For Jiang Tong, it is just another busy day in his 30-year career as a train driver while he sat in the cab, started the engine, and drove the cargo train through the mist in [Read More]
Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 50, two key highways linking the west and east of the United States, were closed in the mountainous areas of Northern California due to a strong winter storm battering the [Read More]
Lebanon’s hotels suffered from a steep decline in occupancy rate over the past year, but the New Year vacation brings a glimpse of hope for the sector as reservations saw a slight increase in the [Read More]
Health authorities on Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar have enhanced preventive measures against COVID-19, especially those with regard to international travel. A joint statement by the Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar ministries of health said all authorities [Read More]
Travellers arriving from 12 countries are banned from entry into Iran for 15 days over the fear of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, Iran’s semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The ban, already effective on Saturday, covers [Read More]
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health on Monday issued a level 3 warning all over the country after 514 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been detected. The level 3 warning refers to an [Read More]
Malaysia reported another 2,778 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing its total to 2,741,179, according to the health ministry. Some 129 of the new cases are imported, with 2,649 being local transmissions, data [Read More]
Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways and American Airlines canceled more than 750 flights combined on Christmas Day, and cancellations were set to drag on through Sunday, upending plans during one of the busiest [Read More]
The holiday season travel stress has only escalated amid the surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with several airlines reporting staff shortages from the spread of the coronavirus, leaving passengers with delayed or cancelled [Read More]
Cuba on Saturday received the first cruise ship of its current tourist high season, which will run through March. With 84 German tourists on board, the World Voyager ship docked at a port of Santiago [Read More]
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