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After “a very bad year,” Paris tour operator Marc Vernhet sees a ray of light with the promised return of tourists from the United States and elsewhere who are welcome in France as of Wednesday if they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. His agency, 2CVParisTour.com, is starting to get bookings again from Americans for its sightseeing tours conducted in quirky, bug-eyed Citroen cars. June is still very lean, but July is looking better,...

India surpasses US with world's highest single-day death toll India reported on Thursday the highest single-day death toll from coronavirus in the world - at 6,148 - after a large eastern state revised its figures to account for people who succumbed to the disease at home or in private hospitals. The health department of Bihar, one of India's poorest states, revised its total Covid-related death toll on Wednesday to more than 9,400 from about 5,400. The United States had recorded 5,444 Covid deaths on February 12. India's total Covid case load now stands at 29.2 million after risi...

Two-thirds of Britons are planning trips abroad in the coming months despite Government advice, and will press ahead even if their destination doesn't turn green, according to new research.

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he is aiming to have everyone in the country vaccinated by November, a target he set with a general election scheduled for later this year. Suga called vaccines “a trump card” of anti-virus measures and said Wednesday: “I want vaccines to be given by the October-November period to all the people who want to be vaccinated.” The prime minister is desperately pushing to accelerate Japan's COVID-19 vaccine program ahead of the Summer Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in Tokyo from July 23 to Aug. 8. Suga is seekin...

PARIS (AP) — After “a very bad year,” Paris tour operator Marc Vernhet sees a ray...