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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing is the busiest intersection in the world, with five crosswalks interlacing through 10 lanes of car and bus traffic. But the local government would like it to be one of the safest, which is why they have asked people to refrain from celebrating Halloween there. The

By Jane Sit, CNN (CNN) — Following the success of “Squid Game” on Netflix and “Pachinko” on Apple TV+, “Moving” has landed Disney+ its first Korean hit. The star-studded Disney+ Original has become its most successful K-drama globally and the most popular on Hulu in the US, beating out the likes of Star Wars and

By Funmi Fetto, CNN London (CNN) — A young, elegantly dressed Black woman wears a small but determined smile on her face. Graffiti on the door next to her reads “KEEP BRITAIN WHITE”. The photograph, taken by Jamaican-born photographer Neil Kenlock forms an arresting part of a new exhibition at “The Missing Thread, Untold Stories of

By Liz Flora (CNN) — Tyler, the Creator has long believed in scarcity. Limited-edition drops for his skate-inspired clothing line Golf Wang and collaborations with Converse and Lacoste are what made fans line up in droves for his colorful sneakers, polo shirts and hats for the last decade. But as his nearly two-year-old luxury lifestyle

Christian Edwards and Ed Upright, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Jon Fosse for “his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on Thursday. Fosse, 64, was born on the west coast of Norway. His work consists of around

CNN By Jake Kwon and Ivan Watson, CNN (CNN) — In the music video for their latest single “DTDTGMGN,” members of South Korean band Eternity dance in perfect time to a bubblegum pop beat in a neon pink room decorated with school uniforms and celebrity posters. The dizzying camera movements and quick-paced scene changes are

By Jake Kwon and Ivan Watson, CNN (CNN) — In the music video for their latest single “DTDTGMGN,” members of South Korean band Eternity dance in perfect time to a bubblegum pop beat in a neon pink room decorated with school uniforms and celebrity posters. The dizzying camera movements and quick-paced scene changes are typical

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a fantastic week for fans of funny animal photos. Fat Bear Week is underway, with public voting starting Wednesday after the event was nearly a casualty of a US government shutdown, and now the UK-based Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards has revealed its 2023 shortlist. The public’s help

By Marie Lodi, CNN (CNN) — “Los Angeles is everything a great American city should be: rich, hilarious, of questionable taste and throbbing with fake glamour,” John Waters once wrote, chronicling a six-hour tour of the city in his 1986 book of musings, “Crackpot.” The filmmaker and author has, over the years, spent a lot of

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Climate researcher Dr. Gianluca Grimalda says that he risks losing his post at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany for refusing to use a plane as a means of transport back from Papua New Guinea. Grimalda plans to return to Germany from his research trip without

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — In March 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared onstage alongside a page from the picture book “Call Me Max,” blown up on a piece of poster board. The page showed a child lying outside on the grass on their tummy next to a snoozing dog. The child looked contemplative,

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Artist Salvatore Del Deo and his family are back in the dune shack they’ve occupied and cared for on Cape Cod National Seashore for nearly 80 years. An agreement has been reached with the National Park Service after the artist, 95, was evicted from the historic shack this summer,

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — The rising cost of living in America has been hitting households hard in recent years, with many struggling to make ends meet. One US family has become so frustrated by the situation that they’ve decided to pack up their lives and move to a town in the deep south

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Western Australia may soon be home to the world’s tallest wooden building, after authorities in Perth green-lit plans for a 191.2-meter-tall (627-foot) “hybrid” tower constructed using mass timber. On Thursday, Perth’s Metro Inner-South Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) approved Grange Development’s proposal for the skyscraper, currently dubbed the C6

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s popular Itsukushima Shrine has now become slightly more expensive to visit. The bright-orange torii gate that appears to float in a lake is one of the country’s most beautiful and recognizable photo spots. Located in the town of Hatsukaichi, in Hiroshima prefecture, the torii – a shrine gateway

Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — In a galaxy not-so far away, “Star Wars” fans will soon have the chance to buy the head of C-3PO when it goes under the hammer next month as part of a huge movie memorabilia auction. However, you’ll need more than just the force on your side, as the item

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Gazing out from a 15th-century balcony overlooking Venice’s Grand Canal, actor Anya Taylor-Joy gave the world a first glimpse of her wedding dress this weekend — and it was far from expected. For one, it wasn’t white. In lieu of a traditional ivory frock, Taylor-Joy opted for a blush-toned

Mary Novakovich, CNN (CNN) — To many, the southern Dalmatian coast is Croatia. Between Split and Dubrovnik lie some of the most visited places in the country. At times it can feel as if this entire part of the Dalmatian coast is just a bit too popular for its own good, with more and more

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Hey, fans of the annual Fat Bear Week online contest out of Alaska – it’s on! It was touch and go there this past weekend while politicians in Washington raced to secure a last-minute deal to keep federal government services running until mid-November. Fat Bear Week was one of

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s military released an animation on Sunday depicting the journey to reunite two halves of a torn scroll across the Taiwan Strait, a thinly veiled reference to the country’s longstanding goal of “reunification” with the democratic, self-ruled island. The animation was released by the Eastern Theater Command