The day I was supposed to fly from London to Newark this spring, British Airways sent an e-mail saying the flight had been canceled. When I called to rebook, the agent offered a flight two hours earlier, which meant my boyfriend and I had to drop everything and race to …
(Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe’s rivals said on Wednesday the chaotic organization of early voting for soldiers and police showed Zimbabwe was not ready for a July 31 general election in which more than six million people are registered to vote. Mugabe’s main rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, told a …
“I don’t have the willpower to go on a diet, so this was the only way,” says Yomaira Jaspe, a Venezuelan woman whose eating decisions are currently dictated by a plastic patch sewn onto her tongue. A new form of extreme diet, the supposed “miracle” tongue patch has become popular …
Banking and bill-paying services are offered in booths in small shops across Mexico. The business is backed by a new sort of venture capital that focuses on both financial and social returns. On the outskirts of Mexico City, just past the dusty plateau of a defunct landfill, the cinder block …
“Aging in place” is the mantra of long-term care. Whether looking at reams of survey data, talking to friends or wishing on a star, who among us wouldn’t rather spend the final years — golden or less so — at home, surrounded by our cherished possessions, in our own bed, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — These days, it sounds like an improbable fairy tale: politicians with deeply differing visions of America setting aside disagreements to reach a grand compromise on a critical issue. That’s exactly what happened in 1790, when the Founding Fathers overlooked their parochial interests — and defied their staunchest …
During Hurricane Sandy, a friend told me that he had borrowed a generator from someone who did not lose power and didn’t need it. My friend used it and was about to return it, when I asked him about borrowing it on behalf of a friend who was without power …
PATTANI, Thailand (AP) — Teachers in a violence-wracked southern Thai province said Monday that they are shutting down all primary schools there until the government can guarantee their safety from attacks by Muslim insurgents. Boonsom Tongsriplai, the head of the region’s teachers’ association, said that Pattani province’s 332 schools would …
Another day, another chance for Ryanair to make the news. Today’s incident comes from the Spanish Canary Islands where a plane full of passengers had to be emptied after a mass fight broke out. The fight happened after one passenger got angry when he was told he’d need to pay …