SYRIA: Western Journalist, Visa Denied. True or False?
Jebrin registration centre, East Aleppo. (Photo: Vanessa Beeley)
21st Century Wire says…
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FAIL? Turkey Misses Deadline to Achieve Visa-Free EU Travel
21st Century Wire says…
Good news considering what has been infesting Turkey as of late.
Turkey has failed to meet all of its obligations for visa-free EU travel by the designated deadline.
Russia launches China UnionPay credit card
RT | August 15, 2014 Forget Visa and MasterCard. After the two American credit system payment companies froze accounts without notice in March, Russia has been looking for an alternative in China UnionPay. China UnionPay plans to have 2 million cards in Russia in the next three years. Instead of seeing the small Visa and […]
The NSA Is Also Grabbing Millions Of Credit Card Records
By Tim Cushing | Techdirt | September 16, 2013
In addition to everything else it’s collecting, the NSA also has millions of international credit card transactions stashed away in its databases, according to documents viewed by Spiegel.