Day: June 7, 2019

Travel Advice: Multiple protests planned for Haiti this weekend – avoid crowds, minimise movements

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Multiple protests are planned for Haiti over the weekend. In the past, protests have become violence without warning - you may want to consider minimising your ...

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Quick Read: Tourist Infected by Brain-Invading Parasite After Eating Slug on a Dare in Hawaii

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Hawaii health officials are warning residents and visitors to avoid slugs, snails, and rats after the Center for Disease Control (CDC) found that three traveler...

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Quick Read: Russian taekwondo champion kidnapped and forced to withdraw $185,000 from company account

News TeamJune 7, 2019

A Russian taekwondo champion was reportedly kidnapped and forced to withdraw 12 million rubles (approx. $185,000) from his company’s account. Police officers detained three suspects connected to Sergey Chmul’s abduction.... Read the full article a...

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Quick Read: An American said she was brutally attacked at a Dominican resort. Police believe the case has holes, the resort claims.

News TeamJune 7, 2019

The attack in the Dominican Republic that a Delaware woman described was brutal: Being strangled and beaten. Getting dragged down concrete stairs. Wondering if ...

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Quick Read: TripAdvisor Pressured Into Making Additional Reforms to Support Sexual Assault Victims

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Confronted with a petition started by a sexual assault survivor that was signed by nearly 700,000 people, TripAdvisor took additional steps in the last couple o...

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Quick Read: Google Maps to Show Hurricane Forecasts, Earthquake Strike Maps

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Just in time for hurricane season, Google is rolling out new Maps features to help you stay informed about and steer clear of natural disasters. In addition to the new hurricane forecast cones, Maps will show earthquake information and flood forecast...

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Quick Read: Piracy: India bars seafarers from working on Nigerian waters

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Anna Okon Following the increasing rate of piracy and hijacking of the crew for ransom in Nigerian waters, especially in the Gulf of Guinea, Indian Directorate ...

Quick Read: Sint Maarten shooting victim is Canadian tourist, flown out on Thursday

News TeamJune 7, 2019

PHILIPSBURG—The man shot in the Maho area in the vicinity of Driftwood Bar is a Canadian tourist vacationing on the island... Read the full article at the pu...

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Quick Read: Brit teen left with £118k medical bill after freak scooter accident in US

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Karmen Curley, 18, was visiting her sister Sian when she suffered a brain injury in the horror fall. Sian, who lives in Los Angeles, is desperately trying to raise more than £118,000 to pay for Karmen's treatment, as the teenager forgot to get travel...

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Quick Read: Toddler killed by leopard in South Africa’s Kruger park

News TeamJune 7, 2019

The leopard attacked the boy on Wednesday evening after getting into the staff living quarters, which are separated from the rest of the park by an electrified ...

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Quick Read: 5 simple ways to keep your teens safe while traveling abroad this summer

News TeamJune 7, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY — Are your teens just graduating into summer months with out-of-the-country trips planned? Have you watched the movie "Taken" one too many times ...

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Quick Read: Virginia health officials warn of possible exposure to measles-infected child at Dulles airport, other locations

News TeamJune 7, 2019

The Virginia Health Department issued an advisory Thursday, cautioning the public that they might have been exposed to a measles-infected child at Dulles International Airport on Sunday, June 2, and in several other places in Northern Virginia a few ...

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Quick Read: Police arrest suspected kidnappers who abducted four expatriates, killed police escorts

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested two members of an alleged kidnap gang, for abducting two American...

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Quick Read: Is urine really the best way to treat a jellyfish sting? Doctors say no

News TeamJune 7, 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) - If you're heading to the beach this summer, you need to be on the lookout for jellyfish.... Read the full article at the...

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Quick Read: Bodies of Nine Civilians Abducted and Killed by Islamic State Found in Iraq, Army Sources Say

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Iraqi forces found the bodies of nine civilians abducted and killed by Islamic State militants in an area near the border with Syria, military sources said on Saturday.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.haaretz.com/midd...

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Quick Read: Liquids and laptop can stay in your hand luggage, says Heathrow

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Airport security queues could soon be less stressful for Heathrow passengers who should be able to keep liquids and laptops in their hand baggage when new 3D sc...

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Quick Read: Investigation into kidnapped Durban woman ‘hindered by private individual with financial interest’

News TeamJune 7, 2019

In a statement released on Thursday Hawks provincial spokesperson Capt Simphiwe Mhlongo said the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation was aware of incor...

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Quick Read: Man falls for cash-for-sex scam and tries to cover it up with kidnapping story, police say

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Singapore Police said the unidentified man, 20, received an unsolicited offer for sex from what he thought was a woman he met on an online dating app.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/asia/singapore-...

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Quick Read: Tear gas as US ambassador meets Malawi opposition leader

News TeamJune 7, 2019

The United States ambassador to Malawi was caught up in political unrest as police fired tear gas while she met with an opposition leader on Thursday, while pol...

Quick Read: Eastern Libyan forces attack Tripoli airport for second night

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Eastern Libyan forces launched air strikes for a second night on a military base housed within Tripoli's airport as fighting for the capital continues.... Re...

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Quick Read: Stay off the weed, Canada tells flight controllers and crews

News TeamJune 7, 2019

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian airlines and flight crews are forbidden to consume cannabis for at least 28 days before going on duty, the country’s transportation regulator said on Thursday.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://...

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Quick Read: Dating apps blamed as a million new sexually transmitted infections diagnosed every day worldwide

News TeamJune 7, 2019

Dating apps and sexual health stigma are adding to more than a million new STD infections every day and driving a surge of untreatable superbug strains, the Wor...