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Rolf Potts says it’s official: Planes have become flying buses, and air travel is no longer sexy... I want to take this opportunity to declare that the Mile-High Club is, for all practical purposes, defunct. Much like the practice of phrenology or the fad for goldfish swallowing, the notion ... [more]

The eight-minute amateur video of an extraordinary showdown between buffalo and lions—with a special appearance by a hungry crocodile—at South Africa’s Kruger National Park has become a YouTube phenomenon, viewed more than 10 million times and celebrated by experienced nature photographers. It wa... [more]

The dive in the dollar means shopping in New York has never been better value for Brits. Douglas Rogers picks the best shops for gadgets, clothes and accessories. [more]

Kind of nasty, but here's the review on several international airports' rest facilities. [more]

Buried for 2,000 years in its native soil, China’s terracotta army is on the move. Our critic joins the parade. [more]

The US dollar plays an important role in the global monetary system and dollar assets are an important part of China's foreign exchange reserve, the central bank said yesterday. The announcement by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), experts said, should scotch rumors that Beijing would sell of... [more]

MidWest Air Group will be taken private by TPG Capital, rather than be taken over by AirTran Airways. This ends a hostile takeover attempt by AirTran that has been going on since June 2005. [more]

China has announced plans to map "every inch" of the surface of the Moon as part of its ambitious space-exploration programme. The NSA (National Space Administration) also made no bones about China's commercial interest in space, telling reporters that the Moon holds the key to future generati... [more]

Traversing the blogosphere can be as rewarding as trekking the globe—if you know where to go. Here are, in no particular order, 10 travel blogs that are worth a stopover... [more]

Summertime: Time for the beach, and time for some beach reading. This year, I did my vacation reading the gadgety way, on Sony's Reader, a device the consumer electronics giant hopes is an early draft of how the world will read books in the future. Click a button with your left thumb to hop... [more]