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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India — over 2,000 years ago. Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In this week’s roundup of travel news: Denver’s weed church, zodiac predictions for the Year of the Snake, plus what promises to be London’s most ambitious – and deepest – new visitor attraction. Going underground Some 30 meters (98 feet) below central London lies a mile-long network of tunnels

By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — Haute couture is an enigma to most. Accessible to only a select few (an estimated few thousand people globally) because of the eye-watering price tags that such extraordinary designs command, the fashion designers who partake in the exclusive event in Paris must ensure that strict criteria are met,

By Marnie Hunter and Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — This week’s close call at Chicago Midway Airport between a Southwest aircraft and a private jet is the latest in a string of incidents that have many air travelers on edge. In the US alone, it follows the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River near

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A world-famous ballet school has agreed a legal settlement with a woman who claimed she developed an eating disorder as a result of body-shaming while studying there. Ellen Elphick, who was a student at the Royal Ballet School in London, said she became anorexic while participating in an intense

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Three years after Arthur “Chip” Gaudio Jr. last met his friend Jenny Teresia Sundberg, he decided to visit her in Sweden. “That was the first time we’d seen each other since 1992,” Arthur tells CNN Travel today. In the intervening years, Arthur and Jenny had sent long letters across

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Dutch police have arrested three people in connection with a museum heist that saw thieves blow open a door with explosives before stealing four priceless ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet on loan from Romania. Officials in the Netherlands published the names and photographs of two of

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A painting bought at a garage sale in Minnesota is a previously unknown portrait by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, according to a newly published expert analysis. It was made by Van Gogh during his stay at a psychiatric hospital in the south of France in 1889, experts commissioned

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After vacationing in Spain a few times, Cristina Martinez, from the US, felt enamoured with the European country and was eager to return — for good. Cristina, who is from a Cuban background and speaks fluent Spanish, eventually decided to relocate there with her husband. “We wanted to be

By Kathy Rose O’Brien, CNN (CNN) — A year and a half ago, chef Robbie McCauley left behind the swanky kitchens of some of the UK and Ireland’s best restaurants to cook in a remote Irish cottage on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic. The low, whitewashed, flagstone-roofed building surrounded by empty green fields, miles from

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Not all publicity is good publicity. Especially when it leads to 10,000 daytrippers invading a ski resort, chaotic scenes on the slopes, extreme traffic snarl-ups, accusations of bad behavior and emergency crowd control measures. That’s what happened at Roccaraso, one of Italy’s most popular skiing

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — A British man has become a Guinness World Record holder after visiting an unparalleled 42 museums in less than 12 hours. While Ben Melham, age 42, earned the record of “most museums visited in 24 hours,” he actually completed his attempt in less than half that time. Melham

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A girl staring into the distance, two Chinese coal miners joking during a break from work, and a Pallas cat lying in the snow in Mongolia are among the winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 competition. Taken together, the remarkable portfolio of winning photos reveals “an

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s the train set to whisk people across the largest country in the Middle East — and to do so in style, according to the designs that have just been released. Saudi Arabia’s Dream of the Desert train, which is slated to hit the rails next year, is set

By Lilit Marcus and Lisako Neriki Ancheta, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — One of Japan’s biggest cities is “beautifying” itself ahead of hosting the World Expo — not by planting flowers, but by banning cigarettes. Osaka will soon host Expo 2025, which runs from April to October, with representatives from 158 countries and regions participating

CNN By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Seeing an overabundance of red lately? From clothing shops to city streets, the fiery hue is going to be on display a lot in the coming days. It’s all part of the fun as the world gears up to celebrate Lunar New Year, widely considered the most

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 — the first day of the Lunar New Year. For those who celebrate this ancient festival, starting the year on a positive note is essential. In addition to eating auspicious foods

By Alice Pfeiffer Paris (CNN) — As Paris Men’s Fashion Week kicked off — one day after the second inauguration of US President Donald Trump and amid the rising power of France’s populist right — focusing on clothing might seem a touch frivolous. Yet throughout the week, designers demonstrated their ability to engage with a

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — With her eyes fixed straight ahead, first lady Melania Trump leans forward onto an impossibly reflective surface — is it a desk, a mirror, a cool surface of water? — as her perfectly manicured fingertips hold her balance. It’s the kind of power stance you’d expect from a particularly

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a major milestone was achieved on January 28 when Boom Supersonic completed its first supersonic flight. Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the