Day: 1 August 2017

Travel Safety Tips: Set up a travel email account, send key info to that email, share access with your ICE contact

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

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Quick Read: Irish dad murdered in Colombia’s last text home as tragic new details emerge

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

THE family of an Irish dad who was strangled with bubble wrap and dumped naked in a Colombian river didn’t know he was in the country before his death.... Re...

Quick Read: Dutch police catch Romanian gang suspected in truck cargo robberies

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

After over two years of investigation, the Dutch police arrested a group of Romanians suspected of stealing the cargo of at least 17 trucks while the trucks were on the move. The robberies started in early 2015. A number of arrests were made over the...

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Quick Read: Myanmar swine flu outbreak kills 10 as Government rushed to stop spread

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Ten people have died in an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Myanmar, a health official has said, as the Government stepped up public awareness campaigns about the ...

Quick Read: Ghana: Roads, Electricity Structures Fail Engineers’ Test

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

In a first-of-its-kind assessment report published recently, not a single one of Ghana's roads and bridges, water, and electric power sectors has been credited ...

Quick Read: Why Kenya’s presidential election on August 8 matters

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Kenyans will be heading to the polls on August 8 for elections that have been closely followed not just in the Horn of Africa country but across the world.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2vkDqdD Like what you rea...

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Quick Read: Myanmar journalist detained, bailed ahead of defamation trial

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

YANGON (Reuters) - One of Myanmar's best known journalists was released on bail on Monday, his lawyer said, but is set to stand trial for allegedly defaming fir...

Quick Read: Traveling to Canada? Don’t Fall for This Scam

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

For the past two years, the Canadian government has been requiring tourists from certain countries to acquire electronic travel authorizations, or “eTA's,” to e...

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Quick Read: Aviation bursting at seams in busiest-ever summer for airports and airlines

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

The busiest-ever summer for holidays abroad is putting unprecedented strain on airlines, airports and passengers, research by The Independent has shown. Thousands of travellers remain stranded after their weekend flights were cancelled, with easyJet...

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Quick Read: Pilot lands Airbus at Ataturk airport ‘blind’ after hailstones shatter windscreen

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

A pilot carried out a heart-stopping emergency landing during which he couldn't see – after giant hailstones shattered the windscreen of his severely damaged je...

Quick Read: Another journalist has been gunned down in Mexico — the eighth killed this year

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Luciano Rivera Salgado, who covered crime for a Baja California television channel and published a news website called El Dictamen, is at least the eighth journ...

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Quick Read: Holidaymakers miss flights due to ‘shambles’ at Stansted Airport

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Some passengers at Stansted Airport say that they missed their flights this morning (Monday, July 31) after the fire alarm was activated.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2tW3LKx Like what you read? Sign up here fo...

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Quick Read: Libyan east force reaches Sirte outskirts, Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos puts troops on high alert

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

A force from the Khalifa Haftar-led Dignity Operation in eastern Libya arrived Sunday evening at the 50 checkpoint in eastern Sirte, where its fighters position...

Quick Read: No EU observer mission for Angolan elections

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

The European Union has scrapped plans to observe elections in Angola next month, after Luanda failed to agree to conditions, including access to all parts of th...

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Quick Read: Ghana: 10 Platoons Deployed to Mining Sites Today

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Government has quickly changed gear to the highest speed by deploying about 10 platoons drawn from the army, navy, air force and the police to illegal mining sites to help protect the ecology from further degradation.... Read full article at the publ...

Quick Read: Hong Kong records ‘serious’ air pollution levels as Nesat and Haitang whip up unhealthy conditions amid heat

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Hong Kong recorded “very high” to “serious” levels of air pollution across the city on Sunday afternoon, made worse by Typhoon Nesat and Tropical Storm Haitang ...

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Quick Read: Police inspector held for allegedly taking kickback to free kidnapper

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

PETALING JAYA: A police inspector was detained last Thursday for allegedly taking kickbacks of tens of thousands of ringgit to free a kidnap case suspect early ...

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Quick Read: Second emergency landing for Jet2 plane in two weeks

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

A Jet2 aircraft has made a second emergency landing in as many weeks after an apparent recurrence of a technical problem.A flight from Ibiza to Leeds was diverted to Barcelona on 16 July.The same aircraft was diverted to Frankfurt after a similar inc...

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Quick Read: Emily to threaten Florida with flooding, rip currents into Tuesday

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Emily will unload torrential rainfall and raise the risk of flooding and rip currents in central and southern Florida into Tuesday. The system formed over the ...

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Quick Read: Foreign traveller dies in white river rafting accident on Hvítá river

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Brúarhlöð canyon Hvítá river is the third longest river in Iceland, a powerful glacial river which originates in Langjökull glacier. The best known waterfall in...

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Quick Read: Briton held in Turkey terror raid

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

Ex-soldier Joe Robinson, from Leeds, is understood to be accused of sharing material on social media from his time in Syria with Kurdish militia the YPG.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2w7DGJp Like what you read?...

Quick Read: Foreign Ministry demands release of Finnish hostage after ransom video

News TeamAugust 1, 2017

A video of a woman speaking in English, asking that money be paid to her kidnappers has circulated on social media. The woman claims to be a Finnish aid worker ...