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Costa Rica's new leader takes over with a blast at the past

Rodrigo Chaves has begun a four-year term as Costa Rica’s new president, taking office with a lengthy list of reproaches for his predecessor and the country’s political class while promising great change

The Independent UK

"Best ever" photo of UFO emerges 50 years after it was taken by a map maker

A mapmaker named Sergio Loaiza was flying over Costa Rica when he took a photo of the rainforest below for a survey, but it was only later that it was noticed that one frame contained something unusual

Daily Mirror

Researchers publish 'best image of a UFO ever taken' over remote rainforest lake

Sergio Loaiza, an aerial photographer, flew over Costa Rica using a map-making camera to survey the land before a hydroelectric project was built in the area.

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Every country people can travel to this summer with no covid restrictions

Costa Rica, Maldives, and Hungary are all on the list

Liverpool Echo

Ruling threatens US power as world's high-seas drug police

A little-noticed federal appeals court ruling this year threatens a key weapon in the United States’ war on drugs: A decades-old law that gives the U_S_ broad authority to make high-seas drug smuggling arrests anywhere in the world, even if those drugs aren't bound for the U_S_ The Maritime Drug…

The Independent UK

Costa Rica's Alvarado says cyberattacks seek to destabilize country as government transitions

Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado said on Thursday that recent cyberattacks on state computer systems are aimed at destabilizing the Central American country as it transitions to the new government of president-elect Rodrigo Chaves.

Reuters

Golfer drank his own urine for 10 days in bid to beat incurable disease before professional return

Morgan Hoffman underwent a spiritual journey in a bid to beat his muscular dystrophy diagnosis, travelling to Nepal and Costa Rica to explore alternative therapies

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Full list of countries which have no Covid travel restrictions including Mexico, Jamaica and Sweden

As covid travel restrictions ease across the globe, here's the full list of places you can now go to without having to worry about tests, proof of vaccination, quarantine or other conditions

Chronicle Live

Morgan Hoffmann’s return to PGA Tour has been a fascinating, soul-searching ride, including urine cleansing, hundreds of grapes

"I think I have been put in this position for a reason and I just want to help people believe in themselves."

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Man who cooperated with feds against ‘Uncle Mick’ gambling ring cuts deal

Keith Benson admitted Tuesday that he took money for Vincent DelGiudice from Chicago to an unnamed individual in Las Vegas, who was then supposed to take it to Costa Rica to help fund DelGiudice’s gambling operation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plane crashes and splits in half in Costa Rica on runway during emergency landing

A video has captured the terrifying moment a DHL cargo plane had a dramatic crash landing in Costa Rica before it split in half on the runway, spewing smoke

Daily Mirror

Watch: DHL cargo plane splits in two after crash landing at Costa Rica airport

The crew lost control of the plane as it landed but were left unharmed

Evening Standard

VIDEO: Plane breaks in two during landing in Costa Rica

A cargo plane skidded off the runway and broke in two during an emergency landing in Costa Rica on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Plane breaks in two after emergency landing in Costa Rica

A cargo plane carrying mail and packages skidded off the runway and broke in two during an emergency landing in Costa Rica on Thursday, causing the temporary closure of the international airport in San Jose.

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The Independent UK

DHL cargo jet breaks in half while making emergency landing at Costa Rican airport

Plane suffers failure of hydraulic system after take-off and returns to airport where it slides off runway

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Cargo jet skids off runaway in Costa Rica, splits in half

A DHL cargo jet has broken in half after sliding off the runway while landing at San Jose’s international airport

Wales Online

Countries you can travel to from the UK with no Covid rules including Hungary and Mexico

There are places you don't need to prove your Covid or vaccine status

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Full list of countries with no Covid travel rules including Mexico and Jamaica

Countries that UK travellers can visit for holidays without any Covid travel rules in place including Mexico, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Madeira and Sweden

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Reuters

Costa Rican president-elect, opposition leader pledge unity after vote

Costa Rica's president-elect Rodrigo Chaves and his defeated rival, former President Jose Maria Figueres, pledged unity after meeting on Tuesday, following an often tempestuous campaign ahead of last Sunday's election.

The Independent UK

Women watch Costa Rica's president-elect warily

The election of conservative economist Rodrigo Chaves to be Costa Rica's next president has worried many women because of sexual harassment allegations against him

Reuters

NEWSMAKER-Unheralded Costa Rican economist's unlikely path to presidency

Rodrigo Chaves was an unheralded economist in his native Costa Rica until a series of personal setbacks propelled him into a brief, ill-fated spell in government, then into the race for the presidency, which he won on Sunday.

Daily Mirror

This Morning viewers swoon as Dr Scott whips his shirt off in Costa Rica

This Morning viewers watched as Dr Scott Miller went on a Costa Rican jolly to explore the Central American aquatic wildlife on Monday

Reuters

Costa Rican maverick Chaves makes pitch to opposition after presidency win

Economist Rodrigo Chaves extended a hand to the opposition upon winning the Costa Rican presidency on Sunday after a bruising election campaign in which the former World Bank official vowed to break with traditional politics.

The Independent UK

Ex-finance minister wins runoff to be Costa Rica's president

A former finance minister who surprised many Costa Ricans by making it into the presidential runoff vote has easily won that ballot and is to become the Central American country’s new leader next month

Reuters

Economist Chaves projected to win Costa Rica election: preliminary tally

Economist and former World Bank official Rodrigo Chaves was projected to win Costa Rica's presidential election with around 52.9% of the vote, according to the electoral tribunal's preliminary partial tally of Sunday's run-off ballot.

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