For some suitcases, the journey ended in Melba’s office: the Lost Luggage Department. It was a cramped space in the basement of the Interstellar-Plus Flight Headquarters on Planet 462. Where the lights flickered and formed shadows in every cranny. Where planetary dust sneaked in every time a door to the outside was opened. Melba always
A combination of severe heat and little rain has left many of Europe’s rivers drier than normal this summer, revealing formerly submerged relics and blind spots in the continent’s supply chain. The two rivers at the center of the crisis are the Danube and the Rhine. Both serve as major arteries for shipping and freight
