Heathrow asks airlines to halt ticket sales: What you need to know
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN London Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, has made the extraordinary move of asking airlines to stop…
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‘Pristine’ 200-year-old mine uncovered, plus personal items workers left behind
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 200-year-old “pristine” cobalt mine has been discovered in Cheshire, northwest England, revealing a trove of…
Continue ReadingPhilippe Starck’s designs are out-of-this-world. Literally
Nick Remsen, CNN In sprawling and dense São Paulo, Brazil, the reclaimed enclave of Cidade Matarazzo is emerging as something of a polished bauble.…
Continue ReadingAn artist claims Maurizio Cattelan copied his banana artwork. Now the case could be headed to court
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Nearly three years ago, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan kickstarted one of the art world’s biggest viral moments when he…
Continue ReadingWorld’s 50 greatest places of 2022, according to TIME magazine
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Get your credit card out and your favorite booking platforms at the ready: US magazine and news website TIME has just…
Continue ReadingUS tourist survives fall into Mount Vesuvius after reaching for phone
By Livia Borghese and Sana Noor Haq, CNN An American tourist fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius in an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone at the…
Continue ReadingBefore our homes got smart: 7 vintage home gadgets that hark back to a bygone era
Jacopo Prisco, CNN Dutch designer Jaro Gielens’ basement is a sight to behold: The 1,000-square-foot space has been converted into a vault for…
Continue ReadingSequoias: Why these giants of the tree world, under threat of wildfires, are so special
By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The largest trees on Earth by volume, giant sequoias soar upward like natural skyscrapers and are simply…
Continue ReadingTime Out lists the world’s best cities for 2022
Francesca Street, CNN Not every city skyline includes an extinct volcano, an imposing hilltop castle and a line-up of centuries-old buildings, but…
Continue ReadingItalian tourist town imposes fines for bare chests
By Jack Guy, CNN The mayor of an Italian tourist town has moved to impose fines on under-dressed people citing concerns over “quality of…
Continue ReadingVideo captures moment tourists hit by avalanche in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A group of tourists trekking in Kyrgyzstan‘s Tian Shan mountains on Friday survived a huge avalanche that swept right…
Continue ReadingFlorence Pugh slams ‘vulgar’ men who attacked her for wearing revealing dress
Toyin Owoseje, CNN Florence Pugh wants the world to know she is proud of her body — nipples and all. The “Black Widow” actress has…
Continue ReadingWhy the A380 superjumbo is staging a comeback
Jacopo Prisco, CNN The post-pandemic recovery of commercial aviation may have an early, unlikely protagonist: the A380 superjumbo. The world’s…
Continue ReadingAboriginal flag to permanently replace state flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge
Oscar Holland, CNN Australia’s Aboriginal flag will replace the New South Wales state flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge, after officials scrapped a…
Continue ReadingFire threatening Yosemite’s famed grove of giant sequoia trees is still growing
By Ralph Ellis, Taylor Romine and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park still threatens the famed Mariposa…
Continue ReadingWhy is travel so hard, and what could make it better?
By Harry Enten, CNN I haven’t been on a vacation in 10 years. Part of the reason, admittedly, is I’m a workaholic. The other part is I…
Continue ReadingUS dollars will go further on European vacations right now
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel news: What it takes to master one of the world’s most difficult airport landings,…
Continue ReadingFilmmaker faces death threats over controversial Hindu goddess poster
Oscar Holland, CNN A Toronto-based filmmaker says she has received a deluge of death threats and abuse from Hindu nationalists in India after she…
Continue ReadingParis Haute Couture Week: Clothes for the 1%, thrills for everyone else
Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN This week in Paris, a series of designer collections featuring handcrafted, one-of-a-kind, eye-wateringly expensive high…
Continue ReadingWhat it’s like to land on the world’s shortest commercial runway
By Nicola Chilton, CNN Flying into Saba isn’t for the faint hearted. The vertiginous slopes and sea cliffs of this five-square-mile island in…
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