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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — On October 4, 1883, the legendary Orient Express departed Gare de l’Est in Paris for the very first time, slowly winding through Europe on its way to Constantinople, as Istanbul was then known. During a seven-day round trip, the service’s 40 passengers — including several prominent writers and dignitaries

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Han Kang, a South Korean author, for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Han, 53, began her career with a group of poems in a South Korean magazine, before making

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Tucked away in a residential neighborhood in the west of Hong Kong, the Kennedy Town Playground’s basketball courts aren’t particularly noteworthy. Most locals walk past them on their way to somewhere else. But for many tourists visiting the city from mainland China, the courts are a must-see

By Stephy Chung, CNN (CNN) — The Great Wall of China has inspired countless works of art in its more than 2,000-year history. Among the most famous is “The Great Wall Walk,” a dramatic 90-day performance that saw lovers Marina Abramović and Frank Uwe Laysiepen (the late German artist known as Ulay) trek towards each

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Though often underappreciated, menswear has been undergoing a renaissance on red carpets and runways. Next year, a landmark exhibition on Black suiting and sartorial codes will serve as the inspiration for fashion’s biggest night out. The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced its spring 2025

By Christian Edwards and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — Air France has opened an investigation into how a jet flying from Paris to Dubai went over Iraq as Iranian missiles fired at Israel crossed the same airspace, the airline said Wednesday. Iran launched dozens of missiles towards Israel on October 1 in what it said

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — An auction house in England has withdrawn human remains, including shrunken heads and ancestral skulls, from sale following an outcry. The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire withdrew more than two dozen lots from an upcoming auction titled “The Curious Collector Sale,” including an 18th-century Tsantsa shrunken head,

By Joseph Ataman and Caroline Baum, CNN Paris (CNN) — A large French alpine ski resort faced with declining snowfalls is to close after it failed to find funds to turn its pistes into year-round attractions. The Alpe du Grand Serre ski station in southeastern France’s Isère region will not reopen this year after a

By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — Despite the ugly realities of war, military-adjacent aesthetics have enjoyed a long affiliation with the fashion industry and pop culture at large; from the mainstream use of camoflage prints and epaulettes on the shoulders of jackets to the widespread adoption of colors such as army green and khaki. These

By Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — Disneyland fans woke up Wednesday morning to find about a 6% price increase on most park tickets and a price increase between 6% to 20% on annual passes, known as Magic Keys, for Disney’s original resort in California. Peak season, single-day tickets for Disneyland – during the late December

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — A magical underwater image of western toad tadpoles has won the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The winning image, “The Swarm of Life” by Canadian photojournalist Shane Gross, was chosen from a record-breaking 59,228 entries, according to a statement from the organizers, published Tuesday. “Shane captured

CNN, KATMAI NATIONAL PARK, EXPLORE.ORG, SHANE GROSS , WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, ALEXIS TINKER-TSAVALAS , KATMAI NATIONAL PARK/EXPLORE.ORG, Shane Gross / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas / Wildlife Photographer of the Year By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — In an exciting and personal rematch from last year, 128 Grazer and 32 Chunk

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — In an exciting and personal rematch from last year, 128 Grazer and 32 Chunk faced off again in the final round of 2024’s Fat Bear Week contest. And this year, embattled mama bear 128 Grazer has retained the crown of the most popular fat bear in the annual online

By Michelle Watson and Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Milton is prompting closure of some of Florida’s biggest and most beloved tourist attractions, including all four of the main theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort. Though it’s located southwest of Orlando in inland Florida, Milton’s expected path across central Florida is forcing the

By Mark Johanson, CNN (CNN) — What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter) Mount Everest, which straddles the border between Tibet and Nepal, is clearly the world’s highest. Yet,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A lift technician at a museum in the Netherlands mistakenly threw away a piece of artwork made to look like two empty beer cans. “All the good times we spent together” by French artist Alexandre Lavet may look like it belongs in a trash can at first glance, but

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — “You do not lose your feminine qualities just because you are a prime minister,” Margaret Thatcher told British TV doctor Miriam Stoppard in a 1985 interview. “I often wear bows, they are rather softening … (and) rather pretty.” As the UK’s first female prime minister, Thatcher could be excused

By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Things got unexpectedly racy onboard a recent Qantas flight when an R-rated film was played on all the aircraft’s screens. According to a statement from the Australian airline confirming the incident to CNN, passengers on the flight from Sydney to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport last week were unable to select

By Marnie Hunter and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A computer problem with the train that shuttles passengers between concourses at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Monday morning caused bottlenecks and confusion as people scrambled to get to their gates at the world’s busiest airport. Shortly after noon local time the airport said in a

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — JetBlue’s economy class passengers will no longer find hot meals on the menu aboard transatlantic flights. The airline’s new menus for its core economy class feature a note: “all items served chilled.” That means chilled overnight oats, crepes and frittatas for breakfast. Lunch and dinner items include chilled soba