CNN – Style

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There’s not much that is relatable about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex: from her rise to British royal notoriety to her achingly aspirational lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. But on Saturday, a rare opportunity for connection presented itself when Meghan arrived at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 2024 Gala in a

By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — Motorcycles whizz by in all directions. Street vendors ply their wares at every turn. To the untrained eye, and especially the recently arrived tourist, it seems as if chaos abounds. This is Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial heart of a resurgent Vietnam. It’s a city

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng appeared on Molly Swindall’s social media feed for the first time, it was love at first sight. “I thought she was absolutely hysterical, and had a lot of fun energy,” Swindall, 30, tells CNN Travel. “She’s just a little bright spot in the

By Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Tropical plants creep up vast structural columns and dangle from ledges, hundreds of feet above the ground. Guests lounge around a lagoon-like swimming pool nestled away from the scorching midday sun. A series of soaring terraces sit within the tower’s frame, like caverns carved into a mountainside. This

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Dubai’s Emirates airline has banned pagers and walkie-talkies from its planes, following last month’s attacks on such devices carried by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. “All Passengers travelling on flights to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie talkies in checked or cabin baggage,” the

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate, Asheville’s biggest attraction that welcomes 1.4 million visitors a year, received significant damage in some buildings after Helene ripped through Western North Carolina, the Biltmore said. “We are still assessing impacts to the estate from Tropical Storm Helene and that will take some time,” the Biltmore said

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — To say that there have been many twists and turns in the tale of the three-and-a-half-year cruise is something of an understatement. Villa Vie Odyssey initially set off from Belfast, Northern Ireland on Monday night after a delay of around four months, but didn’t get very far. After traveling

CNN By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, killing two elephants and forcing the evacuation of about 100 more alongside dozens of tourists, amid urgent pleas for help. Dramatic video and images from the Elephant Nature Park near the

By Chris Lau and Nodoka Katsura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube — one so tiny that you might need a pair of tweezers to solve it. Each face of the cube, which is made from aluminum, measures about five millimeters (around 0.2 inches) across. It was made

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, killing two elephants and forcing the evacuation of about 100 more alongside dozens of tourists, amid urgent pleas for help. Dramatic video and images from the Elephant Nature Park near the city

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — More than 180 people were evacuated Thursday from a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet after it caught fire while taxiing to take off at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy. The incident comes two days after a tire blowout on another of the airline’s Boeing planes during landing led to the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Late planners in the United States hoping to travel abroad have a little more breathing room than they once did. The State Department announced Thursday that the typical processing time for US passports is now down to four to six weeks. The previous processing time was six to eight

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — With the full extent of the devastation and loss of life still coming into view, tourism officials in states along Helene’s destructive path are offering nuanced guidance about which parts of their states are accessible to visitors. It’s a balancing act for officials, who are weighing the economic effects

By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — What role fashion can play in bleak times? As France — and much of Europe — grapple with the seemingly inexorable rise of far-right parties, headline-grabbing lawsuits tied to the #MeToo movement, alongside the global downturn of the luxury sector, designers at Paris Fashion Week, which culminated on

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After spending eight years living in the United Arab Emirates before the birth of their daughter in the late 1990s took them back to Canada, teachers Zora and Dave Keffer were no strangers to exploring the world. And so, after she grew up and graduated, the couple came across

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Construction of Saudi Arabia’s kilometer-high Jeddah Tower, which will become the world’s tallest skyscraper upon completion, has resumed almost seven years after work ground to a halt amid a kingdom-wide anti-corruption purge. At a ceremony held on the site Wednesday, the development consortium behind the project, Jeddah Economic Company

By Jemal Polson, CNN (CNN) — With her witty one-liners, meticulous style and comically stoic demeanor, it’s easy to see why “Desperate Housewives” Bree Van de Kamp became a fan favorite among viewers when it debuted 20 years ago today. The dark comedy, which focuses on the scandalous secrets of the seemingly ordinary residents of

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A painting discovered by a junk dealer in the basement of an Italian villa six decades ago is actually the work of Pablo Picasso and could sell for millions, according to experts. Luigi Lo Rosso used to spend his days combing abandoned houses and landfills in search of

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — It finally set off on a three-and-a-half-year cruise from Belfast, Northern Ireland on Monday night after months of setbacks. But nearly two days later, Villa Vie Odyssey remains just a few miles into its journey, having dropped anchor in the Belfast Lough waterway within hours of embarking. The ship,

By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — In late August, UK television personality Kirstie Allsopp found herself in an unexpected media storm after a series of her social media posts describing her 15-year-old son’s trip through Europe went viral. “My little boy has returned from 3 weeks inter-railing,” Allsopp wrote on X, referring to a popular