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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — We have a history theme to our CNN Travel newsletter this week, from Istanbul’s Ottoman legacy, to the discovery of ancient human footprints in New Mexico, to an underground Nazi fortress in Poland. First up, though, is an incredible story of survival during the Vietnam War. Wartime tunnels and

By Leah Dolan, CNN Sofia Coppola was once robbed. The burglar broke into the first floor of the director’s New York townhouse, scanned an array of expensive framed artworks on her wall and made their choice. It was a little surprising. The thief decided to steal a set photo of Coppola’s 2006 movie, “Marie Antoinette.”

By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Clothes can often tell a story. In Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s case, he’s really spelling it out for us. Appearing Wednesday at a company event in Menlo Park, California, Zuckerberg opted for a shirt that carried an overt message — and an apt one at that, considering he was

By Griffin Shea, CNN Jinja, Uganda (CNN) — For 2,000 years, Uganda’s natural wonders have inspired travelers, stretching improbably from ice-capped mountains to tropical beaches. Yet, for much of that history, the country’s interior remained shrouded in mystery. Uganda was long believed to be the origin of the world’s longest river, with speculation about the

By Scarlett Conlon Milan (CNN) — The skirt to Prada is what the trench coat is to Burberry and the Bar jacket is to Dior; a defining silhouette that has underpinned every collection since co-creative director Miuccia Prada took over her family business in the late 1970s. Prada has never wavered in her devotion to

By Leah Dolan, CNN At the London premiere of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new film “Digger,” Emma D’Arcy arrived at the red carpet event in a scene-stealing silky duster coat. The “House of the Dragon” breakout star managed to harness the theatricality of a regal ballgown (they were rubbing shoulders with the Prince and Princess of

By Lisa Morrow, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — It’s been a prison, a fortress, an imperial treasury, and a desolate ruin. Over hundreds of years, Istanbul’s dark citadel has survived empires and neglect alike — and now, as it undergoes a major rebirth, its deepest secrets are coming to light. Yet despite being one of Istanbul’s

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Most bus passengers know how annoying it is when a fellow commuter blasts music or has a loud conversation on speakerphone. Now in Singapore, bus passengers could be fined hundreds of dollars for doing just that. It’s part of a crackdown on “disruptive” behavior on public buses in the

Praachi Raniwala Mumbai, India (CNN) — It’s no secret that Europe’s biggest luxury houses routinely rely on Indian craftspeople for some of their most intricate handiwork. Now, amid growing conversations around attribution, cultural appropriation and transparency, some brands are beginning to acknowledge the artisans behind their collections. Chanakya International is one of the most prominent

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Don’t put your bikini in storage just yet. There’s a new travel season just around the corner and Lonely Planet has released its list of 50 destinations and experiences to inspire your adventures in the year ahead. The 53-year-old guidebook company launched the Lonely Planet app earlier this year,

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN London (CNN) — How can a 170-year-old brand feel modern? The answer may lie in understanding the difference between building on heritage versus leaning on nostalgia. At the Burberry show on Monday night — the final event on the London Fashion Week calendar — Britain’s oldest luxury fashion brand, under

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — This season, many of the designers showing at London Fashion Week seemed to want to remind us of one thing: humans made these clothes. It was an idea placed front and center at the Steve O Smith show — which wasn’t a show at all, but a seminar,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Items owned by French cultural icon Brigitte Bardot, including her copy of the Kama Sutra and pairs of her famous ballet flats, went under the hammer in Paris at the Hotel Drouot on Monday. The sale included nearly 300 lots and fetched over 953,000 euros ($1.09 million) according to

By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Small, shy and clad head-to-claw in black, New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026 Bird of the Year. The critically threatened bird is found only on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of mainland New Zealand. The karure finished at

By Joe Yogerst, CNN As the MV Alejandrina docked along the waterfront of Quellón in southern Chile, a few dozen passengers rushed to reserve their sleeping places in the cafeteria and on the open-air stern deck. Having already forked over a few extra pesos for an airplane-style butaca (armchair) seat, I headed upstairs to a

By Oscar Holland, Alli Rosenbloom, Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — The death of Cindy Crawford’s son, model Presley Gerber, is being investigated by detectives with the Santa Monica Police Department as a “suspected overdose,” according to a media release from the law enforcement agency. Gerber died Sunday at the age of 27, her representative previously

By Marnie Hunter, CNN We’re all a little too preoccupied with the quest for the best — the best cheesesteak, the best taco, the best new restaurant. Chef David Chang’s solution: “Throw away your phone. I mean, really what’s the worst thing that’s gonna happen? You’re gonna go hungry? No, you’re gonna eat something.” It

By Leah Asmelash, CNN | Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — It was 4:54 p.m. — six minutes until So So Fed opened for Sunday dinner — and nobody had assembled the siu mai dumplings. Molli Voraotsady, the chef, was up late Saturday night chopping the mushrooms and making the marinade for the

By Lilit Marcus, CNN This week in travel: why hotels struggle to address noise complaints, the fake tourist attractions luring in visitors, and South Korea’s capital cements its super-cool status. ‘Make it look old’ It had a handful of glowing five-star TripAdvisor reviews, a series of sculpted columns and a photogenic lake, but this historic

By Barry Neild, CNN London (CNN) — Wars. Climate chaos. Soaring fuel prices. Disruptive passengers duct-taped to their seats. It’s not getting any easier to run an airline in these turbulent times, but some are clearly doing it better than others. In recognition of that, the annual Skytrax Awards — known as the aviation industry’s