Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old Egyptian funerary boat, measuring 60 feet (18 meters), that was so well preserved that it still had intact plant fibers attached to it, in 2016. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source Views: 0
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800-year-old Jin Period Tomb in China is a Window into Funeral Customs of the Age
Detailed findings from an extraordinary Jin Dynasty tomb in Shanxi province of central China that was discovered in 2019 have recently been made public – a magnificent ornately carved brick structure. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Customs and Border Protection commissioner resigns
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus has resigned, according to a statement from the White House released Saturday evening. Magnus had clashed with immigration officials over how to handle an influx of migrants at the southern border, lost the confidence of his bosses and been asked to resign or be fired, POLITICO reported Friday. […]
748 knowledge-based firms exempted from customs duty
TEHRAN – So far, 748 knowledge-based companies have been granted customs duty exemption, according to the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology. More than 2,887 services have been provided to applicants in the fields of customs clearance, order registration, foreign exchange supply, and other issues. By creating a customs support package, the Vice Presidency aims […]
748 knowledge-based firms exempted from customs duty
TEHRAN – So far, 748 knowledge-based companies have been granted customs duty exemption, according to the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology. More than 2,887 services have been provided to applicants in the fields of customs clearance, order registration, foreign exchange supply, and other issues. By creating a customs support package, the Vice Presidency aims […]
Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at massive scale
Contacts, call logs, messages and photos from up to 10,000 travelers’ phones are saved to a government database every year Courts have given border authorities the power to search people’s devices without a warrant or suspicion of a crime. Above, JFK Airport in New York. U.S. government officials are adding data from as many as […]
Bust Found in Czech Republic Reflects Irish Druidic Customs
The word ‘Celt’ refers to the people who spoke Celtic languages across Western and Central Europe between 1,200 BC and the 3rd century, and every Celtic nation had its own unique crafts, Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News Read Later Views: 0
France threatens more customs checks over post-Brexit fishing licence row with UK
France has threatened to impose increased customs checks on goods coming from the United Kingdom from November 2 over an ongoing fishing row. The French government says that around half of the fishing licences requested have not been received. The post-Brexit agreement with the European Union said fishermen could continue to fish in British waters […]
Necropolis in Turkey Reveals the Iron Age Burial Customs of the Urartu
Excavations that started over five years ago at a Urartian necropolis at Çavuştepe Castle in eastern Turkey (ancient Anatolia) have revealed a multiplicity of burial customs among the Iron Age Urartu people (9th century BC-6th century BC). Headed by Professor Rafet Çavuşoğlu of Van Province’s Yüzüncü Yıl University’s (YYÜ) Archaeology Department, the 25-member team consists […]
Mementos for the Dead: Surprising Burial Customs in Iron Age Britain
A University of York researcher has developed a new framework for interpreting collections of everyday objects found during archaeological excavations, specifically at sites linked to Iron Age Britain. Despite the absence of skeletal remains, Dr. Lindsey Büster believes that such caches in Iron Age Britain were created and buried as a way to remember and […]
Huge blaze on Afghan border didn’t damage Iran’s customs post
TEHRAN – A fuel tanker blast at the Iran-Afghanistan border that caused massive fire did not affect a key crossing on the eastern border with Afghanistan, a local Iranian official has said. The local official from Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province said that the fire in Afghanistan’s Islam Qala border crossing had not spread to Iran’s […]
‘Don’t touch the vaccines’: Duterte warns communists & customs agents to keep their hands off Covid-19 jabs during transit
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has warned communist rebels and his government’s own customs agents not to delay transport and delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to isolated areas of the country. At a meeting with the nation’s pandemic task force on Monday, Duterte called on customs personnel not to unduly slow down the movement of […]
Clearance of goods from customs to be accelerated
TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Alireza Razm-Hosseini said on Monday that his ministry is going to take necessary measures to accelerate the clearance of goods at customs to help regulate domestic markets. “We will follow up on the necessary approvals and directives to reduce the deposit of goods at customs and to […]
Lebanese politician claims former customs official’s death of may be linked to Beirut blast probe
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Two Lebanese customs officials charged over Beirut port blast
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US Customs Plans To Tap Into Nationwide License Plate Reading Network For Border Security
By Tyler Durden US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a new assessment titled “Privacy Impact Assessment for the CBP License Plate Reader Technology,” outlining the agency’s plan to combine its database on license plate images with ones from local and state governments, law enforcement agencies, parking garages, toll booth cameras, and financial institutions. The US has a massive […]
Ashgabat, Tehran mull customs issues
Azer News– The State Customs Service of Turkmenistan has hosted a meeting with the delegation of Iran Drug Control Headquarters, the Turkmen ministry said in a message. During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of informing the two countries’ citizens about changes in the legislative acts related to the customs, and, thus, preventing violations of […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement accused of hiding details of prison locations to hide reliance on contractors
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, working at the epicenter of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, has released incomplete data on its detention facilities that muddies the costs and the agency’s reliance on private contractors, according to critics at two nonprofits. The Detention Watch Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights, following years of […]
US Customs Turns To Private Contractor To Fill Gap In Border Agents
December 15, 2017 By Aaron Kesel U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire 5,000 new Border Patrol agents. CBP, in turn, awarded a $297 million contract to a private contracting company to help recruit and hire new agents, RT reported. The contract is with a division of […]