By Emiko Jozuka, CNN The Japan Tourism Agency announced on Tuesday, May 17 that it would start allowing small group tours in May as part of a “test tourism” trial before the country fully reopens to foreign visitors. The country’s tourism agency added that the trial will allow the government to assess health and safety
Continue Reading By Emiko Jozuka, CNN The Japan Tourism Agency announced on Tuesday, May 17 that it would start allowing small group tours in May as part of a “test tourism” trial before the country fully reopens to foreign visitors. The country’s tourism agency added that the trial will allow the government to assess health and safety
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By Michael Nedelman and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for people traveling within the United States. The agency now urges all domestic travelers to “consider getting tested as close to the time of departure as possible (no more than three days) before your trip,” according
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By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has placed a popular African destination in its “high” Covid-19 risk category for travelers. South Africa — renowned for its stunning vistas, wildlife, wineries and culture — is now at Level 3. In total, the CDC moved up four destinations
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has placed a popular African destination in its “high” Covid-19 risk category for travelers. South Africa — renowned for its stunning vistas, wildlife, wineries and culture — is now at Level 3. In total, the CDC moved up four destinations
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The United Kingdom’s fish-and-chip shops are under severe strain as the prices of key ingredients — including cod and cooking oil — soar as a result of the Russian assault on Ukraine. As many as a third of the country’s roughly 10,000 fish-and-chip restaurants could close in the next nine
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s became the symbol of glasnost in action 30 years ago when it opened its first restaurant in Moscow. But after temporarily shutting down more than 800 restaurants following the invasion of Ukraine, McDonald’s has decided to leave Russia altogether. The burger chain will sell its Russia business, saying the
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN The faces of Australian election candidates are plastered on campaign posters across the country — but there’s one face that stands out, and it belongs to Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader, though not a participant in any modern democracy, has become a familiar presence in a campaign dogged by allegations of
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A beach house is swept into the sea, a 7-year-old steals the show at her first communion, and a Broadway legend takes an audience member to task. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Bottoms up! A 7-year-old surprised the priest — and the whole congregation — when she chugged
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A beach house is swept into the sea, a 7-year-old steals the show at her first communion, and a Broadway legend takes an audience member to task. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Bottoms up! A 7-year-old surprised the priest — and the whole congregation — when she chugged
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A beach house is swept into the sea, a 7-year-old steals the show at her first communion, and a Broadway legend takes an audience member to task. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Bottoms up! A 7-year-old surprised the priest — and the whole congregation — when she chugged
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A beach house is swept into the sea, a 7-year-old steals the show at her first communion, and a Broadway legend takes an audience member to task. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Bottoms up! A 7-year-old surprised the priest — and the whole congregation — when she chugged
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A beach house is swept into the sea, a 7-year-old steals the show at her first communion, and a Broadway legend takes an audience member to task. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Bottoms up! A 7-year-old surprised the priest — and the whole congregation — when she chugged
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A beach house is swept into the sea, a 7-year-old steals the show at her first communion, and a Broadway legend takes an audience member to task. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Bottoms up! A 7-year-old surprised the priest — and the whole congregation — when she chugged
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By Reuters A 48-year-old Nepali woman scaled Mount Everest for the 10th time on Thursday, May 12, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by a female climber, her hiking company said. Lhakpa Sherpa last climbed the 8,848.86-meter (29,031.69-foot) mountain in 2018. A fellow Nepali, Kami Rita Sherpa, holds
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By Sahar Akbarzai, Sara Smart and Forrest Brown, CNN Air traffic control came to a stop for parts of Thursday morning and afternoon in Jamaica, forcing flight cancellations and leaving thousands of frustrated passengers stranded there or unable to reach the Caribbean island. MBJ Airports Limited, the operator of Sangster International Airport near the popular
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN As Cuba confronts the worst shortages of food and medicine in decades and runaway inflation, a new exodus of the island’s citizens is underway. In March, more than 32,000 Cubans arrived at the US-Mexico border, almost twice the number from the previous month, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, CNN As Cuba confronts the worst shortages of food and medicine in decades and runaway inflation, a new exodus of the island’s citizens is underway. In March, more than 32,000 Cubans arrived at the US-Mexico border, almost twice the number from the previous month, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.
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By Reuters New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday, May 11, that the country will fully reopen its international borders from 11:59 p.m. on July 31, with cruise ships also welcome back to local ports on the same day. The end-July opening of the border is two months earlier than the government’s previous
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By Jamiel Lynch, Dakin Andone and Pete Muntean, CNN “I have no idea how to fly the airplane.” The pilot on his single-engine Cessna 208 had “gone incoherent,” the passenger was telling air traffic controllers Tuesday afternoon, according to audio from LiveATC.net. It was, he stressed, a “serious situation.” Air Traffic Controller Robert Morgan, a
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