Miraculously, the airport stayed open throughout the war, though only Middle East Airlines was flying to anywhere in Europe, and then only occasionally. My flight to Rome, where I live, was packed ...

I fell in love with Italy decades ago in Florence when I spotted a peach-coloured swing coat in a shop window. It struck me then that a country capable of producing something so exquisite must also ...

The U.S. stock market is holding steadier Tuesday as Wall Street waits for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end. Oil prices, meanwhile, continued to fall ...