US travel advisory list surpasses 80 countries due to COVID

When it comes to global travel, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has four levels of COVID-19 risk advisories for countries, from low to very high. Omicron surges have put many more countries at level four, including Canada. And today marks 20 years since the first detainees filed into the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. US Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden vowed to shutter the facility, but more than three dozen men remain there in legal limbo. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought Bulgarians back home after thousands emigrated abroad. Many are now wondering if the new returnees will stay and help bolster the EU's poorest country.