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Pritzker says secret charter flights to China needed to keep feds from seizing medical supplies

Kevin BesslerSeptember 2, 2020
Asian Travel

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker defended his decision Wednesday to arrange for two charter flights to transport millions of masks and gloves from China to Illinois to bolster the state’s limited supply of personal protective equipment as it responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flights, which cost about […]

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Flight Records Say Russia Sent Syria Tons of Cash

Dafna LinzerSeptember 2, 2020
Asian Travel

This past summer, as the Syrian economy began to unravel and the military pressed hard against an armed rebellion, a Syrian government plane ferried what flight records describe as more than 200 tons of “bank notes” from Moscow. The records of overflight requests were obtained by ProPublica. The flights occurred during a […]

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Travel bans have barely slowed the coronavirus’s spread

Aimee CunninghamSeptember 2, 2020
Asian Travel

Travel restrictions imposed as the new coronavirus took China by storm slowed the spread of COVID-19 by only a few days within China and a few weeks internationally, according to a new study. On January 23, Chinese officials shut down travel in and out of Wuhan, the city where the […]

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Why Women Defy Nepal’s Travel Ban to Take on Domestic Work Overseas

Rojita AdhikariSeptember 2, 2020
Asian Travel

SINDHUPALCHOK, NEPAL – Phurpa Tamang, 36, has been struggling for almost an hour to find a mobile signal in the remote village of Sindhupalchok. He’s trying to make a video call to his wife, Kalpana, in Dubai. “The kids want to talk with their mother, but the network seldom works here. […]

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Saving face and promoting tourist safety in south east Asia

David BeirmanSeptember 2, 2020
Asian Travel

Anti-government demonstrations in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, have culminated in the government declaring a state of emergency for 60 days over the city. The Thai government hopes that the restriction and curfews imposed on street demonstrations will restore calm. However, the 2010 Red Shirt riots in Bangkok demonstrated this can’t be guaranteed. The […]

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