Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — South Africa’s fast train was so new when it carried its first passengers Tuesday that it wasn’t quite finished. Builders had left string tacked ...

As train guests relaxed with Champagne and snacks (including South Africa’s ubiquitous biltong — dried, cured meat) at the tea-time elegant train station, Rovos Rail owner Rohan Vos arrived to ...

PARIS — It began with a routine ticket check at a Paris train station. What happened next — rioting, looting, tear gas — showed the anger that erupted into violence in France’s troubled ...