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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Island destinations from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean joined a handful of Eastern European countries among the latest places deemed “very high” risk for travel by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Mauritius, Albania and Serbia on Monday moved to the “Level

By Abel Alvarado and Claudia Rebaza, CNN Abimael Guzman, the founder of the Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, known as ‘Sendero Luminoso’ in Spanish, died in prison on Saturday, according to the country’s National Penitentiary Institute. He was 86. A Maoist rebel group, Shining Path was active in the 1980s and 1990s, spreading terror in

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Fall is almost here, we’re approaching our seventh season of living with a pandemic, and yes, it still sucks. Never mind, though, as CNN Travel is here as always to sharpen your pencils, straighten your rucksack and get you schooled in our weekly roundup of the latest developments in pandemic travel

By Reuters Vietnam plans to reopen the beach-fringed island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists from next month, authorities said, as the country looks at ways to revive an economy suffering from extended lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. The island, 10 km (6 miles) off the coast of Cambodia, is expected to open for

Patrick Oppmann The Cuban government has begun to vaccinate children as young as two years old for COVID-19, the island’s state media reported, in a bid to get kids back into classrooms. While other countries have said they will eventually vaccinate children, Cuba is believed to be the first to give Covid-19 vaccines to toddlers.

By Samantha Beech and Rafael Romo, CNN A powerful earthquake struck the southwest of Mexico late Tuesday, causing widespread shaking as far away as Mexico City and killing at least one person. The United States Geological Survey said the 7.0 magnitude quake struck 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) east-northeast of Los Órganos de San Agustín, about

By Al Goodman, CNN The grip of the Delta variant of Covid-19 on the United States and the world continues to have travel ramifications as the summer travel season winds down. Spain is the latest nation to tighten access to its borders. In a change from policy earlier this summer , Spain is allowing tourists

By Karol Suarez and Sharif Paget, CNN Mexico’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, in a decision expected to set precedent for the legal status of abortion nationwide. “Today is a historic day for the rights of all Mexican women,” said Supreme Court Chief Justice Arturo Zaldivar. The court ruled Tuesday

By Forrest Brown, CNN Two tropical islands half a world apart and popular with tourists — Jamaica in the Caribbean and Sri Lanka in South Asia — are now among the highest-risk destinations for travelers. That’s according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel advisories list, which was updated on Tuesday. Also

By Jack Guy, CNN An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded imitating the phrase during a courtship display, according to a study published Monday. The authors said he could have learned it from

By Paula Newton, CNN After denouncing protesters as “anti-vaxxer mobs,” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pelted with gravel at an election campaign stop on Monday night. Journalists traveling with the Liberal Party leader posted videos of the incident in London, Ontario, as Trudeau was boarding his campaign bus after the event. Several videos show

By Stephanie Elam, CNN Almost everything about a sequoia tree is giant: It can grow to more than 200 feet tall and live longer than 3,000 years. Yet the sequoia’s footprint is shrinking, as human-induced climate change threatens this ancient tree’s survival. Sequoias were once found across the Northern Hemisphere, but today, they only naturally

By Scottie Andrew, CNN A statue of Christopher Columbus that was removed last year from its position along Mexico City’s main thoroughfare won’t be returned to its former spot, city officials said. Instead, it will be replaced by a statue of an Indigenous woman to recognize the contributions of Mexico’s native peoples, Mexico City Mayor

By Mitchell McCluskey and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Brazilian football hero Pele underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his right colon last Saturday, he announced on social media on Monday. The news of the surgery follows Pele’s denial of reports that he had fainted last week, when he said that he was in good health

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A toddler was found three days after he went missing in the Australian wilderness, authorities confirmed on Monday. New South Wales (NSW) Police responded to reports just before 12.30 p.m. on Friday that three-year-old Anthony “AJ” Elfalak had gone missing from his family’s property in the rural area of Putty,

Reuters Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selected countries to visit from September 19 under a pilot program to kick-start tourism, the government said on Sunday. Tour groups of between 5 and 30 people from countries on Israel’s green, yellow and orange lists will be allowed to enter the country provided all group

By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Prince Charles’ longest-serving and closest aide has stepped down voluntarily as head of The Prince’s Foundation amid claims of misconduct first reported by the Sunday Times. Michael Fawcett, who previously served as the prince’s valet, has been accused of using his position and influence to help Saudi businessman