Paris / AP Shares in Air France-KLM went into freefall on Wednesday, a day after the company said Alexandre de Juniac is to resign as chairman and CEO to take charge of aviation industry group IATA. Juniac helped Europe’s second biggest airline group return to profit last year for the first time since 2008, but his four-year spell at the …

London / Emirates Business This year marks the 40th anniversary of Britain’s World of Islam Festival, a ground-breaking series of exhibitions opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976. That same year, Sotheby’s pioneered London’s first ‘Islamic Week’, which has taken place in April and October every year since. In celebration of these landmark events, Sotheby’s is staging its most wide-ranging …

Cannes / AFP Tired of “Big Brother”, too afraid to turn on “The Apprentice” now that Donald Trump is at the gates of the White House? Never fear. In the television future dogs will fly, people will come back from the dead and parents will choose their children’s dates. These are just some of the new reality television concepts coming …