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Alexandroupoli-Samothraki ferry service halted due to industrial action Employees operating an Alexandroupoli-Samothraki ferry line in northern Greece halted services to and from the northern Aegean island early on Wednesday leaving local residents and tourists stranded on both sides. According to reports, negotiations between management and five employees who were reportedly owed about 35,000 euros in […]

Passenger Ferry Accident in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland The MV Blue Puttees ferry strikes a wharf while leaving Port aux Basques in southwestern Newfoundland. No injuries were reported. The ferry was carrying 398 passengers and 91 crew members en route to North Sydney, Nova Scotia. Passengers travelling on the ferry are being kept informed of […]

Libyan security forces have defused a dozen bombs that had been placed inside a car that was parked outside a luxury hotel in the capital Tripoli, the interior ministry said. The incident on Tuesday comes a week after another hotel in Tripoli was thought to have been targeted by a rocket that missed and hit […]

A Qantas plane grounded on an Auckland Airport runway today has now been removed. Spokesman Simon Lambourne said the Qantas aircraft experienced a problem with its brakes as it was taxiing off a runway after its arrival from Sydney. “The aircraft stopped on the taxiway but for safety reasons we closed part of the runway […]

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada advises against all travel to the following regions: – republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan; – republics of Karachai-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria (including the Mount Elbrus region) and North Ossetia – regions of Budyonnosky, Levokumsky, Neftekumsky, Stepnovsky and Kurski, part of the district of Stavropol Krai. Those currently in these areas […]