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Over the weekend, protesters clashed and faced off with National Guard troops in downtown Los Angeles during the demonstrations against immigration raids that swept across California.

The new proclamation, which Trump signed on Wednesday, also imposes new travel restrictions on people from seven additional countries who are outside the US and don't have a valid visa

The new proclamation, which Trump signed on Wednesday, applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The ban takes effect Monday at 12:01 am, a cushion that may avoid the chaos that unfolded at airports nationwide when a similar measure took effect with virtually no notice in 2017

Universities such as Harvard, Brown, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Southern California issued advisories to foreign students as some begin their classes after the Presidential inauguration on January 20, 2025.

In April, Canada banned all direct flights to and from India when the second COVID-19 wave hit India.

Passengers must take a COVID test three days before departure and book in advance for two COVID tests to be taken upon arrival in England.

Judge Orlando Diaz issued the order after prosecutors deemed the defendants posed a flight risk, Argentina's state-run Telam news service reported.

The decision has been taken as the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in India.

The Embassy of the United States said non-US citizen parents of minor US citizen children, including parents holding valid H-1B & H-4 visas, were not subject to travel suspension.

The new travel restrictions have been imposed for an indefinite period and will require another presidential proclamation to end it.

The government threatened to prosecute them with a possibility of five years of jail term or a penalty of 66,000 Australian dollars (USD 50,899).

The regulation will not be applicable to those who stay at airports in transit in one of these countries for a time period of up to 12 hours while waiting for a connecting flight.

The government has suspended till May 7 inter-state movement of passenger buses from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, which is also witnessing a spike in cases.

Just two more Olympic qualifiers are remaining -- Malaysia Open (May 25-30) and Singapore Open (June 1-6) -- before the June 15 deadline.

The passengers were being tested upon arrival and anyone testing positive will be taken instead to a COVID hotel near Rome's main Leonardo da Vinci International Airport.

The decision was taken during a meeting of Cabinet's national security committee to consider the move to temporarily restrict flights from India.

All passengers arriving from India either directly or via another country will be banned from entering unless they have spent at least 14 days out of India.

A number of countries like the UK, Australia and Singapore have banned travel to and from India due to surge in coronavirus infections.

New Zealand on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India following a surge in COVID-19 cases arriving from there, local media reported.