MEDELLÍN, Colombia – Panicked calls from overseas voters usually come in November, just two or three days before the election, says Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, founder of the nonpartisan Overseas Vote Foundation. This year, a wave came in August, a crush of voters asking: Where is my ballot? How can I vote from abroad? […]
Month: July 2023
BOSTON — It was the fourth day of her freshman year at Northeastern University, and Maddie Harrington still hadn’t met anyone living in her dorm. Harrington, 18, said people weren’t making much of an effort to say hello in the hallways since COVID-19 safety protocols restrict freshmen from entering anyone’s […]
MEDELLÍN, Colombia – Panicked calls from overseas voters usually come in November, just two or three days before the election, says Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, founder of non-partisan Overseas Vote Foundation. This year, a wave came in August, a crush of voters asking: Where is my ballot? How can I vote from abroad? How […]
Research suggests that staying in the UK could cost more than going abroad. Photo: Getty As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the travel industry, with new restrictions being announced each week, Brits have turned their attention to ‘staycations’ closer to home to avoid potential quarantines. But these […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if Government works with it, including through support for airport Covid-19 testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
In today’s job market, being able to adapt to changes in the work environment and develop transferable skills can help you weather a difficult period. Photo: Getty For years, we’ve used the idiom “jack of all trades, master of none” as a negative. Picking a specific skill and learning to […]
If you’ve been looking for Lysol or Clorox spray online, you’re probably out of luck. The big-name cleaning brands have been sold out online since March, as shoppers rushed to stock up on cleaning and sanitizing products for their home to help curb the spread of Covid-19. According to the […]
The Parks and Recreation cast is reuniting again to help get Joe Biden elected What did we ever do to deserve not one, but two (TWO!) Parks And Recreation reunions in 2020? Clearly sensing our desperate need for something nostalgic and joyful, the cast of Parks and Recreation has decided […]
It’s definitely a different Toronto International Film Festival than usual, with a couch and a Keurig taking the place of theater seats and a coffeehouse stop. In a year when everything in the movie industry has had to scramble amid COVID-19, Toronto (running through Sept. 19) is the biggest of the A-list […]
Drug developers are racing to create a COVID-19 vaccine, but a post-pandemic world won’t suddenly arrive when one is successfully developed. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is expected to resume clinical trials of its vaccine candidate after a brief global pause in testing, Oxford University, which is co-developing the vaccine, said in a […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if the Government works with it, including through support for airport testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
Drug developers are racing to create a vaccine, but a post-pandemic world won’t suddenly arrive when one is successfully developed. A return to “normal living” won’t come until “several months” after a vaccine first arrives, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN. That’s likely to be about a year away, as […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if the Government works with it, including through support for airport testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
Travel has obviously been much reduced in recent months Last week 21-year-old influencer Charly Jordan, who has more than 5m followers across Instagram and TikTok, was criticised for travelling to Rwanda amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a now deleted video, Jordan tearfully details how following a positive test for Covid-19 […]
Drug developers are racing to create a vaccine, but a post-pandemic world won’t suddenly arrive when one is successfully developed. A return to “normal living” won’t come until “several months” after a vaccine first arrives, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN. That’s likely to be about a year away, as a successful vaccine still […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if the Government works with it, including through support for airport testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
Drug developers are racing to create a vaccine, but the a post-pandemic world won’t suddenly arrive when one is successfully developed. A return to “normal living” won’t come until “several months” after a vaccine first arrives, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN. That’s likely to be about a year away, as a successful vaccine still […]
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Venice Film Festival is wrapping up the first COVID-era international cinema showcase Saturday, with critics, filmmakers and actors alike cheering organizers for having dared to hold the festival amid a pandemic and demonstrating how to go to the movies again, safely. The coveted Golden Lion […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At this very moment a vast world exists that’s free of the coronavirus, where people can mingle without masks and watch the pandemic unfold from thousands of miles away. That world is Antarctica, the only continent without COVID-19. Now, as nearly 1,000 scientists and others who wintered […]
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos Courtesy Social Work When the coronavirus began ravaging New York City, Chenghui Zhang’s parents begged her to return to China. But Zhang, who is 25 and also goes by the adopted first name Helen, would not leave her adopted home of nearly […]
It’s definitely a different Toronto International Film Festival than usual, with a couch and a Keurig taking the place of theater seats and a coffeehouse stop. In a year when everything in the movie industry has had to scramble amid COVID-19, Toronto (running through Sept. 19) is the biggest of the A-list […]
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, Americans are struggling with feelings of safety once again as another American is diagnosed with the coronavirus every 2.45 seconds. While a race to a vaccine is widely considered the only path back to a pre-pandemic way of life, Dr. Anthony Fauci […]