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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

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Drawn by clear turquoise waters and miles of white-sand beaches, around seven million travelers visit the Bahamas each year, but a new warning about increased violence on the island nation has raised alarm over the safety of visiting there. Embassy in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, issued a security alert advising U.S.

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U.S. Warns Spring Breakers Headed to Mexico, Jamaica or the Bahamas

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I’m sure there are parts, just like the United States, that you can go into that are not recommended,” said Ms. Warnings about spring break travel to certain parts of Mexico came in recent days, while the security alerts and updated travel advisories for Jamaica and the Bahamas were issued in late January. Hammer, of RANE.

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From Intel Intern to Inventor of the Year

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For his contribution to this important industry invention and a dizzying array of others over the following two decades, Intel Fellow Jack Kavalieros has been named Intel's 2021 Inventor of the Year. He grew up in the Bahamas, then moved to Florida for high school and college. Kavalieros's current U.S. patent tally stands at 437.

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Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly?

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According to Royal Caribbean, the ship, which is registered in the Bahamas, also sets a new standard for sustainability with the use of energy-efficient technology designed to minimize the ship’s carbon footprint and move closer to the company’s goal of introducing a net-zero ship by 2035. “We as a viable marine fuel. s long-term problems.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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We’re seeing biometrics really help the travel industry cope with the volumes of travelers going up and the need to really process people quicker.” Nightjet , part of the Austrian federal railway, ÖBB, started running a sleeper train between Berlin and Paris in December, while the French rail operator, S.N.C.F.,

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Satellite Imagery for Everyone

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Using such images to make business decisions on the fly might seem like science fiction, but it is already happening within some industries. These underwater sand dunes adorn the seafloor between Andros Island and the Exuma islands in the Bahamas. Many of these satellites don’t pass directly over the poles, though. SkySat/Planet.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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The accord calls for action to hold mean warming of the Earth’s surface to no more than 2 ºC above pre-industrial levels, but does not define reductions in greenhouse gases that might be employed to achieve that goal.

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