Month: January 2020

Airlines and travel agencies have been paying fewer fines for violating consumer protection rules in the last few years as flier complaints have declined. But critics fear the reduction in civil penalties signals an unwillingness by the Trump administration to crack down on rule-breakers in the industry. In the first three years of the Trump…

Entireworld, with its cozy, thoughtfully designed basics — think sweatshirts and sweatpants as well as underwear, T-shirts and socks — debuted as a direct-to-consumer brand about two years ago. Since then, its founder, L.A.-based designer Scott Sternberg, has taken the Entireworld goods to traditional retail avenues — a pop-up shop with the furniture brand Design…

View this post on Instagram We are honoured to be supporting two-time Golden Globe winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge of @bbcfleabag and Ralph & Russo’s charity auction to raise funds for the Australian bushfire relief. Worn at this year’s Golden Globes, the couture tuxedo from @ralphandrusso is up for auction on eBay. Proceeds are going to @wireswildliferescue,…

It’s not too late to get those New Year’s wellness resolutions in motion. Here are some options: About to open its doors is Aarmy in West Hollywood, a boot camp-style fitness studio designed to let clients feel “as if they are students in an elite athletic academy,” said Trey Laird, co-founder of the 8,000-square-foot facility…

MONTREAL —  Less than 24 hours after Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran, another passenger jet, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 241, arrived at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. It had 138 empty seats. They belonged to the dead. The majority of the 176 people who perished in the the Iran crash…

They met as graduate students in Montreal, drawn there by Concordia University’s well-regarded engineering program. They had both landed good jobs in the industry. They recently bought a house in Montreal. They had flown home to Iran for their wedding, attended by family. “They were going to invite us for a housewarming party this new…

Researchers backed by the San Diego Zoo are scrambling to save koalas threatened by the rampaging brush fires in Australia. Officials said a team working in the Blue Mountains — home to the most genetically diverse population of koalas in the world — was able to find and capture a dozen of the marsupials as…

EDEN, Australia —  Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to towns at risk of nearby wildfires as hot, windy conditions Friday threatened already fire-ravaged southeastern Australian communities. The danger is centered on New South Wales and Victoria, Australia’s most populous states, where temperatures and winds spiked after a few days of relatively…

TAIPEI, Taiwan —  Further deadlock and heightened pressure from China are the likely outcome if Taiwan’s independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen wins a second term this weekend, as is widely predicted. Tsai, of the Democratic Progressive Party, was leading by a comfortable margin in most polls before the standard blackout period on surveys was imposed 10 days…

Here’s a look at what roughly $625,000 buys right now in Rancho Santa Margarita, Santa Ana and Mission Viejo in Orange County. RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA: A gazebo adjoins a swimming pool and spa behind this Mediterranean-style home with mountain views. Address: 11 Via Becerra, Rancho Santa Margarita, 92688 Listed for: $610,000 for two bedrooms, two…