Portugal Seizes €5m Cash from Jet Carrying Wife of Ousted Guinea-Bissau Leader

Portugal Seizes €5m Cash from Jet Carrying Wife of Ousted Guinea-Bissau Leader

Portuguese Judicial Police seized nearly €5 million in cash from suitcases on a private jet at Lisbon’s Figo Maduro Airport. The aircraft arrived from Guinea-Bissau on Sunday. Authorities discovered the money during a routine inspection. Wife of Ousted President Involved The jet carried the wife of Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, among other passengers….

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Trump Tightens H-1B Visa Screening, Expands Social Media Vetting

Trump Tightens H-1B Visa Screening, Expands Social Media Vetting

The Trump administration has announced stricter rules for H-1B visa screening, therefore expanding mandatory social media vetting to skilled foreign workers and their dependents entering the United States. Under the new directive, which takes effect on December 15, all H-1B visa applicants and their H-4 dependents must make their social media profiles publicly accessible for…

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ECOWAS Threatens Sanctions Over Coup Attempts in Guinea-Bissau

ECOWAS Threatens Sanctions Over Coup Attempts in Guinea-Bissau

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened to impose sanctions on individuals or groups undermining democratic transition, following recent coup attempts in Guinea-Bissau and Benin. The warning came at the end of a bi-annual ECOWAS summit held in Abuja, Nigeria, where regional leaders focused heavily on the political instability triggered by the…

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