Posts Tagged ‘reopening’

Investigators Urge Reopening of Kurt Cobain Murder Case Amid New Evidence

The coroner who controversially ruled Kurt Cobain’s death was “suicide” later boasted that he had been intimate with Courtney Love and admitted he should have recused himself from the case, according to an investigative journalist who has challenged Courtney Love to take a lie detector test about her version of events. Medical examiner Dr. Nikolas […]

China Is Reopening, But It’s a Long Road Back to Normality

After three years of strict pandemic border restrictions that largely shut off China from the rest of the world, the country is looking to reopen in the new year. Starting Jan. 8, inbound travelers will only need to show a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of departure, China’s National Health Commission said Monday. […]

National Hellenic Museum Adds Two Exhibitions to Its Grand Reopening

The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) in Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood announced it has added two more exhibitions to mark its grand reopening this September. These exhibitions join the previously announced world premiere photography exhibition Resilience by Prince Nikolaos. In Gather Together: Chicago Street Photography by Diane Alexander White (September 16, 2022 to April 30, 2023), the […]

Amanzoe resort announces partial reopening after wildfire

A selected number of seaside villas have reopened for guests, to be followed from July 21 by several pavilions, the hotel announced. All services and facilities are now fully operational, as the blaze only inflicted minor damage to a few pavilions of the resort, the owner reported in a statement. Specifically, Amanzoe announced the area’s… […]

China Announces Coronavirus Flare-Up in Beijing Less than a Week After Reopening

Communist Party officials locked down much of Beijing’s Chaoyang district over the weekend to contain a fresh outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus days after Beijing began lifting similar restrictions city-wide, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Monday.

US backs down from reopening consulate in occupied East Jerusalem

The United States has backtracked on its pledge to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to reopen its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, the Times of Israel revealed yesterday. The Israeli daily said that it has been seven months since the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken notified PA President Mahmoud Abbas of the Biden administration’s plan […]

Opet Festival Extravaganza Marks Reopening of Avenue of Sphinxes

Egypt hosted the re-enactment of the ancient Egyptian Opet festival last night. The grand ceremony was held to mark the reopening of the 1.7-mile-long (2.7 km) road which links the Temples of Karnak in the north and Luxor in the south, once called the Path of God. Paved in sandstone blocks, the 3,400-year-old road is […]

Cubans Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change

Above Photo: Students wearing masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic attend the opening ceremony for the school year in Havana, Cuba, Nov. 15, 2021. Ramon Espinosa / AP. Most Cubans Seem More Concerned With Getting Their Economy Fired Up Than Toppling Their Leaders. Havana – “If you build it, they will come,” said Kevin Costner in the […]

Cubans more excited about school reopening than regime change

“If you build it, they will come,” said Kevin Costner in the Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn’t come. Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, […]

Reopening Cold Case of Nestor’s Cup Burial Solves a Mystery

Homer’s Iliad, a classical ancient Greek tale from the 8th century BC, contains a brief, 6-line description of the famous 2,800-year-old Nestor’s Cup, which was the subject of a great deal of attention in antiquity. The subject of debate was centered around its size, the fact that only Nestor could lift it, and the doves […]

US States Press Reopening Amid Mounting Dangers From COVID Variants

Above Photo: Brian Inganga/AP Photo. The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 600,000 people in the United States, according to the semi-official tabulation by Johns Hopkins University. But while more people have been killed in the US by coronavirus than in any other country, American state governments are moving pell mell to drop all public […]

Medieval People Were Reopening Graves, But Not to Rob Them

In the Middle Ages being dead wasn’t a guarantee you would rest in peace. Researchers have found hundreds of examples of people re-opening graves in cemeteries from Transylvania to southern England in the 5th – 7th centuries AD. What could this mean? The first explanation for the apparently inconsistent reopening of graves and removal of […]

Newsom touts California reopening with Minions and a Troll

Starting Tuesday, restaurants, bars and retailers are allowed to operate again at full capacity and without social distancing restrictions, while patrons can go unmasked if they are vaccinated. Major League Baseball teams are already selling tickets in preparation for full capacity reopening this month. Disneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks are relaxing restrictions as […]

UK could push back reopening due to Indian COVID variant

The UK may have to delay its planned reopening later this month due to the spread of the Indian COVID-19 variant, a health expert has warned. There are fears the UK may already be experiencing a third wave, with the fast-spreading variant now accounting for the majority of new cases in the country. The government’s […]

#BackOnStage: London theatres celebrate reopening with online campaign

London theatres have launched an online campaign to celebrate reopening their doors, since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Venues and companies across the UK’s capital have urged theatre-goers to use the hashtag #BackOnStage on social media, as part of the initiative. Launched by the non-profit Society of London Theatre (SOLT), people are being encouraged to share […]

Jobless Claims Fall to 473,000 as U.S. Reopening Rebound Continues

New jobless claims fell to 473,000 for the week ended May 8th, data from the Department of Labor showed Thursday. Economists had expected claims to fall to 475,000. The previous week was revised up to 507,000 from the preliminary estimate of 498,000. Jobless claims can be volatile week to week so economists like to look […]

Top US fuel pipeline remains days from reopening after cyberattack

America’s biggest gasoline pipeline will not resume full operations for several more days due to a ransomware cyberattack blamed on a shadowy criminal network called DarkSide. The attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which carries nearly half the fuel consumed along the US East Coast, is one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes ever reported. While the impact […]

Michigan Gov. Whitmer to Tie COVID Vaccinations to Reopening

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced a plan to tie the state’s reopening and lifting of restrictions to the rate at which residents get the COVID-19 vaccination jab. The effort dubbed the “MI Vacc to Normal” plan lays out four milestones based on the rate of vaccinations against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, […]

‘Sounds like a normal life’: Hungary heads towards further reopening of economy as it approaches 40% inoculation rate

Budapest is set to reopen most of its public services and venues to those vaccinated once the country hits a 40% inoculation rate, the country’s PM Viktor Orban has said. The milestone is likely to be reached next week. Hungary’s prime minister touted the upcoming reopening of the country’s economy as he spoke to public […]

Jewish summer camps reopening this summer after COVID hiatus

Alle Hall recalled her 14-year-old son’s heartbreak this time last year when Camp Kalsman, a Union for Reform Judaism camp in Washington State, announced it would not open due to the pandemic.“Last summer was really sad for him. Camp is the only time he really gets to hang out with his closest friends,” Hall told […]

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