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CNN —A sculpture bought for just £5 ($6) and used as a doorstop could sell for more than £2.5 million ($3.2 million) after a Scottish court gave the green light for its sale. In 1998, the bust was found being used to keep open a shed door on an industrial park, according to the Highland Council. In a May report on the proposed sale, the Highland Council said a private overseas buyer had contacted auction house Sotheby’s and put forward an offer of more than £2.5 million. Following a public consultation earlier this year, members of a council committee recommended that the bust should be sold. By June, the wider council had agreed to the proposal, the spokeswoman told CNN.
Persons: Edmé Bouchardon, John Gordon, Gordon, , Invergordon, Organizations: CNN, Scottish Highlands, region’s Highland Council, Highland Council, Getty Museum, ” CNN, Central Michigan University Locations: Tain, Invergordon, Paris, Los Angeles
Almaty, Kazakhstan CNN —Several cities around the globe have reinvented themselves in recent years, but none more successfully than Almaty. Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million and growing) has evolved from a drab, run-of-the-mill Soviet metropolis into the urban star of Central Asia. “It’s an incredibly livable city,” says long-time American resident Dennis Keen, a historic preservation advocate and founder of Walking Almaty. Over and underground artThe Abilkhan Kasteev State Art Museum is filled with more than 20,000 works of art. Other good collections include the Ihlas Museum of Folk Musical Instruments (in a Russian-style wooden mansion built in 1908) and the ethnographic artifacts of the Almaty Museum.
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I worked as a tour guide in Paris and have taken hundreds of tourists around the city. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementAfter years of living in Paris for school, I worked as a tour guide in the city from 2019 to 2020. Much to my surprise, though, I found many tourists still made the same mistakes I saw them making years ago. Here are the five most common missteps I notice when tourists visit Paris.
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But my love story with Chez Janou began years prior, on a chilly January night. A picture I snapped of the scallops at Chez Janou in January 2020 — please ignore the iPhone 8 camera quality. Then came the famous chocolate mousse that had first tempted me through Chez Janou's doors. The chocolate mousse makes for good clicks, but it's also legitimately delicious. They recommend ordering the fried sardines, juicy and crisp duck — which Kaitlyn said was one of the best she's ever tried — ratatouille, and, of course, the chocolate mousse.
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You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Still, though, I wanted to celebrate with friends and family. My family's trip to Namibia in 2019, booked with Namibia Tours and Safaris, cost $5,000, excluding flights. We found our restaurant tucked down a back street behind the Musée du Louvre, basking in the luminous evening light.
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CAIRO — The splendor of the Queen of the Nile is the star not of any Egyptian museum, but of the Neues Museum in the German capital, Berlin, where thousands admire the 3,400-year-old bust of Nefertiti every day in a domed hall. Therefore, the home of the bust should be the Grand Egyptian Museum. The Nefertiti bust on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin. The Neues Museum did not respond to a request for comment. In July, the New York Museum of Metropolitan Museum of Art returned more than a dozen Cambodian artifacts.
Persons: Nefertiti, Zahi Hawass, ” Hawass, Hawass, Michael Sohn, Pharaoh Akhenaten, Akhenaten, — Hawass, Hitler, , Mona Lisa, , Rosetta Stone, , Napoleon, Charlene Gubash, Mithil Organizations: Neues Museum, Egyptian Museum, , El, Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, Associated Press, New York Museum of Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum Locations: CAIRO, Berlin, Germany, Egypt, Tell, Cairo, Nefertiti's, “ Egypt, London, Alexandria, Louvre, Paris, Hong Kong
Check the major tourist spots off your bucket list, but venture to Paris' quieter neighborhoods too. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most-visited landmarks in the world. Many people dream of snapping photos of the Eiffel Tower, wandering through the Louvre, and strolling down the Champs Elysées. Walk along Canal Saint-Martin and check out the surrounding area's art stores, trendy restaurants, and local shops. The quaint streets are quiet and peaceful during the day, but they become more lively at night as locals grab drinks and mingle.
Persons: Martin Organizations: Getty, Eiffel Locations: Paris, Saint
Washington CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris has met more than 150 world leaders since becoming vice president. Still, Harris has not always been the first phone call for foreign leaders or officials looking to get a line into the White House. UkraineA month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Harris was dispatched to NATO’s eastern flank on a reassurance mission – one that also came with some sensitive diplomatic smoothing-over. For a foreign policy novice with aspirations for higher office, the war in Ukraine was a rigorous introduction to wartime diplomacy. She has vowed to continue to support Ukraine and impose costs on Russia,” an aide to the vice president said.
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It all happened Monday when Brazilian gymnastics gold medalist Rebeca Andrade approached the podium for the medal ceremony following a women’s floor final full of twists and turns. Showing no hard feelings, American duo Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles turned to Andrade from the lower section of the podium and bowed to the Brazilian, who raised her arms in triumph. The golden moment, which also marked the first all-Black Olympics gymnastics podium, touched hearts on social media. Simone Biles competes during the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final on August 5, 2024 in Paris. “So yeah, in that moment, I was like … first off, again, yes, it was an all-Black podium.
Persons: Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Andrade, , Jean Catuffe, Atonye Nyingifa, Milhouse, Biles, , ” Biles, Jordan, ” Rebeca Andrade, Charlie Riedel, Chiles, ” Chiles, who’s, Simone her Organizations: CNN, Paris, Olympics Locations: Paris, Instagram, American, United States
PARIS — For athletes and audiences, these have been the Olympics when raucous crowds have roared once again following years of lockdown restrictions. But outside the din of the stadiums, it’s impossible to ignore that Paris is relatively quiet. “Last year, we were completely full inside and out,” said Bérangère Drogue, 38, who works at bistro L’Elephant Du Nil, in the trendy Marais neighborhood. “It’s like night and day.”Berangere Drogue, a waiter at L'Elephant Du Nil, in Paris on Thursday. “I have never seen Paris like this,” said Jugurta Chabane, 28, his black suit and tie matching his dark vehicle.
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Paris CNN —Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel made history on Saturday, becoming the first male cyclist to claim gold in both the road race and time trial at the same Olympic Games. “Crossing the finish line, I realized I just became the double Olympic champion in one week, something I could only dream of,” Evenepoel told CNN. Evenepoel and Valenton Madouas of Team France pass through the Côte de la Butte Montmartre while fans cheers during the men's road race. David Ramos/Getty ImagesInside the final 40 kilometers (25 miles), Evenepoel broke away from a peloton that included top rivals like Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands. Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel celebrates his gold medal for the men's cycling road race at the Belgium House in Paris, France on August 3, 2024.
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"We expect 30 retail store openings this year in China and China market sales to grow 21% YoY in 2024." Raised target Morgan Stanley raised its price target to HK$52, up from HK$45 previously, after Pop Mart's profit alert. "Strong pickup in online channels and Pop Land were the key drivers, while offline sales growth also accelerated (driven by teens% [same-store sales growth])." Pop Land is a theme park that Pop Mart opened near a major city park in Beijing in September 2023. "The company is well-prepared to sustain its high sales growth momentum into 2H24F, in our view (we estimate 2H24F total sales growth of 39% y-y)," the Nomura analysts said.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Pop Mart, they've, Michael Bloom Organizations: Pop Mart, Pop, Mart, Disney, Hong, Apple, Starbucks, HK, China Renaissance, Nomura, U.S, Jefferies, Comcast, CNBC, NBCUniversal, NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, NBC, Games Locations: Hong Kong, China, Beijing, Pop, Thailand, NBCUniversal, U.S
London CNN —Entertaining the King of England is an expensive business, France is finding out. A sumptuous lobster dinner held to welcome Britain’s King Charles III to Paris last September cost the French president’s office nearly €475,000 ($515,000), according to accounts published on Monday by France’s public auditor. The state dinner included outlays of more than €166,000 ($180,000) for catering and €42,000 ($46,000) for drinks, on top of other costs including furniture, flowers and table decorations. King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, attended the banquet as part of a three-day state visit to France, which had been postponed from earlier in 2023 because of widespread protests over Macron’s pension reforms. During the trip, King Charles praised the “indispensable relationship” between the UK and its neighbor in a historic speech to the French senate chamber.
Persons: Britain’s King Charles III, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Mick Jagger, Hugh Grant, Arsene Wenger, , Narendra Modi Organizations: London CNN, Paris, European Union, Indian, France Locations: England, France, of Versailles, French, Versailles, Louvre
Paris shows offIt wasn’t exactly the night that Paris 2024 organizers would have hoped for (more on that in a moment). Celine Dion returns in stunning fashionThis handout released by the Olympic Broadcasting Services, shows a view of singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. Musicians from Gojira, a heavy metal band, perform during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 26. A most magnificent cauldron lightingThe torchbearers French former sprinter Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner arrive to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty ImagesThe 2024 Games promised an opening ceremony unlike any other and it delivered – including on the incredible cauldron lighting.
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Read previewI've traveled around the world, but even after a dozen visits, Paris remains my favorite city. The Eiffel Tower is iconic, but the view from the Montparnasse Tower is equally stunningThe Montparnasse Tower offers panoramic views of Paris. AdvertisementBut if I were looking for Instagrammable views of Paris' most famous landmark, I'd head to the Montparnasse neighborhood. The rooftop terrace atop Paris' only skyscraper, Montparnasse Tower, has 360-degree city views and tons of space to spread out. It's scheduled to open later this year, and it's a must-see if you're visiting Paris for the first time.
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Samsung unveiled a slew of new products including foldable smartphones, new smartwatches and the Galaxy Ring. "I believe strongly that these Galaxy AI, mobile AI are strong motivation and driver for purchase of new products," he added. Still, many analysts don't expect these early AI apps alone to drive new phones sales. So we're going to provide and enhance Samsung software and apps for consumers," Roh said. He said that the hardware components required for foldable smartphones are improving, as is the relevant software.
Persons: Roh, Arjun Kharpal, Bixby, we'll Organizations: Galaxy, Samsung, CNBC, Samsung Electronics, Galaxy AI, Apple Intelligence, Apple, Google, Korean Locations: Paris, France, U.S, China
Opening Ceremony Misses the Boat
  + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
About six hours before Celine Dion gutted out the final number of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, the streaming service Peacock emailed a promo for its coverage with the headline, “We’ll all be crying by the end of this.” So maybe they knew more than they were letting on. The homestretch of the marathon four-hour broadcast, when the celebrating athletes and dance extravaganzas and speeches were out of the way, had some starkly lovely images and moving moments: the speedboat carrying former champions up the Seine in the dark (like a real-life echo of Leos Carax’s great water-skiing scene in “Les Amants du Pont-Neuf”). The grand scale and dramatic lighting of the Louvre as the torch was carried, like a firefly’s flame, through its courtyards. The torch coming to the hand of a 100-year-old French cyclist, steady in his wheelchair, and Dion defying her illness to belt out “Hymne à l’Amour” on the Eiffel Tower.
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: When and how to watch
  + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Paris 2024 will truly feature an Olympics Opening Ceremony like no other. How to watch the Opening CeremonyThe Opening Ceremony for the Paris Summer Games will begin at 7:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. Fortunately for organizers, hundreds of dancers that were threatening to disrupt the Opening Ceremony over pay have called off strike action after reaching an agreement with Paris 2024, according to their union. French theatre director and actor Thomas Jolly is leading the Opening Ceremony and said earlier this year he wants to showcase all of France’s cultures. I wondered how I could create a show where everyone can feel represented as part of this great union,” he told AP.
Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Martin Rickett, Thomas Jolly, Organizations: CNN, Paris, NBC, Summer, Louvre, Notre, AP Locations: Austerlitz, Paris, , Seine
Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Homage to fromageMuseums are a highlight of any visit to Paris: The Louvre! Oui – joining the ranks of Paris museums is one devoted to glorious delights of cheese. That’s very close to Notre Dame (see video) so visitors to the cheese museum can easily stop by the famed cathedral to see the progress of its restoration after its devastating fire five years ago. Entry to the museum is €20 (about $21.75 US) for adults and children 5-11 visit for half price.
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Read previewMy husband and I recently traveled to Dubai with our two kids and his mother on our first international trip together as a family. AdvertisementOur trip to Dubai could've been way better if we hadn't made these common mistakes. AdvertisementWe thought the kids would love Dubai Dolphinarium, a massive family entertainment space filled with aquatic animals. When we checked online for tickets during our trip, the only ones available were for dates three months away. AdvertisementWe should've packed comfier walking shoesWe walked a lot throughout our trip to Dubai, probably 8,000 to 10,000 steps each day.
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How Emmanuel Macron blew his legacy
  + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
He’s now staring at what will certainly be his real legacy: Macron opened the door to the far right in France. After a shattering defeat in May’s European Parliament election, his decision to call a snap election has, at least partially, backfired. Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Louvre Museum in Paris after winning the French presidential election in May 2017. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and France's Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference on June 16, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. For countless communities in France - French or immigrant - the legacy of one man’s gamble, and the uncertainty that is his legacy, will exact a far higher price.
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Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. CNN —In this week’s roundup of travel news, we bring you the world’s best restaurants for 2024, Disneyland’s epic expansion plans and the little museum in rural England that’s become a YouTube hit. World’s best restaurants1. This famed Barcelona eatery was one of five restaurants in Spain to make this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Dubai has more “best” restaurants than any other destination in the Middle East, according to the 50 Best group.
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Traditionally, value investing and growth investing are considered two distinct investment strategies. Value investors look for stocks they believe the market has undervalued and may be trading for less than their "intrinsic" value. Value investors often employ "bottom-up" investing, which focuses on individual companies rather than the overall market or industry. Growth investing focuses on companies expected to grow at an above-average rate compared to other companies. Is there a way to introduce a margin of safety to a growth stock using options?
Persons: Dan Ives, Jensen Huang, Vince Lombardi Organizations: Nvidia, Intel Locations: Wedbush
Nvidia stock soared 9% on Thursday to record highs after its reported earnings. The company defied analyst expectations yet again, and said that demand for its AI chips continues to outstrip demand. Wall Street analysts were impressed by the results, with a slew of price target increases hitting the tape Thursday morning. Wedbush: "AI revolution just getting started"Analysts at Wedbush said the "AI gold rush" is just getting started as a "tidal wave" of spending on AI chips hits the entire tech sector. The AI Revolution starts with Nvidia and in our view the AI party is just getting started with the popcorn getting ready."
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Dancing Past the Venus de Milo
  + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Catherine Porter | Dmitry Kostyukov | Photographs | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
I fell in love with the Louvre one morning while doing disco moves to Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” in the Salle des Cariatides. The museum, a former medieval fortress and then royal palace, had not yet opened, and I was following instructions to catwalk and hip bump and point in the grand room where Louis XIV once held plays and balls. The sun cast warm light through long windows, striping the pink-and-white checkered floor and bathing the marble arms, heads and wings of the ancient Grecian statues around me. “Point, and point, and point,” shouted Salim Bagayoko, a dance instructor. So I struck my best John Travolta poses and pointed around the room, my eyes landing on the delicate sandaled foot of Artemus, the wings of a Niobid and the stone penis of Apollo.
Persons: Michael Jackson’s, Louis XIV, , Salim Bagayoko, John Travolta Organizations: Salle des Cariatides Locations: Salle
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