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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the world’s most expensive rice, trouble at Rome’s Trevi Fountain, plus how the hotel bathroom door situation has gotten out of hand. World-class rice Kinmemai Premium has been certified by Guinness World Records as the most expensive rice on the planet, but what is

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — When the owner of a tiny sketch sent a photo of it to an auction house’s online valuation portal, they had no idea of its significance. The drawing is barely bigger than a hand. And it depicts only a foot, with its heel slightly raised off the ground and

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Since the first trailer dropped, outrage has surrounded the theatrical costuming of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” But for any historical fanatics feeling short-changed, Margot Robbie and her stylist Andrew Mukamal offer a small consolation: by going period on the red carpet. Kind of. It must be understood that historical

Story by Francesca Street. Video by Max Burnell (CNN) — Niki Ghofranian surveyed the view from atop the stone walls of Dunstaffnage Castle, hoping, against the odds, to find a way out. The walls stood some 60 feet above the grass below. Jumping would be ill-advised, perhaps fatal. In the distance: hills, lochs, islands. Nearby:

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — When thieves broke into the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery and cut through display cases with an angle grinder, they seized a trove of Napoleonic jewels. But in their daring escape through the window, the crown of Empress Eugénie slipped from their grasp and was left battered on the pavement below.

By Karla Cripps, CNN Let’s set the scene. You’ve been dating someone for a few months, things are going well. It’s time to take the next step — a weekend away together. You find a great hotel that ticks all the right boxes: nice neighborhood, some enticing food and drink options and phenomenal reviews for

By Griffin Shea, CNN Luanda (CNN) — Along Luanda Bay’s Marginal promenade, the colonial-era National Bank — pink and white, formal and imposing — still dominates the view. But tucked beneath one of the shaded arches along its arcade, restaurant Teimosa da Banda buzzes with life. A kitchen window opens directly onto the walkway. Government

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A picture is often said to speak a thousand words, but do we still trust it to tell the truth? The internet, editing tools, social media and — of course — AI, have made us increasingly aware that when it comes to photography, looks can be deceiving. Fabricated images,

By Justin Calderon, CNN Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (CNN) — Visit the ancient city of Anuradhapura on a full moon day and the past feels anything but distant. Buddhist pilgrims dressed in white walk barefoot along dusty paths. Saffron-robed monks chant at dawn. Foreign visitors — from Taiwan to Canada — join local worshipers in rituals

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — Back in 2019, Gab Waller would never have expected that her first client as a personal shopper would be the English model and actor Rosie Huntington-Whitely. Based in Australia and working for the local government at the time, Waller couldn’t have been further away from the world of high

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A flamboyance of flamingos dazzling against a backdrop of power lines, a crafty crab hitching a ride on a jellyfish and a young sloth safe in his mother’s embrace are among the shortlisted images for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2026. London’s Natural History Museum

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — After decades of building businesses, designing buildings and traveling, Edward Krueger Connors Jr. reached an unexpected conclusion in his early 80s: staying put no longer made sense. “I was bored of America,” Connors tells CNN Travel. In January 2026, just weeks before his 81st birthday, the Vietnam War hero,

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The women wear high-collared puffer jackets and billowing sports jerseys, the fabrics richly painted in acid yellow and bubblegum pink. Bathed in cool light against shadowy backdrops, they seem to glow as they regard the viewer dispassionately with an aristocratic air. For the past few years, the Spanish artist