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Here Are The Countries With The Highest Rabies Risk As Doctors Warn UK Holidaymakers

Plane window Speaking on This Morning, Dr Zoe Williams recently advised holiday makers to “check which countries you’re at risk for rabies.” Whether you’ll be going for a long period of time, expecting to work with animals, or hoping to try some...

Nigeria ready for US deals but travel ban a challenge -Minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says Nigeria is ready for business deals with the United States but travel restrictions remain a challenge. Tuggar stated this during the 54th ordinary session of the mediation and security council at...

Tanzania seeks travel truce with US to avoid visa ban

Tanzania has opened negotiations with Washington in an attempt to circumvent the latest restrictions imposed by the Donald Trump administration on citizens of African countries planning to travel to the US. This followed the State Department’s...

Travel bans and global sport

It is probably too late to consider removing the United States as a host of next year’s football World Cup. And in any event, it is unlikely that Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, the governing body of world football, would even contemplate...

Tourism growing in Somalia despite bad press

Sheldon Whitehouse Receives Some Unwelcome Beach Club Reminders With His Juneteenth Post

As Democrats have been rushing to put out posts commemorating Juneteenth, some members have found themselves in a bit of trouble. As we covered earlier, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was forced to take down her post after many chimed in to remind her...

Op-Ed | To Travel or Not to Travel: Navigating U.S. Border During Heightened Immigration Enforcement

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters building in downtown Washington, DC. John M. Chase / Getty Images With increased border scrutiny, many foreign nationals are anxious about traveling to and from the United States. Harris Beach...

Deadline approaches: Trump administration gives 36 countries Wednesday to strengthen traveler vetting

President Donald Trump’s administration has given 36 countries, most of them in Africa, a Wednesday deadline to commit to improving vetting of travelers or face a ban on their citizens visiting the United States. A diplomatic cable sent over the...

US threatens 36 more countries with travel bans — mapped

The Trump administration has given dozens of countries an ultimatum to improve the vetting of their travellers to the US or risk being blacklisted. The State Department identified 36 countries in danger of joining the 12 already subject to US...

Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday

Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...