Monthly Archives: June 2020
Work visa ban creates 525,000 American jobs
President Donald Trump has temporarily suspended new work visas and barred hundreds of thousands of foreigners from seeking employment in the United States.
New York...
Germany ‘at risk of second wave’ of COVID-19
Germany’s Gütersloh area will re-enter lockdown after a COVID-19 outbreak at a meat-processing plant.
Deutsche Welle reports the district – home to around 100,000 people...
Backlog of 1.7 million US passports
As restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic begin to ease, many US citizens are ready to resume travel for business and pleasure.
Those who...
US imposes visa sanctions on Burundi
The USA has stopped issuing visas to nationals of the East African nation of Burundi.
The Department of Homeland Security says Burundi’s failure to cooperate...
Missouri driver’s licence gets new design
The Missouri Department of Revenue started issuing driver’s licences with a new design.
ID Scanner reports some changes include designated header colours for different types...
Spain lifts national state of emergency
In an effort to restart its economy, Spain ended its national state of emergency after three months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
How to reduce e-waste and save the environment
Introduction
As technology keeps advancing at a rapid pace, so does the useful life of these devices. For example, on average, there is a new...
New Sudanese pound banknote planned
The Central Bank of Sudan plans to issue a revised SDG 200 banknote.
Millions granted right to remain in UK after Brexit
More than 3.3 million citizens from the European Union and European Economic Area have been granted the right to remain in the UK after...
US, Mexico extend border restrictions
Travel restrictions at the US-Mexico border will remain in place until 21 July.
“Mexico and the United States have agreed to extend for 30 days...
Rwanda’s New 2,000 RWF and 5,000 RWF Banknotes
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has put into circulation redesigned versions of two of its banknote denominations: the 2,000 Rwanda franc (RWF) and...
Advanced Generative AI: The Variational Autoencoder
In this series of articles, author Ravi Das examines some of the more advanced topics that support Generative AI. In this first article, he...
LIVE BLOG: Hawaii launches mobile driver’s license/ID card for Apple devices and more news…
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Kenya Releases an Updated Series of Banknotes
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has made some updates to all denominations of the Kenyan banknotes. All denominations are affected, including the 50...
A Sneak Peek at Indonesia’s New-and-Improved Passport
Indonesia plans to celebrate its 80th Independence Day next year by issuing a redesigned passport to its citizens. The Directorate General of the Ministry...