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U.S. issues travel warning for 5 countries: ‘Practice enhanced precautions’

U.S. issues travel warning for 5 countries: ‘Practice enhanced precautions’

The United States has issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to five countries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update to its global travel alert that polio is circulating in Finland, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Kenya. The CDC added those countries to a list that includes more than 30 others with poliovirus …

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Valve explain why using PayPal for Steam purchases isn’t currently an option in a whole bunch of countries

Valve explain why using PayPal for Steam purchases isn’t currently an option in a whole bunch of countries

If you’ve tried to pay for something on Steam via PayPal over the past month and a bit, only to be told you can’t, Valve have now offered an explanation as to why, pointing to a bank that previously handled PayPal transactions in certain currencies as having suddenly terminated its support. Folks in affected countries first noticed notifications informing them …

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CDC issues travel warnings for 5 European countries due to serious disease

CDC issues travel warnings for 5 European countries due to serious disease

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued travel warnings for the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Finland and Spain, where cases of polio have been reported. The level two warning does not advise against visiting the countries, but suggests travelers take “enhanced precautions.” Poliomyelitis, which is more commonly known as polio, is a highly infectious disease caused by the …

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Trump claims Washington’s murder rate is higher than Bogotá or Mexico City. Here’s what the stats from those countries say

Trump claims Washington’s murder rate is higher than Bogotá or Mexico City. Here’s what the stats from those countries say

Facebook Tweet Email Link US President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of the security situation in Washington, DC, now claiming that the US capital has a homicide rate higher than some Latin American capitals such as Bogotá, Mexico City and Lima. During a press conference on Monday, Trump announced that he would place the Metropolitan Police Department “under …

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Woman Who’s Visited 90 Countries: the One Country I Keep Going Back to

Woman Who’s Visited 90 Countries: the One Country I Keep Going Back to

Although I live in the US, I’m a born traveler at heart. I’ve been to over 90 countries and have no plans to stop exploring. However, my approach to travel is usually one-and-done. Why see the Colosseum again when I haven’t seen the Great Pyramids or Antarctica? Yet, there’s one country that keeps pulling me back: Iceland. I’ve already visited …

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CDC issues travel warnings for five new countries over ‘crippling and deadly’ disease

CDC issues travel warnings for five new countries over ‘crippling and deadly’ disease

Federal health officials have issued an urgent travel warning over a ‘crippling and deadly disease.’  The CDC issued travel advisories for the UK, Germany, Finland, Poland and Spain where cases of polio, a highly infectious virus that spreads through airborne droplets and feces and attacks the nervous system, are circulating. While the virus lurks silently for most people, severe cases can …

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CDC Issues New Travel Health Alert For 5 European Countries

CDC Issues New Travel Health Alert For 5 European Countries

We at Travel Off Path are not here to fearmonger — we’re just here to report the facts. Nor is this article sponsored by Pfizer… The truth is, we all relate to you and hope that any news coming from the CDC remains in the rear-view mirror because who could possibly want to relive what we all went through in …

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Stablecoin issuers like Circle and Tether are gobbling up more Treasuries than most countries. Here’s how that could reshape the U.S. economy

Stablecoin issuers like Circle and Tether are gobbling up more Treasuries than most countries. Here’s how that could reshape the U.S. economy

Stablecoins are the shiny new object on Wall Street. Once restricted to the niche world of crypto trading, stablecoins entered the mainstream of U.S. finance as Congress debated—and ultimately passed in July—a bill to legitimize them and expand their use. That has spurred a hype cycle as banks and Fortune 500 companies rush to explore the technology.  Stablecoins, which are …

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