By Marnie Hunter, CNN Cruise travel no longer carries a CDC Covid-19 risk warning. While the move doesn’t mean there is no risk of Covid-19 transmission on cruises, “travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise ship, much like they do in all other travel settings,” the US Centers
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Cathay Pacific may be about to operate the world’s longest commercial flight by redirecting its regular service from its hometown of Hong Kong to New York over the Atlantic — a route that would steer clear of Russian airspace — instead of taking its usual path over the Pacific. Although it
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s banks and investment firms are calling on essential staff to live at the office this week to avoid any trading disruption during Shanghai’s massive Covid lockdown. A person familiar with the matter told CNN Business that traders and fund managers were being offered between 500 and 2,000
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s banks and investment firms are calling on essential staff to live at the office this week to avoid any trading disruption during Shanghai’s massive Covid lockdown. A person familiar with the matter told CNN Business that traders and fund managers were being offered between 500 and
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Pope Francis on Monday met Indigenous leaders and survivors of Canada residential schools who are seeking a papal apology for the harm inflicted for decades on Indigenous children. At the Vatican, representatives for the Métis and Inuit, some of the largest Indigenous groups in Canada, urged Pope Francis to travel to
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Niamh Kennedy, Ed Upright, CNN British police will issue 20 fines as part of their investigation into illegal parties held in the heart of Boris Johnson‘s government, which took place while the rest of the country was living under strict pandemic lockdowns and sparked outrage in the UK. London’s Metropolitan Police said
Continue ReadingBy Karol Suarez, Stefano Pozzebon, Valentina Di Donato and Harmeet Kaur, CNN The Honduran Supreme Court has authorized the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernández to the US, where he will face drug trafficking and firearms possession charges. The decision by the country’s highest court to reject Hernández’s appeal ratifies a March 16 decision
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The CDC’s weekly update of travel health advisories has some of the most encouraging news for tourists it’s had in months. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not add a single new destination on Monday to its highest-risk category for travel. This hopeful respite comes
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith found her struggle with hair loss at the center of an unexpected controversy at the Oscars on Sunday night, after her husband Will Smith appeared to strike comedian Chris Rock in response to a joke he made about her shaved head. But while social media users were divided on
Continue ReadingCNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN As global travel continues to reopen in 2022, there will soon be another addition to the “world’s longest flights” list — a direct route between Melbourne, Australia and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) operated by Qantas. The Australian airline, which is nicknamed “the flying kangaroo,” announced the new route will
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN As global travel continues to reopen in 2022, there will soon be another addition to the “world’s longest flights” list — a direct route between Melbourne, Australia and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) operated by Qantas. The Australian airline, which is nicknamed “the flying kangaroo,” announced the new route will begin
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Prince William says he’s not in the business of “telling people what to do” and any future relationship between countries in the Caribbean and the UK is “for the people to decide.” The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spent the last week traveling through three Commonwealth
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN On the steps of a Darwin courthouse at the end of one of Australia’s most contentious cases, Warlpiri elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves could barely contain his rage. “When are we going to get justice? When?” he yelled. White police officer Constable Zachary Rolfe had just been acquitted of murder in the
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A pair of brave pigs saved their own bacon, Kelly Clarkson was beaten by her own hit song, and a runaway bounce house was caught on camera. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Mighty swine A pair of pigs fended off a black bear after it climbed into their
Continue ReadingCNN, KCAL, KCBS By Brendan Buckley, CNN A pair of brave pigs saved their own bacon, Kelly Clarkson was beaten by her own hit song, and a runaway bounce house was caught on camera. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Mighty swine A pair of pigs fended off a black bear after it
Continue ReadingCNN By Brendan Buckley, CNN A pair of brave pigs saved their own bacon, Kelly Clarkson was beaten by her own hit song, and a runaway bounce house was caught on camera. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Mighty swine A pair of pigs fended off a black bear after it climbed into
Continue ReadingCNN By Brendan Buckley, CNN A pair of brave pigs saved their own bacon, Kelly Clarkson was beaten by her own hit song, and a runaway bounce house was caught on camera. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Mighty swine A pair of pigs fended off a black bear after it climbed into
Continue ReadingCNN, WSOC By Brendan Buckley, CNN A pair of brave pigs saved their own bacon, Kelly Clarkson was beaten by her own hit song, and a runaway bounce house was caught on camera. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Mighty swine A pair of pigs fended off a black bear after it climbed
Continue ReadingCNN By Brendan Buckley, CNN A pair of brave pigs saved their own bacon, Kelly Clarkson was beaten by her own hit song, and a runaway bounce house was caught on camera. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Mighty swine A pair of pigs fended off a black bear after it climbed into
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering its sixth mass bleaching due to heat stress caused by climate change, the reef’s managers confirmed Friday. The update comes mid-way through a 10-day monitoring mission by UNESCO scientists as they consider whether to add one of the world’s seven natural wonders to their “in
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