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Hundreds of travel industry employees took to the streets to protest outside of Parliament in London to call for an easing of travel restrictions as others demonstrated in Edinburgh and Belfast, the Associated Press reported. U.K. citizens can travel to just 11 countries and territories specified on the “green list” without having to quarantine when returning home. Derek Jones, the head of luxury travel company Kuoni, describes the outbound travel industry as “decimated” by the pandemic....

While Russia continues to claim that nothing is out of the ordinary, Ukraine is calling on its allies for support and protection. “The best way to deter an aggressive Russia is to make it clear for the Kremlin that Ukraine is strong, but also that it has strong allies who will not leave it alone in the face of Moscow’s ever-increasing aggressiveness,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said last Wednesday in a joint conference with U....

On Tuesday, the State Department updated Canada’s travel advisory to a Level Three, following a travel health notice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday. Under Level Three, the department advises Americans to “avoid travel due to serious risks to safety and security.” Canada’s travel advisory was lowered to Level Two earlier this month as border measures were eased, after being categorized as a Level Four in April when cases were soaring....

The Americans and Ticos will each have at most four players on the field Saturday who started in last November’s qualifier. That makes talk of revenge feel a little forced. What’s on the line Saturday is a place in the Gold Cup final, as well as a potential psychological edge when the teams meet in World Cup qualifying in September. “Last time we met Costa Rica beat us decisively so we know we need to be well prepared and we need to play well,” U....

Freddie Mac predicted the growth based on the assumption the economy growth continues through the rest of this year and into 2022. Rents have been rising according to other figures, including those from Zillow. The company tracks a large number of rental properties, including ones owned by individual investors. Zillow’s rent index rose 7.1 percent year over year in June, the biggest annual increase on record going back to 2015....

The players, tight end Braden Galloway and offensive lineman Zach Giella, will therefore be ineligible for the 2019 season. A third player who tested positive for the banned substance ostarine, All-ACC defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, was selected by the Giants in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards denied the’ appeals by Galloway and Giella, whose A and B drug test samples both came back positive in December....

The 43-year-old, who retired from Test cricket in 2013, said this will help to maintain a balance between two different kinds of tracks and also play with two different balls. “We should not make tailor-made pitches. Let us make green-top pitches in India. We should make our batsmen and spinners play on them,” Tendulkar said, during an interactive session at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here. “We need to make our bench strength get used to foreign pitches and conditions....

““I’m gonna be in the goddam movies if I have to f- Bela Lugosi to get there,’’ Norma Jean informs the man who would become her first husband. This long-suffering sap never quite recovers from her first lethal pickup line: ““Don’t you just love being naked?’’ Bigger saps follow: her agent/mentor Johnny Hyde (a terrific Ron Rifkin), Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller. She leaves spiked heel prints on all of them in her benzedrine-fueled rise to the top....

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Two teams are tied for the one-stroke lead at the halfway stage after Mullinax and Stallings carded a 62 on Saturday, while Rahm and Palmer posted a 64. The field was eventually whittled down to 39 teams after a seven-plus hour delay pushed the second round into the weekend. Once the cut was set at eight under, the third round began and ended on the same day. Mullinax and Stallings fired off eight birdies on Saturday, including three in their first five holes, and the former carded the team’s only eagle to move back into first place at 23 under....

The U.S. Ski Team announced that Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died in the incident that occurred in the vicinity of the Rettenbach glacier near the Austrian resort of Soelden, which serves as the venue for the annual World Cup races and has been the European base for the U.S. Ski Team since 2011. Alpine director Patrick Riml told The Associated Press in Croatia, Zagreb, that the tragedy has left the U....

The Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons are among the teams kicking the tires on a possible deal for Lawson, according to SI.com. MORE: NBA free agency winners and losers | Golden Nuggets: Denver’s all-time greats Lawson averaged 15.2 points per game last season and finished third in the league with 9.6 assists per game. Those numbers are nothing to dismiss, but given the Nuggets drafted Emmanuel Mudiay in the first round of last month’s draft, Lawson is prime trade bait and he knows it....

The fact is, Banks has never looked so good. At an age–30!–when most models give up and marry a rock star, Banks is turning herself into a multimedia empire. Her show, “America’s Next Top Model,” has single-handedly resuscitated UPN–faint praise, perhaps, but the program is running neck and neck with the competition on NBC and ABC. As if TV and modeling weren’t enough, Banks just launched a singing career. The video for her single, “Shake Ya Body,” got 155,000 hits on the UPN Web site since it debuted on “Top Model,” though it’s possible that many fans didn’t bother listening to the music....

The NFL said in a statement last week it had conducted a “comprehensive investigation” into allegations Hill had abused his three-year-old son and found that, based on the evidence available, the Chiefs receiver had not violated the league’s policy. Hill was greeted with cheers from Chiefs fans upon his return to the practice field on Saturday before speaking to the media on Sunday. The receiver apologised for the way he spoke to his ex-fiancee Crystal Espinal in a leaked recording, in which he said she should be “terrified” of him....

NEWSWEEK: So this show is going to be live like “American Idol”? Tyson Beckford: That’s what they’re telling me. I don’t know who I am. As long as I’m not Paula or Simon. Well, I guess I’m the Simon. I’m the bad guy. But you’re not mean. I take it seriously. I only asked for two things: good wardrobe and to keep the content of the show real. Did you get a good wardrobe?...

Macron urged Britain to facilitate applying for asylum and to make it more difficult to work illegally as a way to reduce the amount of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel for opportunities. This comes after at least 27 migrants died and thousands are taking to inflatable boats attempting to cross the dangerous channel. He said the two nations “need to work together in good faith,” especially regarding migration....

Amid mounting pressure from his colleagues, Hancock wrote a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, stating that the government owes it to people “who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down,” BBC reported. In a video posted on Twitter, Hancock said: “I understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them and that’s why I have got to resign....

The latest measure was announced Wednesday following a phone call between U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and two senior Jersey officials, Chief Minister Senator John Le Fondré and Foreign Minister Ian Gorst. A readout shared by Downing Street said Le Fondré and Gorst “stressed the urgent need for a de-escalation in tensions and for dialogue between Jersey and France on fishing access.” The U.K. head of state, for his part, “underlined his unwavering support for Jersey....

U.P. who trailed in the first half ensured a splendid display of character with a great all-round performance to give the home crowd value for their unfettered support. Shrikant Jadhav and Surender Gill joint top-scored for the home team with nine raid points each. Local boy, Ashu Singh was the standout defender for the team with 5 tackle points in the match. The first half started with action-packed moments as Bengaluru Bulls jolted U....