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12:08pm, 14th May, 2019

Kate views Bletchley Park codebreaker exhibit for D-Day

Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, travelled on Tuesday to the old home of Britain's World War Two codebreakers - and where her own grandmother worked, visiting an exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy...

American tourist kidnapped in Ugandan park rescued

12:54pm, 7th April, 2019

US

American tourist kidnapped in Ugandan park rescued

An American tourist and her driver have been rescued unharmed after being kidnapped in a national park in southwestern Uganda last week, the Ugandan authorities said on Sunday.

12:11pm, 7th April, 2019

US

American tourist kidnapped in Ugandan park rescued: Uganda military

An American tourist who was kidnapped alongside her driver in a national park in southwestern Uganda has been rescued unharmed, the Ugandan military told Reuters on Sunday.

American woman kidnapped from Ugandan national park: police

9:19am, 3rd April, 2019

World

American woman kidnapped from Ugandan national park: police

An American woman and her Ugandan driver have been kidnapped from Queen Elizabeth National Park in southwest Uganda by gunmen demanding a ransom of $500,000, police said on Wednesday.

American woman kidnapped in Uganda from national park: police

8:57am, 3rd April, 2019

US

American woman kidnapped in Uganda from national park: police

An American woman and her Ugandan driver have been kidnapped from a national park in southwest Uganda by gunmen demanding a ransom of $500,000 for their release, police said on Wednesday.

U.S. Supreme Court rules for moose-hunter over Alaska park access

10:16am, 26th March, 2019

US

U.S. Supreme Court rules for moose-hunter over Alaska park access

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled for the second time in three years in favor of an moose hunter over his challenge to a federal ban on hovercraft on National Park Service land in Alaska in a case involving federal control of public lands.

Probe widens into deaths of 22 racehorses at Santa Anita Park near LA

9:18pm, 15th March, 2019

US

Probe widens into deaths of 22 racehorses at Santa Anita Park near LA

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has joined the inquiry into circumstances surrounding the recent deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, one of America's premiere thoroughbred racetracks, the agency said on Friday.

Fire that prompted closure of parts of Yosemite Park is contained

5:29pm, 19th August, 2018

US

Fire that prompted closure of parts of Yosemite Park is contained

A massive and deadly California wildfire that sent choking smoke into Yosemite National Park, causing a temporary closure of large parts of the tourist destination, is completely contained, fire officials said on Sunday.

Fast-spreading California wildfire nears Yosemite park

5:08pm, 22nd July, 2018

US

Fast-spreading California wildfire nears Yosemite park

A raging California mountain blaze that has already killed one firefighter grew over the weekend and bore down on Yosemite National Park, prompting the closure of some smoke-choked campgrounds and roads at the popular tourist destination.

VW to temporarily park cars due to new emissions testing bottlenecks

8:24am, 22nd July, 2018

Business

VW to temporarily park cars due to new emissions testing bottlenecks

Volkswagen is renting parking spaces from August to stockpile vehicles which cannot be sold due to bottlenecks caused by new engine emissions tests, a spokeswoman said on Sunday.