By Salma Arafa (CNN) — As the rare sight of land appeared on the horizon, Egyptian traveler Omar Nok jumped from his narrow bunk and climbed up to the deck of the 49-foot sailboat he’d been traveling on. After weeks of being surrounded by nothing but the ocean, the sight of the Caribbean island of
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By Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — When Glenn Martens became the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela in January 2025, he expected never to show his face again. After all, the founder of the brand, Martin Margiela, has rarely been seen. Ever. Anonymity was key to the Belgian’s conception of making clothes: rather
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Evan Fry was born in 2003, a point in human history when many people’s back pockets held a Nokia 1100 or the Sony Ericsson T610. Mobile phones had been displaying the time on their LCD screens for almost a decade by this point — and the anxiety of how
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Karl Lagerfeld, who was known to have a portfolio of lavish homes, once said: “The most beautiful house is always the next one.” Your next house could be this graceful French mansion, previously owned by both the late German designer and by European royalty. The seven-bedroom property, situated less
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — No one would blame Prince and Bruce Springsteen if they had been rivals. In 1984, they were two giants vying for one musical throne. In August of that year, Prince’s “Purple Rain” knocked Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” from the top of the charts. But rivalry never took
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Celine Dion, who was previously sidelined from performing due to a rare neurological disorder, has announced a series of concerts that will bring her back to the stage. Making good on rampant speculation, Dion is set to perform 10 concerts in Paris, according to an announcement shared Monday
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Henri Matisse have been stolen from a museum in northern Italy, in a brazen heist that took just three minutes, according to authorities. Renoir’s 1917 oil painting “Les Poissons,” Cezanne’s 1890 watercolor “Tasse et plat de cerises” and Matisse’s 1922 piece
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By Vivian Song (CNN) — When Donald Trump was first elected in 2016, New York State resident Ellen Robillard briefly looked into getting Canadian citizenship. Her mother, after all, was born in Nova Scotia. As a Democrat, Robillard was despondent at the election results, but she abandoned the idea after realizing that her young son
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By Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — One of India’s most ambitious aviation projects, touted to be among the largest in South Asia, has been inaugurated more than four years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially kicked off the project. “I am happy that I had the privilege of laying the foundation stone
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — On a weekend when millions of Americans took to the streets to say no to “kings,” an intimate, star-studded crowd in Hollywood showed up in support of a “Sir.” Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift, Margot Robbie, Billie Eilish and Ringo Starr were among those who gathered to hear Paul McCartney
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Throughout an almost two-decade writing career, Rufi Thorpe had written three books. The third and most acclaimed one, “The Knockout Queen,” was optioned for the screen in what she called a “normal way,” by one company trying to make it into a movie. Then she wrote her fourth novel,
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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — When Kellen Matwick, his wife Jacqueline and their two children boarded a one-way flight to Italy in August 2024, they toasted their new life. Matwick, whose great-grandparents emigrated from central Italy to Pennsylvania, is part of the vast Italian diaspora. He’s also one of the millions who saw his
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — China’s robot restaurant, the challenges of African airspace, plus TIME’s pick of the best places to visit in 2026. Here’s what’s happening in Travel. TIME’s ‘greatest places’ A heap of shiny new parks, museums, cruises, hotels and attractions have made it into TIME magazine’s 100 “greatest places of 2026,”
Continue Reading By Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — Fashion has long danced alongside the medium of art, with designers taking inspiration from the work of history’s great artists. With its technical prowess and avant-garde ambitions, many would argue that fashion belongs on the same plane as painting or sculpture. A monumental new show at London’s Victoria and
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — One Taylor Lautner … two Taylor Lautner … three! Taylor Lautner and his wife, also called Taylor, are expecting their first child. “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?” the couple playfully asked in a joint Instagram post Thursday –– and from the pictures, the answer is obvious. The carousel
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. So goes the Victorian-era English rhyme that has long served as a sartorial checklist for bridal fortunes. With rumors swirling around her own nuptials to Tom Holland, and a promotional tour for her wedding-centered new movie “The Drama” underway, it’s three
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By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — Standing in a long line at the airport isn’t always the worst thing. For many travelers, it’s standing in a long line at the airport and watching while other passengers sail past. That’s because travelers enrolled in TSA PreCheck or a service called Clear can reduce the amount of
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Academy Awards will soon have a new home, one that doesn’t also include an attached shopping center. In 2029, the Oscars will move from the Dolby Theater in the heart of Hollywood to the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live, a sprawling tourist hub in Downtown Los Angeles, the
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By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — The boy who lived will rise again on Christmas Day 2026 as HBO Max reboots the tale of orphaned wizard Harry Potter in an eight-episode opening series bearing the name of the original novel: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” And in case you’ve been living in a cupboard
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By Stephy Chung, Oscar Holland, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — At Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia’s biggest art fair, a mysterious AI agent silently observed passersby through two tracking cameras. Not even its creator knew quite what it was looking for. Every two or three minutes, it picked someone out from the crowd and turned
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