Inside the wild world of Osaka’s dangerous, adrenaline-fueled float festivals
By Milly Chan, CNN (CNN) — To a din of cheering crowds, rhythmic chanting and taiko drums, hundreds of people haul massive wooden floats…
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Coronations, protests and tightrope artists: Iconic images from Notre Dame’s history ahead of reopening
By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — For hundreds of years, Notre Dame was the backdrop to some of French history’s defining moments. On Friday, the…
Continue ReadingMan arrested at LAX after allegedly checking suitcases filled with over 70 pounds of meth-caked clothing
By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A California man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after he allegedly tried to check two suitcases…
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Letter from John Lennon asking Eric Clapton to form new supergroup with him goes up for sale
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A handwritten letter that John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton inviting him to be part of a new supergroup is to be…
Continue ReadingThe TSA-approved hack that allows travelers to bring a bottle of water through airport security
By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — As millions of Americans take to the skies over the Thanksgiving holiday this week, some will likely be searching…
Continue ReadingTraveling to Greenland is about to get easier as new international airport opens
By Anne Clifford, CNN (CNN) — When most people think of Greenland, they think of the cold, the snow and how remote it is. Two out of three of…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s ‘mad honey’ has been folk medicine for millennia, but there’s a sting in its tail
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Kaçkar Mountains, Turkey (CNN) — In the little wooden hut perched high on metal-wrapped stilts, the drone is…
Continue ReadingIt’s expensive to visit the Maldives. Now it’s more expensive to leave, too
By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The Maldives, with its sprawling white sand beaches and dazzling coral reefs, is one of the world’s most…
Continue ReadingIt’s the world’s largest building shaped like a chicken. It’s also a hotel
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Travelers to the Philippines can now book a room in the world’s largest building shaped like a chicken,…
Continue ReadingWildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice finalists announced
By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — A prowling puma, a hunting polar bear cub and a ghostly barn owl are among the shortlisted images for the…
Continue ReadingGeorge Stubbs dog painting expected to sell for up to $2.5 million at auction
By Rosa Rahimi, CNN London (CNN) — A painting by British artist George Stubbs is expected to sell for up to £2 million ($2.5 million) in…
Continue ReadingBritish Airways reveals new A380 superjumbo first class seat design
By Francesca Street, CNN London, United Kingdom (CNN) — Traveling in a premium cabin on an Airbus A380 — AKA the world’s largest passenger…
Continue Reading‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’: The anti-apartheid photographer who turned his lens on Black America
By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Ernest Cole was dying. Lying in a hospital bed in Manhattan, New York, thousands of miles from his homeland of…
Continue ReadingDictionary.com has named its word of the year, and it isn’t ‘brat’
By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — “Demure,” a word that went viral over the summer, has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 word of the year —…
Continue ReadingChina’s hottest new tourist attraction is 5,000 feet in the air
By Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has 3.7 million square miles of land to explore. But more and more young Chinese travelers are…
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‘Not your parents’ Love Boat’: The buzzy features bringing new passengers to cruise ships
By Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — On Disney’s newest cruise ship, the Treasure, kids ride a slide down to enter a children’s club. While they…
Continue ReadingCelebrity lookalike contests are taking over the internet. But they aren’t new
By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — In German folklore, doppelgängers are considered to be a bad omen whose presence brings about misfortune. It feels…
Continue ReadingThe cult of the ‘Spoons’: Inside the spartan, cavernous pubs that divide Britain
By Will Noble, CNN London (CNN) — Utter the single word “Wetherspoon,” or even the colloquial “Spoons” to a Brit, and they’ll know…
Continue ReadingItaly’s working visas are notoriously hard to get. We spoke to Americans who managed it
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel news this week: the world’s best cheese of 2024, why the FAA might be slowing…
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What to do if your luggage is lost, delayed, stolen or damaged
By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — It’s enough to give anyone already on edge about how to handle possible flight delays and cancellations yet…
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