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Food bank, charities busy in Algarve as pandemic ravages Portugal tourism

By Catarina Demony

FARO, Portugal (Reuters) – Carla Lacerda used to earn a good salary selling duty-free goods to holidaymakers (More…)

Russia’s COVID-19 death toll as of February crosses 225,000 – stats service

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has recorded over 225,000 deaths related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in April, (More…)

Georgia wins 8-year water fight with downstream neighbor Florida

By Rich McKay and Sebastien Malo

ATLANTA (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Georgia in ending (More…)

G7 countries urge independent probe into alleged rights abuses in Ethiopia’s Tigray

By Foo Yun Chee

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries called on Friday for (More…)

Eerily silent Paris CDG marks Easter without air travel rush

By Tim Hepher and Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) – Easter at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport typically starts two weeks (More…)

U.S. caught the most migrants in two decades at U.S.-Mexico border in March

By Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. authorities caught more than 171,000 migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico in March, (More…)

Train crash kills 50 in Taiwan’s deadliest rail tragedy in decades

By Ann Wang

HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) – A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on (More…)

CDC discourages Americans from travel despite ‘low risk’ to vaccinated people

By David Shepardson and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said (More…)

United Airlines to initially hire 300 new pilots as travel demand rebounds

(Reuters) – United Airlines on Thursday said it would hire about 300 pilots as travel demand rebounds as a rising (More…)

Virginia law denies benefit to some healthcare workers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

By Tom Hals

(Reuters) – Virginia has passed a law making it easier for some healthcare workers who become ill (More…)