The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Islamic State (IS) was on the verge of defeat in Raqqa, as exhausted citizens fled the grips of the terrorist group.
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You’re never too smart to fall for this simple Thai travel scam.
WHEN Australian tourist Dan Boland was approached by a friendly stranger outside a Bangkok temple, he had no idea he was about to fall victim to an elaborate scam that would trick him out of thousands of dollars.
The Hong Kong-based airline pilot would later realise he’d been swindled in a clever “attractions closed” scam. It’s one of a number of ways cunning con artists are preying on Western tourists in Thailand, according to insurance company Travel with Jane.
Mr Boland said he and his wife were approached by an official-looking man as they were entering Bangkok’s famous Wat Pho temple on their last day in the city back in May.
“The man said, ‘Sorry, no, you can’t go in because the monks are praying’, and I thought, oh well, I can’t argue with that,” Mr Boland told news.com.au.
“He said it was the same thing at the Grand Palace — we couldn’t go in because people were praying…
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Two men and a woman are dead after what is believed to be a mid-air collision between tandem and single skydivers at Mission Beach, south of Cairns.
A local resident said they had fallen onto the lawn of a property on Alexander Drive, about 1.5 kilometres north of the usual landing site.
