For some jazz and smoking go together like strawberries and cream, but venues will soon be smoke-free. So will the atmosphere be stubbed out?

Papers across the continent respond to the growing protests in France, with some blaming the French premier for mishandling the crisis and others seeing a wider malaise in Europe.

After talks with US authorities collapse, the stricken accountant looks set to face charges of obstructing justice in the Enron affair.

Globalisation, international finance and how to remember the Holocaust are some of the varied issues raised in today's European newspapers.

A livestock farmer explains how he faces financial ruin as foot-and-mouth restrictions disrupt the lambing and calving season.

As part of their millennium celebrations, the French are once more laying claim to the Prime Meridian.

Some of America's newspapers are heaping scorn on President Clinton's alleged use of legal jargon to defend himself from the charge of perjury.

The world's press has been harsher than American public opinion in calling for the president's resignation.