Day: 3 April 2019

The latest news on India from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Asia’s smog exodus: companies forced to offer ‘pollution premiums’ to recruit top talent

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Executives with families are often unwilling to put their children’s health at risk however attractive the job offer.... Read the full article at the publisher'...

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The latest news on journalists and journalism from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Burundi Extends Bans on VOA, BBC, Deepening Media Crackdown

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Burundi will continue to block broadcasts from two international media organizations and expand restrictions on their operations, the government announced Frida...

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The latest abduction, kidnap, ransom and extortion news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Cameroon Football Teams Move After Kidnapping of Players, Coaches

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Football (soccer) clubs in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon are relocating to safer areas after a coach and players from a university club were abducted by suspected separatists. The military says it has arrested at least 10 suspected kidnapp...

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The latest news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri ‘arrested by armed men’

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Jones Abiri, editor and publisher of the Weekly Source newspaper, was accosted armed men as he was meeting six colleagues at the Bayelsa Federated Newspaper Pub...

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The latest aid worker news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Saudi humanitarian worker under ‘enforced disappearance’ for a year, says sister

News TeamApril 3, 2019

The sister of a Saudi humanitarian worker said her brother has been under “enforced disappearance” for a year and she had heard reports he has been subject to “...

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The latest LGBT news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: George Clooney urges boycott of Brunei-owned hotels over nation’s gay sex penalties

News TeamApril 3, 2019

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of luxury hotels, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, owned by Brunei because of the Southeast Asian nation’s plans to impose the death penalty for people having gay s...

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Quick Read: Korean Air stops serving peanuts after teens’ flight disrupted by allergy

News TeamApril 3, 2019

SEOUL (Reuters) - Korean Air Lines said on Sunday it has stopped serving peanuts as snacks to customers in response to a recent incident when two teenage brothe...

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Quick Read: Conmen posed as French foreign minister to steal €8 million, police say

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Israeli police have arrested three men accused of scamming €8 million (£6.8 million) from a businessman by impersonating the French foreign minister. The suspec...

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Quick Read: Bangladesh fire: Emergency exits in Dhaka high-rise ‘were locked’

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Victims of a tower block fire in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Thursday may have been trapped because emergency exits were locked, officials say. At least 25 people died and 70 others were injured in the blaze.... Read the full article at the publ...

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Job: Safety and Liaison Officer (Turkey) for the Danish Refugee Council

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Role: Safety and Liaison Officer Company: Danish Refugee Council Location: Şanlıurfa, Turkey Deadline: 14th April 2019 Lin...

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Job: Senior Field Security Adviser (Chad) for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Role: Senior Field Security Adviser Company: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Location: N'Djamena, Chad Deadline: 16th April 2...

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The latest news on politics from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: South Africa’s politicians feed anti-foreigner violence

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Loveness James was chased from her home in Burnwood, an informal settlement in Durban, in the middle of the night early last week. Then a violent mob broke down the door of her house.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.dw.c...

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Quick Read: Hundreds of live tarantulas seized at Manila airport

News TeamApril 3, 2019

After exotic turtles were discovered being smuggled at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last month, authorities discovered other animals being brou...

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The latest news on Venezuela from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Taps Run Dry in Venezuelan Capital as Power Cuts Hit Water Pumps

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Residents of Caracas are standing in long lines waiting to fill drums with water as a national power crisis stretches into a fourth week, keeping vital pumps fr...

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Quick Read: Algerian Leader Bouteflika Quits After Mass Protests

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to six weeks of largely peaceful mass protests driven by youth and pressure from the powerful army against his 20-year rule.... Read the full article at the publisher's s...

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Job: Emergency Officer (Afghanistan) for the Danish Refugee Council

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Role: Emergency Officer Company: Danish Refugee Council Location: Kandahar, Afghanistan Deadline: 19th April 2019 Link: h...

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The latest terrorism news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: UK police say devices left on rail line in suspected Brexit sabotage plan

News TeamApril 3, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) - British police were on Tuesday investigating two incidents where objects were placed on railway tracks to sabotage the network in what they b...

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The latest cyber and tech news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Chinese woman with 2 passports, malware arrested at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club

News TeamApril 3, 2019

CLOSE A U.S.-China trade agreement is far from being completed and will require much more work, particularly on enforcement, the U.S. official negotiating the pact told a House panel. (Feb.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://ww...

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Quick Read: Two babies too young to be vaccinated infected with measles in Sydney

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Two babies too young to be vaccinated have contracted measles in Sydney, as NSW is on track to record its highest rate of the disease in five years.... Read the...

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Quick Read: Dead cows washing up on Canary Island beaches

News TeamApril 3, 2019

At least three dead cows have washed up on beaches in the Canary Islands over the last week. The latest one was found near El Medano on the island of Tenerife, ...

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The latest cruise news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Crane crashes into one of world’s largest cruise ships, injuring eight

News TeamApril 3, 2019

A crane has collapsed onto one the world's biggest cruise ships injuring eight people in the Bahamas. The Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas was sitting on a dry dock on th Grand Bahama island for for routine maintenance work when it was struck, com...

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Quick Read: Torture Claims Mount As Russia Tries Central Asians Over St. Petersburg Subway Blast

News TeamApril 3, 2019

Several suspects on trial over a deadly blast in the St. Petersburg subway in 2017 have alleged that they were tortured in custody as authorities sought people ...

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Feature: Anitha Karthik at Edinburgh Napier University – Storm surge: the misunderstood threat that can be as deadly as a tsunami

Feature: Dr Monica H Swahn at Georgia State University – Counterfeit alcohol is a growing concern for tourists abroad

Feature Robert McCabe at Coventry University – Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in dangerous waters

Day: 3 April 2019

Quick Read: Asia’s smog exodus: companies forced to offer ‘pollution premiums’ to recruit top talent

Quick Read: Burundi Extends Bans on VOA, BBC, Deepening Media Crackdown

Quick Read: Cameroon Football Teams Move After Kidnapping of Players, Coaches

Quick Read: Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri ‘arrested by armed men’

Quick Read: Saudi humanitarian worker under ‘enforced disappearance’ for a year, says sister

Quick Read: George Clooney urges boycott of Brunei-owned hotels over nation’s gay sex penalties

Quick Read: Korean Air stops serving peanuts after teens’ flight disrupted by allergy

Quick Read: Conmen posed as French foreign minister to steal €8 million, police say

Quick Read: Bangladesh fire: Emergency exits in Dhaka high-rise ‘were locked’

Job: Safety and Liaison Officer (Turkey) for the Danish Refugee Council

Job: Senior Field Security Adviser (Chad) for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Quick Read: South Africa’s politicians feed anti-foreigner violence

Quick Read: Hundreds of live tarantulas seized at Manila airport

Quick Read: Taps Run Dry in Venezuelan Capital as Power Cuts Hit Water Pumps

Quick Read: Algerian Leader Bouteflika Quits After Mass Protests

Job: Emergency Officer (Afghanistan) for the Danish Refugee Council

Quick Read: UK police say devices left on rail line in suspected Brexit sabotage plan

Quick Read: Chinese woman with 2 passports, malware arrested at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club

Quick Read: Two babies too young to be vaccinated infected with measles in Sydney

Quick Read: Dead cows washing up on Canary Island beaches

Quick Read: Crane crashes into one of world’s largest cruise ships, injuring eight

Quick Read: Torture Claims Mount As Russia Tries Central Asians Over St. Petersburg Subway Blast

Ghana: Two Canadian women abducted on Monday in Kumasi, Uber driver detained

Travel Advice: State Department urges people to ‘reconsider travel’ to Burkina Faso due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping

Travel Advice: FCO warns of terror threats against Western targets in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul

Travel Advice: State Dept warns militants in Afghanistan plan vehicle-borne bombings against American targets

Travel Advice: FCO warns visitors to Jamaica as states of emergency extended due to shootings

Travel Advice: Canadian Government updates travel warning regarding crime threat to visitors in Vietnam