This week CNN's Talk Asia meets up with Manolo Blahnik, one of the world's most influential footwear designers.

A so-called 'Holy Man of Heels', Blahnik's shoes have been worn by a long list of celebrities and public figures, including Madonna, Kate Moss and Princess Diana. CNN's Anna Coren finds out how a legendary Vogue editor steered him into the industry, what inspires him, and why he's been known to wear his own high heels.

This month, CNNGo travels to the historic heart of Japan and the neighboring cities of Kyoto and Osaka.

With Japan still reeling from its worst disaster since World War II, a team of underdogs lifted the Women's World Cup trophy and, at the same time, a nation from grief. This week on Talk Asia, CNN's Kyung Lah meets up with Japan's national women's football team captain and FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, Homare Sawa.

Beginning today, on International Women's Day, CNN International viewers will have the chance to meet some of the most influential women of our time, in a new series that will shed light on their careers, lives and ideas.

Homs, Syria - considered one of the most dangerous places CNN has ever covered - is at the heart of a one-hour special documenting the challenges and dangers faced by a CNN team while on assignment there. As told by the journalists who risked their lives to get into Homs and the CNN news executives tasked with keeping them safe, '72 Hours Under Fire' gives viewers an inside look at the complexities and risks involved in getting the story out of Syria.