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By Jenny Hall (CNN) — It was May 4, 1975. The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away from their scheduled bid for the summit of Mount Everest. Exhausted, having established camp five at just below 8,000 meters on the

By Angela Dansby, CNN Tassili n’Ajjer National Park, Algeria (CNN) — “Labès?” (‘OK?”) asks Baba Atanof as a tourist struggles to get her leg over a large rock on a steep ascent in the Algerian Sahara Desert. Fighting jelly legs and vertigo, she can barely answer. This desert makes up 83% of Africa’s largest country.

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After spending years traveling the world while working in the United States military, Christopher Boris dreamed of one day moving overseas permanently. But the retired veteran, who grew up in New Jersey but was based in Maryland at the time, ended up relocating earlier than he’d intended after struggling

By Stephy Chung, CNN (CNN) — Megan Thee Stallion is no stranger to taking risks on the red carpet – from the sparkly Y2K-reminiscent dress she wore to the “Mean Girls” musical movie premiere in 2024, to the wave-like, body-hugging gown by Indian fashion designer Gaurav Gupta she opted for at the 2022 Oscars, to

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — There are hundreds of varieties of garlic grown around the world. But Chinchón, a quiet, Spanish town about 40 minutes south of Madrid, is home to a special variety called ajo fino — one that, until recently, was at risk of disappearing. Miriam Hernández, head chef at the restaurant

CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — There are hundreds of varieties of garlic grown around the world. But Chinchón, a quiet, Spanish town about 40 minutes south of Madrid, is home to a special variety called ajo fino — one that, until recently, was at risk of disappearing. Miriam Hernández, head chef at the

By Morgan Severson, CNN (CNN) — Calling all lobster lovers and crustacean connoisseurs! You may think Maine’s most famous residents are best enjoyed with a side of melted butter, but Sebastian Crissey would like to change your mind. This week, he opened the Maine Lobster Museum, a ticketed virtual experience where visitors from anywhere in

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Savery Moore and his wife Jan always talked about traveling across Canada by rail. The American couple shared a dream of waking up to the sun rising over the tracks and spending days winding through forests and across prairies, glimpsing snow-capped peaks and frozen lakes through the train’s domed

By Edward Russell, CNN (CNN) — When it was first announced four years ago, it sounded like an aviation geek’s dream — an airline with a fleet consisting only of Airbus A380 superjumbos, the huge and majestic double-decker airplanes that offer unrivaled comfort in the sky. Promotional images released by Global Airlines, a startup carrier

By Carlotta Dotto, CNN (CNN) — It’s early morning in Taroudant, southwestern Morocco, and the lively market town is awakening to the muezzin’s call. Its inhabitants, mostly on foot, by bicycle, or horse-drawn calèche, spill into the narrow alleys of the old Medina. The streets quickly buzz with schoolchildren hurrying to class, as merchants arrange

CNN By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — For the first time in 15 years, the Walt Disney Company has announced the development of a new theme park – a resort destination in Abu Dhabi that marks the company’s entry into the Middle East. The Disneyland Abu Dhabi resort will become Disney’s seventh global

By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — For the first time in 15 years, the Walt Disney Company has announced the development of a new theme park – a resort destination in Abu Dhabi that marks the company’s entry into the Middle East. The Disneyland Abu Dhabi resort will become Disney’s seventh global resort

WLNY By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There were many firsts at the 2025 Met Gala — it was the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first year the event raised more than $30 million in donations. But among these record-breaking moments was an important return. After a hiatus of more

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Sotheby’s has postponed the controversial sale of a dazzling cache of jewels linked to the remains of the Buddha after India’s government slammed the auction and called for the gems’ return. In a statement emailed to CNN on Wednesday, the auction house said its decision came “in light of

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Shah Rukh Khan is one of the world’s most famous men. And yet, strutting down the Met Gala carpet still gave the Bollywood star jitters. Khan, known as SRK to fans, made his Met debut in understated style, donning a floor-length black wool coat designed by Indian designer Sabyasachi

WRAL, CNN By Danny Freeman, CNN Camden, New Jersey (CNN) — When Scott Case realized the REAL ID deadline was coming up this week, he decided to head to his local department of motor vehicles Monday morning. “I’ve known about it and I’ve been putting it off, so some of it’s on me,” the frequent

By Oscar Holland, Kristen Rogers, Stephy Chung, Nick Remsen; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Stars are now arriving at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala — the red-carpet event many of them will have saved their boldest and most theatrical looks for. This is the fashion industry’s biggest night