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For many national leaders attending their first United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), it's probably possible to mill unobtrusively around in the background, get to know the place a bit, figure out which table not to be seen at during lunch and so on. A

The army of waiters descending on our table makes me choke on my very dry, very dirty vodka martini. Hundreds of them are marching in arm-tucked formation just to fillet a Dover sole. One splinters off to portion the carrots and peas. Another tilts a napk

Pedro Vargas David has a request for the Middle East's rival capitals: stop trying to settle scores through the newsroom. The chairman of Euronews argues that attempts to damage a neighbour's reputation leave the whole region looking worse to European aud

The hotel lobby might be the most misunderstood space in hospitality. Everyone agrees that it matters but nobody seems to agree on what it should be. In recent years, the lobby has been asked to shoulder an exhausting number of roles at once: reception de

The grand Paris flea, Marché aux Puces in the little town of Saint-Ouen, is a defiantly grubby, un-air-conditioned counterpoint to the instant gratification of online purchases and chain-store homogeneity. Shopping here is a gamble - there are 16 acres of

The machinery of everyday life attracts little attention until someone tries to disrupt or, indeed, destroy it. According to Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, the head of the UAE Cyber Security Council, Iran has targeted the UAE's power grid and sought to wipe its digi

Wenzhou - a coastal city in Zhejiang province just three hours from Shanghai by high-speed rail - is known within China as an entrepreneurial hotspot. The birthplace of the country's now vast private economy, local people carry a reputation for hard-nosed

When thinking about the much-discussed concepts of personal style and taste, Neelam Ahooja's name springs to mind. The Toronto-based accountant-turned-stylist has built a loyal audience thanks to her ability to cut through the noise and dress for herself.

LisbonAbout three blocks from my apartment, a new district is on the rise and my goodness, it's going up fast. I can't help but think that the partial Chinese ownership of Fidelidade - the insurance and financial group developing the new district - might

I marvel at the CVs that land on my desk. People in their twenties who have had more life experiences than Scott of the Antarctic, speak more languages than Duolingo can muster and who, in their summer holidays, have saved large chunks of the planet - or