By Livia Borghese and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Frescoes dating back almost 2,000 years to the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian will now be on display to the public when they visit Rome’s ancient Baths of Caracalla. “For the first time, visitors can admire parts of the frescoes from the ceiling of a second room
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Camille Knight and Elias Lemercier, CNN It’s a typical Wednesday lunchtime in Paris, the streets buzzing with tourists, terraces packed with tables, when the wail of an air raid siren fills the air. Its groan tears across the city for nearly two minutes, reaching a crescendo above the midday traffic before dying away. It’s a
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN How is it already the last week of June??!! It’s officially summer in most of the world’s major cities now, meaning many of us have travel on the brain. CNN Travel is here to help fuel those travel dreams, with a roundup of the world’s most liveable destinations, an airplane seat
Continue ReadingJenna Gottlieb, CNN After a four-year hiatus, Iceland’s last remaining whaling company, Hvalur hf., will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials. As the Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on Iceland’s tourism industry, backlash over whaling is the last thing many tourism officials want. “It is actually well known
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN It lurks over four miles deep below the Pacific Ocean, split in half and lodged on a slope. There’s a new world’s deepest shipwreck to be identified and surveyed — and it’s the USS Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), known as the Sammy B. Victor Vescovo, an explorer who has previously
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CNN, GIANNA MORALES, WSMV, WFAA, POOL, KTVT, GETTY IMAGES, WLOS, KPTV By Marnie Hunter, CNN Many air travelers this summer have already run into delays and cancellations, and there’s no sign of disruptions letting up anytime soon. Delta Air Lines expects customer volumes that it has “not seen since before the pandemic” over July 4,
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Many air travelers this summer have already run into delays and cancellations, and there’s no sign of disruptions letting up anytime soon. Delta Air Lines expects customer volumes that it has “not seen since before the pandemic” over July 4, and the airline has issued a waiver for the holiday period
Continue ReadingHow music and writing helped Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner overcome her mother’s death
CNN Rachel Fadem, CNN | Ken Olshansky, CNN and Emmet Lyons, CNN The past two years have been a whirlwind for Japanese Breakfast’s lead vocalist Michelle Zauner. She’s headlined music festivals, performed on Saturday Night Live, landed two Grammy nominations and her 2021 memoir, “Crying in H Mart,” is a New York Times bestseller and
Continue ReadingRachel Fadem, CNN | Ken Olshansky, CNN and Emmet Lyons, CNN The past two years have been a whirlwind for Japanese Breakfast’s lead vocalist Michelle Zauner. She’s headlined music festivals, performed on Saturday Night Live, landed two Grammy nominations and her 2021 memoir, “Crying in H Mart,” is a New York Times bestseller and is
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CNN Julia Buckley, CNN It’s finally here: the end of fee-free travel to the European Union. The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited visa waiver scheme, ETIAS, to debut in May 2023. While ETIAS is not the same as a visa — it is quicker, done online, and requires no biometric information —
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare and Richard Quest, CNN With St. Patrick’s Day a global phenomenon and Irish pubs found everywhere from Peru to Lanzarote, it can be easy to think you have a sense of Ireland without visiting, especially if you’re one of the 70 million people worldwide who can claim Irish heritage. However, to get
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The owners of an iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant that made headlines around the world after reports emerged it had sunk at sea, appeared Thursday to walk-back earlier claims it was beyond salvageable, insisting the vessel “was still in the waters” near the Paracel Islands, as calls grow for a full
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN It’s finally here: the end of fee-free travel to the European Union. The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited visa waiver scheme, ETIAS, to debut in May 2023. While ETIAS is not the same as a visa — it is quicker, done online, and requires no biometric information — there
Continue ReadingZoe Sottile, CNN The first official joint portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been revealed to the public at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. The Duke and Duchess visited Cambridge on Thursday to see the 210 centimeter by 110 centimeter oil painting, crafted by British artist Jamie Coreth. The portrait shows
Continue ReadingCNN’s Pete Muntean contributed to this report. Top image: United Airlines planes sit on the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, in this November 30, 2021, file photo. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
By Gregory Wallace, CNN Citing air traffic congestion, United Airlines said Thursday it will cut 12% of its daily domestic flights from its busy Newark hub. The cuts start in July and amount to about 50 daily flights. Newark is a critical New York-area junction in United’s flight network and has consistently been among the
Continue ReadingAbu Dhabi Fossil Dunes: A beautiful frozen landscape created by climate change
CNN Barry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape full of unexpected man-made creations. The region of Al Wathba is home to a beautiful oasis-like wetland reserve created, so the story goes, by an overspill from a
Continue ReadingBarry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape full of unexpected man-made creations. The region of Al Wathba is home to a beautiful oasis-like wetland reserve created, so the story goes, by an overspill from a water
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Remember when Kate Moss wore wellies (that’s rain boots for those outside the UK) to Glastonbury? As the historic festival returns to Worthy Farm for the first time since 2019, we look back at one of its most memorable fashion moments. After all, no British summer would be complete without copious amounts
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Considering a big move this year? You may want to think about Canada or western Europe. The annual ranking of the world’s most liveable cities has just been released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and 2022’s Global Liveability Index shows some marked differences from the previous year. The EIU, which
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s south loop reopened in a limited capacity Wednesday, a little more than a week after historic rainfall and flooding shuttered all the park’s entrances. Visitors are now able travel through the south loop — accessed through the East, West and South entrances of the park — based on
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