By Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching bull shark, the species considered by many scientists to be the most aggressive in the world. I am beginning to have second thoughts about this assignment. Before we entered
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Julia Buckley, CNN As most people are excited to get back into the air, travelers with disabilities are finding things rather more difficult. Delays, snafus, even lost and damaged luggage? Welcome to the world of travelers with disabilities, who’ve been dealing with all this for years. “It’s definitely got worse since the pandemic,” says Roberto
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN The world’s population hit eight billion this week, and sometimes it can feel like they’re all packed on the same flight as you. As airlines shell out more than $600 million in refunds to pandemic-hit US passengers, travelers have been warned to brace for a very busy Thanksgiving season. Here are
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CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The world’s population hit eight billion this week, and sometimes it can feel like they’re all packed on the same flight as you. As airlines shell out more than $600 million in refunds to pandemic-hit US passengers, travelers have been warned to brace for a very busy Thanksgiving season. Here
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A traveler at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was arrested after $450,000 worth of cocaine was discovered hidden in the wheels of her wheelchair. The traveler arrived in New York City from the Dominican Republic on November 10, according to a news release from US Customs and Border
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The beginning of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will also kick off another intense international sport: Pronouncing “Qatar.” To Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages, the name of this year’s World Cup host is a no-brainer. However, to English speakers, it is literally one tricky letter after another. That’s
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CNN, HLN Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Accidentally leaving your smartphone behind at home is one thing, but leaving it at an airport shortly before you’re about to board a flight is quite another. A Southwest Airlines passenger found themselves in this unfortunate predicament after forgetting their phone in a gate area at Long Beach Airport in
Continue ReadingIssy Ronald and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Every metal detectorist dreams of unearthing something valuable. For one man the English countryside yielded an incredible find when he stumbled upon a medieval diamond wedding ring in “almost perfect condition” near Thorncombe, in the South West of the country. Now the item is expected to fetch between £30,000
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN Towns across Italy have been racing to launch clever schemes aimed at luring new residents to revive their fortunes in recent years. From dilapidated homes selling for little more than a dollar, to ready-to-occupy houses at knockdown prices, there’s been a frenzy of competition. The picturesque town of Presicce in the sunny
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN You might assume that Grace Kelly’s 700-strong royal wedding ceremony to Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956 was the apex of her social legacy. But 13 years later, on Saturday November 15, 1969, the American film star-turned-princess threw herself one of the most peculiar and extravagant birthday parties in history. “The
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN Have you cut down on travel over the past couple of years and are wanting to make up for lost time? Always planned to see more of the US? Take a trip of a lifetime around your home country? Enter Frontier Airlines, and its new unlimited annual flight pass — for just
Continue ReadingFeride Yalav-Heckeroth is a freelance writer based between Istanbul and Bodensee. Her writing has been published in Kinfolk, Brownbook, Travel + Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler. She’s also the author of her own guidebook, The 500 Hidden Secrets of Istanbul.
Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN As one of the world’s oldest wine producers, with history that goes back around 7,000 years, Turkey’s winemakers are thriving in the revival of a deeply rooted craft. Vineyards all across the country are finding success in the cultivation and production of both local and imported grape varieties, winning awards and making
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN A young Christina Ricci became synonymous with the whip-smart, macabre daughter of the Addams Family in the 1990s. But at this week’s premiere of the new Netflix spinoff, “Wednesday,” lead actor Jenna Ortega stepped fully into the role. The 20-year-old Disney Channel star turned scream queen turned heads on the “black” carpet
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Accidentally leaving your smartphone behind at home is one thing, but leaving it at an airport shortly before you’re about to board a flight is quite another. A Southwest Airlines passenger found themselves in this unfortunate predicament after forgetting their phone in a gate area at Long Beach Airport in Los Angeles.
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By Dana Santas, CNN For many people, travel is a necessary part of celebrating the holidays with loved ones. This means enduring all the stressful hiccups that can come with traveling and spending time away from the comforts of your own home. Every year, my family kicks off the season by watching the classic comedy
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN In a time of economic crisis, what could be more outré than a superyacht? Why, a terayacht of course — a name given to vessels even bigger than super, mega and gigayachts. The latest luxury boat to hit the market is Pangeos — named after Pangea, a supercontinent that existed from 200
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Hypermodern glass and steel may be shaping our cities of the future — and the supertall skyscrapers that continue to punch through their skylines — but some architects are looking instead to humanity’s oldest dwelling: the humble cave. With well-insulated, energy-efficient interiors, building materials partially provided by an existing structure, and a
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Grace Migliaccio decided at the last minute not to get on the plane. It was summer 1984. Grace, a recent college graduate in her early 20s, had put all her savings towards a long distance flight from her home in Washington DC to visit her Australian boyfriend, John Hiron. The couple met
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Andy Warhol may be best known for his pop art iconography of Marilyn Monroe, Chairman Mao and Campbell’s soup cans, but it was one of his silkscreen prints of a mangled car crash that on Wednesday joined the most valuable post-war works ever to sell at auction. “White Disaster (White Car Crash
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CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN Singapore’s Haw Par Villa is a sprawling complex of sculptures, tree-lined walkways and exhibits focused on Buddhist beliefs. But there was only one part that any visitor wanted to talk about — hell. The 10 Courts of Hell, specifically. For generations, children as young as six or seven were brought
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