Residents of Chonburi are finally enjoying Bang Saen Beach again, after it was reopened on Monday (June 1) following more than two months of lockdown.

Many cars were seen parked along Highway No 3060 (Wang Nam Kheow-Pak Chong) as people stopped to take photographs of fields covered in white, pink and purple blooms.

After months of lockdowns, European leaders are preparing to lift some coronavirus-related travel restrictions and allow tourism to resume - cautiously.

ROME - Italy on Saturday moved to significantly unwind coronavirus-related movement restrictions, announcing plans to allow travel across the country as well as to and from abroad beginning June 3.

As a swimmer, I've always felt at home in the ocean. But Phuket, a place I've visited more than a dozen times since childhood, is where I find stillness.