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KYIV, Ukraine -- Multiple blasts rocked Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding 14 others, in a sign that the pace of Russia attacks had picked up before New Year's. Some Ukrainians defied the danger, however, to return to the country to reunite with families for the holidays. Ukrainian officials claimed Russia was now deliberately targeting civilians, seeking to create a climate of fear to see out the year grimly and usher in a bloody 2023. First lady Olena Zelenska expressed outrage that such massive missile attacks could come just before New Year’s Eve celebrations. “Ruining lives of others is a disgusting habit of our neighbors,” she said. The blasts also came at an unusually quickened rhythm, one that alarmed officials just 36 hours after Russia launched a barrage of missiles on Thursday to damage energy infrastructure facilities. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba highlighted the harsh civilian toll of this latest o

For thousands of travelers, holiday cheer turned into a sack of coal due to massive flight cancellations caused by a “once in a generation” weather event and ill-prepared airlines. Flight cancellations started on Christmas Eve and continued to increase throughout the week, Mineta San Jose International Airport officials said. Southwest Airlines, one of the airport’s main carriers, had the majority of cancellations. Southwest canceled 60% of flights due to bad weather conditions, airport officials said. “The initial weather delays we saw across all airlines over the past weekend aren’t entirely unusual when winter weather occurs around the country, but the continued impacts to Southwest’s operation is highly unusual,” airport spokesperson Ana Maria State told San José Spotlight. Unclaimed luggage piled up at Mineta San Jose International Airport. Flight delays and cancellations have been going on for days. Photo by Loan-Anh Pham. The storm of cancellations will likely affect trav

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising American travelers to "reconsider travel" to China as the country is slated drop its strict quarantine policy on Jan. 8. Along with the agency's advice to American travelers, released on Wednesday, the CDC will also require individuals from China to take a COVID-19 test no more than 48 hours ahead of their arrival to the U.S. The requirement will begin on Jan. 5 and applies to travelers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau — except those under two years old — regardless of their vaccination status. The alert and testing requirement for incoming travelers comes days after China's National Health Commission announced it will remove its quarantine requirement for incoming passengers next month, the Associated Press reported . The change would reverse its long-standing policy forcing all incoming travelers to quarantine for five days at a hotel, followed by three days at home. Hong Kong will also scrap nea

Nearly a week after a winter storm upended holiday travel across the U.S., the airline says it is close to resuming service “with minimal disruptions.” Southwest Airlines, caught in a vexing tangle of misplaced staff and technical problems since last week’s winter storm, said Thursday that it planned to return to normal operations on Friday “with minimal disruptions.” Over its five-decade history, Southwest has cultivated a reputation for inexpensive tickets, reliable customer service and flight crews with a sense of humor. But the company’s meltdown stranded thousands of travelers, bewildered employees and put its executives on the defensive, possibly doing damage to Southwest’s brand that could take years to repair. More than 2,300 of Southwest’s flights were canceled on Thursday, or about 58 percent of the flights that it had scheduled for the day. By contrast, the airline had canceled just 39 flights scheduled for Friday as of Thursday afternoon, according to FlightAware,

Macon-Bibb County consolidated government offices will be closed a couple of days for the New Year holiday. We want to make sure you have all the information you need for a fun and tidy holiday season.   Government offices are closed Friday, December 30 and Monday, January 2 in observance of New Year’s Day. All emergency services will remain active as usual.   Trash and recycling collection will continue its regular schedule, with no interruptions to your curbside pickup. If you’re generating a lot more trash this time of year, you can use our Convenience Centers at 1010 11th Street and 4214 Fulton Mill Road (behind Animal Welfare). Those hours will shift due to the holidays (listed below), so check your calendar to find out the best time to take it.   11th Street Convenience Center   Closed Sunday, 1/1 & Monday, 1/2   Reopens Tuesday, 1/3 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.   Fulton Mill Road Convenience Center   Closed Sunday, 1/1 – Wednesday, 1/4/23   Reopens Thursday, 1/5 fr

Published on December 28, 2022 The City of Huntsville’s municipal offices will close Monday, Jan. 2, for the New Year’s holiday. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3. The closure will affect the following City services: Garbage Collection: Residential collection will be delayed one day the week of Jan. 2-6. Residents should leave carts at the curb until they are collected. Public Transit:   Orbit fixed-route and Access paratransit services will end at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31. There will be no service Monday, Jan. 2. Parks & Recreation:   Recreation centers and facilities will close Jan. 1-2. Facilities will operate normally Saturday, Dec. 31. Animal Services:  Huntsville Animal Services is open Dec. 31 and closed Jan. 2. Municipal Court:  Huntsville Municipal Court will close Jan. 2. Adblock test (Why?) from "holiday" - Google News https://ift.tt/o6RqB4G via IFTTT

USATSI The No. 15 Oregon Ducks aim for their second straight 10-win season and third in four years when they take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2022 Holiday Bowl on Wednesday evening. Oregon (9-3), which went 10-4 in 2021, was unable to reach double digit wins in its regular-season finale as it squandered a 21-point lead in the second half and dropped a 38-34 decision against Oregon State . North Carolina (9-4) is coming off its third consecutive defeat, a 39-10 setback versus Clemson in the ACC championship game. Kickoff at Petco Park in San Diego is set for 8 p.m. ET. The Ducks are 13-point favorites in the latest Oregon vs. North Carolina odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over/under for total points scored is 75. Before making any North Carolina vs. Oregon picks, you need to see the college football predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model . The model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Over the past six-plus y

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Oregon football team will try to secure the 13th 10-win season in program history Wednesday, 22 years after capping the very first 10-win season in school history by winning the Holiday Bowl. The No. 15 Ducks face North Carolina in that same bowl game on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Oregon is making its fourth Holiday Bowl appearance, having won here in 2000 over Texas, lost to Oklahoma in 2005 and defeated Oklahoma State in 2008. The victory in 2000 came over a Longhorns team coached by Mack Brown, who will be on the sideline as the Tar Heels' head coach Wednesday. The Ducks bring a 9-3 record into the Holiday Bowl, after a regular season that saw them drop their opener in Georgia, win eight straight to enter the College Football Playoff race, then drop two of three following an injury to quarterback Bo Nix . North Carolina brings a 9-4 record into the Holiday Bowl. This is the first ever meeting between the Ducks and Tar Heels. Wednesday's game is slated f

Countries are imposing new COVID-19 measures on travellers coming from China as international travel resumes. Japan, India , Malaysia and Taiwan have announced stepped up rules on travellers from China in response to rising cases.  Japan says it will require a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival for travellers from China, with those testing positive having to undergo a week in quarantine. Tokyo also plans to limit airlines increasing flights to China. Malaysia put in place additional tracking and surveillance measures. The  Philippines  is also considering imposing tests.  US government officials are considering ramping up controls, too, citing concerns about the "lack of transparent data" coming from Beijing . The EU and the UK have not yet announced any new restrictions for travellers from China. Why are countries concerned about travellers incoming from China? Over the past few weeks, China has rapidly been loosening its strict COVID rules amid citizen unrest. T

China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month’s Lunar New Year holiday. The announcement Tuesday adds to abrupt changes that are rolling back some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls as President Xi Jinping’s government tries to reverse an economic slump. Rules that confined millions of people to their homes kept China’s infection rate low but fueled public frustration and crushed economic growth. Read more: Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as COVID outbreak continues in China Read More Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as COVID outbreak continues in China The latest decision could send free-spending Chinese tourists to revenue-starved destinations in Asia and Europe for Lunar New Year, which begins Jan. 22 and usually is the country’s busiest travel season. But it al

Japan joined India Tuesday in imposing restrictions on Chinese visitors as Beijing relaxed its norms for travellers. Japan will tighten border controls for COVID-19 by requiring tests for all visitors from China starting Friday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced, even as Beijing said it would scrap mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals. The developments come days after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was very concerned about rising reports of severe cases across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero-COVID” policy. Beijing, while acknowledging a surge in cases, has downplayed the spread of the virus after spending the best part of three years locking down entire neighbourhoods and cities over a handful of infections. On Tuesday, it said that it would downgrade its coronavirus threat levels on January 8, and would start allowing mainland residents to travel abroad more easily. Outbound travel by Chinese tourists, for years a mainstay of the

For Jim Mackenzie, travel chaos has been unending since Friday. Multiple canceled flights to his wife’s family in Minneapolis left the 67-year-old stranded in his home in Albany, New York. When he finally got a Southwest Airlines flight to BWI on Monday for his connecting flight to Minneapolis, he realized that his travails had only just begun. His afternoon flight, along with dozens of others out of Baltimore, had been canceled. “This place was jam-packed, there were lines zigzagging all the way that way and another line going all the way that way,” said Mackenzie Tuesday morning, from a chair by the Southwest check-in line. By Monday evening, he had given up on his plan to go to Minneapolis, hoping instead to rent a car to drive to Indiana to visit his daughter. But his bag, he was told, was heading to Minneapolis without him. He spent the rest of the day waiting in multiple lines and pleading with multiple agents to release his luggage, and spent the night in the air

Despite a rough start to 2022 with the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the travel and tourism industries started to bounce back in a major way as restrictions were lifted and leisure travel demand surged. From the cruise industry finally having COVID-related requirements lifted by the United States government to airlines finally meeting demand after dealing with massive delays and cancellations, this year was as wild as it was unpredictable. Add in an ongoing war and several hurricanes impacting the U.S. and Caribbean, and the travel industry overcame plenty of adversity to make a major comeback over the last year. Here are the top stories from 2022. Adblock test (Why?) from "travel" - Google News https://ift.tt/e8nfJMq via IFTTT

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NEW YORK: A brutal winter storm that  brought Christmas chaos  to millions of Americans will be slow to dissipate, the US National Weather Service said Monday (Dec 26), after intense snow and frigid cold caused power outages, travel delays and at least 32 deaths across the eastern part of the country. "Much of the eastern United States will remain in a deep freeze through Monday before a moderating trend sets in on Tuesday," the NWS said in its latest advisory. In Buffalo, western New York, a blizzard left the city marooned, with emergency services unable to reach the worst-hit areas. "It is (like) going to a war zone, and the vehicles along the sides of the roads are shocking," said New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a native Buffalo, where 2.4m snow drifts and power outages made for life-threatening conditions. Hochul told reporters Sunday evening that residents were still in the throes of a "very dangerous life-threatening situation" and warned anyone