Entertainment

By Ayanda Ntuli, CNN Lagos (CNN) — It’s a world of endless parties and sleepless nights. A relentless celebration that turns West Africa – and especially Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos – into one of the hottest destinations on the continent, if not the planet, right in the middle of winter. Detty December is a magical

By Alex Stambaugh and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The mayor of a small town in southern Italy has issued an unusual proclamation: “Getting sick is prohibited.” Residents of Belcastro in the southern region of Calabria have been “ordered to avoid contracting any illness that requires medical assistance, especially an emergency,” a decree

By Colette Fountain, CNN (CNN) — Coco Chanel, possibly apocryphally, once said: “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off,” establishing the idea that, in her eyes, to be overdressed was a fashion faux pas. It’s a commandment that has informed many fashion houses for decades; take the monochromatic

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — WNBA player Angel Reese has landed a Vogue cover, posing for a story about how the worlds of fashion and sport have collided. With interviews from Reese, tennis player Frances Tiafoe and Olympic sprinter Gabby Thomas — the last of whom also received a separate cover — the story

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Not many can say they’ve attended a nearly private church service with a former president. In 2021, Atlanta man Michael Tropp was traveling with a friend to Plains, Georgia, where former president Jimmy Carter was born and the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is located. Tropp, a US history

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN London (CNN) — Ryanair, Europe’s biggest airline, is going after unruly passengers on its flights and has filed for €15,000 ($15,400) in damages from a passenger who disrupted a flight last year. The Ireland-based budget airline announced Wednesday that it has filed legal proceedings against the passenger, who, it said, disrupted

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — The family home where rock band AC/DC was founded has been mistakenly demolished by a property developer in Australia. Located in the Sydney suburb of Burwood, 4 Burleigh Street had long been a place visited by the band’s fans from around the world. AC/DC’s Malcolm and Angus Young lived

By Hanna Park and Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — The Massachusetts State Police were called to Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday evening after a JetBlue passenger opened an aircraft door, deploying the emergency slide, the police and airline told CNN. At around 7:30 p.m., authorities responded to JetBlue flight 161 after a passenger “who wanted

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Who’s the itty-bitty city-state with the global passport the world thinks is great? There’s new year cheer for Singapore as it reclaims its place at the top of a quarterly ranking of the world’s most powerful passports. Holders of this desirable red travel document enjoy visa-free access to 195

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A 23-year-old hiker who survived 13 days lost in the Australian wilderness after randomly finding two granola bars has thanked his rescuers for enduring “tough conditions” to find him. Hadi Nazari was rescued on Wednesday, almost two weeks after he was last seen by friends on December

By Anne Quito, CNN Tashkent, Uzbekistan (CNN) — Driving through Tashkent feels like flipping through an architecture picture book teeming with examples of Soviet brutalist, orientalist, modernist, futurist and neoclassical styles. One marvel after another, buildings in Uzbekistan’s capital city whiz by like a carousel for design lovers. After an earthquake leveled much of its

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A man who made an art of living off the grid on a deserted Mediterranean island for more than 30 years has died at the age of 85, just three years after he returned to civilization. Mauro Morandi was nicknamed Robinson Crusoe by the media after being