The Portuguese government decreed Tuesday to levy a carbon tax of 2 euros per passenger on air or sea travel starting July.

“It’s really a big help because you get all fresh, organic,” said Jyoti Rajbanshi, a Nepalese nursing student at Long Island University.

Japan rolls out its COVID-19 vaccination campaign Wednesday after the government gave belated first approval.

“We were expecting a little bit lower key than the normal Mardi Gras,” Wheeler said. But empty Bourbon Street was a shock.

Heavy snowfall blanketed the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens, caused power cuts and halted COVID-19 vaccinations.

This year’s Gasparilla pirate festival event was postponed and then canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A county board voted unanimously Tuesday to rename busy McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

An ancient stone tablet dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was unearthed in north China's Hebei Province.

“So many people, I test them and within days they have passed away,” said Masango. “I want protection.” said a health worker.

Studies are raising concern that first-generation COVID-19 vaccines don’t work as well against mutants.