Day: September 26, 2016

Feature: Dr Jane Cunneen from Curtin University – How to prepare for a tsunami

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

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Travel advisory update: Updated travel report for Niger

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

From the Canadian Government's Travel Advice website - Travel Report updated in the last 24hrs for Niger Recent Updates: The Health tab was updated - tra...

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Travel advisory update: Updated travel report for Mali

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

From the Canadian Government's Travel Advice website - Travel Report updated in the last 24hrs for Mali Recent Updates: The Health tab was updated - travel health information (Public Health Agency of Canada). Advisory Text: Avoid all travel ...

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Jamaica: Politicians concerned about recent crime increase and its impact on locals and visitors

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Politicians in Jamaica are concerned about the recent increase in crime and its knock-on effects on tourism and the local economy. Last week, fourteen people we...

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Thailand: Krabi beaches closed due to toxic Portugese Man-of-War jellyfish

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Beaches have been closed in Krabi due to poisonous Portugese Man-of-War jellyfish. Visitors to the Phi Phi islands have been warned to stay out of the water. Th...

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USA: Charter bus of Chinese students crashed on way back from Yosemite, one dead, 11 injured

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

On Saturday a charter bus carrying Chinese students and their chaperones crashed into a tree on the way back from Yosemite National Park, killing one and injuring 11 passengers. From the Fresno Bee - 1 killed, 11 hurt in charter bus crash north o...

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Quick Read: Priest reported kidnapped found dead, 3rd slain in Mexico in last week

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

MEXICO CITY -- A missing Mexican priest was found shot dead off the side of a highway in western Mexico days after he was kidnapped from his parish residence, s...

Quick Read: Doctors divided over debate on chikungunya deaths in Delhi, say ‘1 out of 1,000 people run risk of dying’

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Amid debate over chikungunya deaths in the city, opinion of doctors seem to be divided with some asserting only 0.1 per cent people run the risk of dying due to...

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Quick Read: Abubakar Shekau resurfaces, insists on hostage swap for Chibok girls

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, has resurfaced in a new video insisting on releasing the missing Chibok girls only if the government agrees to a prisoner swap.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.t...

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Quick Read: Colombia’s FARC Rebels Ratify Peace Accord To End 52-Year War

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Colombia's FARC rebel group voted unanimously to approve a peace deal with the government on Friday, declaring an end to the five-decade war as it prepares to t...

Quick Read: Philippines tells world not to interfere in Duterte drugs war

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

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Quick Read: Kashmir unrest: Hitchhiking the only way out for many travellers

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Desperate people waiting for a lift or walking on foot has become a common sight in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley where public transport has remained suspended for the past 80 days.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2d9m1a...

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Quick Read: Islamic State claims Baghdad suicide bombing that kills seven

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a commercial street of Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven and wounding 28, police sources said... Read full article at the ...

Travel advisory update: Ethiopia – celebrations and warnings for 26th-27th Sept and 2nd of Oct

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

From the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Latest update: Summary – information and advice about events on 26-27 September across the country and on 2 Oct...

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Quick Read: Thousands march in anti-racism protest in Helsinki

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Finland's premier and a former president joined thousands of people across Finland on Saturday as part of demonstrations against violence, racism, and fascism.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2dioEwb Like what you...

Quick Read: Police make 2,000 arrests in triad raids in Hong Kong

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Hong Kong police have arrested more than 2,000 people in raids on suspected criminal triad gangs, with the city's underworld in the spotlight after a lawmaker r...

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Quick Read: Exposed: Cowboy firms are coaching British tourists to make dodgy claims for sickness compensation… and they tout for business in an AMBULANCE

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Cowboy firms are systematically coaching British tourists to lie about holiday sickness to win thousands of pounds in compensation. Experts warn that the cynic...

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Quick Read: Guatemalan rights prosecutor arrested over alleged hit-and-run

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Orlando López held on homicide charges related to incident reported by rightwing group linked to retired military generals Orlando López has investigated some of the worst crimes committed during Guatemala’s bloody civil war and arrested power...

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Quick Read: Hobos gang trial puts deadly turf war ravaging Chicago front and center

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

The high-profile criminal case against leaders is expected to be a window inside the sweeping drug operation that has devastated the city Assistant US att...

Quick Read: 6 dead, 45 cases recorded in Lagos cholera outbreak

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

LAGOS—THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, disclosed that 45 cases of cholera disease has been recorded in Isolo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of the ...

Quick Read: Somali Militants Attack Kenyan Police Station

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Al-Shabab militants say they have attacked a police station in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia. Kenyan authorities said fighters from Somalia carried out the cross-border attack early Thursday on a police station at Hameey Village......

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Quick Read: Suspected passport forgers charged with hiding body in Bangkok, Thai police say

News TeamSeptember 26, 2016

Three men belonging to a suspected passport forgery ring in Thailand have been charged after police found them with drugs, guns and a dismembered body stashed i...