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☆ A family's $6,300 vacation was at risk when the passport office lost their daughter's photo and replaced it with the wrong child
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They booked the trip three months in advance, and shortly after, she began the passport application process for herself and her two daughters, Sofia, 5, and Daya, 3. Representatives for the UK's passport office did not respond to a request for comment from BI. The office couldn't find the image sent with Daya's application, so Basi rushed to get a new photo sent to the passport office. Then, Basi said the passport office sent this second set to the wrong regional office. Basi said she had filed at least three complaints now, but it's been radio silence from the passport office.

Persons: —, Dillon Birring's, Basi, Sofia's, hadn't, Peter Garrard Beck, Daya, it's Organizations: Service, Business, BBC Locations: England, Egypt, Sofia, Liverpool, London

☆ U.S. Exempts Earthquake Aid to Syria From Sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Mengqi Sun | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Funds sent to Syria for earthquake relief that might otherwise be barred by U.S. sanctions are exempted for about six months, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which implements and enforces U.S. sanctions, issued a general license Thursday night allowing U.S. banks and money transmitters to process transactions to and from Syria if they are intended for earthquake aid. The language is seen as providing more protection to financial institutions processing the transactions, sanctions experts said. Paul Carroll, director of the Charity & Security Network, a resource and advocacy center for nonprofit organizations, said delivering aid to Syria also faces logistical challenges. “The obstacles to getting aid to Syria [for earthquake relief] is more about parties, the bad and good guys, than about the sanctions themselves,” Mr. Carroll said.

☆ RuPaul's Drag Race just won another 2 Emmys. Meet the 2 men who helped turn the show into a global phenomenon.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-04 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Bailey, 62, and Barbato, 61, are responsible for propelling drag culture into the mainstream by helping to turn RuPaul and "Drag Race" into global phenomenons. Drag is ultimately a universally relatable thing," Bailey said of the popularity of "Drag Race" and the stars it has helped create. The first foreign versions appeared in Chile and Thailand, but the pinnacle arrived in October 2019 when "Drag Race UK" premiered on the BBC. "Drag Race" has become one of the most popular shows on its iPlayer streaming platform, with a fourth season underway. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season three, Krystal Versace (centre), with the other queens in London in November 2021.

☆ Sri Lanka: O navă arde de opt zile; Incendiul ar putea avea consecințe dezastruoase pentru mediul înconjurător // FOTO
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: BBCSri Lanka: O navă arde de opt zile; Incendiul ar putea avea consecințe dezastruoase pentru mediul înconjurător // FOTOPlajele de pe coasta de vest din Sri Lanka au fost acoperite de petrol și reziduuri de plastic provenite în urmai unui accident acvatic. Marina din Sri Lanka încearcă, alături de Marina Indiană, să stingă focul, existând temeri că incendiul ar putea avea consecințe dezastruoase pentru mediul înconjurător. Negombo este o destinție populară pentru turiști, însă principala ocupație pentru mulți locuitori ai orașului este pescuitul, iar o scurgere de petrol ar reprezenta o a doua lovitură pentru oraș. Soldații au început operațiunea de curățenia pe plajele din Sri Lanka, însă dacă nava se scufundă situație devine mult mai complexă. "Cea mai bună opțiune a noastră este să curățăm plajele și estimăm că această operațiune va dura câteva săptămâni, dacă nu câteva luni", a declarat președintele Autorității de Protecție a Mediului din Sri Lanka.

Persons: Marina, Negombo, Xpress, digi24 Organizations: BBC, Marina Indiană, Autorității, Protecție Locations: Lanka, Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, Qatar

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