If you’re planning to travel to India, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the coronavirus pandemic. The basics India is currently the global center of a devastating new wave of the pandemic, with the country’s health system close to collapse. The country swiftly closed its borders at
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Tokyo 2020 announced on Monday that it will allow spectators at the Olympics this year amid the pandemic, setting a 50% cap at venues, up to a maximum of 10,000 people. Organizers did however warn that it could restrict the number of fans in the event of a state of emergency or amid any other
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If you’re planning to travel to Costa Rica, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic. The basics Costa Rica opened back up for tourism in November 2020. The country has eased restrictions in recent weeks and is looking into creating a digital nomad visa
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Italy’s cheap homes bonanza continues to lure hundreds of interested buyers, despite the pandemic. But what happens once someone takes the plunge and invests their (small) chunk of change in a crumbling corner of a remote town? For Roy Patrick, a 67-year-old British car and motorbike fanatic who bought an old school house in the
Continue Reading If you’re planning a trip to Australia, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic. The basics As one of the countries to have performed better in the pandemic, Australia’s borders are still closed. After murmurs that visitors may be allowed to trickle in by
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Global stocks and cryptocurrencies are pulling back on Monday as investors continue to weigh signals from the Federal Reserve that it could raise interest rates sooner than expected. Markets were broadly lower, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropping more than 3% — easily the worst major performer — after Wall Street closed out its worst week
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As the United States continues on a path to near pre-pandemic normalcy, experts remain concerned over low vaccination rates and the spread of Covid -19 variants, which could potentially exacerbate a pandemic that has upended life for more than a year and inflicted a damaging toll on Americans and the world. New York and California,
Continue Reading A rare case of China’s fiery national liquor has sold for more than $1 million, more than five times what experts had estimated it would fetch. Sotheby’s announced on Friday that it had sold a crate of the beloved spirit, Kweichow Moutai, for an eye-popping £1 million (almost $1.4 million) in London. That’s the highest
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The regulations are being considered as a renewable energy company plans to build a wind farm in Howard and Boone counties.
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MONDAY: Showers and storms will stick with us throughout the morning. Those look to start breaking up into the afternoon, with some sunshine possible late this evening. A much needed break from the heat is moving in behind this front, with highs in the low 70’s today. TONIGHT: That cooler air has a chance to
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Jon Rahm won the 121st US Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California, on Sunday. Rahm joins an exclusive club with his first ever major win, becoming the first Spaniard ever to win at the US Open. Rahm, the third-ranked player in the world, putted back-to-back birdies on the 17th and 18th
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Before winning the 2021 US Open, former world No. 1 golfer Jon Rahm told CNN Living Golf’s Shane O’Donoghue that he was “getting closer” and working on the “magic formula” to win a major.
Continue Reading As Americans continue to come out of coronavirus isolation and states lift restrictions on gatherings, shootings continue to plague the nation, with nine mass shootings occurring in the US since Friday night. Six people were killed and at least 42 were injured in mass shootings across nine states this weekend, according to the Gun Violence
Continue Reading Editor’s note: CNN has today launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. When it comes to the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China, the sky is by no means the limit. As
Continue Reading Ethiopians will head to the polls on Monday amid widespread nationwide unrest, famine, and a raging humanitarian crisis in the country’s Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed readies for his first real test at the ballot, in what will be Ethiopia’s first multi-party election in 16 years. With the polls initially planned for August last
Continue Reading At least 20 people were injured when a tornado carved a 22-mile path through southern Alabama Saturday morning, officials said. The tornado struck as Tropical Storm Claudette was passing over the area, the National Weather Service said in a storm damage survey. Much of the damage was reported in Escambia County, AL, but it continued
Continue Reading The body of a 7-year-old boy was found Sunday, four days after a group of tubers went over a dam on the Dan River in North Carolina, officials said. A 911 call alerted emergency responders to the body, which was recovered from the river near Draper Landing in Eden, according to a statement from the
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Severe thunderstorms moved through Mid-Missouri around 10:00 PM Sunday night, leaving a swath of damage across Audrain, Boone, and Callaway counties. As of 11:30 PM, more than 2,000 Boone Electric customers were without power, and more than 1,000 were without power in the City of Columbia. Several reports of trees and downed power lines came
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Mizzou Athletics beat writer Eric Blum in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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It has been six years since Olympian Aram Mahmoud has seen his family. Mahmoud left Syria to pursue his dream of competing in badminton on the biggest stage in the world — a dream that is set to come true in Tokyo this summer. Years after making the difficult choice to leave his home, Mahmoud
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