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By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — In the British social calendar, no event quite matches the prestige, pageantry and formal dress protocols of Royal Ascot. Members of the monarchy wave from carriages, aristocrats don faintly cartoonish top hats and extravagant millinery threatens to obscure the view at every turn. There’s also horse racing. Across five

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Not all ice-creams are created equal. American-style is rich in cream and light in texture. Italian gelato is churned slower and served warmer. Indian kulfi is thick and never whipped. And in Turkey, Maraş dondurma is stretchy like taffy and almost melt-proof. Its resilience is thanks to an

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN (CNN) — Michelle Obama has long demonstrated a knack for conveying messages through her clothing, and her outfit on Tuesday poignantly exemplified her mastery of this skill. For an appearance on stage at the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, the former first lady wore a pencil skirt adorned with

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN London (CNN) — The results of the world’s largest wine awards have been announced, and there are plenty of surprises among the countries and regions that have triumphed. “There’s never been a better time to be a wine drinker,” said Pierre Mansour, a judge and regional chair of the Decanter World

By Oscar Holland, CNN Whether found in a respected museum or a billionaire’s mansion, it is likely that any given Khmer sculpture in the West was, at some point, ripped from an ancient temple complex and trafficked out of Cambodia. There is also a reasonable chance it passed through the hands of a British man

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN What’s the first thing that comes to mind when your health-conscious partner leaves town for a business trip? For me, it means cancelling dinner plans and “foraging” in the kitchen for a few key ingredients: American cheese, thick slices of Spam and a handful of frozen dumplings — all destined

By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — The winners of the James Beard Awards — often called “the Oscars of the food world” — were announced Monday, with the award for Best New Restaurant going to Lei, a winebar in New York’s Chinatown. Michael Tusk of Quince in San Francisco was named Outstanding Chef at the

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN. Photographs by David Dee Delgado for CNN. (CNN) — For a mile-long stretch of Bushwick, Brooklyn, a sea of red, white and blue floods the streets. One corner boasts a DIY speaker setup blasting old-school reggaeton courtesy of Tego Calderón and Plan B, another plays throwback salsa from Héctor Lavoe and

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel news this week: the world’s “best city for food,” why an Italian beach has banned umbrellas, plus a rise in airline passengers disregarding crew instructions. Don’t grab bags, don’t stop to film People, we really shouldn’t have to be told this again. A new

By Stephy Chung, CNN (CNN) — Susan Mah knew exactly what she wanted for her version of a “little black dress.” It was the late 1940s in California, and after years of commissioning some of the finest tailors back home in Shanghai and Hong Kong, she had learned a thing or two about making clothes

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A painting by the Belgian artist René Magritte has been damaged by a 5-year-old boy wielding a pine cone. Conservators at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem are currently restoring the “Castle of the Pyrenees” after the child caused what the museum described as “minor damage” to it in a

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s extravagant $400-million White House ballroom and proposed triumphal arch were always going to attract the most attention. That is somewhat the point. But this week in Tennessee, more than 500 miles away from Washington, DC, officials quietly unveiled a far more revealing illustration of the US

By Pavlo Fedykovych, CNN (CNN) — On the outskirts of Vịnh Mốc, bamboo trees sway in the wind above a line of streetfood shacks. Red plastic chairs on the sidewalk serve as the dining hall, while patrons prepare grilled rice and noodle dishes. It’s a typical Vietnamese sight — as are the Coca-Cola fridges for

By Oscar Holland, CNN and Nick Glass (CNN) — British painter David Hockney, whose vibrant portraits and sun-drenched depictions of the everyday made him one of contemporary art’s most beloved figures, has died at 88. The artist died “peacefully at home” on Thursday, one month short of his 89th birthday, according to a statement provided

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Authorities managing one of Sardinia’s most popular beaches have banned umbrellas for people between the ages of 10 and 65, citing safety concerns in the event of an emergency. Sun protection and skin cancer prevention is a priority in most places in the world, yet for those