The annual Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, will take place this year without any coronavirus restrictions after being cancelled for the past two years due to the pandemic, Munich mayor Dieter Reiter said on Friday. “There will be an unrestricted (festival), which will hopefully give a lot of people […]
Month: April 2022
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Friday agreed to remove his brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the prime minister, lawmaker Maithripala Sirisena said after a meeting with the president. The meeting was called by the president to discuss the formation of an all-party government, which dissenting members had refused to attend in […]
South Africa may be entering a fifth COVID wave earlier than expected after a sustained rise in infections over the past 14 days that seems to be driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants, health officials and scientists said on Friday. The country that has recorded the most coronavirus cases […]
During the ongoing summer season, some of the most common concerns include daytime humidity, sweat, and oil secretions from the scalp, making our hair look greasy and oily despite regular washing. If you’re engaged in regular physical activity, you might feel the need to shampoo your hair much more than […]
Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow’s forces retreated weeks ago. Nearly a dozen people were wounded in the attack on […]
Businesses were closed, teachers absent and public transportation interrupted as Sri Lankans heeded a call for a general strike Thursday to pressure the president to step down over a growing economic and political crisis. Business districts in the capital, Colombo, were closed, and bankers, teachers and other professionals held parades […]
TORONTO — VISIT FLORIDA brought the sunshine to last night’s ‘A Taste of Florida’ event in Toronto where destination updates, Sunshine State-inspired cocktails and appetizers, a delicious dinner and prizes were all on tap. With stops in both Toronto and Montreal this week, the two-city Canada Sales Mission is highlighting […]
(Written by David Hutt) For years, Singapore has been considered a skilled practitioner of hedging between the world’s superpowers and not taking sides. Now it is one of the few Asian countries to openly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hours after Russian troops marched into Ukraine on February 24, Singapore’s […]
TORONTO — Las Vegas is back, bigger and better than ever before, with “100% capacity and 100% occupancy,” says David Han, Senior Account Representative for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Anyone visiting Las Vegas “will feel like they’re back in 2019,” Han joked, noting that all larger-than-life attractions, […]