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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — One company sells millions of low-cost watches a year, the other makes luxury watches that have sold for millions. Together, Swatch and Audemars Piguet have sparked a “high-meets-low” retail frenzy that saw scenes of mayhem unfold in cities around the world over the weekend. From Paris to Kuala Lumpur,

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — Like many of us, director Ron Howard had come across Richard Avedon’s photos all his life, without realizing it. There’s the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe looking off-camera, deflated. Charlie Chaplin mimicking devil horns. Brooke Shields in a provocative Calvin Klein ad. As Howard dug through the archives and

Story by Chris Lau, CNN. Photos by Bertha Wang Hong Kong (CNN) — A coffee roaster hums like an idling train in the attic of LCC Roastery, churning out freshly cooked beans at the artisan coffee seller on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Owner Ringo Lam is proud of the broad selection of beans on offer:

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: the Wyoming monument made famous by “alien encounters,” the rise of solo dining, and the lowdown on the “Schengen Shuffle.” Rock of ages The Sicilian village of Gibellina was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968, but its ruins were to be

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — At the Cannes Film Festival, a historic annual celebration of cinema, American supermodel Alton Mason has been demonstrating a different type of artistic mastery: The art of the open shirt. It’s a delicate craft with many varied and intricate elements. For example, how many buttons should be left undone?

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When she was four, the artist Widline Cadet was separated from her mother for six years as she emigrated from Haiti to New York to pursue a better life for her family. Cadet, her father and older sister remained in Thomassin, eventually joining her. During that time, her father would travel

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Devils Tower, Wyoming (CNN) — The buzz started in a hay meadow at the foot of a mysterious-looking geological formation. Helicopters and trailers arrived in large numbers, famous faces and a distinguished director settled in near grazing cattle, and the cameras started rolling. Fifty years ago, Devils Tower National Monument became

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Koror, Palau (CNN) — A neon-pink blob appears in my line of vision. Even though I’m wearing a snorkel mask, I’m holding my breath. Slowly, the blob floats closer and closer before suddenly puffing up like a balloon. The water is swirling in its tiny wake and the sun glowing above

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — At the 79th Cannes Film Festival, which concluded on Saturday, there was no shortage of interesting, unusual and plainly fabulous fashion. This year, the storied celebration of film held on the French Riviera looked a little less “Mission: Impossible,” which premiered on the Croisette in 2025, and a lot

By Griffin Shea, CNN Kampala (CNN) — When Emmanuel Jonathan Okello decided to open a restaurant, he knew exactly what the menu would include: Rolexes. “There’s a common saying; in Uganda, we don’t wear the Rolex. We eat the rolex,” he said. Now a national dish in the East African country, and beyond, the humble

By Carole Rosenblat (CNN) — Christina and Eric Schwendeman’s travels had them bouncing around Asia for several months early last year. In the spring, the American retirees returned to their home base in Italy for a few months. But because of 90-day restrictions on stays, the couple spent the next three months on the go

By Barry Neild, CNN Lebanon, Kansas (CNN) — To find the very middle of America, you have to drive a long way — but it’s worth every undulating mile of blacktop. It’s a journey that perfectly captures the dream of the American road trip. Wide-open highways stretch across vast acres of arable emptiness. Pit-stop towns

By Chrissie McClatchie, CNN (CNN) — In the gardens of Paris’ emblematic Champs Élysées, tucked behind the Petit Palais where works by Rembrandt, Gauguin and Cézanne decorate the walls, is an ornate two-story Neoclassical building with a buttercream and forest green façade. The Pavillon Ledoyen is a historic restaurant that since 1792 has hosted names

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: Korean cafe culture has taken over the world, Delta Air Lines is changing its snack policy, and a cemetery is hoping to become a hot tourist attraction in New York. Love is in the air Angela Buckner was flying from Wichita to New York

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Venice (CNN) — After a dramatic lead up to this year’s Venice Biennale, involving the tragic death of its chief curator, outcry over Russia, Israel and the United States’ participation, and a prize jury that abruptly quit, it was, in the end, a set of portable toilets that stole the

By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — The depiction of an enslaved Black child known as “Jersey” by celebrated 18th-century portrait painter Joshua Reynolds has long puzzled art historians, raising questions about the boy’s identity and life — and whether or not he was even real. Now, researchers in London say they finally have some

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Artworks by Renoir, Degas and Rodin that are believed to have been looted by the Nazis from their Jewish owners have gone on display at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. The museum, home to the world’s largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist art, has this week taken a significant

By Joe Yogerst (CNN) — Disney World, Times Square and Yellowstone National Park can be packed to the rafters with tourists. But there are plenty of other places across the United States that continue to fly beneath the travel radar. While there are literally hundreds of locations that fit that description, here are 25 destinations

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A German tourist has been awarded more than 900 euros (about $1,100) by judges after his family was left without sun loungers while on vacation in Greece because other guests had got there first. While vacationing with his wife and two children on the island of Kos during the

By Julia Buckley, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — With its monumental façade, ornated with Roman-style columns, pedestals, and huge statues — naked men, winged horses, lions’ heads and gargoyles, for starters — Milan’s main train station is a tourist sight in its own right. This is a city that doesn’t do things by halves —