counterterrorism

US issues travel warning for Germany: ‘Terrorist groups keep planning attacks’

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US issues travel warning for Germany: ‘Terrorist groups keep planning attacks’

The United States has issued a travel advisory to Germany over fears of terrorism. On Wednesday, the Department of State upgraded Germany to Level 2 out of four — an edict to “exercise increased caution” — with the stark warning that “terrorist groups keep planning attacks in Germany.” The US government added that tourist locations … Read more

Tourist accidentally sparks bomb scare with wrong translation for ‘pomegranate’

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Tourist accidentally sparks bomb scare with wrong translation for ‘pomegranate’

More like a bomb-egranate. We’ve all made embarrassing language flubs while traveling abroad. However, a tourist in Portugal took the cake when he accidentally caused a bomb scare by mistranslating the local word for “pomegranate.” The mother of all translation errors occurred Friday evening while the 36-year-old unnamed Russian speaker from Azerbaijan was trying to … Read more