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The Australian national flag flies alongside the Aboriginal flag atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge on May 26

‘It belongs to everyone’: Australian government buys rights to Aboriginal flag for $14 million

Oscar Holland, CNN Australia’s government has bought the copyright to the Aboriginal flag, making it freely available for public use and ending a longstanding battle over the design. In a deal worth more than 20 million Australian dollars ($14 million), Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government secured the rights from Indigenous artist Harold Thomas, who created

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The American Library Association announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards

The 2022 Newbery and Caldecott Medal winners honor tales about the apocalypse, heritage and history

Scottie Andrew, CNN The 2022 winners of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards, the top prizes in US children’s literature, include tales of trans boys, coming of age during the apocalypse, historical tragedies and celebrations of heritage. The literacy nonprofit’s awards, which include the Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Awards, honor

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The catwalk was the first show by new artistic director

Kanye West, Julia Fox and other highlights from the Paris Fashion Week menswear shows

Nick Remsen, CNN Even in an evermore metaverse-obsessed world, physical fashion weeks remain bellwethers of our wardrobe trends. Over the past two years, these summits have seesawed, largely due to Covid-19 and its variants, back and forth between digital, in-person, and “phygital” presentations. Despite the upheaval, the fact remains that there’s no more powerful a

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An avatar of the bride's late father

My big fat digital wedding: Couple plan India’s ‘first metaverse marriage’

Oscar Holland, CNN As Covid-19 forces families across India to downsize or cancel their traditionally large-scale weddings, one couple has found a venue unaffected by restrictions: the metaverse. Dinesh Sivakumar Padmavathi and Janaganandhini Ramaswamy from Tamil Nadu, where wedding gatherings are currently limited to 100 people, have invited 2,000 people to their virtual reception next

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Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas docked in front of lower Manhattan in December 2021.

What it’s like to cruise during Omicron

Francesca Street, CNN Cruise ships turning around mid-voyage. People placed in quarantine cabins on board. Voyages abruptly canceled. Crew members trying to appease unhappy customers. It all feels a bit like deja vu, but the cruise industry is soldiering on as the Omicron coronavirus variant makes its presence felt at sea as it has on

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An American Airlines passenger plane bound for London turned around mid-flight due to a mask-related disruption on Wednesday.

American Airlines flight bound for London turns around mid-flight over mask rule compliance

By Marnie Hunter and Pete Muntean, CNN An American Airlines passenger plane bound for London turned around mid-flight due to a mask-related disruption on Wednesday. “American Airlines flight 38 with service from Miami (MIA) to London (LHR) returned to MIA due to a disruptive customer refusing to comply with the federal mask requirement,” American Airlines

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