Even as Parisians continue to struggle under lockdown, members of the French elite, potentially including government ministers, have been caught attending rulebreaking secret restaurants in the French capital. French TV channel M6 aired secretly recorded footage of clandestine dinners taking place at an “underground restaurant located in a beautiful part” of Paris. The clip shows guests at the... 

Prosecutors say a West Side man and two accomplices went on a violent crime spree Tuesday, killing a man seemingly at random on the street, carjacking a woman, and robbing three Dunkin’ locations before police caught up with them. Investigators strongly suspect the crew is connected to a weeks-long pattern of similar crimes across the city and suburbs, including an armed carjacking outside Willis... 

UK vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi says he expects bars, cinemas, restaurants and sports stadiums to all demand proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before allowing customers to enter their venues. Speaking with BBC Radio’s The World at One earlier today, Zahawi responded to the host’s question about immunity passports that are registered within a phone app to be allowed to enter a sports stadium... 

An investigation has found that a large number of reviews on the site seem to have been uploaded by websites which offer glowing praise for a fee. UP to a third of reviews on TripAdvisor are fake with hotels and restaurants buying positive reviews, it has been claimed. Analysis of tens of thousands of reviews on the site has shown that top rated bed and breakfasts have almost twice as many “false”... 

Three-hundred and fifty federal government cafeterias will enjoy ‘low-antibiotic’ food starting at the beginning of 2016, and during a White House summit on antibiotic use last week, voluntary pledges from 150 food processors, restaurant chains, hospitals, and drug companies vowing to phase out the use of meat from animals treated regularly with antibiotics will change the food landscape for the... 

McDonald’s will close 700 restaurants worldwide this year for the first time in four decades. Faced with declining sales and increased market competition, the company says it also intends to streamline management positions. In the US, the closings will be a mix of franchises and company-owned restaurants, McDonald’s spokesperson Becca Hary told the Associated Press. She said the closings are part... 

Smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants and clubs, will be banned in Russia from July 1, 2014. The ban on the sale of cigarettes in kiosks will come into force this spring. The State Duma Committee on Health approved 30 amendments to the anti-smoking law from the previously proposed 169. MPs did not approve the amendments expanding the list of public places where smoking should be prohibited....