Close
KTAR.com
News
Shows
Blogs
KTAR News on 92.3FM

The Latest: India’s Taj Mahal reopens as new infections slow

FILE - In this March 14, 2020 file photo, Royal Caribbean International cruise ship docked at PortMiami, among other cruise ships, as the world deals with the coronavirus outbreak in Miami. Royal Caribbean is postponing the initial voyages by one of its cruise ships after eight crew members tested positive for COVID-19. The company said Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that the Odyssey of the Seas' first trip is being pushed back from July 3 to July 31. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) This undated photo provided by Teresa Marez shows her in San Antonio. Marez, a former hair stylist, had to leave her job to help her autistic son with virtual school last year and hasn't returned to work. Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic, according to a report by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, a Latino-focused think tank, provided to The Associated Press before its release on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Teresa Marez via AP) A group of Indians who visited the Taj Mahal monument that was Wednesday reopened to public after the lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus gather to get photographed in Agra, India, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo) FILE - In this March 14, 2020 file photo, Royal Caribbean International cruise ship docked at PortMiami, among other cruise ships, as the world deals with the coronavirus outbreak in Miami. Royal Caribbean is postponing the initial voyages by one of its cruise ships after eight crew members tested positive for COVID-19. The company said Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that the Odyssey of the Seas' first trip is being pushed back from July 3 to July 31. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) A health worker in protective suit collects nasal swab sample of a traveler to test for COVID-19 outside a train station in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Restrictions have been eased in Bengaluru and other cities with a drop in new infections. Authorities are still warning people to wear face masks and maintain a safe distance. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, a small number of tourists visit as the Taj Mahal monument in Agra, India. India is reopening yet again its famed marvel of love, the Taj Mahal, and several other monuments as the number of new coronavirus infections continues to decline. (AP Photo/Pawan Sharma, File) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a plenary session, during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, England, Sunday June 13, 2021. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa at the Center for Living Science in Lisbon, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The president of the European Commission has started in Lisbon a tour of some European Union capitals to announce the initial endorsement of their plans for spending the bloc's massive economic recovery fund. (Tiago Petinga/Pool via AP) Five bottles of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are placed at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, a small number of tourists visit as the Taj Mahal monument in Agra, India. India is reopening yet again its famed marvel of love, the Taj Mahal, and several other monuments as the number of new coronavirus infections continues to decline. (AP Photo/Pawan Sharma, File) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a plenary session, during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, England, Sunday June 13, 2021. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP) People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 500 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Five bottles of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are placed at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) A doctor fills a syringe with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talks during a media conference with European Council President Charles Michel at the end of the EU-US summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A man receives the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions during a news conference at One World Trade in New York, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining social distancing rules and shooting off fireworks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)