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Dutch prosecutors to press attempted murder charges against footballer Promes
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors intend to press attempted murder charges against Spartak Moscow football player Quincy Promes, they said...
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Somali capital opens first horse riding stable in decades
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - On a tree-lined, unpaved road in Somalia's capital, people duck out of their homes...
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Israel to allow in all tourists regardless of COVID vaccination status
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will begin allowing entry to all tourists, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, from...
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World tourism inched back in 2021, still a fraction of pre-pandemic levels
MADRID (Reuters) - The world tourism industry barely improved last year compared to 2020, with all indicators staying way below...
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France welcomes back British tourists after COVID-19 curbs eased
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Friday welcomed back its first British tourists after a partial travel ban, introduced over COVID-19...
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Italy bans hunting, other activities in regions hit by swine fever
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday banned hunting and several other outdoor activities in two northern regions affected by a...
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Unvaccinated U.S. travellers added to French quarantine list
PARIS (Reuters) - France has put the United States on its COVID-19 travel "red list", meaning unvaccinated people coming into...
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Goa’s beaches packed with domestic tourists as India tightens COVID rules
By Sunil Kataria CALANGUTE, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Indian tourists have thronged the beaches, pubs and nightclubs of Goa...
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In Europe, Omicron ruins Christmas party plans
By Richard Lough and Iain Withers PARIS (Reuters) - Paris riverboat cruise company Seine-En-Bateau was braced for a bumper Christmas...
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No cruise ship cheer for Cape Town tourism amid Omicron alarm
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The docking of the Europa passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was...
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Brazil to shut its borders to six African countries
By Gram Slattery and Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil will shut its borders to travelers arriving from six...
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China outbound tourism set to jump more than 25% this year – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese outbound tourism numbers are set to jump by more than 25% this year from 2020 but...
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Austrian chancellor expects tighter COVID rules to remain past Christmas -newspaper
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria's latest measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus will likely stay in force over Christmas and...
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Sydney circus bar set for encore after months of lockdown
By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - A circus-themed bar in Sydney is readying to open on Monday for the first...
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Bulgaria makes COVID ‘health pass’ obligatory for leisure activities
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria will make a COVID-19 "Green Certificate" mandatory for indoor access to restaurants, cinemas, gyms and shopping...
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China’s soft Golden Week data bode ill for retail sales
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tourism revenues in China during the Golden Week holiday that ended on Thursday fell by almost 5%...
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Drag queens and refugee stories: touring the ‘real’ Hong Kong
(Corrects to clarify asylum seekers were apprehensive about persecution in their home country, not Hong Kong, in paragraphs 10-11) By...
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