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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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Embassies have issued new and updated advisories urging travelers to Mexico, Jamaica and the Bahamas — some of the busiest international spring break destinations — to exercise extra caution after recent violent events, some in tourist areas. In the Bahamas, gang violence and a number of murders prompted U.S. 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. Chau hired Kavalieros as a summer intern in 1994 when he was pursuing his Ph.D. Kavalieros's current U.S. patent tally stands at 437.

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ABS issues Approval in Principle for LNG-fueled design concept for bulker

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ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for the Seatransporter-DF , a dual-fuel design concept developed by Algoship Designers Ltd. of Nassau, Bahamas.

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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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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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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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This ranking puts the United States near the back of the industrialized nations, behind France (2 nd ), the United Kingdom (6 th ), Germany (13 th ), Italy (16 th ), Japan (20 th ), and Canada (25 th ). All trend analyses are based on backcasting this year’s EPI methods on historical data. 2018 EPI Trends. EPI and Global Sustainability Data.

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