[Link] ‘Meltdown’ at UK passport renewals forces travellers to cancel Easter breaks

Read: 10/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Travellers are being forced to cancel Easter travel bookings because of a backlog at HM Passport Office which is delaying renewals. Some passengers have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket because their new passports failed to arrive before their departure date.

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[Link] Cops Covered Up Sex Trafficking Ring to Receive Free Sex Acts, Lawsuit Says

Read: 23/12/2021 www.vice.com

Top cops for a local department in Virginia actively hindered a sex trafficking investigation for almost four years in exchange for free sex acts from the victimized women, according to a recently updated federal lawsuit.

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[Link] Afghan embassies don’t recognise the Taliban

Read: 19/10/2021 www.economist.com

THE TALIBAN prevent girls from going to secondary school in Afghanistan. Yet the country’s ambassador to America is a woman. That is not because the group has decided that women’s rights are a good thing after all. It is just that they cannot replace her.

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[Link] North Korea’s Passport Is Apparently More Powerful Than These Countries

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

The world’s top passport ranking authority released a list that shows how COVID-19 regulations have made travel even more difficult, particularly if you’re from South Asia.

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