In June, The New Times argued that open skies should become Africa’s next great economic reform. Few would disagree. More flights, greater competition and easier movement of people are indispensable to trade, tourism and investment. The economic case has long been settled. The more pressing question is why, over two decades since African states adopted…
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada after a passenger from Congo boarded “in error” amid the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, officials said Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said the agency took…
It’s been confirmed that another passenger from the cruise liner linked to the outbreak of hantavirus has contracted the disease, which has claimed the lives of three people on board and sparked an international alert coordinated by the UN World Health Organization (WHO). The individual, who is male, had been travelling on the Dutch-flagged vessel,…
World’s first passenger train celebrates 200th anniversary – CBS News Watch CBS News The world’s first passenger train took its maiden voyage in rural England in 1825, making this year its bicentennial. “CBS Saturday Morning” reports on its impact.
A man who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship near the Port of San Juan over the weekend — allegedly to avoid paying off more than $16,000 in gambling debt to the cruise line — has been charged with a federal crime, authorities said. Jey Gonzalez-Diaz embarked on the Rhapsody of the Seas…
