Queues! Not the temporary ones for fuel or rice that appear from time to time, but the permanent queues we encounter at places like the passport office, identity card office, and hospital clinics.

Business boomed at a street snack stall in China in a touching show of support for its owner whose son had died from cancer, leaving the man with three small children to look after. Video clips of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a way of dealing with high demand, the age-old practice of forming a long, orderly queue has something to be ...