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Portugal has so far averted a gas crisis with around two-thirds of the country’s gas stations well-stocked three days into a strike by tanker truck drivers over pay, the government said Wednesday. Uncertainty remained, however, as employers said they wouldn’t return to the negotiating table while the truckers are on strike, and the truckers’ union […]

A Five-Bedroom Waterfront Retreat in Manitoba $680,000 (899,900 CANADIAN DOLLARS) This custom-designed, five-bedroom house sits on the sloping banks of the Bird River, east of the small town of Lac du Bonnet and a lake of the same name, in the cottage country of Manitoba, Canada. Built in 2011 on almost two acres, with 265

Greek firefighters backed by water-dropping planes and helicopters were battling a wildfire burning through a protected nature reserve on the island of Evia for a second day Wednesday, where hundreds of people had been evacuated from four villages and a monastery. The six planes and five helicopters were concentrating on areas where access to the

On the bathroom door, a wooden sign read, “John F. Kennedy used these facilities on March 18, 1960.” Sure enough, a newspaper clipping showed a campaigning Kennedy speaking from the hood of a car outside the bar. Down the street from Big Dick’s was the marquee for the small Palace Theater, built in 1939. Multiplexes

This autumn, fans from around the world will descend upon Japan for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the first time the tournament will be held in Asia. With venues spread across the country, the five-week-long tournament provides an opportunity to see a variety of sights in Japan. Matches will be played in major cities like

United Airlines is setting an earlier cutoff time for when pilots must stop drinking alcohol before flights. The airline is telling pilots they must abstain from alcohol for 12 hours before flights, up from the previous eight hours. The change in the rule — it’s called “bottle-to-throttle” in the airline business — comes several days

A boardwalk at a Southeast Texas wildlife refuge that was damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 has reopened. The Victoria Advocate reports that the boardwalk in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge reopened this month. It connects two observation towers to where the Big Tree Trail meets San Antonio Bay. Laura Bonneau, manager of visitors’ services

HONG KONG — Hong Kong International Airport — sleek, modern and famously efficient — has helped symbolize the city’s place as one of the world’s busiest and most important commercial hubs since it opened more than two decades ago. But this week the airport, long a source of local pride, became the epicenter of civilian

Thousands of travelers have been affected after Hong Kong’s airport suspended check-ins again Tuesday after anti-government protesters flooded the airport, one of the world’s busiest travel hubs, for the second day in a row. Have your travel plans been affected by the demonstrations and flight disruptions at Hong Kong International Airport? Please tell us below.

Protests at Hong Kong’s airport on Tuesday caused a second day of travel mayhem at one of the world’s busiest air-transport hubs, further threatening the city’s reputation as a stable place for doing business. Travelers trying to catch their flights were met with an announcement that check-in was suspended from late afternoon because terminal operations