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☆ Getting a new passport takes longer than you think these days. Here's what you should know about getting yours faster.
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The US Department of State reports wait times of up to 13 weeks for a passport. As of now, the processing time for a new passport or a renewal is estimated at 10-13 weeks, according to the State Department. The State Department is facing "unprecedented demand" for passports, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, according to CBS News. The April estimate for expedited passport processing, which will cost you an extra $60, is about 7-9 weeks, the agency says. On its site, the State Department acknowledges extended wait times for calls about passport issues, and offered processing options for applicants.
☆ The US passport system is backed up again — just in time for Spring break
  + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The US passport system is backed up (again) — just in time for Spring break. Expedited passport renewal now lists a wait time of five to seven weeks, not including delivery. US passport renewal services are facing increased wait times this month as travelers gear up for Spring and Summer vacations. Travelers have been facing passport renewal backlogs for the past two years, as the government struggles to keep up with pent-up travel demand following the COVID-19 pandemic. If you applied and have not received your passport within five days of planned international travel, you should call the National Passport Information Center at 1-877-487-2778 to make an appointment at a passport agency, a State Department spokesperson said.
☆ If China allies with Russia there will be a new World War, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy warns
  + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that China allying with Russia would lead to another world war. The Ukrainian president expressed his hope that China backs Ukraine over Russia in the ongoing war. US officials have expressed concern that China could support Russia by providing lethal aid. But "if China allies itself with Russia, there will be a world war, and I do think that China is aware of that," he said. US Vice President Kamala Harris also warned China against providing support to Moscow during a speech at the Munich Security Conference.
☆ Sam Bankman-Fried had to be 'awakened' by a court official after closing his eyes during his extradition hearing, report says
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Grace Dean | Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
SBF had to be "awakened" by a court official after closing his eyes during a hearing, per Reuters. Bankman-Fried was in court in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, on Monday. Last week he had indicated to the court that he wasn't waiving his right to challenge his extradition to the US. The Journal reported that at the hearing, a court official told Bankman-Fried to stand up straight. When asked to stand in court, Bloomberg reported that Bankman-Fried had removed his blue suit jacket, untucked his shirt, and had his sleeves rolled up.
☆ Russian security forces say a key bridge to Crimea was sabotaged by a truck bomb hidden inside rolls of plastic wrap that repeatedly went unnoticed
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia says a key bridge to Crimea was attacked by a truck bomb hidden in rolls of plastic. Russia's Federal Security Service said Ukrainian military intelligence organized the bombing. Ukraine has not directly claimed responsibility for the weekend bombing of the Kerch Strait Bridge. Russia's Federal Security Service claimed that the bombing — which Russian President Vladimir Putin has deemed a "terrorist attack" — was organized by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense and its head, Kyrylo Budanov. Russia's Federal Security Service said that the explosive device that destroyed part of the bridge was "camouflaged" in rolls of construction polyethylene film on 22 pallets weighing in total more than 25 tons.
☆ ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed in US-led Syria raid, Biden says
  + stars: | 2022-02-03 | by ( Barbara Starr Oren Liebermann Jeremy Herb Eyad Kourdi | Barbara Starr | Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
Washington CNN —ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed Wednesday during a US counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria, President Joe Biden announced Thursday morning. It was the biggest US raid in the country since the 2019 operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Thanks to the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is no more,” Biden said from the Roosevelt Room. US says suicide bomb killed ISIS leaderThe Pentagon will conduct a more thorough after-action review of the raid. But Wednesday’s operation was the largest in scale since a two-hour raid killed ISIS leader Baghdadi in northwest Syria in October 2019.
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