Faulty presidential aircraft forces VP Shettima to cancel US trip

Vice President Kashim Shettima was on Sunday forced to cancel his trip to the United States where he was scheduled to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit, due to a fault with his aircraft. Stanley Nkwocha, media aide to Mr Shettima disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He said the […]

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Text With Autos Editor Eileen Falkenberg-Hull on Her World Travels

Hi everyone! I’m Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, Newsweek’s senior Autos editor. I started Newsweek’s Autos department three years ago, bringing stories about cars, trucks, SUVs and more — and where I test drive them — to readers around the world. The world is my office and I can be found working while riding in planes, trains, and […]

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Helsinki Tourism Suffers Over Ukraine War Travel Restrictions

International tourism to Finland’s capital Helsinki has not recovered following the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey showed Monday, as travel restrictions imposed over the war in Ukraine have cut off Russian tourists and hampered travel from Asia. After a drop in tourism during the pandemic, most Nordic capitals have seen a speedy recovery in both international […]

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Schengen-style GCC tourist visa: ‘GCC Grand Tours’ visa soon to allow visitors to travel in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar for over 30 days

Dubai: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) unified Gulf tourist visa – to be named the ‘GCC Grand Tours’ – will allow travellers to visit all six GCC states and spend more than 30 days in the region, UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri announced Monday on the opening day of the Arabian […]

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Almosafer report unveils domestic and international travel trends

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi travellers continue to exhibit a keen desire for travel as evidenced by the steady growth in demand for domestic and international travel, finds a new report by Almosafer, Saudi Arabia’s leading travel company. The findings, revealed at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), throw light on the current travel trends of Saudi […]

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What to Know About Xi Jinping’s Trip to Europe

This week, for the first time in five years, President Xi Jinping of China will be visiting Europe, with stops in France, Serbia and Hungary. Mr. Xi’s trip comes at a time of tensions with many European countries over China’s support for Russia in the face of its war in Ukraine, its trade practices and […]

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