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UK imposes online entry permit on European visitors
AFP, Published on 02/04/2025
» LONDON — European visitors to the United Kingdom (UK) will need a new online entry permit from Wednesday as the British government shakes up longstanding travel rules.
UK imposes travel permit on Europeans from Wednesday
AFP, Published on 31/03/2025
» LONDON - In a shake-up of long-standing travel rules, European nationals heading to the UK will from Wednesday need a mandatory entry permit, which the British government says will strengthen border security.
Spurred by TikTok, some Americans return to cash to curb spending
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - Manicured fingers meticulously place cash in transparent envelopes marked "food," "gas" and other categories, demonstrating in a TikTok video a retro technique for controlling what you spend that is newly popular with some money-conscious Americans.
Last stop: Paris waves goodbye to cardboard Metro tickets
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» PARIS - The Paris Metro is phasing out cardboard tickets after 120 years, taking the capital's urban transit into a contactless future but leaving behind nostalgic fans who will miss the humble rectangular cards.
Covid-hit Australian warship delivers disaster aid to Tonga
AFP, Published on 26/01/2022
» NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga: A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck nation under strict "no-contact" protocols.
Covid outbreak on ship threatens Tonga aid efforts
AFP, Published on 25/01/2022
» NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga: A Covid-19 outbreak on an Australian warship threatened to disrupt Tonga eruption aid efforts Tuesday, as survivors of the deadly volcanic blast described how they fled with only the clothes on their backs.
Payment startups big winners of e-commerce boom
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» PARIS - They were little known before the pandemic, but startups in the flourishing digital payment industry are now worth a fortune as Covid-19 has forced people to increasingly embrace e-commerce.
Privacy faces risks in tech-infused post-Covid workplace
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: People returning to work following the long pandemic will find an array of tech-infused gadgetry to improve workplace safety but which could pose risks for long-term personal and medical privacy.
Like so much else, visits with Santa go virtual due to Covid
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» CHICAGO: As the pandemic rages, children's visits with Santa Claus are going virtual -- to protect both them and the men in high-risk groups who dress up as old St Nick.
World's biggest rooftop greenhouse opens in Montreal
AFP, Published on 26/08/2020
» MONTREAL: Building on a new hanging garden trend, a greenhouse atop a Montreal warehouse growing eggplants and tomatoes to meet demand for locally sourced foods has set a record as the largest in the world.