Trips to Italy and Greece in this week’s Travel Tips

#COVID19 is on the rise in many countries. @DrMikeRyan explains the dangerous ‘double effect’ of opening up too quickly and high Omicron transmissibility. The good news is vaccination also has a double effect:1️⃣ saves lives2️⃣ protects health systems pic.twitter.com/Dpn0Gj0iIE

An undercover officer was shot at in Southwest Philadelphia.  PHILADELPHIA - An undercover officer is home recovering after his car was shot at overnight in Southwest Philadelphia, according to authorities. Police say the car he was in was hit by a bullet on the driver's side around 2:30 a.m. near S 58th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard.

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Spring officially commenced on 20 March, and we've already started to see the weather brighten up over recent days. The evenings are beginning to become brighter and the temperature is already on the increase, as we all get prepared for summertime. Clocks are now set to go forward on Sunday 27 March at 01:00, allowing more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings.

PTI. The government is currently mulling if such people should pay for the precaution doses and if these doses should be made available at private vaccination centres.

COVID vaccines became freely available in the U.S., one fourth of American adults remain unvaccinated, and a picture of the economic cost of vaccine hesitancy is emerging. It points to financial risk for individuals, companies and publicly funded programs.Vaccine hesitancy likely already accounts for tens of billions of dollars in preventable U.S.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The International Monetary Fund issued a press release highlighting recommendations to be made to ensure that Sri Lanka regains its economic stability under article IV, and have highlighted the importance of shielding the domestic financial sector from offshore banking activities in the Port City.According to the IMF, the Port City is an important opportunity for investment promotion and for testing growth-enhancing structural reforms. However, to maximize its benefits while minimizing associated risks, there is a need to ring-fence tax concessions, ensure compliance with international tax and AML/CFT standards and to shield the domestic financial sector from offshore banking activities in the Port City.Moreover, the tax concessions offered in the Port City should be clearly codified and carefully ringfenced through rigorous regulations while the administration should exercise its discretionary power in granting tax concessions and exemptions given, the IMF adds.In IMF staff’s view, Sri Lanka’s debt is unsustainable.

A 14-year-old boy fell to his death late at night from a free-fall amusement park ride that is taller than the Statue of Liberty along a busy street in the heart of Orlando’s tourist district.

Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for rock band Foo Fighters, has died, the band announced late Friday.

Moscow signaled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists in the East as Ukrainian forces went on the offensive to recapture towns outside the capital Kyiv.

PLF) for arrivals into UK, as well as all tests for passengers who do not qualify as vaccinated.

AUSTIN, Texas - The teen driver who survived being hit by a tornado says he is getting a new job and a North Texas car dealer wants to give him a new truck.Video of 16-year-old Riley Leon and his red truck has been viewed thousands of times since the Texas tornado on Monday in Elgin. Riley told FOX 7 he was going back home from a job interview at Whataburger.A company spokesperson said Thursday it was her understanding he has been hired at their Manor location, but was awaiting confirmation from their Human Resources department that he has officially been hired.Riley told FOX 7 his red truck was hauled away by the family’s insurance company. He provided a picture of the truck before it was smashed by the storm and earlier explained its a personal loss.

Two weeks after the province lifted its COVID-19 mask mandate, there are calls to reinstate it in some areas. Kylie Stanton tells us where, and what the health minister says about it.

For approximately two hours, a large convoy slowly drove around Penticton, B.C., on Tuesday. Honking horns, yelling, and loud music prompted several noise complaints from near-by residents.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine begins its second month, the Kremlin is now turning its attention to seizing Donbass.

The Canadian veterans who raised money for three ambulances and medical supplies are on the ground in Ukraine, and already making a difference. Rumina Daya reports.

. You might be able to get:Find out about:Updated the guidance if you’re off work because of coronavirus because the temporary eligibility rules for benefits if you were self-isolating have ended.Removed references to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ('furlough') which ended on 30 September 2021.Removed guidance on what you could claim if you’re off work because you’re shielding.

Covid-19 cases, as per updated data by Union Health Ministry. Nearly 4100 deaths including backlog death cases from some states were reported in the last 24 hours. While the Covid-19 active caseload stood at 16,741 on Saturday, as per the Health Ministry data. The cumulative vaccination administered in the country reached 1,82,87,68,476, the data further revealed.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The International Monetary Fund has recommended that Sri Lanka focus on strengthening VAT and income taxes, through rate increases and base broadening measures.This is to restore macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, implementing a credible and coherent strategy covering both the near and medium term, that is needed.The recommendation was made via a press release by the IMF following the conclusion of the Article IV consultation with Sri Lanka by the Executive Board.It also recommended that fiscal adjustment should be accompanied by energy pricing reforms to reduce fiscal risks from lossmaking public enterprises. Institution building reforms, such as revamping the fiscal rule, would help ensure the credibility of the strategy.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. - A New Jersey police officer had a night on the job that she won't soon forget after she helped a woman in labor deliver a healthy baby. Robbinsville Police Officer Allison Ricci responded to a home for reports of a woman in labor Thursday morning around 3:50 a.m. She was expecting to help the woman get ready for an ambulance to take her to the hospital, but the situation was too far along. "I found mom sitting in the bathroom.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 24: Caleb Daniels #14 of the Villanova Wildcats reacts during the first half of the game against the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 Round at AT&T Center on March 24, 2022 in San PHILADELPHIA - Villanova began the season among the figurative favorites to reach the Final Four.The Wildcats were ranked No. 4 and boasted a veteran roster that reached all the way back to the 2018 national championship season.But by mid-December, they already had four losses in a rough schedule, taking a beating from defending national champion Baylor and losing their Big East opener to Creighton.Uh oh? Not so, coach Jay Wright said.Wright said he put his team in a "bad spot" with the brutal early schedule that also included losses to UCLA and Purdue, two other other programs that would eventually reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament."I felt like we were worn down, and we were in finals, and Baylor played great.

COVID-19 wastewater data shows cases are rising again across Canada “(Calgary has) been coming down a lot,” Kevin Frankowski told Global News on Friday. He is the executive director of Advancing Canadian Water Assets and co-lead of the pan-Alberta wastewater monitoring project.“We’re about 80 per cent of the way down the Wave 5 peak, and for a while it was kind of just staying at the same level.

Today we are reporting 14,175 community cases, 841 hospitalisations and 20 deaths.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A father wants to know why his child died while visiting an Orlando amusement ride. Yarnell Sampson said his 14-year-old son, Tyre, was visiting Orlando from St. Louis through a football program.

The federal government is promising $2 billion in top-up payments to provinces and territories, to help relieve pandemic-driven surgery backlogs. But Abigail Bimman explains why experts believe money isn’t the answer.

Chicken meal kits recalled (Credit: FSIS) WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert on chicken breast meal kits due to concerns about the poultry’s misbranding and undeclared allergens. "FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that these products should not be consumed," the agency wrote in a press release Friday.The chicken breast meal kits were shipped to retail locations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

A promotional photo for RoboBurger. (Courtesy of RoboBurger via PRNewswire) JERSEY CITY, N.J. - In perhaps yet another sign that machines are taking over the world, a robot inside a vending machine inside a mall in New Jersey can cook you a burger inside six minutes. RoboBurger, billed by its creators as the "world's first fully autonomous robotic burger chef," takes up about 12 square feet, plugs into a regular wall socket, and features a refrigerator, an automated griddle, and a cleaning system. "The robot uses a five-step cooking process similar to what chefs use in quick service restaurants," a RoboBurger press release states.

HOUSTON - You see the vanity license plates on the roads, as drivers stamp their personality on their rides.RELATED: 35th Annual Art Car Parade returns in person after two yearsSome of them are more valuable than you might think. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators says there are 9.7 million personalized plates in the U.S. Some of them are worth thousands, or even millions of dollars."This one here, the word CASH," plate collector and seller Michael Modecki held up a California plate.MORE SULLIVAN'S SMART SENSEThe word CASH could turn this aluminum license plate into gold."We're asking two million dollars for it.

FILE - A study assistant, is holding a blood sample in her hand. (Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Image)Researchers have documented evidence of microplastics found in human blood for the first time, according to a recent study conducted in the Netherlands. The study, published in the journal Environment International on March 24, observed the blood of 22 healthy, non-fasting volunteers and subsequently, 17 out of the 22 people tested positive for having microplastics in their blood. Researchers found four "high production volume polymers" in test subjects’ blood which included polyethylene terephthalate, a synthetic resin which is often found in clothing fibers, containers for liquids and food and found in food in general, according to the study. In addition, polyethylene, one of the most common types of plastics primarily used in packaging for food, medical tubing and cable wires was also detected in the subject’s blood. Also present was polymers of styrene, otherwise known as polystyrene, which is made "from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is commercially manufactured from petroleum," according to Science Direct. Polystyrene is widely used in the food industry to create containers, cups, utensils, plates and bowls. Researchers found approximately 1.6 micrograms (one-millionth of a gram) of microplastics in blood samples.

The remains of Kevin Alvin Jude Carroll were identified over 40 years after his murder. RIDLEY TWP, Pa. - Authorities in Pennsylvania have identified the remains of a 1978 homicide victim as a missing military service member.Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Ridley Township Police Captain James Dougherty on Friday announced the identification of Kevin Alvin Jude Carroll. Carroll's remains had been unidentified since his body was found near the Crum Creek area of Woodlyn over 40 years ago.

B.C. health officials have released a written report with daily COVID-19 numbers on Friday, March 25. Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has the details and an update on the Burnaby pharmacy allegedly making fraudulent vaccine cards.

North Korea’s state-run television KRT aired on Friday its leader Kim Jong-un supervising the launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday in heavily-produced action movie-style footage.

Two of the organizers behind last month’s “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for weeks are facing several new criminal charges.

UKRAINE - Russian forces in Ukraine appear to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at Kyiv, the capital, to instead prioritizing what Moscow calls liberation of the contested Donbas region in the country's industrial east, officials said Friday, suggesting a new phase of the war.It appeared too early to know whether this meant President Vladimir Putin had scaled back his ambitions in Ukraine, but Russian military moves this week indicate a recognition of the surprisingly stout Ukrainian resistance.Putin's forces are under great strain in many parts of the country, and the United States and other countries are accelerating their transfer of arms and supplies to Ukraine. In recent days, U.S.

SARASOTA, Fla. - When a K-9 who once helped the military find explosives and missing people became paralyzed, a former Sarasota County deputy stepped in to help the dog roll into his retirement years. Every day Sebastian Velasquz keeps an eye on his K-9 partner named "X". While the pair have retired from the Air Force, Velasquz would never leave a service member behind."He's more like a brother and partner. I spent every day, every hour with this dog.

FILE - Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko (L) and his brother and former Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko (R) speak to the press during visit to a volunteers recruitment centre in Kiev on Feb. 2, 2022.

Travellers entering Canada are no longer required to obtain a negative PCR test. Now, a less-expensive Antigen test is sufficient. As Sean O’Shea reports, the change is expected to drive more cross-border travel.

Delhi metro and trains. Besides, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has said that there will be no penalty on people travelling in private vehicles without the mask.

Connor Ball has been impressing viewers across the country with his amazing skating capability on ITV's Dancing On Ice.Wowing the judges week on week with his courageous dance moves and his willingness to push himself further, the 25-year-old musician has certainly earned his place in this year's competition.But although he has gained legions of fans from his singing career, and his presence on Dancing on Ice, Connor - who makes up one-fourth of The Vamps- has previously battled with panic attacks, depression and generalised anxiety order.Daily Star has taken a deeper look inside the star's health battle and how he has learnt to overcome it.In 2018, Connor appeared on ITV's This Morning and spoke to therapists Nik and Eva Speakman regarding his crippling fear of touring.Speaking openly to presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, Connor revealed: "I suffer with generalised anxiety order, panic attacks and depression as well."In the band, it has affected me because I don’t go to as many things as I would like to or should do. I would like to be going out and seeing more people."When the TV therapists dug a bit deeper, it became evident that the musician felt uneasy when he had to travel to different countries to tour and the problems derived from when he was a lot younger.Talking about a terrifying incident that happened to him in Greece, he recalled: "I remember when we were on holiday and I had to swim under a big rock to get to a beach and I got stuck and I was like ‘I am not going to be able to breathe'."He also spoke candidly about an experience that left him shaken when he was six years old.The star continued: "When I was six I was in Thailand and there were a load of monkey nuts on the table.

Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, travelling is about to become less restrictive for Canadians as health officials say the peak of Omicron has subsided across the country.

Check if you qualify as fully vaccinated for travel to England, including approved vaccines.If you’re travelling to England from within the Common Travel Area (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and haven’t been anywhere else within the 10 days before you arrive, there are no entry requirements for coming into England.If you’ve been to a country or territory outside the Common Travel Area within the 10 days before you arrive in England, you must follow the rules for entering England from that country.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada will be placing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Eva Herzigova left jaws dropped when she walked in the Missoni show at Milan Fashion Week. Eva, 48, wore a long-sleeved Lurex maxi dress, red boots, and a look of confidence during the Friday (Feb. 25) event. The appearance came less than a day after she closed out the Blumarine show, walking in the final look of Thursday’s spectacular: a seductive, black velvet gown that showed off her fit stomach and toned legs. For Eva and fashion fans, this was more than a supermodel strutting her stuff: it marked a return that many thought wouldn’t be possible due to Eva contracting COVID-19 in December 2020.

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka had advised its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Ukraine, due to the current situation surrounding tensions between world powers in the region.The Government of Sri Lanka is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine in the context of recent developments.The Sri Lanka Embassy in Ankara, concurrently accredited to Kyiv, is in close contact with the over forty Sri Lankan nationals, including fourteen students, residing in Ukraine, with a view to ensuring their safety and welfare.While six of the fourteen Sri Lankan students in Ukraine have left the country temporarily, the Sri Lanka Embassy in Ankara is in close communication with the eight remaining students.The Foreign Ministry requests all Sri Lankan nationals in Ukraine to exercise vigilance and to be in contact with the Sri Lanka Embassy in Ankara.The Ministry also advises all Sri Lankan nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine at present.

Canada’s Ivanie Blondin won the silver medal in the women’s mass start speed skating final at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.

ELKINS PARK, Pa. - Frank Mitchell, the owner and founder of Mitchell and Mitchell Wines, is on a mission to promote inclusivity and unity in the industry. Friday is National Drink Wine Day and many across the country use it as an opportunity to dabble in new flavors for their pallette. RELATED: National Drink Wine Day: Wine by the numbersFor Mitchell, his business is the only Black-owned winery in the area and just one of the 47 operating in the country. "I want to change the concept that wine is a white man's game," he said. His business started with dinner parties.