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By Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a growing number of the continent’s fashion brands are preparing to make inroads into global fashion markets. Among this wave of talent is South African designer Thebe Magugu, who was

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Of the many depopulated Italian towns to launch bargain home schemes in recent years, none have been more successful than Sicily’s Sambuca di Sicilia. Sambuca’s home sell-offs have seen huge demand, with American buyers rushing to snap up discounted houses in the hillside town for a symbolic €1 in

By Scarlett Conlon Milan (CNN) — It’s been a tumultuous start to 2025 on the world stage — and the first international fashion catwalks of the year have reacted with themes of protection, resilience and comfort. The latest menswear shows in Milan for the Fall-Winter 2025 season left their usual buoyant mood at the door.

By Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — They call it the Freedom Trail. A line that snakes through Boston, a walking tour that takes in all the must-see locations where modern America began. Sure, at just two and a half miles it sounds short, but with so many “firsts” to see, you’ll need more than a

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Feel like airport security lines keep getting longer, or that you’re booking hotel reservations way further in advance than you used to? It’s true. The UN’s World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has just released its 2024 year-in-review data, confirming that the tourism industry has bounced back from the pandemic. About

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They’d been friends for years, but everything changed for Austin Mullins and Jack Richards, both from the US, when they took a trip to New York’s Fire Island together back in 2020. Returning to NYC very much a couple, the pair moved in together and got engaged two years

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — With her eyes almost entirely obscured by the rim of her wool boater-style hat, Melania Trump stood behind President-elect Donald Trump on stage at the United States Capitol Rotunda as he pledged the oath of office. Designed by New York-based milliner Eric Javits, Trump’s hat was an austere flourish

By Chris Dwyer, CNN (CNN) — It is, admittedly, a dream job. I get to travel and eat delicious food, all in the name of work. I’ve been a food and travel writer for a decade, and a very enthusiastic eater for half a century. That means I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have eaten in

By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — The Panama Canal is no stranger to global attention. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without question,” possibly with military force, has prompted the latest round of international obsession with this feat of

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — By the time each U.S. President is sworn in, the first lady may already be a familiar face, either due to her campaign trail appearances (or absences), or prior roles within the White House. And, since 1965, when Lady Bird Johnson spearheaded her environmental campaigns, it has also become

By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Who ever said moving a historic floating skyscraper would be easy? America’s flagship — the magnificent SS United States — was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of the most important jobs never applied for. Unelected, yet inextricable from politics; constantly visible on the world stage, but rarely the one behind the microphone — for all its glamour, the first lady of the United States is a role of unsolicited duty, often bringing with

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the world’s 50 best cities according to Time Out, huge religious festivals in Italy and India, plus the little blue bus that faced down wildfires and is ready to hit the road. ‘Beacon of hope’ In one of the most striking images to emerge

By Camille Knight, CNN Paris (CNN) — Five years ago he took the prestigious Michelin Guide to court and lost over an unfavorable review of a controversial soufflé. Now French chef Marc Veyrat has launched a fresh salvo against the fine-dining bible, banning its inspectors from his new restaurant. “I’ve even got a small sign

By Ross Levitt, CNN (CNN) — Days before bitter cold descends on the nation’s capital for the inauguration of Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has a problem with its heating system in the terminal. “Reagan National Airport is aware of a problem that developed on Friday with its primary heating system and is

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Nina Andersson and her friend Loa hoped they’d have the train carriage to themselves. When Nina peered her head around the door and saw the compartment was empty, she grinned at Loa and gestured happily. It seemed like they’d lucked out. An empty carriage on an otherwise packed train.

By Amanda Musa and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A Southwest Airlines pilot suspected of being drunk was removed from the cockpit and arrested just before takeoff Wednesday at a Georgia airport, according to airline officials and authorities in the state. David Paul Allsop, 52, of Bedford, New Hampshire, faces a driving under the influence

By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Still crafting your 2025 travel plans? For those looking for an urban escape, there’s no finer source of inspiration than Time Out’s annual list of the world’s best cities. So which destination came out on top this year? Here’s a hint: “Where else can you visit a colony of

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Three young women are photographed, mid-laughter, on a beach. It’s a sunny day in the early 1980s. Their arms are wrapped around one another. They’re snacking on potato chips, stretching out on a plaid picnic blanket after a dip in the English Channel. “Looking at the photograph, it really

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood star Margaret Qualley has revealed that the prosthetics she wore in the critically-acclaimed horror movie “The Substance” caused so much damage to her skin that it took about a year to recover. “At the end, when they’re shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, when it’s like