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China’s top diplomat has arrived in Laos for an emergency meeting with counterparts from Southeast Asian countries, which have expressed alarm over a viral outbreak that started in China By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press February 19, 2020, 10:27 AM 3 min read VIENTIANE, Laos — China’s top diplomat arrived Wednesday in Laos for an emergency […]

All three U.S. carriers that use Boeing’s 737 Max jetliner have again put off returning the plane to their schedules. On Friday, United Airlines said it would operate without the jet until Sept. 4, while American Airlines said it would do so through Aug. 17. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it would do likewise through

Online, reactions to the video were divided: You’re either a recliner or you’re not. But proper airplane etiquette is more complicated than that, Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst, said. Seat reclining follows an unwritten rule: You don’t do it unless you really need to. “Airplane etiquette is you only recline when necessary, and if

Now that the holidays are over, it’s the time for off-season deals in cities like Seattle, Boston and Dublin. The skies may be gray and the sidewalks slushy, but you’ll face fewer crowds in the museums, find tables at hot restaurants and have a better shot at getting those theater tickets everyone’s talking about. And

That possibility fuels organizations working to expand Israel’s tech sector, such as The Hybrid, which helps Arab-led start-ups scale up, and WMN, an advocacy and mentoring organization for women entrepreneurs in Tel Aviv and the north of Israel. Tech has also taken hold in Jerusalem, and is growing in Nazareth as well as cities near

When the Knight Frank agency analyzed the main drivers of French Alps property purchases in 2019, one factor outweighed the traditional lure of the slopes and the growth of summertime activities in the mountains. “It is not exactly glamorous, but the single biggest driver right now for choosing a French resort, rather than anywhere else

LONDON — Britain has been battered by severe weather for the second consecutive weekend, prompting an official warning on Sunday that lives were at risk as streets became flooded, mud flowed, rail tracks were submerged and dozens of flights were canceled. The storm, named Dennis and classified as a “weather bomb” by the national weather

TOKYO — American passengers evacuated a cruise ship that had been quarantined for more than a week in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, after hundreds of people on board fell ill with the coronavirus. The Americans boarded two chartered flights to the United States, and the flights departed Tokyo at 7:05 a.m. Monday, according

Julian Robertson’s three new homes on New Zealand’s North Island are a matter of practicality. The co-founder, chairman and chief executive of the investment firm Tiger Management needs the residences for his growing family, which now includes his three sons, their wives and his nine grandchildren. When Mr. Robertson first built a vacation house on

Standard Time is available at six of seven Standard Hotels worldwide (save for the new Maldives resort). In addition to serving red-eye warriors, flexible check-in taps into the brand’s signature element: hip, see-and-be-seen spaces designed largely for leisure. Then there’s the opposite of hip and see-and-be-seen: hourly rates. But New York City’s stylish new TWA