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O.T.A.s say they couldn’t follow suit But an O.T.A. doesn’t have your money. When you book with a third-party site, they take your payment and parcel it out to the various suppliers of your vacation services. Online travel agencies are dependent on the decisions of their hotel and airline suppliers, so they can’t preemptively issue […]

NEW DELHI — Ana Pautler, a trekker from San Francisco, was partway up a Himalayan mountain trail in Nepal when she noticed something peculiar: people were turning around. As fears of the coronavirus spread around the world, German hikers told Ms. Pautler on March 17 that their embassy had advised them to return to Kathmandu,

About 100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand since it started a coronavirus lockdown last week are starting to fly home By NICK PERRY Associated Press April 3, 2020, 3:28 AM 3 min read WELLINGTON, New Zealand — About 100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand since it began a lockdown last week were starting to fly

Here’s the good news: You now have a sharper camera in your pocket than professional photographers could dream of 30 years ago. Here’s the bad news: You can only shoot from your apartment. With museums and galleries largely shuttered around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic, Instagram has filled up these last weeks with

The United States’ top infectious disease specialist is getting his own bobblehead By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press April 2, 2020, 5:27 PM 2 min read MILWAUKEE — The United States’ top infectious disease specialist is getting his own bobblehead. The creation from the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee features Dr. Anthony

Dozens of tourists from Britain, Canada and Australia are finding themselves stranded in the Indian capital with their vacations abruptly ended by India’s three-week lockdown and stopping of international flights amid new coronavirus By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press April 2, 2020, 10:57 AM 2 min read NEW DELHI — Tourists from Australia, Britain and Canada

Grand Canyon National Park has closed indefinitely to visitors, joining other national parks seeking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press April 1, 2020, 11:25 PM 2 min read FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Grand Canyon closed indefinitely to visitors Wednesday, joining other national parks seeking to prevent the spread of

The Taliban says the group is ready to declare a cease-fire in areas of Afghanistan under its control if they are hit by a coronavirus outbreak By KATHY GANNON Associated Press April 1, 2020, 5:15 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ISLAMABAD — The Taliban said Wednesday

A Three-Bedroom Home on the West Coast of Curaçao $979,000 This circular villa overlooks the Caribbean Sea from the highest point in Rif Sint Marie, a coastal area in western Curaçao. Built in 2007 on nearly three-quarters of an acre, the three-bedroom, four-bathroom house is in the gated, resort-style community of Coral Estate. With its

American manufacturing slide in March, dragged down by economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer April 1, 2020, 2:18 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON — American manufacturing slide in March, dragged down by economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, reported