The Swiss city of Zurich is to open drive-in sex boxes in an attempt to rid the town of street prostitution. Zurich council has approved a plan to build the boxes, which will, it hopes, provide a discreet location for prostitutes and their clients to conduct business when they open in August next year. Read Article
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According to telegraph.co.uk a new scheme to compensate British victims of terrorist attacks abroad has been launched by the Government. The scheme, which came into force yesterday, means that any Briton who is injured in future terrorist atrocities abroad is eligible to receive up to £500,000. Travel and international health insurance cover is often limited […]
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Workers at the country’s third biggest airport are to stage a series of one-hour strikes in a dispute over security, it was announced today. Hundreds of union members at Manchester Airport will start the walkouts next Monday, and the action will continue until an agreement is reached. Read article
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BANGKOK, 27 November 2012: Tourism executives breathed a sigh of relief after Pitak Siam leaders cancelled their protest in the Thai capital late Saturday. Tourism Council of Thailand president, Piyaman Tejapaibul, told TTR Weekly that the industry was hopeful that what could have been a disastrous outcome had been averted when the protest was called […]
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Visits to B.C. by U.S. tourists are down by more than a third over the past several years, according to a report from a Vancouver research group. Nearly 2.5 million American tourists came to B.C. in 2011, but that’s 36-per-cent lower than the number that came 14 years earlier, according to the report from Urban […]
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The latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended after claiming 34 lives, Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi said on Monday. According to revised figures, 62 people are believed to have been infected during the latest epidemic, which was declared in mid-August in the northeastern Orientale Province and which officially ended […]
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Roseau, Dominica (TDN) — Health officials in Dominica have warned of a new outbreak of leptospirosis on the island. They have confirmed five new cases of the disease and are encouraging residents to take action to avert its spread. The latest outbreak comes just one year after a similar outbreak was brought under control. However, […]
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Providers of medical insurance report an increasing proportion of sales online. Insurers like it. It saves back-office time. For customers, there’s the attraction of instant and easy cover. Insurance kicks in now. Job done. However, buying insurance of any type is trickier than buying, say, a washing machine. And international medical insurance is more complex […]
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Thailand coup fears as Prime Minister orders security crackdown Tens of thousands of police have been ordered out onto the streets of Bangkok tomorrow after the Thai Prime Minister warned that a planned opposition rally was in fact a demonstration aimed at overthrowing the government. Read Article
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Seventeen thousand police were on duty around the historic Royal Plaza in central Bangkok for the demonstration organised by the opposition Pitak, or Protect Siam group, which prompted fears that it was the prelude to a coup attempt………Minor clashes started in the morning and continued throughout the afternoon as some of the estimated 20,000 protesters […]
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