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France Confirms Two MERS Cases Linked to Visiting Tourist Group

PARIS — French health authorities have isolated two people infected with the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) after they returned from a joint tour of the Arabian Peninsula, the health ministry said late Tuesday. Both patients are in a “stable” condition in a French hospital, the ministry said in a statement, and all measures have been put in place to limit the risk of transmission to their entourage and to health-care staff. The ministry said those measures include contact tracing, “barrier…

Tragedy Strikes as One Loses Life and 23 Are Saved at Colorado Gold Mine Tourist Attraction

In a tragic incident at a historic gold mine in Colorado, one person lost their life while 23 others were successfully rescued after a lift failure stranded them underground for several hours. This unfortunate event unfolded during the popular Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour, where visitors descend about 300 meters into the earth, deep within the western US state. The Teller County Sheriff's Office reported that 11 individuals, including two children, found themselves confined in the lift when the malfunction occurred. As a…

Kenya Welcomes Global Travel Expo to Boost Tourist Arrivals

On a bustling Wednesday, Kenyan President William Ruto presided over the launch of a global travel exposition in Nairobi. His goal? To amplify tourist numbers by spreading marketing wings into untapped, fresh markets.Amidst this splendid event, visitors admired the breathtaking views from a vantage point overlooking Kenya’s legendary Great Rift Valley in Kiambu County, captured in a photo on September 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)During this vibrant gathering, President Ruto reiterated his vision for diversifying Kenya's allure…

“Tourist”, a fiction in the service of

Launched in mid-May in Bangui, the film Tourist is now available on Russian broadcast platforms. Its goal: to praise the Russian intervention in the CAR and the "instructors" sent by Moscow to support President Faustin-Archange Touadéra against the rebels of the CPC (Coalition of Patriots for Change). A film halfway between fiction, reality and propaganda, which would be funded directly by the Wagner group according to the Russian press,…

tourist guides mobilize to protect lemurs.

On Friday, October 30, on the occasion of World Lemur Day, Madagascar's tourist guides mobilized Madagascar's tourist guides to draw attention to visitors to this endemic animal, the Big Island emblem and in danger of extinction. with our correspondent in Antanarivo, Laetitia BezainCenter thirteen species of lemurs are…