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By Samantha Tse, CNN (CNN) — Borosilicate glass, mylar film, polyurethane, glass organza, polyamide powder and thermo-plaster polymers. These are the raw materials used by Dutch couturier Iris van Herpen to create the sculptural, otherworldly confections worn by stars including Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton and Jennifer Lopez. Though Van Herpen may not yet be a

Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a punishing hike… to take illegal drugs. These are just some of the things tourists have got

Reuters A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance. Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern province of Chiang Rai to depict cartoon cats, hoping

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A dress worn by Princess Diana in 1985 has sold for a record $1.148 million at auction, 11 times its estimate. The blue and black dress, designed by Moroccan-British fashion designer Jacques Azagury, is now the most expensive dress worn by the princess to be sold at auction, smashing

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Processing times for passport applications are back to pre-pandemic levels, the US State Department announced on Monday. The return to normal wait times comes after years plagued by delays as the department worked through a backlog caused largely by the coronavirus pandemic. Processing time for routine service is now

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Renowned British artist Tracey Emin has revealed that she is recovering after her “small intestine nearly exploded.” Emin, who underwent extensive surgery to treat an aggressive bladder cancer in 2020, said she had been traveling before feeling “very unwell.” “Not cancer but horrible complications with my intestines bought

By Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — Squaring our urge to see the world with the need to ease the impact of flights on the planet is now a major concern among top travel companies. According to the International Energy Agency, flights account for at least 2% of all global carbon emissions, with the sector’s impact

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Goodbye London; hello Italian Riviera. Straight on the heels of Europe’s most iconic train route striking the UK capital from its list of destinations, the “Orient Express” has scheduled a trip to the Ligurian coastline for summer 2024. The train – whose full mouthful of a name is the Venice

By Lilit Marcus and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — A popular photo spot in northern Taiwan is no more. Elephant Trunk Rock collapsed into the sea on December 15, according to the New Taipei Ruifang District Office, which manages the area. The rock formation, which got its name from, well, its resemblance to an elephant

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Every day, thousands of tourists from around the world plan their bucket-list trips to the Great Wall of China. Despite the wall’s 5,500-odd miles of terrain, stretching from east to west across the country, most travelers find themselves at either the Badaling or Mutianyu sections, the two areas closest

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen Southeast Asian sculptures after they were linked to a late art dealer accused of trafficking artifacts looted from the region, according to the museum and the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York. New