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Thai Elephant Handler Faces Charges in Connection with Tourist’s Death

In a tragic incident at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, local law enforcement has charged an elephant caretaker with negligence after a Spanish tourist lost her life due to an elephant attack. The unfortunate event unfolded last week at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre, located in Phang Nga province, where a “panic-stricken” elephant struck the 23-year-old woman with its trunk. Authorities have identified the mahout, an employee of the sanctuary, as responsible for failing to prevent this heartbreaking accident. "We’ve…

Russian “tourists” arrested in Chad: what we

In Chad, the twelve Russian and Lithuanian citizens, who are presented as tourists and arrested in the north of the country by the Chadian authorities, are now free to leave the country. They were arrested in the Chadian Sahara on June 13 and released after an investigation. They are twelve, eleven Russians, including two…

A dozen Russian “tourists” were arrested in

A dozen tourists, Russians and a Lithuanian, were arrested just over a week ago in the Chadian Sahara, near Faya-Largeau, in the north of the country. They were returned to the capital Ndjamena manu militari, and were admitted to an exclusive hotel pending the completion of the ongoing investigation to determine the reasons for their presence in an area considered "red".…

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