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1931 – Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released. 1939 – Slovakia declares independence under German pressure. 1942 – Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead. 1943 – The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed. 1945 – The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany. 1951 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time. 1961 – A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons. 1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy. 1967 – The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.[ 1972 – Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people. 1978 – The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. 1979 – Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people. 1980 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team. 1982 – The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London. 1988 – In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands. 1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle. 2006 – The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure. 2006 – Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat. 2007 – The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, results in the deaths of at least 14 people. 2008 – A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet. 2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance 2019 – Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths. 2021 – Burmese security forces kill at least 65 civilians in the Hlaingthaya massacre.

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Emirates Cabin Crew - Cabin Crew Requirements, The Emirates interview and Skills that can help you join the company. 

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►More information: To join Emirates you must be: 

-At least 21 years old -Physically healthy with a good BMI index 

-Min height of 160 cm 

-High school diploma 

-No visible tattoos

-Your Arm reach must be of at least 212 cm on your tiptoes 

-Good attitude towards people 

-Good team cooperation skills 

-fluency in english 

 Gender: Any gender can apply. If you're a woman you won't be treated with disrespect, Dubai is very cosmopolitan and will happily greet you. 

 Nationality: Any nationality can apply. If you come from a country that has visa limitations to other countries, don't you worry you can work for emirates no problem. 

 Age: Age range goes from 21 upwards. The older you are and the less likely you'll be hired. 

 Experience: There's no need for previous airline experience but having it helps. Generally customer service is preferable. 

 Status: You can apply if single or married. 

There is no limitation on that. These are requirements, but don't forget there is an interview you first have to pass to join Emirates. 

 The interview consists of: 

 1) Sending your application or showing up at an open day 

2) CV drop off at the interview with a 1 minute self introduction

3) 3 Group activities and tests 

4) English test 

5) Reach Test 

6) Final Interview Passing the interview is really hard.

I was selected among 7 candidates. We were initially 800! So the chances of passing are very low! If you follow our tips and tricks be sure you'll have better chances than who doesn't and goes unprepared. 

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Pompeo Calls Saudi Attacks ‘Act of War’ as Trump Vows New Iran Sanctions https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/world/middleeast/us-iran-saudi-arabia.html

Pompeo Calls Attacks on Saudi Arabia ‘Act of War’ as Trump Tightens Iran Sanctions(NOT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES) #NoMoreWars

By Richard Pérez-Peña and Edward Wong | Published Sept. 18, 2019 Updated 2:45 p.m. ET | New York Times | Posted September 18, 2019 4:30 PM |

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran on Wednesday of having carried out an “act of war” with aerial strikes on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia last weekend, and he said the United States was working to build a coalition to deter further attacks.

Mr. Pompeo’s words were the strongest so far from any American official regarding the attack on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, which severely impaired production at the leading oil exporter and raised fears that tensions between Iran and the United States could escalate into a new war.

Despite Mr. Pompeo’s statement, President Trump pushed back against another American military entanglement in the Middle East, speaking only of unspecified new sanctions on Iran.

Asked about a possible American attack on Iran, Mr. Trump told reporters in Los Angeles: “There are many options. There’s the ultimate option and there are options a lot less than that.”

In Saudi Arabia, military officials displayed what they described as physical evidence that Iran had been responsible for the attack, but did not specify how they intended to respond or what they expected from their American allies.

The Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition for more than four years, have said they were responsible for the attack. Iran, a strong ally of the Houthis, has denied any responsibility. American and Saudi officials have said the Houthis had neither the sophistication nor the weapons to have carried it out.

“This was an Iranian attack,” Mr. Pompeo said. “We were blessed there were no Americans killed in this attack, but anytime you have an act of war of this nature, there’s always a risk that could happen.”

Mr. Pompeo spoke to reporters at the end of a flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of the country, to discuss the intelligence on the attack and actions. Mr. Pompeo also planned to visit the United Arab Emirates on this emergency trip before returning to Washington.

“That’s my mission here, is to work with our partners in the region,” he said. “We will be working with our European partners as well.”

“We’re working to build out a coalition to develop a plan to deter them,” Mr. Pompeo added.

He dismissed the claim by the Houthis that they had attacked the oil facilities. “The intelligence community has high confidence that these were not weapons that would have been in the possession of the Houthis,” Mr. Pompeo said. “As for how we know, the equipment used is unknown to be in the Houthis’ arsenal.”

Earlier at a news conference in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, the Saudi Defense Ministry showed what it described as debris from the attack site and videos that appeared to be from surveillance cameras on the ground.

“This attack was launched from the north, and was unquestionably sponsored by Iran,” said Col. Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for ministry.

He said Saudi officials were still trying to determine exactly where the strikes had originated.

In Iran, state media reported Wednesday that American obstruction might force President Hassan Rouhani to miss the annual United Nations General Assembly next week in New York.

The attack on Saturday, which Saudi officials said involved some two dozen drones and cruise missiles, temporarily cut Saudi oil processing in half, shaking global markets and worsening the tensions between the United States and Iran that have prevailed since Mr. Trump took office.

Mr. Trump has already imposed punishing economic sanctions on Iran and some of its top officials, in what the administration has described as a “maximum pressure” campaign to force Iran to negotiate new limits on its nuclear program and stop its sponsorship of militant groups across the Middle East.

On Wednesday morning, he wrote on Twitter that he had told the Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, “to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran.” It was not immediately clear how extensive the latest round of penalties would be, but Mr. Trump later that details would be released within 48 hours.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran responded to the announcement on Twitter, writing that Mr. Trump was “escalating U.S. economic war on Iranians.”

Iran and the Houthis have described the airstrike on Saudi Arabia as retaliation for the extensive bombing by the Saudis that has killed thousands of people in Yemen.

American and Saudi officials have said that the weekend attack clearly used Iranian weapons. The Americans have also said that evidence that has not been made public points to a strike launched from Iran, to the north, not from Yemen, to the south.

“This attack did not originate from Yemen, despite Iran’s best effort to make it appear so,” said Colonel al-Maliki, the Saudi spokesman.

He also said that 18 drones hit one site and four cruise missiles hit another, and that three missiles fell short.

It was not clear how the evidence shown by the Saudis indicated that the attack came from the north, or did not come from Yemen. Nor did the Saudis make it clear whether they were saying that Iran had the kind of indirect involvement, through supplying munitions and training, that it has had in previous Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, or something more direct, like Iranian personnel taking part or the attack’s having been launched from Iran.

The Houthis have launched missiles at Saudi targets before, but none of the attacks had the scale, sophistication or practical impact of the one on Saturday.

Mr. Trump and Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, have been expected to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly session in New York next week, and there was even speculation this summer about a possible face-to-face encounter between them.

But on Wednesday, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported that an Iranian advance team had been unable to go to New York to prepare for the meeting because the United States had not granted visas. As a result, it said, Mr. Rouhani and his delegation might not attend the gathering, which runs from Tuesday through the following Monday.

Mr. Trump has said repeatedly that he is open to a meeting with Mr. Rouhani, which would be the first between leaders of the two countries after four decades of antagonism, but Mr. Rouhani has said that Iran would not agree until the United States lifted economic sanctions.

Mr. Rouhani sent a formal note on Monday to the United States denying an Iranian role in the drone attack and warning that any American action against Iran would bring retaliation,  Iranian state news media reported on Wednesday. The note went through Swiss envoys who act as go-betweens because the United States and Iran do not have diplomatic relations.

Last year, Mr. Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 accord limiting the scope of Iran’s nuclear program, and reimposed sanctions that had been lifted as part of the deal. This year, Mr. Trump has hit Iran and Iranian officials with new rounds of sanctions.

The main penalties seek to choke off Iran’s international oil sales, the heart of its economy. They bar any company doing business with Iran from using the American banking system, whose reach is so vast that Mr. Trump’s actions apply to many overseas businesses.

After Mr. Trump began imposing more sanctions this year, several tankers were damaged near the Persian Gulf, and Western governments said they had been sabotaged by Iran, which Tehran denied. Iran has also seized several foreign vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz, including a British-flagged tanker it has held for two months.

Analysts have described those episodes — and, possibly, the attack on Saudi Arabia — as one prong of a two-pronged strategy to pressure other nations to provide sanctions relief, by showing that Iran can interrupt world oil supplies. The other prong, analysts say, is that Iran began exceeding the limits on its nuclear program under the 2015 deal.

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Air New Zealand reveal details of direct New York route from Auckland

Air New Zealand will use a Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 for the Newark service. Photograph: AP

Air New Zealand has launched particulars of the brand new Auckland to New York service it’ll launch to switch its soon-to-be-axed London flights. 

From October 29, 2020, the nationwide service will fly the brand new route thrice every week year-round underneath its flagship NZ1 southbound and NZ2 northbound flight numbers. 

The primary ever continuous service between New Zealand and New York might be operated by the airline’s Boeing 787-9 plane within the newest “premium-focused” configuration, which has a better proportion of enterprise premier and premium economic system seating.

With an anticipated flight time of 15 hours and 40 minutes northbound and 17 hours 40 minutes southbound, the brand new service “will reduce journey time by round three hours, placing New Zealand in straightforward attain of New York and the US Jap Seaboard,” Air New Zealand appearing chief govt officer, Jeff McDowall, stated.

“It is terrific we will make a seamless journey a actuality for Kiwis desirous to expertise New York and People eager to discover New Zealand and we’ll work with United to develop the route and customer numbers in each instructions.”

The airline will fly into Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport, from which associate airline United operates greater than 400 every day flights to greater than 90 locations throughout america. 

Flights to New York will depart Auckland at 7:55pm on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving within the Large Apple at 5:35pm native time. 

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The return flights will depart New York at 7:05pm native time on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays and arrive in Auckland at 6:45am (NZT). 

Flights for the brand new route, which is topic to remaining regulatory approvals and crewing agreements, go on sale this November. 

New York might be Air New Zealand’s sixth vacation spot within the US. It additionally flies to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Hawaii and Chicago. 

The brand new service replaces the airline’s every day Los Angeles-London service, which is able to finish in October 2020.

McDowall stated the New York stated “this reset will put us in the absolute best place to benefit from rising demand throughout the Pacific Rim”.

Air New Zealand bought eight 787-10 Dreamliners earlier this yr with a listing worth of $US2.7 billion ($AU3.94b). The brand new plane, powered by Common Electrical’s GEnx engines, is essentially the most gasoline environment friendly wide-body plane/jet engine mixture available on the market.

Qantas lately accomplished a take a look at flight on a 787-9 Dreamliner from New York to Sydney which, masking 16,200 kilometres over 19 hours and 16 minutes, was longer in period and distance than any airline route flown on the earth as we speak. The Australian airline goals to start flying the route commercially from 2020. 

The announcement of the brand new and cancelled routes got here sizzling on the heels of the announcement of latest CEO Greg Foran.

The Kiwi, who had helped remodel US retail large Walmart, will take up the function within the first quarter of subsequent yr.

The world’s longest flights:

– Newark-Singapore, Singapore Airways, 15,344 km – Doha-Auckland, Qatar Airways, 14,535 km – London-Perth, Qantas, 14,499 km – Dubai-Auckland, Emirates, 14,200 km – Auckland-New York, Air New Zealand, 14,178km  – Los Angeles-Singapore, United Airways, 14,113 km – Houston-Sydney, United Airways, 13,833 km – Sydney-Dallas, Qantas, 13,804 km – New York-Manila, Philippine Airways, 13,712 km – San Francisco-Singapore, United Airways & Singapore Airways, 13,592 km

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     By    Barry Grey    

       17 September 2019  

Last week, it was revealed that the Trump administration has taken extraordinary steps to continue the 18-year cover-up of Saudi government involvement in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

On Thursday, September 12, one day after the 18th anniversary of the attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people, a federal court filing revealed that Attorney General William Barr has asserted the "state secrets" privilege to block the release of an FBI report detailing extensive relations between some of the 19 hijackers and Saudi government officials. Victims of the attacks and their families are pushing for access to the 2007 report as part of a lawsuit against the Saudi government launched in 2003 charging the despotic monarchy with coordinating the mass killings.

Barr declared there was a “reasonable danger” that releasing the report would “risk significant harm to national security.”

The court filing also revealed that the FBI has agreed to turn over to the families’ lawyers the name of a Saudi individual that is redacted in a four-page summary of the FBI report released in 2012. The summary lays out evidence concerning three Saudis who provided money and otherwise assisted two of the hijackers in California in finding housing, obtaining driver’s licenses and other matters.

Government investigations have established that the two people who are named in the FBI summary, Fahad al-Thumairy, a former Saudi consulate official, and Omar al-Bayoumi, suspected by the FBI of being a Saudi intelligence officer, were working in coordination with the Saudi regime. The third person, whose name is redacted, is described in the FBI summary as having assigned the other two to assist the hijackers.

Lawyers for the families last year subpoenaed the FBI for an unredacted copy of the summary based on the contention that the third person was a senior Saudi official. But as part of the court filing, citing the “exceptional nature of the case,” the FBI issued a protective seal to prevent the name of the third Saudi from becoming public. The agency also refused to provide any of the other information requested by the families.

An FBI official said the agency was shielding the name to protect classified information related to “ongoing investigations” and to protect its “sources and methods.”

In fact, the extraordinary measures taken to conceal the role of the Saudi regime in the 9/11 attacks are driven by the need of US imperialism to maintain its reactionary alliance with the Saudi sheiks and continue the false cover story on 9/11 that has served as an ideological pillar for aggression in the Middle East and the buildup of a police-state infrastructure within the US, carried out in the name of fighting a “war on terror.”

The Saudi monarchy has been a key ally of the United States in the Middle East for 70 years, and since 9/11 it has become, alongside Israel, Washington’s most important partner in the region. It has played a central role in the bloody wars for regime change in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen, which have killed more than a million people and destroyed entire societies. It is also the world’s biggest purchaser of US arms.

Its intelligence agencies have long worked in the closest collaboration with the CIA and the FBI. The exposure of Saudi complicity in 9/11 immediately implicates sections of the US intelligence establishment in facilitating, it not actively aiding, the terror attacks, and sheds light on the multiple unanswered questions about how 19 men, 15 of whom were Saudi nationals, could carry out such a complex operation.

The 9/11 attacks were eagerly seized upon by the George W. Bush administration, with the support of the Democratic Party and media allies such as the New York Times, to implement longstanding plans to wage aggressive war in the Middle East.

The cover-up of Saudi involvement has been carried out over three administrations, Democratic and Republican alike. It began within hours of the attacks themselves. Eight days after the attacks, at least 13 relatives of Osama bin Laden, accompanied by bodyguards and associates, were allowed to secretly leave the US on a chartered flight. One of the passengers, a nephew of the supposed number one on Washington’s “most wanted” list, had been linked by the FBI to a suspected terrorist organization.

The US association with bin Laden went back decades. Under the CIA’s Operation Cyclone, conducted between 1979 and 1989, the US and Saudi Arabia provided $40 billion worth of financial aid and weapons to the mujahedeen “freedom fighters” waging war against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, an operation in which then-US ally bin Laden played a key role. The proxy war in Afghanistan was pivotal in the later creation of Al Qaeda.

In July of 2016, the US government released to the public a 28-page section, suppressed for 14 years, of a joint congressional inquiry into 9/11. The 28-page chapter dealt with the role of the Saudi government and contained abundant and damning evidence of extensive Saudi support for the 9/11 hijackers in the period leading up to the attacks.

Among its revelations were:

▪ Two of the Saudi hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, lived for a time in Los Angeles and San Diego in 2000, where they obtained pilot training. They were given money and lodgings by Omar al-Bayoumi, who worked closely with an emir at the Saudi Defense Ministry. Both were under CIA surveillance while attending an Al Qaeda planning meeting in 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and placed on a “watch list” for FBI monitoring if they came to the United States. Nonetheless they were allowed to enter the US on January 15, 2000.

▪ Al-Bayoumi “received support from a Saudi company affiliated with the Saudi Ministry of Defense,” drawing a paycheck for a no-show job. The company also had ties to Osama bin Laden. His allowances jumped almost tenfold after the arrival of al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar. Al-Bayoumi had found an apartment for the two, which they shared with an informant for the San Diego FBI, advancing them a deposit on the first month’s rent.

▪ Al-Bayoumi’s wife received a $1,200 a month stipend from the wife of Prince Bandar, then the Saudi ambassador to the US and later head of Saudi intelligence. The wife of his associate, Osama Bassnan, identified by the FBI as a supporter of bin Laden, received $2,000 a month from Bandar’s wife.

▪ Three of the hijackers stayed at the same Virginia hotel as Saleh al-Hussayen, a Saudi Interior Ministry official, the night before the attacks.

Despite such evidence, and much more, the bipartisan 9/11 Commission appointed by George W. Bush concluded that there was no conclusive evidence that “senior” Saudi officials played a role in the 9/11 attacks. When the 28-page section of the congressional report was released in 2016, Obama’s CIA director, John Brennan, denounced all suggestions of Saudi involvement as baseless.

However, former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, a member of the 9/11 Commission, said, “There was an awful lot of participation by Saudi individuals in supporting the hijackers, and some of those people worked in the Saudi government.”

Former Democratic Senator Robert Graham, cochair of the Joint Congressional Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks, said that there was “a pervasive pattern of covering up the role of Saudi Arabia in 9/11 by all of the agencies of the federal government, which have access to information that might illuminate Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11.”

In the lawsuit filed by the families of the victims, he filed an affidavit that stated, “I am convinced that there was a direct line between at least some of the terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and the government of Saudi Arabia.”

It is significant, but not surprising, that the corporate media has given only the most perfunctory and muted coverage to the moves by the Trump administration to once again suppress the role of the Saudi regime in 9/11, and the Democrats have been completely silent.

One should compare this response to damning evidence of Saudi culpability and US cover-up in relation to an event that took nearly 3,000 lives to the hysteria of the anti-Russia witch hunt led by the Democratic Party, the New York Times and the bulk of the media, based on completely unsubstantiated charges.

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My first ever post/blog! Also updates on my life!!

Hi everyone!! It's currently January 29th 2019. This is my first ever blog!! I am so excited to get started! I am currently in the progress of starting a new job, it is in a hospital as a ward hostess (will be sooo good to go on my CV). Just an update on my flight attendant process, there is an opening day for EMIRATES at Gateshead on the 28th of February that I am hoping to attend. I currently have my interview outfit sorted. Most nights (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday) I am going to be finding interview questions I could possibly be asked and I am going to prepare answers.. I am currently having quite the dilemma as I am only measuring up to be 157cm on my height and the required height is 160cm MINIMUM. So for the next 4 weeks I am doing stretch exercises 3 times a day. (I really don't know if this will work, but I'm hopeful!) If anybody else is struggling with this let me know, I'll post the youtube videos I am currently doing. I am also trying to run more and have to drink a lot of milk (3 glasses a day) ewwwwww! but yeah, I will update you guys in about a weeks time to see if there has been any progress on my height. Lots of love, Sarah xoxo

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Stewardess, cabin crew, flight attendant, air hostess are all synonyms used in aviation to describe the staff serving on board and taking care of your security. All crew operating emirates flights travel and live in Dubai.

So in short, to answer the q&a and shortlist you to Emirates: how to become a flight attendant 2019 and how to get the job, you must pay good attention in creating a very powerful, non-boring CV resume to strike the interviewers, you must pass all group discussions and group exercise, pass all stages of assessment and conclude the final interview with confidence. Only then you'll be able to be part of the emirates flight attendants in Dubai and travel on airlines with huge a380 and b777 around the world, living the travel lifestyle everyone loves so much!

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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Virus’s impact (AP) The eruption of COVID-19 last year caused the proportion of people working from home in the U.S. to nearly double. The share of employed people working from home shot up from just 22% in 2019 to 42% in 2020, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was among the striking findings of an annual government survey that documents the far-reaching impact the viral pandemic has had on Americans’ everyday lives since it struck in March of last year. Because of the pandemic and the widespread social distancing it required, people on average spent more time last year sleeping, watching TV, playing games, using a computer and relaxing and thinking—and less time socializing and communicating in person—than in 2019. Adults also spent more hours, on average, caring for children in their household. The survey also lends support to concerns that the pandemic worsened isolation for millions of Americans. With people working from home or attending school online, the time they spent alone increased. Among Americans ages 15 and over, time spent alone each day increased by an average of an hour. For those ages 15 to 19, it rose 1.7 hours per day.

Medical debt (NYT) A new study put the amount of unpaid medical bills held by collection agencies at $140 billion last year, up from $81 billion according to a similar analysis carried out in 2016. The analysis looked at 10 percent of all TransUnion credit reports and found that about 18 percent of Americans have medical debt that has been sent to collections. Over the period from 2009 to 2020, the largest source of debt owed to collection agencies became medical debt. The $140 billion, to be clear, is not an estimate of medical debt; that figure is far higher, as the $140 billion is merely the debt that has been passed along to the vultures.

Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze (AP) The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California. The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area half the size of Rhode Island, was 40% surrounded after burning some 70 homes, mainly cabins, fire officials said. The fire, which was sparked by lightning, had been expanding by up to 4 miles (6 kilometers) a day, pushed by strong winds and critically dry weather.

Thousands of bullets have been fired in this D.C. neighborhood (Washington Post) Markeith Muskelly, a barber who has spent half his 52 years cutting hair in Southeast Washington, has seen people get shot on the street outside the shop where he works. Last fall, he saw a man die there. The shop is tucked into a corner of the Benco Shopping Center, a mainstay in the Marshall Heights neighborhood for six decades. Its plate-glass window has long offered a view of one of the most dangerous streets in the District. In the neighborhood where Muskelly works, gun violence has affected generations, bringing a sad realization that, for some, that the danger may never end. A Washington Post analysis shows that in a recent period of a little more than three years, crime scene technicians found 2,759 bullet casings—byproducts of shootings involving rifles, pistols and shotguns—in about a one-square-mile area that includes Benning Road in Marshall Heights, with Benco between them. Bullets have struck people, pockmarked parked cars, embedded in walls of homes and shattered windows of businesses filled with patrons. Patrol officers carry “quick clot gauze” used by troops in war.

Volunteers hunting for Mexico’s ‘disappeared’ become targets (AP) The mainly female volunteers who fan out across Mexico to hunt for the bodies of murdered relatives are themselves increasingly being killed, putting to the test the government’s promise to help them in their quest for a final shred of justice: a chance to mourn. Those who carry on the effort tell tales of long getting threats and being watched—presumably by the same people who murdered their sons, brothers and husbands. But now threats have given way to bullets in the heads of searchers who have proved far better than the authorities at ferreting out the clandestine burial and burning pits that number in the thousands. Two searchers have been slain the past two months. Fear has always accompanied the searchers. They go to wild, remote, abandoned places where terrible crimes have been committed. But up to now, they mostly shrugged it off.

Cuba’s communist authorities have long feared change. Street protests show the risk of resisting it. (Washington Post) On a farm not far from the town where Cuba’s protests first erupted this month, police investigators last summer carried out a major sting operation. Their target was not a dissident activist, but a dairyman nicknamed El Rey del Queso: The King of Cheese. His offense? Operating a clandestine factory that produced tire-sized hunks of cheese for private sale in Havana. Authorities arrested the King, confiscated hundreds of pounds of yellow queso and produced a news report about the bust on Cuban state television depicting him as a villain. Cuba’s communist authorities have for decades treated private entrepreneurs as a threat to be contained, not encouraged. Long after China and Vietnam embraced market reforms, using material prosperity to buttress authoritarian rule, Cuba has clung to an economic model based on centralized planning and state control. The July 11 protests that shook Cuba’s rulers showed that model might be their biggest vulnerability, as its weak foundation is further eroded by the decades-long U.S. embargo, additional Trump-era sanctions and now the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s economy contracted 11 percent last year, according to government data. Cubans are spending hours in lines to buy basic goods they can barely afford. Hospitals have been overwhelmed by covid patients, and medicine is scarce. Power outages are turning stifling summer heat into an explosive fuse. “Unless the government makes profound changes, I think people will take to the streets again,” said Camilo Condis, a Cuban entrepreneur and business advocate.

Haiti leader’s slaying exposes role of ex-Colombian soldiers (AP) As the coronavirus pandemic squeezed Colombia, the Romero family was in need of money to pay the mortgage. Mauricio Romero Medina’s $790 a month pension as a retired soldier wasn’t going far. Then came a call offering a solution. When Romero answered the phone on June 2, another veteran, Duberney Capador, offered what he said was a legal, long-term job requiring only a passport. But Romero had to make a decision fast. “Talk about it with your family and if you are interested, see you tomorrow in Bogota, because the flight is the day after tomorrow,” Romero’s wife, Giovanna, told The Associated Press, recalling the conversation. A month later, Romero and Capador were dead and 18 Colombians were reportedly in custody, accused of taking part in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. It’s a case that dramatizes Colombia’s role as a recruiting ground for the global security industry—and its murkier, mercenary corners. Colombia’s Defense Ministry says about 10,600 soldiers retire each year, many highly trained warriors forged in a decades-long battle against leftist rebels and drug trafficking cartels. Many—including a number of those involved in Haiti—have been trained by the U.S. military. Those soldiers make up a pool of recruits for companies seeking a wide range of services—as consultants or bodyguards, in teams guarding Middle Eastern oil pipelines or as part of military-like private security in places like the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan. The UAE paid Colombian veterans to join in the battle against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Italy makes health pass mandatory for many leisure activities, in bid to pressure the unvaccinated (Washington Post) Italy on Thursday significantly ramped up pressure on its unvaccinated population, announcing that a digital or printed health pass would be necessary for accessing a range of everyday leisure activities, from theaters to indoor dining. The decision puts Italy in a rare category along with France among Western nations that have been willing to leverage certain freedoms and equalities now that vaccines have become widely available. Italy is essentially betting that it can revive its slowing vaccination campaign—and avoid future, onerous restrictions—by creating heavy incentives for inoculation, in the kind of step that would be politically unthinkable in the United States. Italy is looking for ways to avoid a new round of closures and curfews. For now, every Italian region is “white”—meaning that life proceeds almost as normal, and people can stay out as late as they want. That has made for a joyful Italian summer.

‘Messy’ fight (Washington Post) KUNDUZ, Afghanistan—Around 3 a.m., a small team of elite special forces were halfway through an operation to retake a sliver of territory along the city’s northern edge when a police unit assisting them refused to advance. Hours later, the police fled, ceding the territory back to the Taliban. For weeks, the Afghan military has struggled to hold provincial capitals such as Kunduz after a surge of Taliban attacks that came as U.S. forces withdrew and U.S. air support dropped. Afghan ground forces are increasingly used to fill the void. Their capabilities are uneven, however, resulting in government advances that often rapidly evaporate. Experienced and motivated elite units are leading the battle to retake territory. But the troops called up to secure those gains—army, police and irregular fighters—often have little training and are less inclined to fight. First Lt. Abdullah Ansari, 30, led the elite unit retaking territory house by house in Kunduz earlier this month. He said the debacle on Kunduz’s northern edge made him miss working with U.S. troops. “Now everything is just messy,” he said.

Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads (AP) Indonesia has converted nearly its entire oxygen production to medical use just to meet the demand from COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe. Overflowing hospitals in Malaysia had to resort to treating patients on the floor. And in Myanmar’s largest city, graveyard workers have been laboring day and night to keep up with the grim demand for new cremations and burials. Images of bodies burning in open-air pyres during the peak of the pandemic in India horrified the world in May, but in the last two weeks the three Southeast Asian nations have now all surpassed India’s peak per capita death rate as a new coronavirus wave, fueled by the virulent delta variant, tightens its grip on the region. The deaths have followed record numbers of new cases being reported in countries across the region which have left health care systems struggling to cope and governments scrambling to implement new restrictions to try to slow the spread.

Typhoon to bring heavy rains to Taiwan, China over weekend (AP) A typhoon is forecast to bring heavy rains to Taiwan and coastal China over the weekend, days after the worst flooding on record in a central Chinese province caused at least 51 deaths. Forecasters say Typhoon In-fa is moving toward China and expected to make landfall in Zhejiang province either Sunday afternoon or early Monday morning. Zhejiang’s bureau of emergency management said on its microblog Friday that it is raising its risk warning to the second-highest level and calling on all localities to take preventative measures. Those usually include recalling fishing boats to port and relocating people living in vulnerable coastal communities. Fujian province to the south has issued similar orders. On its current track, the eye of the typhoon is expected to pass north of Taiwan while still bringing considerable rain to the island.

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Tips to Plan a Unique UAE Holiday in Sharjah

Sharjah, the UAE's UNESCO-designated cultural capital, is also the country's third-largest emirate. The city is well-known throughout the world for its fascinating archaeological site, role as a preserver of Arabian arts and culture, and daring desert excursions. Exploring Sharjah, a remarkable combination of tradition and modernity is like taking a walk through its sparkling waterfronts, nature parks, magnificent souks, and interesting museums. Sharjah has emerged as an appealing tourist destination, with over 1.2 million tourists attending the Sharjah Light Festival in 2019.

Due to its proximity to India, tourists from different cities visit Sharjah to spend their vacations and marvel at its beauty. If you have plans to visit the emirate, you can book a direct flight to Sharjah.

Fun Things to Do in Sharjah

Sharjah is bursting at the seams with incredible tourist attractions. This place has something for everybody. Here is a list to help you prepare and visit some of the most famous locations in the world.

Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

This beautifully refurbished souk, located on Corniche Lane, is well-curated and sheds light on the evolution of Arabic and Islamic cultural roots. On view are beautifully preserved scientific and religious manuscripts, as well as a rare collection of regional arts and crafts, work dating back to the 7th century. It also features the history of Islam and the Islamic world's main achievements. History buffs should pay a visit to this fascinating place.

Shopping at Famous Blue Souk

The intricately crafted Blue Souk is one of the world's most popular shopping destinations. The central market, with its blue-tiled exterior, is a one-stop-shop for electronics, dry fruits, jewellery, handicrafts, and other products. It is a place where you can spend time with your family while sitting at one of its cafeterias and watching the commotion of the Arabic bazaar. Tourists can book a return Delhi to Sharjah flight and spend the weekend in this incredible place.

Sharjah Aquarium

The Sharjah Aquarium is a popular destination for tourists, especially children. This two-story facility gives visitors a look into the lives of nearly 150 marine animals, including sharks, seahorses, eels, and sea rays.

Sharjah Fort

The Sharjah fort is a 200-year-old historic landmark that served as a defensive mechanism for the town and the traditional residence of the ruling family. The two-story house, which was built in 1823, is a pleasant place to visit. Tourist looking to spend some quality time together can book a return Mumbai to Sharjah flightthis weekend.

Al Mamzar Beach

Sharjah beach, which spans over 106 hectares, is a great place to unwind. The location is ideal for spending time with your loved ones, as it features three pools, five beaches, and a skyline dotted with palm trees. Swimming and snorkelling at this picture-perfect beach will leave you with memories that you will cherish for the rest of your life.

Sharjah is a great place to learn about the region's history, culture, and adventure. Tourists will explore a wide range of sights, activities, and experiences in the city. There are far too many interesting places to visit in Sharjah, but the above-mentioned locations are unquestionably among the best.

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In-flight Catering Services Market Offers Projections Of Potential Impact Of Corona Virus Outbreak

The growth of the global in-flight catering services market is reflective of the customer-centricity of airlines. World-renowned airlines have earned the trust of frequent fliers through their premium services. Besides, the aviation industry has transcended as the most sophisticated, customer-oriented, and refined sector. The importance of in-flight catering services in adding value to the experience of guests has played a vital role in market growth. Airline operators invest large sums of money in training flight attendants to provide premium catering services. Moreover, airlines are also investing ample time in narrowing down on the best option for in-flight meals. It is, therefore, safe to expect that the global in-flight catering services market is riding along a lucrative pathway.

Transparency Market Research, in a research report predicts that the global in-flight catering services market would expand at a steady CAGR of 5.0% over the period between 2019 and 2027. Furthermore, the total value of the global in-flight catering services market held a total value of US$ 18 Billion in 2018.

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Strategies of Renowned Airlines

Singapore airlines has earned the prestige of being one of the most customer-centric airlines. With their personalised approach and premium services, the airlines have constantly earned accolades and appreciation from travellers. The expertise of the staff in food catering has been a matter of distinction for the Singapore Airlines. The growth of this well-acclaimed carrier has also contributed towards the growth of the global in-flight catering services market. Moreover, other airlines are also making prudent efforts to match the starry standards set by Singapore airlines.

Emirates has emerged as the favourite airline in terms of food catering. The meals provided by emirates are a matter of discussion amongst allied travellers. The desserts and snacks provided by emirates are especially very popular amongst frequent fliers. The hospitality of the emirates staff while offering food catering services has also earned global recognition. It is expected that the global in-flight catering services market would grow alongside key developments across major airlines. A major proportion of the airline budget is dedicated towards ensuring premium in-flight catering services.

Boom in the Aviation Industry to Drive Sales

After witnessing a prolonged damp period, the aviation industry has regained momentum over the past few years. The boom in the industry can be attributed to multiple factors including favourable government policies, large-scale funding from key-investors, and increasing air traffic. Considering the aforementioned factors, the global demand within the in-flight catering services market is expected to touch new heights. However, introduction of paid meals by certain airlines is a matter of concern for the market vendors.

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Events 3.14

1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion. 1647 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. 1663 – According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo. 1674 – The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers. 1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War. 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans. 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. 1885 – The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London. 1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 1903 – Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt. 1920 – In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany. 1926 – The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. 1931 – Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released. 1939 – Slovakia declares independence under German pressure. 1942 – Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead. 1943 – The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed. 1945 – The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany. 1951 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time. 1961 – A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons. 1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy. 1967 – The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery. 1972 – Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people. 1978 – The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. 1980 – LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team. 1982 – The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London. 1988 – In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands. 1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle. 2002 – American private aerospace company SpaceX is incorporated. 2006 – The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure. 2007 – The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal results in the deaths of at least 14 people. 2008 – A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet. 2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance. 2019 – Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1000 deaths.

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covid 19 impact in Bangladesh

The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh is important for the overall pandemic of Corvid infection 2019 (COVID-19) brought about by extreme intense respiratory condition Corvid 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The infection was affirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020. The initial three realized cases were accounted for on 8 March 2020 by the country's the study of disease transmission foundation, IEDCR. From that point forward, the pandemic has spread step by step over the entire country and the quantity of influenced individuals has been expanding.

 To secure the populace, the public authority proclaimed "lockdown" all through the country from 23 March to 30 May and arranged some important strides to spread attention to get this condition far from them. Infections stayed low until the finish of March yet saw a precarious ascent in April. In the week finishing on 11 April, new cases in Bangladesh developed by 1,155 percent, the most noteworthy in Asia, in front of Indonesia, with 186 percent. On 6 May, cases were affirmed in all areas. Rangamati was the last region to report affirmed instances of COVID-19. On 13 June, the quantity of cases in Bangladesh surpassed the quantity of cases in China, the country where the episode started. Bangladesh arrived at two terrible achievements of 160,000 cases and 2,000 passing on 5 July and overwhelmed France regarding the quantity of cases two days after the fact. The quantity of recuperations in the nation surpassed the quantity of dynamic cases on 12 July.

 Clinical specialists expected that insufficient tests were being conducted. Newspaper reports and web-based media kept on announcing about extra passing of patients with COVID-19 side effects. A portion of the perished were treated at COVID-19 seclusion places at emergency clinics in the areas and others were denied treatment, however no tests were directed to affirm contagion.[9] For quite a while, testing was incorporated to just Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in the capital Dhaka, despite the fact that patients with manifestations were accounted for all around the country.[10] On 22 March, Bangladesh pronounced a 10-day shut down compelling from 26 March to 4 April. This was subsequently reached out to 30 May.

 A progression of hotline numbers, email address and the Facebook page of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) are given to individuals to contact on the off chance that they speculate COVID-19 contamination or need more information.

Bringing home of Bangladeshi citizens

On 31 January, an extraordinary trip of   Bangladesh Airlines with exceptional isolate, three doctors, an attendant, and required clinical hardware on board traveled to Wuhan, China to empty abandoned Bangladeshi citizens.

 On 1 February 312 Bangladeshi residents (297 were grown-ups and 15 kids) abandoned in Wuhan, China were cleared and taken back to Bangladesh. The majority of the Bangladeshis were understudies and PhD scientists at various colleges in the Hubei territory in China where their commonplace government dispatched different screening tests prior to permitting them to jump aboard the plane. Lion's share of the evacuees were isolated for 14 days at the Hajj Camp in Ashkona in Dhaka and some at the Combined Military Hospital prior to being delivered fourteen days later. None of these returnees from Wuhan China were tried positive for corona virus.

 Travel and section restrictions

 On 22 January, the specialists at Hazmat Shah Jalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka announced that they had put the air terminals on aware of forestall the spread of Covid in Bangladesh by screening voyagers from China, where the infection had around then contaminated almost 300 individuals and slaughtered six individuals. The air terminal professed to turn on its warm scanner to examine travelers to identify any disease in travelers going from China. A.H.M. Touhid -ul Ahsan, head of the principle Shah Jalal International Airport, said specialists at the air terminal would search for fevers, hacks, breathing challenges and sore throats. The nation's Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research were to be advised of any travelers with indications for additional assessment, 

On 2 February, the public authority of Bangladesh chose to suspend on-appearance visas for Chinese visitors. The Chittagong port likewise reported that as a prudent step to forestall the spread of Corvid from the boats that bring merchandise from around the planet, the port wellbeing official would look at all mariners of the boats coming from the East Asian countries.

 On 14 March, on-appearance visas were suspended for all nations, and departures from all European nations other than the United Kingdom were stopped.[54] This supposedly expanded traveler traffic at the sea shores in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, checking the public authority measure.

 Worldwide flights started to continue from Dhaka air terminal on 16 June 2020, with just Qatar Airways and Biman Bangladesh Airlines at first allowed to fly. On 24 June, Emirates continued trips to Dhaka, on a diminished capacity.

Economic

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensely affected family and individual level profit in Bangladesh with around 13 percent of individuals have gotten jobless; lower and center pay classes have been encountering a huge drop in pay throughout the previous few months. Thusly, the extra cash of the nation individuals is following a declining pattern. In the interim, the public neediness is estimated to increment by 25.13 percent, asserted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

The pandemic has negatively affected practically all areas of the economy, entomb alia, most eminently, it has caused a decrease of fares by 16.93 percent, imports by 17 percent, and furthermore a decay of normal income for all little and medium undertakings (SMEs) by 66 percent in 2020 contrasted with 2019. Extraordinarily, just settlement inflow has seen a 11 percent expansion this year.

 Despite the fact that piece of clothing plants were permitted to keep working under the nation's lockdown, an expected 1,000,000 piece of clothing laborers, or one-fourth of the labor force, were laid off due to declining orders for export.

 On 5 April, Prime Minister Sheik Hasina declared a boost bundle adding up to some US$8bn.

Education

Bangladesh has around 200,000 instructive organizations the nation over and more than 40 million students.

In March, Bangladesh shut the entirety of its instructive establishments to decrease the spread of COVID-19. At first on 17 March, when Bangladesh had 8 affirmed cases, the public authority reported all schools would be shut for the rest of March. Dhaka University was additionally shut for the equivalent period.The Education Ministry declared an expansion of the terminations to April 9. Nonetheless, with the circumstance not improving Dhaka University declared on 9 April it would stay shut indefinitely. With instructive instincts actually shut before the finish of April, Prime Minister Sheik Hasina reported that they could stay shut until September 2020, except if the circumstance improves. On June 14, the service of training authoritatively stretched out school terminations to August 6.On 27 August a Ministry of Education affirmed schools would stay shut until 3 October.

 Dhaka University started online classes in July 2020,[79] as have numerous different colleges and schools. Specialists and understudies have voiced worries about openness to online classes for some understudies in Bangladesh; with less fortunate understudies, especially in provincial zones, without the gadgets and web network to take an interest in their classes.[80] Some have recommended online classes will just further the "instructive separation" whereby the most hindered understudies (who as a rule go to state funded colleges on grants) will fall behind their friends because of absence of accessibility.

 Normalized school assessments have been affected by the school terminations. The HSC tests, which were planned to held in April 2020, were delayed indefinitely.[82] By August 2020 with schools actually shut, there was a lot of vulnerability in regards to when, and regardless of whether, the JSC tests, PEC tests (which are ordinarily booked for November) and HSC tests will be held.[83] On 24 August it was reported that the PEC tests won't be held, with appraisals to be directed by schools all things being equal. At that point on 27 August it was affirmed that the JSC would not be held either and a roundabout was given broadening the school conclusion until 3 October.

 Some training specialists needed all the instructive foundations of Bangladesh shut until November.[citation needed] Others needed all the instructive establishments in the nation to resume by October.[citation needed] The schooling specialists said that the entirety of the instructive organizations in Bangladesh will return just either if the greatest development pace of contaminations is 2% or if the base multiplying time of diseases is 30 days. They likewise said that the entirety of the instructive establishments in the nation will return just if the Coved bend levels or diminishes. As per some instruction specialists, all the instructive organizations will return just either if the greatest number of day by day or new cases is 3,000 or if the base number of day by day or new recuperations is 1,500.[ All the instructive foundations will resume just if the base recuperation rate is half, as per other training specialists.

Transient laborers

The presentation of lock-down measures, monetary decays and decrease in worldwide portability across the world has seriously affected Bangladeshi traveler laborers. It is believed that around ten million Bangladeshis work abroad, particularly across the center east.[90] Thousands of these laborers have been compelled to re-visitation of Bangladesh, to a great extent due to work lay-offs.[91] Kuwait for instance has proposed a bill which would see 200,000 of the 350,000 Bangladeshi specialists there constrained to leave the Gulf state.[92] Most of these laborers have battled to look for some kind of employment in Bangladesh.

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Top 15 MAGA Moments for President Donald Trump in 2020

President Donald Trump spent his fourth year in office running for re-election on major accomplishments for the country but also battling the effects of the Chinese coronavirus.

Despite a challenging year, there were key victories for the president and his supporters felt particularly vindicated about their decision to vote for him.

These moments are “MAGA moments,” when it was clear Trump was keeping his campaign promise to his supporters to Make America Great Again.

Here is this year’s list:

15. President Trump Marks SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch – May 30

President Trump celebrated the first crewed mission from the United States since the last space shuttle flight in 2011 aboard an American rocket launched in tandem with SpaceX and NASA.

“Today, we once again proudly launch American astronauts on American rockets, the best in the world, from right here on American soil,” Trump said during his speech.

It was a triumphant moment for supporters of the American space program who cringed when American astronauts began relying on Russian rockets to get into space.

The moment again emphasized President Trump’s promise to rebuild America’s dominance in space.

14. Donald Trump Walks to St. John’s Episcopal Church to Challenge Violent Protesters – June 1

President Trump’s critics in corporate media, the Democrat party, and even elected Republicans savaged the president’s decision to walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church to challenge violent protesters who tried to burn down the structure the previous night.

“The biggest victims of the rioting are peace-loving citizens in our poorest communities, and as their President, I will fight to keep them safe,” Trump said prior to his walk to the church. “I will fight to protect you. I am your President of law and order, and an ally of all peaceful protesters.”

Many of Trump’s supporters celebrated that the president stood up to the mob as a symbol of law and order in front of a church that had been lit on fire by violent leftists the previous evening.

13. Space Force Personnel Receive the Name ‘Guardians’ – December 18

President Donald Trump’s newly created Space Force announced that personnel would be known as “Guardians.”

“The name Guardians connects our proud heritage and culture to the important mission we execute 24/7, protecting the people and interest of the U.S. and its allies,” the Space Force branch of the military announced.

The name immediately triggered “Guardians of the Galaxy” jokes, citing the Marvel characters from pop culture but the new Space Force branch of the United States military continued to grow after it’s creation in 2019.

The Space Force grew to 2,400 personnel in 2020 and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base were re-designated as Space Force facilities.

12. Trump Invokes Centers for Disease Control Title 42 to Return Border Crossers – May 18

President Donald Trump’s administration used the CDC’s Title 42 to quickly remove border crossers from the United States in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The administration argued it was critical to remove border crossers from the United States, rather than detain them in confined spaces where they could spread the virus.

It was the first time in the United States history that a president used it in this way, setting a precedent for future action to limit migration when it risks public health.

11. Donald Trump Awards Rush Limbaugh a Medal of Freedom – Febuary 4

President Trump paid tribute to legendary broadcaster Rush Limbaugh at his 2020 State of the Union speech, surprising him by awarding him the Medal of Freedom.

“Rush Limbaugh, thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country,” Trump said, asking First Lady Melania Trump to award him the medal for the country’s highest civilian honor.

Days earlier, Limbaugh announced he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 advanced lung cancer.

“This is not good news, but what is good news is that he is the greatest fighter and winner that you will ever meet,” Trump said.

10. Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Challenging Big Tech Censorship – May 28

President Trump understood that his supporters were angered at the social media companies who were unfairly censoring conservative content. But part of him believed his political movement could still beat the unfair forces of Big Tech.

In May, however, the president signed an executive order challenging the Section 230 provisions carved out for them in the Communications and Decency act.

He said:

As a Nation, we must foster and protect diverse viewpoints in today’s digital communications environment where all Americans can and should have a voice. We must seek transparency and accountability from online platforms, and encourage standards and tools to protect and preserve the integrity and openness of American discourse and freedom of expression.

9. Donald Trump Levels a Travel Ban on China to Fight Coronavirus – January 31

President Trump’s first term faced its greatest challenge with the dawn of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, but he acted early by leveling a travel ban from China’s Hubei Province. Any Americans returning to the United States were subject to 14 days of quarantine.

It was an aggressive decision to defend against the growing threat from the virus, and something that even the skeptical Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted was effective at slowing the spread of the virus.

“We prevented travel from China to the United States. If we had not done that, we would have had many, many more cases right here that we would have to be dealing with,” Fauci said in February.

The overall fight against the coronavirus took a political toll on the Trump administration, but many Americans agreed with his decision to ban travel from China.

8. March For Life Speech – January 24

President Donald Trump made history in 2020 as being the first president to speak personally live on the National Mall for the March for Life.

The president’s speech and his personal attendance at the march moved pro-life activists across the country, who celebrated gains for the movement under his presidency.

“Every life brings love into this world. Every child brings joy to a family. Every person is worth protecting,” Trump said. “And above all, we know that every human soul is divine, and every human life –- born and unborn –- is made in the holy image of Almighty God.”

7. Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony – September 15

President Donald Trump hosted a peace agreement signing ceremony with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates as part of his ongoing effort to normalize diplomatic relations between Arab nations and the state of Israel.

“For years you had blood in the sand … now you’re going to have peace and it will be a real peace,” Trump said during a meeting with the three Arab nation leaders and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump’s diplomatic achievement even drew praise from some of his sharpest critics with other Arab nations considering joining the accords.

Morocco joined the peace agreement in December.

6. Donald Trump Celebrates Failed Democrat Attempt to Impeach Him – February 2020

President Donald Trump spoke at the White House after the Senate acquitted him of Impeachment charges brought by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat party.

“It was all bullshit,” Trump said bluntly at the White House hoisting a copy of the Washington Post announcing his acquittal.

The president gathered with his biggest defenders in the impeachment battle to celebrate the victory.

“Fortunately we had great men and women who came to our defense,” Trump said. “If we didn’t, this would have been a horrific incident for our country.”

5. President Trump’s Speech at Mount Rushmore – July 3

President Trump delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore on July 3, celebrating the return of the fireworks display in front of one of America’s favorite monuments.

Trump used his speech to defy the movement by leftists to cancel and remove America’s monuments and heritage. He observed:

In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished. It’s not going to happen to us.

Trump’s repeated defiance of the woke mob and “cancel culture” was a welcome contrast to the growing acceptance of the left’s attempt to censor and blacklist America’s heritage.

4. The Killing of Qasem Soleimani – January 3

President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani for his record of organizing terror attacks against the United States.

“Under my leadership, America’s policy is unambiguous: To terrorists who harm or intend to harm any American, we will find you; we will eliminate you,” Trump said after a drone strike killed the Iranian general. “We will always protect our diplomats, service members, all Americans, and our allies.”

3. Donald Trump Signs USMCA trade deal – January 29

President Donald Trump signed the ratified USMCA trade deal with Mexico and Canada at the White House, years after campaigning to replace NAFTA with a better deal.

Trump noted:

Two decades of politicians ran for office vowing to replace the NAFTA — and this was a catastrophe: the NAFTA catastrophe. Yet once elected, they never even tried. They never even gave it a shot. They sold out. But I’m not like those other politicians, I guess, in many ways. I keep my promises, and I’m fighting for the American worker.

For President Trump, the USMCA was not just a political milestone but a personal one as well, as he publicly criticized America’s trade policy as a private citizen.

2. Donald Trump Celebrates Development of First Coronavirus Vaccine Under Operation Warp Speed – November 13

President Trump celebrated the successful development of a coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer, which announced the news just days after the 2020 presidential election.

“No medical breakthrough of this scope and magnitude has ever been achieved this rapidly, this quickly,” Trump said in the Rose Garden as he celebrated the news. “And we’re very proud of it.”

It was a stunning achievement by President Trump who repeatedly pushed forward on the development of the vaccine, even as critics mocked his assertions it could be developed and delivered by the end of 2020.

Trump was vindicated, and throughout the pandemic, his administration prioritized beating the virus with a vaccine rather than enacting draconian lockdowns.

“This administration will not go, under any circumstances — will not go to a lockdown, but we’ll be very vigilant, very careful,” he said.

1. Donald Trump Hosts Swearing-in Ceremony for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett – October 26

It was an unthinkable moment for President Trump to nominate and replace a third Supreme Court Justice in his first term.

But in late October, the president hosted a swearing-in ceremony for Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away just weeks before the election. Trump said:

She is one of our nation’s most brilliant legal scholars, and she will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in our land.

Trump’s decision to choose Barrett amid the high political stakes of a presidential election cemented his judicial legacy, ensuring many contextualist, originalist, Constitutional rulings for decades to come.

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My way to Tartu

I have always wanted to travel abroad for postgraduate studies to see the world and meet new people. I did not just want to study, I wanted it to be in a calm, scenic and affordable place. It was therefore love at first sight when I came across the University of Tartu on

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late December 2019. By January 2020 I had put together my application and applied for the MA programme in International Law and Human Rights. My joy knew no bounds when on the 7thof May 2020, right amidst the gloomy lockdown and the Covid-19 global pandemic, I received a conditional offer from the University of Tartu. I proceeded immediately to fulfil the conditions of my offer and mailed the relevant documents to the admissions department for consideration. On the 30thof June 2020, I received an email confirming my enrolment and my arduous but rather exciting journey to Tartu began. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and most countries under lockdown, it was not clear how I was going to make it to Estonia. To compound my worries, there is no Estonian embassy in Nigeria my home country and the closest Estonian representation is in Egypt. I got really agitated when other institutions in Estonia began to cancel or postpone admission offers of third country students but my worries were laid to rest when I received an email notifying me that studies would be held online until most students are able to make it to Estonia. I paid my tuition even when it wasn’t yet clear that I would make it to Estonia. The closest Estonian embassy to Nigeria is in Egypt and so I wrote to the Consulate to book a date. I got a prompt response and was scheduled for the 3rdof November 2020. To travel to Egypt however, I needed an Egyptian visa and also had to apply to the Egyptian embassy in Nigeria. On my visit to the Egyptian embassy I was informed that visit and tourist visas were as then suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I met similar disappointment at the Turkish, Israeli and Belarusian embassies. I was considering differing my studies to the next academic session when I got the good news that a new Estonian embassy will be opening in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). I quickly wrote to the Embassy and secured the 12th of November 2020 for an appointment and cancelled my appointment with the Estonian embassy in Egypt. I had no problem securing a tourist visa to the UAE however, the Estonian Embassy following the regulations in place in the capital city of Abu Dhabi, required that all visitors to the embassy must have stayed within the UAE for at least 14 days before their appointments. So on the 26th of October 2020 I left Nigeria for the first time in my life after taking the Covid-19 test and getting a negative result. I was excited about what lies ahead but I was also sad about leaving my family and friends. I boarded Rwandair with two stopovers in Accra and Kigali, the longest I have ever travelled by air. I arrived Dubai, UAE on the 27th of October 2020 to meet my cousins who were to host me waiting to receive me. I took another Covid-19 test before leaving the airport and travelling to Ajman where my cousins live and study. I settle in Ajman quickly and quite enjoyed my stay there. My daily routine included taking a short walk to the Starbucks café where I use the free internet to participate in lectures or following my cousins to the neighbouring city of Sharjah to use the public library for my assignments and course work. Days rolled into weeks and my appointment with the embassy was approaching. Sincerely, I was worried; prior to my interview, I had never been to a visa interview. The UAE visa I applied for was done online and physical presence or interview was not required. I was worried about being rejected after I had left my job at home, paid my tuition and said goodbye to friends and family. Before then however, my birthday was the 9th of November and my cousins and new friends made it a memorable one with a little celebration which took my mind off the pressure of the visa application and appointment. To visit the Estonian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, I had to take another Covid-19 test to be allowed in at the border. I took the test on the 10th of November and the result was ready by the 11th November. I readied all the needed documents and my credentials and set out early on the 12th of November from Ajman to meet up with my 11:30am appointment with the Embassy in Abu Dhabi. I arrived the Abu Dhabi border at about 7:45am and to my dismay, the border police denied me entry and asked my cousin who volunteer to drive me to the embassy to turn back. I was shocked to my core, I had all the necessary documents and I had taken the compulsory Covid-19 test; so why am I asked to turn back? As I am not one to give up easily, I asked my cousin to make a U-turn and try again. The same officer once again asked us to turn back, this time angrily. I tried to explain to him that I had an important appointment to catch-up with but he was not interested in anything I had to say. The officer then told me that Nigerian passport holders are not allowed into Abu Dhabi. I was perplexed and realised the officer was acting on his own volition as there was no prior official announcement to that effect. He ordered us to turn back and once again I was denied entry. Not knowing what to do, we parked at a gas station from where I called the Estonian embassy to explain my ordeal. The voice at the other end of the phone was so assuring and agreed to move my appointment by an hour if I can make it in. We drove to the border for the third time hoping for a miracle or a different officer and luckily this time we were attended to by a different and really amiable officer who only check my passport, confirmed I took the Covid-19 test and set me on my way. The experience at the border really shook me and I arrived at the embassy looking very distraught. Surprisingly the lady that attended to me was very friendly as though to compensate for my unpleasant experience at the border. I explained the challenge I encountered getting into Abu Dhabi and the embassy offered to have my passport delivered to me in Ajman when a decision is taken provided I make the necessary arrangement with a courier company. I took the offer with both hands, thanked the consular official and left. On the 16th of November 2020, I received an email confirming that a decision had been taken on my visa application and on the 17th of November the courier company I had earlier contracted delivered my passport with the Estonian visa stamped in it. I booked a Lufthansa flight and left the UAE in the wee hours of the 21st of November 2020. I had a 12 hours layover in Frankfurt, Germany and arrived Tallinn airport around 1:30am on the 22nd November 2020. As the taxi drove me to the hostel where I would be isolating for the next ten days in compliance with the Covid-19 regulations, I wound down the window and to allow some of the drizzling cold Estonian rain touch my face. I then, like William E. Henley “thank(ed) whatever gods may be…” for my resilient spirit – probably the same manner of resilience that has kept the University of Tartu going since 1632. Same manner of resilience I would be needing to excel in my programme for the next two years.

Submission by Emmanuel Jonathan

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The 10 Best Places to Travel for Your Next  Vacation in 2020

New year, new travels! as long as we're on the brink of not only a replacement year but a completely new decade, there is no better time to travel far and wide than in 2020 — in any case, it's never too early to urge started on your New Year's Day resolution of traveling more this year. We've rounded up a number of the simplest places to go to in 2020 — and therefore the list includes cities that range from top foodie destinations to places that are making their marks as up-and-coming cultural hubs. With the New Year seeing major events just like the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo and therefore the World Expo in Dubai, too.

 you'll expect 2020's top destinations to specialize in key cultural events and world trends which will be occurring within the New Year — but if you are looking for more of a family-friendly beach resort or a soothing weekend getaway, we have got you covered for that, too.

Whichever quite a vacation you desire for yourself within the New Year, pick one (or more) of those top destinations of 2020, pack all of your best travel gadgets, and steel oneself against an adventure of a lifetime. Whether you're a fan of an enthralling northern town in France or a vibrant, bustling city in Thailand, there's truly a destination for everybody. inspect our list of the ten best places to travel in 2020 below — and make certain to book your flights and obtain packing ASAP, because the New Year (and new decade) will await no one! Where will 2020 take you first?

Galway, Ireland

Just named the ECU Capital of Culture for 2020 (along with Rijeka, Croatia), this charming and vibrant city on Ireland's West Coast are going to be an active site for several cultural events in music, theatre, literature, and art this year — plus, you'll enjoy a buzzing food hub also as stunning scenery filled with cobblestone streets and rocky landscapes.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

If there ever was a metropolis of the longer term, it's Dubai — this sprawling desert city boasts luxury hotels, sprawling malls, and even the tallest building within the world. Plus, 2020 will see Dubai host the primary World Expo to be held within the Middle East, where over 190 countries will participate in showcasing their latest developments in sustainability and transportation. Hello, future!

The British Virgin Islands

After a devastating hurricane struck the islands in 2017, the British Virgin Islands are making a full rebound in 2020 with the reopening of the many major resorts. Whether you're taking within the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean or traverse through the picturesque green mountains across the islands (or both!), it is the perfect sun-soaked beach getaway you will need in 2020.

Nikko, Japan

Japan is going to be a well-liked destination this coming year because the 2020 Summer Olympic Games are going to be held in Tokyo — but if you are looking for a simple shake the crowds while still being near the Games, the small, peaceful town of Nikko is your best bet: It's filled with rich cultural history also as beautiful mountains, national forests, and hot springs (and all of it only two hours from the bustle of Tokyo!).

Bangkok, Thailand

Ranked the world's most visited city in 2019 for the fourth year during a row, Thailand's vibrant, booming capital city is filled with both ancient and modern culture also as a fantastic street food scene. make certain to see out the city's historic temples and absorb the splendor of the Grand Palace — and do not forget to prevent by the famous floating markets for the city's most delectable eats.

Lille, France

This charming northern city in France is quickly on the increase as a cultural metropolis, because of its renowned arts scene and impressive advances in urban development that helped it earn its recent crown because of the World Design Capital of 2020. Enjoy art-forward museums just like the curious La Piscine Museum while in Lille, also as many superb restaurants and boutiques.

Portland, Maine

There's more to Maine's largest city and buzzing cultural hub than its famous lighthouse-strewn coastline — Portland also boasts a fantastic culinary scene filled with great seafood and craft beer, also as a superb array of museums and galleries to go to. For a taste of latest England charm, stroll down Portland's cobblestone streets and explore craft shops, bookstores, and breweries.

Yerevan, Armenia

Known as the "pink city" due to the gorgeous salmon-tinted stones of its buildings, Armenia's capital is deeply historic (the city dates back to 8th century B.C.!) yet still modern and vibrant. Explore ancient buildings, cathedrals, and monasteries in at some point, then walk the picturesque boulevards lined with cafes, fountains, and wine bars subsequent — it is a perfect blend of historic and modern during a dynamic city.

Salzburg, Austria

The summer of 2020 will see the centennial of the Salzburg Festival, which suggests much serious music, opera, and drama from world-renowned acts within the city referred to as Mozart's birthplace. With many special events and exhibitions happening in Salzburg this year, there'll be much to explore, see, and attend during this Austrian city filled with tradition and culture.

Grand Canyon park, Arizona

If you haven't yet had an opportunity to go to this national wonder, consider finally checking it off your bucket list in 2020. With its astonishing peaks, plateaus, and rivers, the Grand Canyon may be a must-see for anyone with wanderlust. Whether you hike along the paths or take a scenic drive, you will be awe-inspired by the park's breathtaking views and incredible natural splendor.

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Worldwide Travel Visa Guide

Worldwide Travel Visa Guide

What is a Travel Visa?

A travel visa is an authorization that permits a traveler to visit one certain country, usually in the form of a sticker document affixed to a passport page or a stamp also placed in one of a passport pages. Each country has its own visa policy. To get a travel visa you must apply at the office of the immigration authorities of the country you are planning to visit. In cases when your destination country does not have a consulate or embassy in your home country, you will have to obtain a travel visa at the embassy of another country which is authorized to issue visas for the country you will to visit.

Types of Visas

There are are many types of travel visas depending on your nationality, destination country, purpose of travel and even number of times you wish to visit that country.  You could obtain a visa to visit a certain country for the following purposes: - Tourism. - Transiting. - Visit family and friends. - Seek medical treatment. - Seek employment. - Attend business conferences. - Participate in a scientific research project. - Study at a university, college or other educational institution. - Join your spouse. - Invest or open your own business.

How to Apply for a Visa?

To apply for any visa in the world, you must go through the steps outlined below: Step I – Figure out what kind of visa you need It will be simple to find out what visa you need if you are going to visit a particular country for common reasons like medical purposes or for tourism. However, some countries, as the USA, have a lot of visa types. Some of these visa types have their own categories and subcategories. It is crucial to apply for the right visa in order to have a successful application. If you do everything correctly, but you apply under the wrong visa category, most probably, your application will automatically be rejected. Step II – Find out where you need to apply Some people think that they just need to submit the application at the embassy of the country they plan to visit and that’s it. However, things are a bit more complicated. Since in some states, the same country has more than one representation body (consulates), often each of these bodies have their jurisdiction area. You will have to apply at the body under the jurisdiction of which, the area where you live falls. On the other hand, embassies and consulates often outsource visa submission to the embassy of another country or other parties that offer visa services. Moreover, some countries have abolished internal borders, and a visitor can enter all of them with a single visa. These entities, as the Schengen Area, have their own rules on at which a person wishing to visit more than one country, should apply for the visa. Step III – Collect the required documents Start gathering the documents as given in this checklist. Obtain each of these documents, according to criteria set by the embassy. You will also have to fulfill the application form among others. Make sure that the information you give in this form complies with that in the other documents. In general, some of these documents may be: Application form. Valid passport or other travel document. Photo. Health Insurance. Proof of accommodation arrangements. Proof of travel arrangements. Evidence the applicant has the financial means to remain in that particular country throughout the intended period. Invitation letter. Step IV – Book an appointment Most of the embassies have made it possible for visa applicants to book an appointment online. However, in case such a service is not offered in your country or by the country you wish to visit, you will have to book it in person. Remember that each country has its own rules on when you can apply the earliest and the latest for a visa. Pay attention to these rules! Worldwide Travel Visa Guide Step V – Pay the visa fee Before attending your interview, you will have to pay a visa fee. Fees are paid either electronically, or in cash at the embassy / consulate / visa center. Keep the receipt, if you get one, in order to show it to the consular officer during your interview as a proof that you have paid the fee. Remember that visa fees vary from the visa type you are obtaining, and the country that issues it to you. If you do not pay the fee, your visa application will not be processed. Step VI – Attend the visa interview​ On the day of your appointment, show up at the embassy / consulate / visa center on time. Most of them suggest you to show there exactly 10 minutes prior to your interview. Try to be relaxed but serious. Wear something comfortable but a bit more formal. Most people advise the applicants to eat something prior to their interview, in order to avoid dizziness caused by nervousness and excitement. The interviews last from 10 to 30 minutes, during which the interviewer asks the applicant on the reason behind their purpose of traveling to their particular country. During the interview, the applicant handles in the documents as required.

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Visa-Free Entry

If you are entitled to enter visa-free at your destination country, then all you need to with you carry is your passport. You will not need to apply for anything else prior to your trip, or upon arrival in this country. Usually, visa-free regimes are applied only to the nationals of the benefiting countries traveling for business or tourism purposes. Some of the main deliberations for a country to grant visa-free entry to another country are as follows: - Good diplomatic relationship. - Nationals of the beneficial country are unlikely to illegally overstay in the visa-free country. - The beneficial country is economically developed. The Singaporean and Japanese passports are regarded as the strongest in 2019, offering their holders visa-free access to 189 world countries. Germany, South Korea and Finland passport holders can visit 187 countries without a visa. The UK passport and the US passport have visa-free access to 183 countries. On the other hand, Afghanistan has the weakest passport in 2019, with only 25 countries granting them visa-free entry.

Passport vs Visa

People may struggle to understand the difference between a passport and a visa, especially when they are holders of very powerful passports, with which they can visit most of the countries of the world without the need of obtaining a visa first they still have pretty a huge difference. While the government of a particular country issues visas to foreigners wishing to visit that country, passports are issued to the citizens of their own country, and enable them to visit other countries. Although a visa can sometimes be a must in order to be able to travel somewhere, it does not always guarantee you will enter that country since the border guard makes the final call.  To travel to some countries you may require a visa and in some cases you are only required to have a valid passport because of a visa-free agreement between countries. Worldwide Travel Visa Guide Visa Countries issue visas to foreigners wishing to visit that country. The visa contains information of the destination country, the date the traveler is allowed to enter this country, the date before which this person must exit and also the number of days they are allowed to remain in that country within the given period of time. Passport Countries issues passports to their own citizens, and enable these citizens to visit other countries. A passport contains basic information about its holder, as full name, date of birth, nationality, photo. Worldwide Travel Visa Guide

Visa on Arrival

A visa on arrival, as its name suggests, is obtained upon arrival at the port of entry of the country that issues it. It is usually issued in the form of a stamp in one of the pages of a traveler’s passport. Some countries issue it in the form of a card or printed document. In order to be eligible to apply for a Visa on Arrival to your destination country, you should: - Possess a valid passport. - Be entering the country for tourism or business purposes. - Be a national of one of the countries that fall under the VoA program. - Be a frequent visitor to that country. Countries That Issue Visas on Arrival Find below the list of countries offering visas on arrival for travelers: Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Benin Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso Cambodia Cape Verde Islands Comores Islands Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Guinea-Bissau Guyana Honduras Iran Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Macao (SAR China) Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Oman Palau Islands Papua New Guinea Paraguay Qatar Reunion Rwanda Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Somalia Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Saint Helena Suriname Sudan Swaziland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste Togo Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Read the full article