Passports

Princess Diana told a friend she longed for freedom and to use her own passport in comments that strike a similar tone to Meghan Markle's Winfrey interview.

Some passports carry more strength than others. Here's how the rank, according to the Henley Passport Index.

"We are working actively with the provinces and territories on a secure, pan-Canadian proof of vaccination for international travel," said Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino.

After pandemic-related lockdowns, people are ready to travel, but the State Department closed many offices last year to keep employees safe, creating a backlog.

"I think it's unfair that you're going to change your policy overnight and not notify anybody," said Dina Singh, a customer hoping to get a passport.

The wait time for passport applications is currently between 12 and 18 weeks, officials said Wednesday.

"Florida seeks to ensure that every Floridian who desires a COVID-19 vaccine can obtain one, but such vaccines will not be mandated," the executive order reads.

America's top infectious disease expert tells Newsweek it has yet to be determined whether those vaccinated against COVID-19 can still pass the virus onto others.

"Proof of vaccination can be important at the individual level and for sectors other than health," a spokesperson for the WHO tells Newsweek.

The CBP officer's "questions had nothing to do with re-entry into the United States," journalist Ben Watson told Newsweek.

Vladimir Putin is making Russian passports more easily available to Ukrainians living in the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, where pro-Kremlin separatists have been battling Kiev forces.

"You don't freeload in this f---ing country," the woman can be heard in a video of the incident.

The U.S. continues to slip down the rankings.

Travelers from these countries face hurdles going abroad, from lengthy forms to extra fees.

"The irony is unreal."

Both the current leader of North Korea and his late father, Kim Jong Il, used fake Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas during the 1990s.

The U.S. State Department says all registered sex offenders who have molested minors will soon need mandatory marks in their passports identifying them as predators.

The British government has said it hopes to remove the process of providing medical evidence for legal gender recognition.

One civil servant has been fighting to change passport photo rules since 2012.

Consular offices across Europe have been overwhelmed by citizenship inquiries and passport applications.

Possible requirement would raise tensions and undermine European Union's tourism industry.

A civil rights group is challenging a new federal law that will require the State Department to put identifying markers on sex offenders' passports.

As Jewish communities across Europe face growing anti-Semitism, Spain is allowing descendants of Spanish Jews to repatriate.

Why American children, born in the holy city, don't have Israel listed on their U.S. passports

The stateless have no country and a legal system that can't figure out what to do with them.

A record number of Americans now hold valid passports

US citizens would rather hand back their passports than comply with rules to prevent tax avoidance

Instead of catching tax cheats, the new laws are rendering hardworking Americans noncompetitive and making everyday affairs near impossible.