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The chef with 18 Michelin stars who’s still largely undiscovered outside of France

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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 like Monet, Degas and Zola. Local legend even suggests Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais first met here before it became a restaurant.

Today owned by the city of Paris, the building has become a revered address that is only entrusted to skilled hands. Under Christian Le Squer, the restaurant received three Michelin stars in 2002, a status it held until Le Squer moved to Le Cinq at the nearby Four Seasons George V hotel in 2014.

When Yannick Alléno was named his successor, he came with a proven track record. The Parisian chef held six stars: three at one of the French capital’s legendary palace hotels, Le Meurice, and three at Le 1947 à Cheval Blanc in the French ski resort of Courchevel.

Alléno secured his own trio of stars at the address with unusual speed. Just seven months after opening, Alléno Paris — as he named the restaurant — was awarded three stars by Michelin inspectors.

Alléno has continued to build Pavillon Ledoyen’s reputation — at a price. Diners pay upwards of 330 euros, about $390, for a menu served in its sunlit, heritage-listed dining room. He has also opened two more restaurants inside the building: the two-star Franco-Japanese L’Abysse Paris and one-star Pavyllon Paris.

He has steadily expanded his presence outside France to locations including Monaco, Dubai, the United Kingdom, Japan, the UAE, South Korea and Qatar. Yet despite his stars and a new Michelin-starred breakfast menu at his Pavyllon London at the Four Seasons Hotel, Alléno remains little known outside of his native France, where his innovations in the kitchen, particularly around sauces, have made him one of the most celebrated figures in the country’s culinary landscape.

The chef with 18 stars

Earlier this year, at the 2026 Michelin Guide France & Monaco ceremony, Monsieur Dior at 30 Montaigne, Alléno’s restaurant inside the Parisian building where the fashion house Dior was founded, was awarded its first star.

It took Alléno’s current tally of stars to 18 across 21 restaurants; a figure that, according to Alléno’s website, makes him one of the two most starred chefs in the world alongside Alain Ducasse.

Alléno says the success far exceeds the expectations he had when he dreamed of becoming a chef as an eight-year-old in the suburbs outside central Paris.

“I come from a big family, one of those families that feels out of the novels that we romanticize today,” he tells CNN Travel.

His parents ran a popular neighborhood bistro, and his grandmother and cousins were another influence in the home kitchen. “It was thanks to them that I was inspired to pursue this career,” he says.

He trained under traditional French chefs — many holding the prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France title, one of France’s top culinary honors. He worked his way

Esta madre que busca a su hija desaparecida hace 21 años refleja la realidad de miles en México: “No se vale tener miedo”

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Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español

La vida de la familia de Silvia Ortiz se quebró hace más de 21 años, la noche del viernes 5 de noviembre de 2004, cuando su hija adolescente, Silvia Stephanie Sánchez Viesca Ortiz, no regresó a casa.

Silvia recuerda que la joven tenía rutinas bien definidas. Cada tarde, después de clases, llegaba a su hogar junto con uno de sus hermanos mayores, Michel, para comer, hacer sus tareas escolares y después volver a salir para sus actividades deportivas. Ambos jugaban baloncesto en Torreón, su tierra natal y una de las principales ciudades del estado de Coahuila, en el norte de México.

Cuando terminaba de jugar, Silvia Stephanie regresaba a casa antes de las 9:00 de la noche o, si estaba con Michel y sus amigos, alrededor de las 9:30. Pero el día que desapareció, se hizo tarde sin que su familia tuviera noticias de ella.

En México, miles de familias más tienen historias parecidas. Según cifras oficiales, desde 1952 hasta la fecha se han registrado más de 133.000 desapariciones. La gran mayoría de ellas ha ocurrido en este siglo, un hecho que coincide con el incremento de la violencia generada por grupos criminales.

Silvia cuenta a CNN que, el día que su hija desapareció, un amigo suyo fue a buscarla para pedirle un discman que le había prestado. Su hermano, que se había separado de ella debido a un torneo, llegó poco después y todos se sorprendieron de que la joven no hubiera vuelto para ese entonces.

“En ese momento supimos que algo había pasado”, dice Silvia, quien esa noche comenzó una búsqueda que en sus primeras horas la llevó a casa de una de las amigas de su hija y a hablar con todos aquellos que pudieran haberla visto.

De acuerdo con esos testimonios, el rastro de la joven se perdió en algún punto cuando se dirigía a la parada del autobús que regularmente tomaba para regresar.

Para la madre de Silvia Stephanie, además, la búsqueda que empezó esa noche y que se ha extendido ya durante más de dos décadas representó su entrada a “un mundo” que habría preferido no tener que conocer, uno marcado por las dificultades, la burocracia y por la lucha por intentar recuperar a su hija.

“Ha sido un andar como con muchos baches, con muchas piedras, con muchos obstáculos, con bardas por brincar y muchas cosas por hacer”, dice.

La historia de Silvia, de 62 años, tiene parecido con la de otras mujeres que se han convertido en madres buscadoras en México. Muchas de ellas han formado colectivos que acuden ante instancias gubernamentales, se dan apoyo y organizan búsquedas por su cuenta, en particular en estados con altas cifras de desaparición como Jalisco, Tamaulipas o el Estado de México. Tan solo en Coahuila hay más de 3.600 casos.

Una de las experiencias en común que dicen haber enfrentado muchas de esas mexicanas es toparse con falta de disposición por parte de las autoridades para buscar a sus familiares. Silvia dice que en su caso, poco después de la desaparición de su hija, recurrió a una prima suya que trabajaba en la Fiscalía de Coahuila, pero esta no le ayudó y minimizó la situación.

“Yo llegué con ella y le dije: ‘No aparece la niña, necesito que me ayudes, échame la mano’. Me dijo: ‘Ay, Silvia, debe andar con el novio’”, recuerda.

De acuerdo con Silvia, el sábado 6 de noviembre de 2004 la Fiscalía de Coahuila abrió un acta por la desaparición, pero la investigación del caso no se movió. En aquella época, en México aún no existían la Ley General de Víctimas, creada en 2013, ni tampoco la Ley General en Materia de Desaparición Forzada de Personas, Desaparición Cometida por Particulares y del Sistema Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas, aprobada en 2017.

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Rebels jeered Putin’s troops out of a key African town. Now his regional grip is slipping away

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By Nimi Princewill, CNN

Abuja (CNN) — When Russian forces withdrew last month from the strategic stronghold of Kidal in northern Mali — retreating under the jeers of the very rebels they were sent to crush — they surrendered more than just territory.

Observers characterize the withdrawal of the Kremlin-backed Africa Corps as a humiliating blow to Moscow’s prestige as a leading security partner in Africa’s Sahel region, widely considered the world’s deadliest terror hotspot.

Since militants linked to al Qaeda and the northern separatist Tuareg rebels launched simultaneous attacks on April 25 — the most audacious in over a decade — Mali has plunged deeper into chaos. Their rare alliance enabled a rapid campaign that saw several military bases overrun across northern Mali.

Facing encirclement in the desert town of Kidal, the Africa Corps — now operating under Russia’s Defense Ministry after replacing the Wagner Group — negotiated a safe-passage agreement with militants to evacuate its personnel. The episode underscored growing limits to Moscow’s ability to protect its allies, mirroring recent failures to secure the regimes of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, and the leadership in Iran.

Kidal, which is about 1,000 miles northeast of the capital Bamako, was seized by the Malian army and Russian mercenaries in 2023, bringing an end to nearly a decade of rebel rule.

That victory symbolized Moscow’s dominance over Western efforts in Africa and highlighted Russia’s growing influence in the Sahel, where anti-Western sentiment has been on the rise. The Sahel stretches more than 3,000 miles across Africa just below the Sahara Desert and includes swathes of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Cameroon and The Gambia.

Russia stepped into this space after Western forces, which were involved in counterterrorism operations in parts of the Sahel, were forced out by various governments in the region between 2022 and last year.

Mali, a former French colony long gripped by insurgency, is governed by a military junta following consecutive coups in 2020 and 2021. After cutting ties with French forces and United Nations peacekeepers, the regime turned to Moscow for security support.

However, the fall of Kidal now exposes the fragility of that strategy.

On April 26, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a mainly Tuareg separatist group, declared on social media that it had reached an agreement with Russian troops to vacate Kidal permanently, proclaiming the town “is now free.”

Videos soon emerged online showing Tuareg fighters mocking a convoy of departing Russian vehicles fleeing their base.

The crisis deepened with the assassination of Malian Defense Minister Sadio Camara, a Russian-trained officer and key architect of Mali’s shift toward Moscow. He was killed in a suicide vehicle bombing at his home near Bamako. The al Qaeda-linked group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the attack on Camara’s home.

With JNIM now threatening a complete blockade of Bamako and urging Malians to revolt against the junta and adopt Sharia law, the regime’s promises to “neutralize” these threats with Russian support appear unconvincing.

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La IA en realidad no está “quitándote” tu trabajo. Esto es lo que está sucediendo en su lugar

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Por Lisa Eadicicco, CNN

Es poco probable que la IA quite tu trabajo en un futuro cercano. Al menos no todo tu trabajo.

Las preocupaciones sobre la inteligencia artificial reemplazando a los trabajadores humanos aumentaron en el último año, mientras las empresas reducen sus plantillas, los modelos de IA se vuelven más capaces de realizar tareas de oficina y los negocios integran la IA más profundamente en sus operaciones. La IA fue la principal razón citada por las empresas para los recortes de empleo en abril por segundo mes consecutivo, según informó el jueves la firma de recolocación ejecutiva Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

“La ansiedad por la IA en el trabajo es real: desde el miedo a perder el empleo hasta la presión de mantenerse al día con una tecnología que evoluciona rápidamente”, escribió Microsoft en un informe sobre cómo la IA está cambiando el trabajo publicado la semana pasada.

Pero la realidad de la IA en el entorno laboral no es tan blanco y negro, dicen los expertos. Las empresas están utilizando la IA para automatizar ciertas partes de los trabajos en lugar de reemplazar puestos completos.

Los líderes empresariales están averiguando lo que la IA puede y no puede hacer, y recalibrando los trabajos existentes en torno a responsabilidades que solo pueden ser realizadas por un humano. Y miles de empleos han sido recortados en el proceso, siendo la empresa de infraestructura web Cloudflare y la firma de criptomonedas Coinbase las últimas en anunciar recortes de personal.

“Realmente son muy pocos los puestos de trabajo que han sido totalmente automatizados con la tecnología actual de IA y robótica disponible”, dijo Alexis Krivkovich, socia sénior de McKinsey & Company, quien colidera la Práctica de Personas y Rendimiento Organizacional de la firma.

La IA es técnicamente capaz de automatizar el 57 % de las actividades relacionadas con el trabajo, dijo Krivkovich, citando investigaciones de McKinsey. Pero ese porcentaje está distribuido en “piezas y partes” de varios trabajos y responsabilidades dentro de una organización.

Nitin Seth, cofundador de la firma de servicios digitales y consultoría Incedo, asegura que su empresa ayuda a los clientes a aumentar la productividad mediante la IA al menos un 20 % a 25 % sin reducir el personal en la misma medida. Esto se debe a que la IA solo maneja ciertas partes de diferentes roles.

“No se puede tomar un cuarto de Lisa, un cuarto de Jessica, un cuarto de Nitin y un cuarto de otra persona y convertirlo en una sola persona”, dijo Seth.

El temor de que la IA quite empleos ha afectado más a la industria tecnológica. Los ingenieros de software han adoptado cada vez más la tecnología para ayudar a escribir código, y el 90 % de los trabajadores tecnológicos utilizan IA en sus trabajos, según una encuesta de septiembre del brazo de investigación de Google. Stack Overflow, un popular foro de preguntas y respuestas para desarrolladores, descubrió que el 84 % de los encuestados ya usan herramientas de IA en el proceso de desarrollo de software o planean hacerlo.

Pero el trabajo de un ingeniero de software implica mucho más que solo programar: incluye revisar el código, diseñar sistemas, solucionar problemas y decidir qué construir. Las empresas pueden ajustar los títulos de los puestos para reflejar eso, dice Boris Cherny, jefe de Claude Code en Anthropic.

“Creo que para finale

Families going ‘no contact’ doesn’t always mean the end

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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN

(CNN) — Two of Liza Ginette’s kids don’t speak to her, and she is proud of them for it.

From the outside, it might have looked like they had fairly normal parent-child issues, she said. She had a tumultuous marriage to their father and difficult divorce. She feels that she forced a new romantic relationship on her kids while tending to dismiss their feelings and sometimes having emotional outbursts, she said.

By 2021, her elder daughter had had enough and went “no contact.” Two years later, her younger daughter cut off communication as well, said Liza Ginette, who lives near Raleigh, North Carolina.

She does not want to use her last name to protect her children’s privacy but uses her first and middle name online. She makes social media content to coach other families who have gone no contact.

For everything that I might have done wrong, I kind of feel like I did something right, because I always taught them not to take bull from anybody,” Liza Ginette said.

There has been a lot of talk about families going no contact –– it has been described as a rising trend of ungrateful adult children being cruel to aging parents or a younger generation setting boundaries with parents unwilling to treat their children with respect. But the truth is more nuanced, experts say. The decision to go no contact is often difficult, but there can be growth that comes out of it.

At first, Liza Ginette was distraught and confused at her children’s silence. Everyone told her she was a good mother, she said. But then she started intensive therapy, and the introspection made her realize that she needed to take accountability for some things in her relationship with her children. She had more understanding about why her daughters made their decisions and realized that all she could do was put in hard work to grow as a person.

“I think that parents get stuck in this idea that they’re being punished when it’s not,” she said. “It’s really that these kids need to heal from something that they’ve gone through.”

Is no contact just a trend?

People talk a lot more about families who go no contact –— take the Beckhams or the British royal family –– but there isn’t data to indicate that this dynamic is the growing trend the public often describes it as, said Dr. Lucy Blake, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of the West of England.

This kind of disconnect between parents and children is often talked about as rare and unusual, but data shows that 1 in 5 people will become estranged from their fathers, Blake said. About 6% or people lacked a relationship with their mother, a 2018 study showed.

It isn’t just extreme circumstances –– abuse, crimes or abandonment –– that lead to no contact. Often, it is the accumulation of difficult dynamics, she added.

“My research and my understanding is it’s very everyday, common events in family life that can lead to periods of tension and distance and strain,” she said.

Not all periods of no contact are the final word on a relationship, she said. Sometimes they are breaks to establish feelings of safety or to step away and reflect before reengaging.

The experience might also be cyclical, with people reestablishing contact and breaking it several times, Blake added.

For some, the reason behind such estrangements might seem clear to both parties. But in many cases, c

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