An advocacy group is preparing a legal challenge to the travel ban that sees unvaccinated Canadians unable to board planes, trains, and marine passenger vessels. “Preventing millions of Canadians from travelling by plane or train is a gross infringement of their civil liberties, and is guaranteed to hurt their employment, businesses, and ability to feed…
Requirement Preventing Unvaccinated Canadians From Travelling by Plane or Train to Be Challenged in Court
An advocacy group is preparing a legal challenge to the federal government’s requirement that Canadians must be fully vaccinated in order to board planes, trains, and marine passenger vessels. “Preventing millions of Canadians from travelling by plane or train is a gross infringement of their civil liberties, and is guaranteed to hurt their employment, businesses,…
US Travel Group Urges Biden to Rethink Omicron Travel Bans
The U.S. Travel Association, which represents some 1,100 businesses in America’s $1.5 trillion travel industry, is urging President Joe Biden to reconsider imposing a travel ban in response to Omicron, the new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant. In a Nov. 29 statement, the association said it “respectfully urges the Biden administration to revisit the…
Israel to Shut Borders to All Foreigners, Use Phone-Tracking Tech Over Omicron COVID-19 Variant
Israel on Saturday unveiled new plans to ban all foreigners into the country, a world-first in efforts to curb the spread of the newly detected COVID-19 variant called Omicron. The nation has also revealed plans to use counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology to surveil the new variant’s spread. The travel ban to all foreigners would last 14…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Nov. 26)
The Biden administration and the European Union ban travel from countries in southern Africa as scientists warn of a new variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, officials familiar with the new variant explain what makes it unique, and we hear from shoppers on the hunt for Black Friday deals.
US Reopens to Vaccinated International Travelers After Nearly 20 Months of Closed Borders
After nearly 20 months of closed borders, the United States on Monday reopened to international travel, welcoming vaccinated Europeans and others who had been unable to enter the country due to COVID-19 restrictions. American citizens and permanent residents were always allowed to enter the United States, but the COVID-19 travel restrictions grounded tourists, thwarted business…
Target Practice: China Builds US Ship Mockups
The United States is opening for fully vaccinated travelers, including those from China. But a Hong Kong government expert raises concerns about the efficacy of some foreign vaccines. Parts of China are getting blasted by a snowstorm—almost a full month earlier than usual. A $200 million Marvel Studios movie wasn’t released in China this weekend,…
US Lifts COVID-19 Travel Bans, LAX Preparing for International Travel Surge
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is preparing for a surge in international travelers, after a pandemic ban that prohibited travelers from 33 countries from entering the U.S. has been lifted on Nov. 8. The federal government first restricted travel from Europe in March 2020 over concerns about the coronavirus, followed by travel bans for other countries. On Monday, restrictions…
Hong Kong’s UK Flight Ban Leaves Students Stranded, Parents in Despair
HONG KONG—For 22-year old Timmin Lam, who is studying in Manchester, the ban on flights from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong this week is the latest in a series of unrelenting measures that have prevented him from traveling home for almost two years. “I feel trapped in the UK. I really wish the pandemic…
Hong Kong Bans Passenger Flights From UK to Curb COVID-19
HONG KONG—Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights from the United Kingdom from Thursday to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the government said on Monday. Britain will be specified as extremely high-risk, and people who have stayed in the country for more than two hours will be unable to board passenger…
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