A restaurant in the south of England has taken the radical step of allowing customers to pay what they wish for their food. Can it possibly work?
Another brutal summer is only months away, prompting a surge in demand for household solutions to back up electricity supplies
Iraqi immigrants are making new homes in Ireland, but sectarian animosities have traveled with them
Absolut sparks a furor with an ad invoking Mexico's claim to much of the western United States. But Mexicans are happier to earn dollars, rather than pesos there
How the comrades in one rural village took to heart Deng Xiaoping's exhortation "let some people get rich first"
In the southwestern corner of New Mexico, a tiny town plays the role of terrorist haven
Where 52 murders and 144 rapes are committed each day, crime fiction becomes a vehicle for exploring a society in crisis
Dazzled by eastern promise, the house of Ferragamo brings its 80th anniversary cavalcade to Shanghai
In the name of "emotional tourism," a Thai hotel invites 50 people to a $300,000 dinner. But before that, the guests must see how the other half lives
Trinidadians celebrate the scarlet ibis as their national bird, but heavy poaching suggests that many are just as happy to enjoy it in a curry
The tsunami took everything Hidayat Ali held dear, but he picked himself up and started over
A shipwreck, a volcano, corrupt officials and more were all part of the week's entertainment at a Nicaraguan "oasis of peace"
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