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(CNN) — It was perhaps the biggest shock of this year’s annual Michelin star ratings. The Araki, a sushi restaurant in London’s Mayfair, had been stripped of all three of its Michelin stars. The restaurant — one of London’s smallest, seating just 10 people at the chef’s counter, plus up to six in a private

(CNN) — Delta flies from Salt Lake City to Houston every day, but one recent trip was a little different, packed with girls getting a behind-the-scenes lesson about aviation. Delta celebrated International Girls in Aviation Day by carrying 120 girls from Salt Lake City to Houston for a tour of NASA. Courtesy Delta The girls,

(CNN) — It’s March 23, 1959. The radio waves crackle and broadcast begins: “Govorit Radio Svoboda” (Говорит Радио Свобода – “This is Radio Liberty speaking…”) From the other side of the Iron Curtain, the radio broadcasts of US-funded Radio Liberty reached deep inside the Soviet Union. This was an opening line destined to enter Cold

(CNN) — Greece may be home to some of the most idyllic and secluded islands around, but the Mediterranean country also holds plenty of charming villages. From Pyrgi to Oia, here are some of the most beautiful to see when you travel there: Stemnitsa, Arcadia Along with Dimitsana and Andritsaina, Stemnitsa is one of three

(CNN) — A museum dedicated to human rights has opened in a notorious building in Seoul where South Korean pro-democracy activists were once tortured. The Democracy and Human Rights Memorial Hall is located in a seven-story structure where many people, primarily students, were brought for police interrogations in the 1970s and 1980s, a period when

Eugene Bullard, who became known as the Black Swallow of Death, was the first African-American pilot to fly in combat. He now has a statue in his honor, unveiled Wednesday in Warner Robins, Georgia, at the Museum of Aviation next to Robins Air Force Base, and about 100 miles south of Atlanta. His distant cousin,

And for good reason. But for first-timers, it can be a little confusing to navigate. So where exactly is Harajuku? In geographical terms, it refers to the area around Harajuku Station, between two other famous stations — Shinjuku and Shibuya — on Tokyo’s Yamanote commuter rail line. Here’s a quick look at some of the

(CNN) — A Japanese businessman had a watch worth more than $800,000 seized from his wrist outside a five-star hotel in Paris, police said. The man had stepped out of the Hôtel Napoléon, near the Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Elysées, around 9 p.m. on Monday evening to smoke a cigarette, when a thief snatched the

(CNN) — Whether it’s skinny dipping in Venetian canals, chasing geishas down the street in Japan, or simply turning up in unsustainable numbers, tourists have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons recently. Each week seems to bring new stories of travelers engaging in some type of transgression in popular or far-flung places. While

(CNN) — Instead of scanning her boarding pass, the airport gate scanned her face. In April 2019, traveler MacKenzie Fegan was left surprised and confused when she boarded a JetBlue flight from the United States to Mexico, without handing over her passport, or travel documents. “There were plastic barricades across the front of each lane,

Wünsdorf, Germany (CNN) — Deep inside a pine forest in eastern Germany, a statue of Lenin keeps watch over a lemon-colored building that has housed everyone from the Kaiser Willhelm II, to the Nazis, and the Soviets. The abandoned military complex — known as the Forbidden City — sits behind a hefty padlocked gate in

Jessica Van Meir, 24, was traveling on Saturday for business. She told CNN she got up to use the bathroom early in the flight, and when she returned to her seat the messages started popping up on the screen. Virgin Atlantic’s in-flight entertainment system allows passengers to watch movies, TV, play games and send messages

(CNN) — It’s a shocking image: A huge rhinoceros pinned to the ground while a grimacing man shreds a power saw through its horn, white shards shooting off in a blur of high speed. The photograph, taken by 20-year-old student Neville Kgaugelo Ngomane, shows the radical lengths that are now being taken to protect vulnerable

(CNN) — Last month, the Saudi Kingdom announced the launch of a new tourist visa program, opening up the country to mass tourism for the first time. And now, Saudi Arabia has gone one step further in its bid to encourage international tourists. Unmarried couples will now be allowed to share rooms while on vacation

One of the the Skyliner’s three routes “experienced an unexpected downtime,” Disney said in a statement, according to CNN affiliate WKMG. The gondolas carry visitors between hotels and parks. Passengers told CNN on Sunday they were left hanging for about three hours. Emmie Palmer said she and a friend were stranded about three stories high

“No ice. No stirrer. No glass. We’re redefining how whisky can be enjoyed … #noglassrequired,” The Glenlivet tweeted as part of its “Capsule Collection” roll-out, timed with London’s Cocktail Week. People have been enjoying Scotch whisky for hundreds of years, usually in a glass and often on the rocks, of course. Now, The Glenlivet, one

(CNN) — Turns out money doesn’t just buy a glamorous vacation in the Caribbean or a killer suite in Quebec — it can buy residency too. While British citizens are rushing to claim Irish passports ahead of the UK’s proposed Brexit on October 31, the world’s most elite travelers don’t bother standing in line at

(CNN) — It’s finally October, which means one thing: Fall is in full swing. Pumpkin spice is everywhere you turn, despite the fact that parts of the US are currently feeling some historic heat, and leaves are starting to turn. As the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter, turn your gaze towards the

(CNN) — From Norwegian islands high above the Arctic Circle to forest-covered mountains in Romania, windswept sandy beaches in Wales and icy lakes in the Balkans, Europe is a spectacularly varied place. The old continent’s historic cities and its Mediterranean beaches draw many of its visitors, but the best destinations are sometimes its more remote

(CNN) — Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a long-lost 2,200-year-old temple thought to belong to Pharaoh Ptolemy IV. The ancient tomb structure was accidentally found by construction workers during drilling on a sewage drain in the village of Kom Shakau in the Tama township in northern Sohag, according to a Facebook post made on September