Maldives will soon offer visitors vaccinations on arrival as part of its three-pronged initiative aimed at reviving the country’s hard hit travel sector, according to its tourism minister. The “3V” strategy, which encourages tourists to “visit, vaccinate, and vacation,” will provide a “more convenient” way to visit the country, Abdulla Mausoom told CNBC on Wednesday.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal dramedy Here Today has been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films and will open in theaters on May 7. Crystal directed the movie, repping his eighth time directing and his third on a feature film. Crystal co-wrote the screenplay with his fellow Saturday Night Live alum and
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Billionaire bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz said Wednesday that the cryptocurrency industry remains in its early days, as he predicted the wealth it generates will continue to proliferate in the years ahead. “Right now, total crypto wealth is roughly $2 trillion, so that’s one half of 1% of all wealth,” Novogratz said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
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Whether horror has been a life-long love or you’re new to diving deep into this literary mood, there’s so much to enjoy here. Horror can be funny or gory, terrifying or fun, eerie or unsettling, or a combination of all of the above. No matter your tolerance level for the macabre, chances are there’s something
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Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., gestures while speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Global Markets Conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Christopher Morin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Government stimulus programs aimed at reducing suffering during the coronavirus pandemic have left consumers flush with
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The Beneteau Cup will be held from May 15-16 The first Beneteau Cup Hong Kong will be hosted at Aberdeen Boat Club’s Middle Island site on the weekend of May 15-16. The event has been billed as ‘the first sailing regatta dedicated to Beneteau owners of its kind in Asia’. Designed to become an annual event,
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In this article RY4C-IE A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 aircraft parked at Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands. Nicoloas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images LONDON — Climate awareness has come a long a way, according to Ryanair‘s CEO Michael O’Leary, who concedes he was an initially an environmental skeptic himself. Speaking to CNBC on Wednesday, O’Leary
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Traveling abroad is getting less complicated for vaccinated travelers.   A growing list of countries is reducing or eliminating quarantine and Covid-19 testing requirements for those who have been fully vaccinated, while keeping restrictions in place for those who haven’t. Where vaccines are easing travel restrictions Barbados announced this week that quarantine requirements for vaccinated
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This morning Sheree Renee Thomas and Malka Older announced the nominees for this year’s Hugos, joined by Ulysses Campbell, the Treasurer of DC Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C. The Hugo Awards have celebrated science fiction and fantasy since 1953. The 2021 Hugo Award Ceremony will take place at the 79th annual World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon),
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The pandemic has accelerated more effective collaboration between charities and local authorities during the pandemic, according to new research. Charity think tank New Philanthropy Capital tracked three local authority areas – Buckinghamshire, Coventry and Sutton – across a six-month period to learn how place-based coordination is changing. Researchers analysed the shift toward more collaboration between
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