Oil company CEOs and Canadian, U.S. and British government officials attending the Global Business Forum in Banff last week heard a chilling forecast of military clashes if there is an environmental meltdown due to climate change.
Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry, is an excellent short book by Jean-Robert Pitte, who says that terroir, that principle sacred to French winemakers, isn't everything.
While Cannes is still the Wimbledon of festivals, Toronto is the other one that matters most. Come here to catch the hottest films from Cannes, fall releases looking to tout themselves, and Oscar hopefuls.
The world has turned out to be a lot less malleable and willing to adjust to American preferences than the president may have thought before taking office.
Unaccompanied children who do not apply for asylum or who have been refused asylum are without regular status and subject to repeated detention or even deportation, in violation of binding international law.
As a Greek-American of Cretan heritage, who has been actively engaged in the process of reconnecting with my roots, I found the standing and role of women in Greek culture and society, both in their religious and secular senses, to be a very meaningful topic.
Thessaloniki is far from the classic tourist fantasy of Greece: there are no nearby islands, and Delphi and Athens are far away. But it is the country's cultural capital and the epitome of cool.
My ex-husband and I recently celebrated our 12th anniversary. That's how long we've been divorced -- one year longer than we were married.
The Greeks have been tripping all over themselves trying to be uncharacteristically polite, lest anyone think them rude because the New Acropolis Museum is also a reproach to the British Museum.
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McKennitt was shocked when she was invited to perform in Istanbul in 1996, which is when she first discovered her extensive fan base in the Middle East.
Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.
Erdogan is politically shrewd enough to realize that his condemnation of fascism would resonate at home and in the West, while winning him accolades and support against his powerful domestic opponents.
This continuum of massacres, genocide and deportations highlights the existence of a long-term strategy implemented by successive Turkish regimes from the 1890's to more recent times.
For those of us in committed relationships seeking legal recognition, it's an emotionally draining, two-steps-forward, one-step-back process, state by state, country by country.
In his inaugural address, a cosmopolitan and well-traveled President Barack Obama reached out to the Muslim world, acknowledging its presence, influen...
People ask: What lies behind the recent unrest in Greece? Will it last? Has the Greek police been ineffective? Can the Greek government guarantee law, order and safety? Let me answer these questions.
A recent Defense Department report cites cases of 173 Americans arrested between 1947 and 2007 for passing state secrets to al-Qaeda, China, Egypt, Cuba, Poland, Germany, Russia, North Korea, France, among others.
It wasn't hard to predict the demise of the "Hemi hybrid," but the end came a lot faster than expected. They should have given them a full year of production before, literally, pulling the plug.
"Hands off our dishes," is the slogan of a popular media campaign aimed at featuring traditional Lebanese foods and debunking claims their recipes are Israeli in origin.
I felt a thrill, almost of familiarity, as I approached the hilltop fortress of Mycenae, set on a precipitous ridge between twinned mountains.
