UK exempts Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders from needing ETA ahead of travel

UK exempts Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders from needing ETA ahead of travel

Hongkongers holding British National (Overseas) passports will no longer need to obtain an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) document before heading to the United Kingdom, with London expanding the original exemption that applied to BN(O) visa holders. The development came to light in a letter by the migration and citizenship minister, Seema Malhotra, who said BN(O)…

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UK exempts Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders from needing ETA ahead of travel

UK exempts Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders from needing ETA ahead of travel

Hongkongers holding British National (Overseas) passports will no longer need to obtain an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) document before heading to the United Kingdom, with London expanding the original exemption that applied to BN(O) visa holders. The development came to light in a letter by the migration and citizenship minister, Seema Malhotra, who said BN(O)…

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Mexico deploys 10,000 troops to border amid US President Donald Trump’s tariff threat

Mexico deploys 10,000 troops to border amid US President Donald Trump’s tariff threat

Mexico began sending 10,000 troops to its northern border on Wednesday, with National Guard and Army trucks patrolling the area between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff threat. Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-US border in Ciudad Juarez, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.(AP) National Guard troops, masked…

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Healthy lifestyle linked to younger brain age: Study

Healthy lifestyle linked to younger brain age: Study

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Brains of people with high glucose levels and inflammation can age faster, increasing their risk of developing dementia, according to a new research. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden used an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to analyze brain images from 739 cognitively healthy people aged 70-years to explore the brain’s biological age….

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Biden Urges Trump: US President Biden urges Donald Trump to ‘rethink’ tariff threats against China, Mexico, and Canada

Biden Urges Trump: US President Biden urges Donald Trump to ‘rethink’ tariff threats against China, Mexico, and Canada

US President Joe Biden has called on President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider his proposed tariffs on Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese goods, calling them “counterproductive” as the transition of power moves forward from the Democrats to the Republicans.“I hope he rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden told reporters on Thursday in…

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Canada examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump's tariff threat

Canada examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump’s tariff threat

TORONTO (AP) — Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a senior official said Wednesday. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if the countries don’t stop…

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