Travel, for many a 78-year-old American, is what you do on a cruise ship, or maybe just between the couch and the kitchen. For writer Paul Theroux, it’s lately been a matter of Chiapas, Oaxaca, magnificent scenery, charming hitchhikers and the occasional duck taco. Theroux, the author of about 50 novels and travel books in […]
Every fall and winter, volunteers help hatchlings on a beach in the town of Todos Santos, Mexico. Visitors can join. Christopher Reynolds of the Los Angeles Times joined a release in mid-October. And now, one more reason to think about a trip to southern Baja California: Three species of embattled sea turtles lay eggs on […]
Stocks on Wall Street closed nearly flat Tuesday after an early rally lost momentum toward the end of the day. The Nasdaq composite index still finished with its second record high in three days, while the Dow Jones industrial average ended at the same all-time high it set a day earlier. The Standard & Poor’s […]
Nike Inc. is breaking up with Amazon.com Inc. The athletic brand will stop selling its sneakers and apparel directly on Amazon’s website, ending a pilot program that began in 2017. The split comes amid a massive overhaul of Nike’s retail strategy. It also follows the hiring of former EBay Inc. Chief Executive John Donahoe as […]
The high-pressure turbine blades in a Trent 1000 passenger jet engine have to withstand temperatures far above the melting point of the nickel alloy from which they’re made. It’s a fiendish technical challenge for the engine’s British manufacturer, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc — comparable to trying to stop an ice cube melting inside a kitchen oven […]
Inside the cozy nightclub thick with jazz musicians, music industry professionals and a sprinkling of other VIPs, legendary music producer Quincy Jones on Sunday night hosted “Q & You,” a benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America. “There are some amazing people here tonight,” Jones said from his perch on a banquette, seated beside music […]
InsightCuba is offering U.S. travelers free round-trip airfare between Miami and Havana on multiday tours to the island nation. The deal: The free airfare applies to most tours, from four-day weekend excursions to Havana ($2,595 and up), to 10-day tours ($4,895 and up) that take you to less-traveled parts of the island. The company has […]
GAZA CITY — Israeli airstrikes killed more Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza on Wednesday as rocket fire toward Israel resumed after a brief overnight lull, raising the death toll in the strip to 18 Palestinians in the heaviest round of fighting in months. The military said more than 250 rockets have been fired at Israeli […]
CANBERRA, Australia — Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia’s drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes, some for the second time in a week. The most intense fires were concentrated in the northeastern states of New South Wales and Queensland, although a fire emergency warning […]
HONG KONG — University students from mainland China and Taiwan are fleeing Hong Kong, while those from two Scandinavian countries have been moved or urged to leave as college campuses become the latest battleground in the city’s five-month-long antigovernment unrest. Marine police used a boat Wednesday to help a group of mainland students leave the Chinese […]
