megan C. Hills, CNN Outside Buckingham Palace in London, a towering “Tree of Trees” has been erected as part of the Queen’s…
Continue ReadingWith a rise in Covid cases, should people change summer travel plans? An expert weighs in
By Katia Hetter, CNN Americans entered Memorial Day weekend with the United States at five times the level of Covid-19 infection compared with this…
Continue ReadingUS lifts Cuba flight restrictions imposed under Trump
By Reuters The administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor,…
Continue ReadingDecoding the Queen’s colorful style
Leah Dolan, CNN | Video: Angelica Pursley, CNN; Max Burnell, CNN As Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, the Queen is both a cherished and…
Continue Reading‘I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,’ says man who biked from London to Lagos
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: Your guide to the celebrations
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN Grab your party hats and hang up your bunting — the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for…
Continue ReadingThe US couple who bought a 48-room chateau in France
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN After spending several years renovating a nearly finished California home with his husband, the last thing graphic…
Continue Reading‘Completely unhenged’: Stonehenge lights up with portraits of the Queen
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In the lead-up to Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, marking 70 years of her reign, there has been no…
Continue ReadingUS airlines, travel industry push White House to end pre-travel testing
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN White House officials met Tuesday with travel industry officials, who pressed the Biden administration to…
Continue ReadingNorth America’s most spectacular train journeys
Sarah Sekula, CNN Clickety clack sounds. Steam whistles. Conductors sporting overalls. What’s not to love about train travel? In a world of…
Continue ReadingA stranger came out of the gloom on a Scottish island. She knew she should be with him
Francesca Street, CNN The sun was starting to set over Skara Brae, a prehistoric stone village on the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the most…
Continue ReadingElvis reimagined as an Asian American icon
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph by Tommy Kha, the artist, dressed as Elvis Presley in a bedazzled low-cut white suit, stares at the viewer from…
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