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By Rhea Mogul, CNN A “megapod” of more than 100 humpback whales has been filmed surrounding a boat off the coast of Australia — an incredibly rare event an expert says has only ever been captured once before in the country’s waters. The whales skirted the boat near Bermagui, about 236 miles (380 kilometers) from

CNN Staff New York Fashion Week is back, with designers Christian Siriano, Brandon Maxwell and Gabriela Hearst among those showcasing their Spring-Summer 2022 collections. Covid-19 restrictions forced recent editions online, but the majority of this season’s shows will take place in-person. Attendees will, however, be required to show proof of vaccination, according to organizers. Although

Megan C. Hills, CNN Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to the 2021 Met Gala on Monday evening with a bright red message for Americans: “Tax the Rich.” Dressed in a white off-the-shoulder gown by Brooklyn-based designer brand Brother Vellies, the New York politician revealed the statement, scrawled in bold lettering on the back of her dress,

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Updated September 13, 2021: The Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort has announced it will change its name to Palisades Tahoe, effective immediately. “Today marks the first day of the next chapter of our resort’s storied history,” the resort wrote in a message posted to its website and social media accounts.

By David McKenzie, CNN South Africa will start to ease several Covid-19 restrictions as infection rates decrease in the country, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday. Amongst other measures, the nationwide curfew will be reduced to 11pm until 4am, the size of gatherings can increase to 250 people indoors and 500 outdoors, and restrictions on

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN The Hmong Cultural Center in Minneapolis is having to push back the opening of its expanded museum after vandals defaced the front of the building. Mark Pfeifer, the director of programs for the center, told CNN he discovered the vandalism Wednesday. “I saw it right away and my heart sank.

By Eric Levenson, CNN New York City began enforcing its Covid-19 vaccine passport program, known as “Key to NYC,” for most indoor activities Monday as part of the city’s broad reopening. Since August 17, the city has required that people age 12 and older show proof they have had at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose

Allyssia Alleyne, CNN and Oscar Holland, CNN and Nick Remsen, CNN Pop culture’s most famous faces descended on the The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday evening to celebrate the fashion industry’s party of the year: the Met Gala. Postponed last time around due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the star-studded annual fundraiser for the Met’s

Jack Guy, CNN A huge hoard of Iron Age gold artifacts has been uncovered by an amateur metal detectorist in Denmark. The “enormous” find consists of almost one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of gold buried 1,500 years ago, according to a press release from the Vejlemuseerne museum, which will exhibit the hoard. Described by the museum

By Ashleigh Stewart, CNN In a city full of superlatives, the latest addition to Dubai‘s long list of “biggests” and “tallests” is about to take its place in the record books. Ain Dubai, the giant observation wheel that has been taking shape on the city’s Bluewaters Island development for more than six years, will open

By Ben Westcott, CNN Australians have been told to “dust off (their) passports” after the federal government announced it would begin a trial of vaccine passports with some countries this week — the latest step in Australia’s reopening to the world. Australia closed its borders almost 18 months ago in a bid to contain Covid-19.

Fernando Alfonso III, CNN A prominent fashion designer behind a $1,190 pair of sweatpants has been lambasted by some fashion and Black history experts for what they say is cultural appropriation. The gray Balenciaga sweatpants, which feature what looks like the top of a pair of boxers peeking out from the waistband, sparked controversy after

By Tara Mulholland, CNN A “cruise to nowhere” feels like a fitting metaphor for Covid-era Hong Kong. As with the city’s previous failed attempts to re-establish international travel, it offers a facsimile of forward movement that ends up taking you right back to where you started. While the possibility of traveling abroad is slowly returning

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It was too good to last. While summer saw much of Europe open up to American visitors, offering them the chance to fulfill lockdown dreams of eating gelato in Italy or touring the art museums of Paris, the season’s end has brought with it new restrictions, and the doors to the continent