The Senate of Uruguay has voted to decriminalise abortion during the first three months of pregnancy. A similar bill in 2008 was struck down by President Tabare Vasquez, but the nation’s current President Jose Mujica has promised to sign the bill into legislation.
The bill will be sent to the lower house, which is dominated by [...]

A string of UK travel companies are going to struggle to survive this year unless they alter their business models and start adapting to a new market environment, according to a report from KPMG.
A phenomenal rise of budget cost carriers, internet travel booking and challenging economic backdrops, combined with increases in fuel and Air Passenger [...]

It now seems that some 54 rail officials have been punished and blamed for a China bullet train crash. The reports come in following the government’s investigation into the fatal July bullet train crash. The government its now demanding that the railway ministry improve its management of the country’s high-speed train network. The investigation found [...]

Due to a huge investigation by the Office of Fair Trading, the government has now announced that it is going to ban companies from being able to apply hidden credit and debit card charges to increase the price of their tickets. This ruling is also going to apply to companies that sell things like concert [...]

The Government’s decision to put a ban on travel companies from being able to charge credit and debit card fees was rightly heralded a victory for travellers by UK consumer groups this week.
Air passengers have suffered most due to unfair charges as, since 2004, Ryanair has increased the credit card and debit card payments it [...]

Emirates is ready to launch new daily services to Rio De Janerio as next Tuesday.
The new direct service from Dubai to Rio de Janeiro, which also offers an onward extension to the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, is also to provide seamless connections from Emirates’ other destinations, of which there are over 100.
Thierry Antinori, Emirates’ Executive [...]

The United States is not the only area in the world with traffic problems. In fact, there are places in Australia that may even be worse off than a number of big cities in the States. According to reports, the New South Wales government has announced that work to widen the extremely busy M5 in [...]