Social media users are claiming Palestine has been eliminated as a birth country for Canadian passport applicants after a widely shared TikTok depicted a case where this appeared unavailable. This is missing context; persons born in 1948 or earlier may select “other” and specify Palestine, a procedure that has not changed, according to Immigration, Refugees […]
Leapin’ lizards! An extra day this month means something magical’s about to happen. Like two Mesozoic Era relics — one of which come November will head off to the nation’s capitol … whad’ya mean it’s not nice to make fun of a couple of old dudes? We’re talking about dinosaur jawbones some kid recently discovered. […]
Antonina, an 80-year-old woman who could not evacuate from a temporarily occupied village in Donetsk Oblast due to health problems, has been brought back to Ukraine-controlled territories. The woman’s journey home took her through five countries, said Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman). Antonina’s daughter turned to the Ombudsman’s Office with a request to […]
A British man flew from London’s Heathrow Airport to Kennedy Airport without a ticket or a passport on Christmas Eve, according to multiple reports. Craig Sturt, 46, was detained when he landed in New York and shipped back to the U.K. on a charter flight, the Telegraph reported. Investigators believe Sturt, who is 6-feet tall, […]
By Lisandra Paraguassu, Ricardo Brito and Gabriel Stargardter BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police on Thursday sought to confiscate former President Jair Bolsonaro‘s passport and arrest some of his closest aides, sources said, as part of an investigation into an alleged coup attempt after he lost the 2022 election. The operation reflects a tightening net around […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, a federal jury found Friday. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 4 via Scandinavian Airlines flight 931 […]
A trip to the tropics is one of the best family vacation ideas any time of the year, but many tropical destinations can’t be accessed without a passport. And while in an ideal world everyone in the family would have valid passports ready at any moment, that’s not always possible—especially with busy work and school […]
When Carlos, an American expat living in Colombia, finally met in person the attractive young woman he had been messaging on a dating app, his apprehension began to melt away. “When we first met, I had a sort of doubt, but then we somehow decided to go to my apartment to finish watching a football […]
Russian invaders are trying to force locals in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast to take a Russian passport in exchange for coal, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported. Russians will only issue a subsidized coal to those who have a Russian passport, the NRC said. Read also: Russians add pressure on Ukrainians in occupied […]
The Burton family was supposed to fly from England to Spain to celebrate the new year. But their son wasn’t allowed to board the Ryanair flight after a worker saw a tear on his passport. The family spent $1,500 on the trip and urges others to check for any passport damage before flying. Jake Burton, […]
A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket told US authorities he didn’t remember how he got through security in Europe, according to a federal complaint filed by the FBI. He has been charged with a federal crime. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, 46, arrived […]
It’s never too early for travelers to prepare for their 2024 spring and summer trips, even though the national backlog on passport processing has lessened. And there’s one U.S. Postal Service site in Los Angeles that wants to help travelers with their passport applications. The Barrington post office in Brentwood is hosting a passport fair […]