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U.S. issues travel warning for 5 countries: ‘Practice enhanced precautions’
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 14, 2025
The United States has issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to five countries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update to its global travel alert that polio is circulating in Finland, Germany, Spain, the...
Travel alert: Warnings issued for two major vacation hotspots over kidnapping, terror concerns
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of State has issued new travel advisories for Brazil and the United Arab Emirates. The agency is urging travelers to exercise increased caution when visiting the two destinations. Both received Level 2 advisories, the...
Brazil Travel Advisory Raised To Level 2 Amid Kidnapping And Violent Crime
Travel Noire
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August 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of State has updated its travel advisory for Brazil to Level 2, urging travelers to “exercise increased caution” following a kidnapping incident involving American tourists. The August 8 advisory specifically highlights...
Travelling to these countries can put you at risk: CDC issues Level 2 alert for Germany, UK, and others amid rising poliovirus concerns
The Times of India
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August 12, 2025
Federal health officials have issued an urgent warning about polio, a potentially crippling and deadly disease. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland,...
U-14 girls from St Kitts to compete at U14 Girls CFU Caribbean Challenge Series
SKN News
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August 15, 2025
Last Updated on August 15, 2025, 12:28 AM AST by Anthony Morris The under 14 girls national team has travelled to Trinidad and Tobago for the U14 Girls CFU Caribbean Challenge Series. The series is running from August 15–25, 2025 with several...
Murders, kidnapping prompt U.S. travel warning for this tropical destination
SI Live - New York
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August 12, 2025
Ongoing crime and a recent kidnapping have prompted the U.S. Department of State to update its travel advisory for Brazil. The Level 2 advisory urges travelers to “exercise increased caution in Brazil.” It also urges Americans not to travel...
2 top tourist destinations hit with travel warnings for crime, terror threats
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 11, 2025
The U.S. Department of State has issued new travel advisories for Brazil and the United Arab Emirates, urging travelers to exercise increased caution when visiting these popular destinations, Parade reports. Both countries received Level 2 travel...
Travel advisory updated for popular tourist destination due to risk of kidnapping
SI Live - New York
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August 9, 2025
The U.S. Department of State is urging residents to exercise increased caution when traveling to Brazil due to crime and kidnapping. The level two travel advisory was updated on Friday to indicate the added threat of kidnapping within the nation....
Travel to Suriname and French Guiana is not worth it
Stabroek News
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August 5, 2025
Dear Editor, I do not recommend traveling to French Guiana or Suriname, especially if you are coming from Guyana. Here’s why: 1. Neither Suriname nor French Guiana compares to Guyana in natural beauty. 2. Immigration officers in Suriname are not...
Successful launch of Metop-SGA1 to take weather forecasting to new heights
Meteorological Technology International
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August 14, 2025
The Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, carrying the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 13. The satellite, which is the first in the...
Map Shows Countries Where US Has Issued Fresh Travel Warnings
Newsweek
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August 4, 2025
The U.S. has issued new travel warnings in response to disease outbreaks in several countries, warning Americans to "practice enhanced precautions" when visiting the affected regions. On August 4, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Suriname, Guyana sign MoU to boost bilateral tourism
I News Guyana
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August 1, 2025
In a significant milestone for regional tourism development, the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) and the Suriname Hotel and Tourism Association (SHATA) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Roraima Duke...
Giffgaff UK Launches New Travel Data Add Ons for Mobile Roaming
ISP Review
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July 28, 2025
Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and harnesses O2’s virtual operator (MVNO) platform in the UK, has today launched a new range of travel data (4G/5G mobile broadband) add-ons that will be available to customers who...
Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?
Wired 868
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August 14, 2025
On 25 July, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards suggested that “progress” was being made with regards to the country’s eligibility law, which would widen the pool of players available for the national football...
Swiss Adventurer Skiing, Cycling, Sailing, Trekking from Norway to the Amazon
Explorersweb
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August 13, 2025
Loic Cappellin is already over 7,000km into a multi-discipline expedition, traveling solely by human and wind power from North Cape in Norway to the Amazon. The Swiss adventurer began his journey in late January by skiing 1,100km south to Hemavan...
Cases of killer virus that makes the body ‘fold in on itself’ soaring in UK – after virus sparks pandemic fears in China
The Scottish Sun
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August 13, 2025
CASES of a killer virus that can make the body “fold in on itself” have increased in the UK, health chiefs have warned. There were 73 cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease that causes crippling joint pain, between January and June 2025 in...
Strange light seen in Philly sky Tuesday night likely caused by rocket launch
Philly Voice
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August 13, 2025
Some people observing the night sky in Philadelphia on Tuesday spotted an unusual display of light glowing in the shape of a boomerang. The same pattern was observed in the night sky along much of the East Coast, prompting speculation about its...
What was in the sky? Witnesses, experts speculate on strange sightings captured on camera
Yahoo News
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Missourians who had their eyes to the skies Tuesday night in hopes of catching the Perseid meteor shower, were surprised to see something much bigger than a shooting star. Witnesses all across the Show-Me State, and in Kansas and Illinois, took to...
Global ‘mining mafia’ feeds China’s appetite for gold, investigation shows
The New Zealand Herald
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August 13, 2025
As part of a strategic effort to reduce reliance on the US dollar, insulate itself from potential United States sanctions and build its own capacity to influence the international monetary system, China is procuring gold at a voracious pace. This...
What Was That Strange Light Over Columbus Last Night?
Columbus Navigator
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August 13, 2025
Spoiler: It wasn’t aliens… probably. If you were out watching the Perseid meteor shower Tuesday night, you might’ve noticed something strange streaking across the Central Ohio sky—slower than a shooting star, brighter than a plane, and just odd...