CNN – Style

By Will McGough, CNN The United States’ railroad system is getting a boost from its northern neighbor. One of Western Canada’s most-decorated luxury scenic train lines, the Rocky Mountaineer, launched its first US route on August 15 through its namesake mountain range, running two-day, one-night trips back and forth between Denver, Colorado, and Moab, Utah.

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Amateur astronomers take note: There’s a new dark sky place to see the stars. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is now certified as an International Dark Sky Park, after meeting lighting requirements set by the International Dark Sky Association. The park, which comprises Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and Glacier National

George Engels, CNN The United Kingdom hasn’t had the sunniest of summers, but that didn’t stop Banksy from dropping by seaside towns and leaving his mark. In a video clip posted to Instagram, the enigmatic street artist confirmed he is responsible for several artworks that have recently appeared in British coastal communities. The video titled

By Lucy Sherriff, CNN Pink dolphins, piranhas and black caiman. It sounds like the stuff of legend, but in fact they’re the inhabitants of a protected wetlands system in the Amazon, home to thousands of rare animal species and fascinating tales of tribal gods turning men into dolphins. Storytelling is part of the culture for

Text by Will Noble; video by Max Burnell, CNN On October 1, 2000, the skirts of Princess Anne and Princess Margaret deflated for the final time. These two colossal SR.N4 hovercraft had shuttled vacationers and booze cruisers between the UK and France since the late 1960s. Now it was time to say au revoir. What

By Amir Vera and Cheri Mossburg, CNN San Francisco became the the first major US city to mandate proof of full vaccinations for certain indoor activities Thursday. City residents age 12 and older will now be required to show proof they have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to enter indoor restaurants, bars, gyms

Richard Quest, as told to Francesca Street, CNN I’ve been a transatlantic avgeek for decades, regularly flying back and forth from the US to the UK. I always welcome a new entrant into the arena, but many of the newcomers don’t really have a strong business plan and their efforts don’t survive the harsh economics

By Jack Guy, CNN A previously undiscovered section of Hadrian’s Wall has been found during work on a water main in the city of Newcastle, northeastern England. The 1,900-year-old wall was uncovered under a busy road just outside the city center, according to a press release from utility company Northumbrian Water. Hadrian’s Wall is a

By Joshua Mellin, CNN Is this heaven? No, It’s Iowa. It’s the place where dreams came true for baseball fans, as the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees emerged from the cornfields to play the first official Major League Baseball game in the state on Thursday night on a specially built field next to

Jack Guy, CNN A slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding has been sold for the “unexpected” price of £1,850 ($2,565) at auction. Weighing about 28 ounces, the slice comes from one of the 23 cakes made for the royal wedding, according to Dominic Winter Auctioneers, in Cirencester, western England. It

By Katia Hetter, CNN As Covid-19 cases are surging across the United States again, daily infection rates are at their highest levels since February, due in large part to the very contagious Delta variant. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has once again urged a return to indoor mask-wearing, citing that even vaccinated

By Ben Westcott and Carly Walsh, CNN New Zealand will open its doors to vaccinated travelers from low risk countries from early 2022, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday, signaling a tentative relaxation of the country’s strict pandemic border controls. In a speech on Thursday morning, Ardern said the government would ramp up New Zealand’s

By Nicola Ruotolo and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Any budding lifeguards might want to work on their doggy paddle this holiday season, after a group of 14 people struggling in high wind and waves at sea were rescued with the help of Italy’s lifeguard dogs. The animals helped to rescue bathers who got into difficulty around

By Shawn Deng and Amy Woodyatt, CNN China will create a “blacklist” of karaoke songs, banning those that contain “harmful content” from entertainment venues. According to interim rules outlined by the country’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, karaoke must not endanger national unity, sovereignty or territorial integrity, incite ethnic hatred or undermine ethnic unity, promote

By Chris Dwyer, CNN Inflight dining was far from its glory days even before Covid ensured everything was plastic-wrapped and pre-ordered. On long-haul international flights, the question “chicken or fish” is often met with resigned acceptance of a nuked, tiny meal in an aluminum foil tray. A limp salad — with half a cherry tomato.