A British man was left stranded in the Philippines after his cruise liner left the port without him. Christopher Chapel invested about $21K in what he thought would be a memorable, around-the-world voyage. The 72-year-old did find it to be a memorable trip, but for very different reasons.
Chapel reportedly started feeling ill and queasy midway through the cruise, according to a report in Ladbible. He went to see the doctor on board the cruise liner, who advised him to get tested if he wanted to stay.
Weeks after their boat stranded off the Indian coast, many Rohingya are feared dead at sea; at least 160 people are still aboard and on the brink of starvation, according to family members and the UN agency for refugees.
Mohammed Rezuwan Khan, whose sister and 5-year-old niece are on the vessel, told CNN on Wednesday that two children and a woman had died, and those who were still alive had "no water, food, or medicine."
As the war between Russia and Ukraine triggers mass exodus, foreign students, especially Indians and Africans, attempting to cross over to Poland have claimed that they are facing racial abuse by the Ukrainian security forces at the border.
Several videos have gone viral on social media purportedly showing people of African and Indian origin being blocked from boarding trains or being left stranded at Ukrainian stations.
Both BBC and CNN have also confirmed that foreign students are being subjected to racial segregation at border checkpoints.
When scores of Indian students landed in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, a sigh of relief was witnessed after having escaped Ukraine, which has been facing the mighty Russian forces.
On Saturday morning, a special Air India flight landed in the capital city for the evacuation of stranded Indians.
They will soon be taken to their destinations Mumbai as the government arranges more flights for the evacuation.