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Across the globe, workers in the tourism industry — from pilots to tour guides to chauffeurs — are worrying about their livelihoods as governments close borders, prohibit large gatherings and implement strict quarantines on entire regions and countries. A flight attendant feared that with ever-changing border rules, she might become stranded during an overnight layover […]

Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty. Even with sharply reduced schedules, airlines are consolidating some of the remaining flights because passengers aren’t showing up. An official of one major U.S. airline, who asked

Investors are waiting for Congress and the White House to do what they can to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak March 24, 2020, 5:06 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local): 1 p.m. Investors are waiting for Congress and the

Manufacturers are reconfiguring operations to help produce desperately needed medical gear March 24, 2020, 3:07 PM 5 min read The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy. Here’s a look at developments Tuesday as central banks, businesses and workers attempt to

Beijing’s city zoo and parts of the Great Wall of China have reopened to visitors who book in advance, as the Chinese capital slowly returns to normal amid a sharp fall in the number of new coronavirus cases March 24, 2020, 11:50 AM 2 min read BEIJING — Beijing’s city zoo and parts of the

Many of us are now entering the second, third or fourth week of restrictions on our movements, and it is becoming ever clearer that overcoming this crisis will be a marathon, not a sprint. As we all collectively adjust to our unique situations, we asked New York Times readers to share their ideas for pursuing

There is something tantalizing about being there but not being there, about being everywhere and nowhere at once. The geospatial distance leaves us wanting, hungry for more. I’m enamored with the glitchiness of these human landscapes, the way people’s legs are sometimes separated from their bodies, the way everyone’s faces are blurred out, as if

WASHINGTON — An estimated 13,500 Americans abroad have asked the State Department for help returning to the United States as the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in closed borders and suspended commercial flights, two senior officials said Monday. About 5,700 additional U.S. citizens and legal residents have already been brought back on flights organized by the

“I break the rules sometimes,” Mrs. Wilkinson confessed, choking back tears. “‘Just put on some clean clothes and lie down next to me,’” she said she tells her children when she can no longer bear being several feet away. To seek help for the Wilkinsons, and the rest of us, I turned to authorities on

A hiker descending Mount Washington who fell about 200 feet and got hurt was rescued with the help of the Cog Railway train that takes visitors up and down the summit during tourism season March 23, 2020, 1:42 PM 2 min read BRETTON WOODS, N.H. — A hiker descending Mount Washington who fell about 200