Lome / AFP Wearing a brightly-coloured wrap-around dress, Sonia ambles through the crowds at a market in a popular neighbourhood of Lome, a string of tiny red beads dangling from her hips. “I’m very comfortable wearing waist beads. But it is also a way of attracting men,” says the 24-year-old hairdresser, a coy smile playing on her lips. In ...

  Cannes / DPA Seaside towns often have a long history, starting out as fishing villages and developing into maritime trade centres. Different occupying powers and inhabitants have left their traces and thanks to the towns’ location on the sea and their commercial role they’re usually cosmopolitan and culturally diverse places offering travellers a great mixture of history, night life and ...

  Emirates Business Battle-racing shifts into high gear as Anki — a robotics and artificial intelligence company —announces launch of their hit robotic battle-racing game, Anki OVERDRIVE, in the United Arab Emirates this summer. Anki OVERDRIVE is available at select Harvey Nichols and Virgin Megastore outlets across Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Following the massive success of Anki DRIVE, one of ...