Cricketer Kevin Pietersen says Africa travel ban is ‘discriminatory’ (AP) As travellers and the travel industry wait to see which countries might be added to – or subtracted from – the UK government’s “no-go” list, pressure is growing for the blanket restriction on Africa to be eased. At present, the […]
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Ms Sturgeon also warned Scots against travel to the areas in the top two tiers of England during the October holidays and singled out Blackpool for special attention. She warned the Lancashire holiday town is “now associated with a large and growing number of Covid cases in Scotland” and urged […]
A coalition of travel, hotel, franchise, and state and local government groups called for Congress to not go on recess without providing relief for sectors devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. More than 175 organizations representing the public and private sector, including the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), International Franchise Association […]
An employee is protected by a plexiglass shield while processing a skier at the reopening of Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort, which closed in mid-March to help in the effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, in a Wednesday, May 27, 2020 file photo, in Keystone, Colo. An executive […]
All visa holders in Australia have been subject to the country’s COVID-19 travel ban, apart from the exemptions currently in place for diplomats, maritime and air crew, and those simply transiting through the country for less than 72 hours. But since the end of August, there has also been an […]
The Government is considering further restrictions if coronavirus infections continued to rise, a minister has suggested, saying the country faces “a choice” about what happens next. Asked about reports this morning that further national restrictions are looming Helen Whately, the care minister, pointed to existing restrictions on household mixing in the North […]
TikTok users in the US have been reacting to the news of a potential ban of the popular app for months. Photo Illustration by Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images The US government on Friday announced that downloads of the popular social-media app TikTok would be banned starting Sunday, marking the […]
If you want to throw a party at a rented home in Arizona, you’re going to have to pay for two nights, at least if you rent through Vrbo. The vacation rental site has pledged to ban all one-night rentals in Arizona for at least several months during the COVID-19 […]
VENICE, CA — Airbnb, one of the largest short-term rental companies in the world, announced Thursday it will ban all parties and events at its global listings, including capping capacity to 16 people, until further notice amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Airbnb stated that starting Friday, the party ban applies to […]
For millions of people in the U.S. who use the Chinese app WeChat, it’s a lifeline to friends, family, customers and business contacts in China. That lifeline is now under attack by an executive order from President Donald Trump that could ban the app in the U.S. as early as […]
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Due to public outcry and back by popular demand, City Council’s Community Relations and Recreation Committee will hold an online public meeting Thursday (April 15) at 7:15 p.m. to continue the discussion of fishing at Lower Shaker Lake. The meeting comes in the wake of close to […]
Watch: Europe awaits AstraZeneca approval as virus variant worries grow Coronavirus Article Bar with counter Britain’s supply of Pfizer vaccines from Belgium is under threat with the European Commission is expected to unveil an EU export ban on Friday. The development comes amid a deepening row between the EU and […]
Dubai – Getty The United Arab Emirates, Rwanda and Burundi will be added to the Government’s list of countries with travel bans from 1pm today, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Thursday. There are now 33 countries on the UK’s travel ‘red list,’ which is being enforced in an effort […]
Mina Mahdavi, a 39-year-old solutions and cybersecurity engineer in California who has not been able to bring her mother from Iran to the U.S. because of the Trump administration’s anti-Muslim travel ban, tried everything she could think of. She applied for a waiver, called the consulate and her representatives in […]
It’s not a good time to be a member of an extremist hate group who wants to go on vacation. In the wake of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Airbnb says it has been taking more aggressive actions to prevent members of violent hate groups from using its service. […]
While the first half of that capitalised rant (now deleted) was correct – Tier 4 residents must have a “reasonable excuse” to leave their home – its assertion that the Covid regulations contain a ban on travel is completely false. There is no such ban, and it is perfectly permissible […]
As a new strain of COVID-19 continues to spread in southern England, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday called on the federal government to take action to prevent it from reaching the United States. The governor delivered his remarks from quarantine, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Trump administration Sunday to enact a ban on travel from the U.K. or require mandatory testing as a new, significantly more dangerous strain of the coronavirus emerges there. The new variant in the U.K. could be “up to 70% more transmissible” than […]
People at St Pancras station in London, wait to board the last train to Paris today, Sunday Dec. 20, 2020. Millions of people in England have learned they must cancel their Christmas get-togethers and holiday shopping trips. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that holiday gatherings can’t go ahead […]
Cars on the beach at Cape Kiwanda might soon become a thing of the past. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced a new rule proposal Thursday that would limit motorized vehicle access on beaches around the sandstone headland on the north Oregon coast, including at the popular day-use site […]
A few train lines already have a ban on alcohol, such as LNER, which runs ‘dry services’. In November, ScotRail also banned alcohol on its services and stations, after a number of incidents where “people who are extremely drunk” were “showing complete disregard towards Covid-19 precautions such as wearing a […]
Her intervention came as she announced the number of daily coronavirus cases had increased to 1,433 and fatalities to 50, the highest death total since May 20. She said it was too soon to know whether this was an anomaly or the start of a new surge following a 22 […]