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Market snapshot: Spanish authorities have expanded a criminal investigation into an alleged visa fraud network operating around the Spanish consulate in Algiers, pulling Indian visa-outsourcing firm BLS International into active scrutiny. The ongoing probe centers on allegations of cash collections from families to secure Schengen visas using fraudulent or unverified documentation. This regulatory headwind comes…

On 18 August, The NewsGuild-CWA, an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), filed a lawsuit, alongside with other organisations, challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end a long-standing visa framework affecting foreign journalists, international students and scholars working in the United States. The IFJ fully backs this legal action and joins…

South Africa—Over half (60%) of international tourists would consider visiting a different country instead if elephant culling (mass or selective killing) of elephants) is reinstated in South Africa, according to a new survey commissioned by Humane World for Animals South Africa. Almost half of respondents (47%) explicitly stated they would be less likely to visit…