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Mar292021 by adminNo Comments

Suez Canal reopens after giant stranded ship is freed

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Traffic has resumed in Egypt's Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews.Tug boats honked their horns in celebration as the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever Given was dislodged on Monday with the help of dredgers.Hundreds of ships are waiting to pass through the canal which links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.It is one of the world's busiest trade routes.The cost of the Suez Canal blockageHow do you refloat a giant cargo ship?In pictures: Efforts to shift huge ship from canalPeter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch salvage company Boskalis, said the Ever Given had been refloated at 15:05 (13:05 GMT) on Monday, "thereby making free passage through the Suez Canal possible again".Egyptian officials say the backlog of ships waiting to transit t...

Jul12020 by adminNo Comments

The Latest: Egypt reopens airports, museums, Giza Pyramids

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CAIRO - Egypt has reopened its airports, the Egyptian museum and the famed Giza Pyramids in Cairo, for the first time in more than three months since the coronavirus closure. The national carrier, EgyptAir, said around 2,000 passengers left Cairo's international airport on 14 international flights on Wednesday. Two flights carrying over 350 Ukrainian tourists landed in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada and the major resort and beach destination of Sharm el Sheikh in the southern part of Sinai Peninsula. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said around two dozen museums and tourist sites also received visitors with preventive measures in place against the coronavirus. They include the Egyptian museum, the Giza Pyramids and the Citadel of Saladin in Cairo,...

May292020 by adminNo Comments

Turkey reopens some mosques, prayers held in ex-cathedral

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Worshipers in Turkey have held their first communal Friday prayers in 74 days after the government reopened some mosques as part of its plans to relax measures in place to fight the coronavirus outbreakByThe Associated PressMay 29, 2020, 8:30 PM3 min read3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleANKARA, Turkey -- Worshipers in Turkey have held their first communal Friday prayers in 74 days after the government reopened some mosques under an easing of pandemic restrictions. Meanwhile, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan participated by video conference in events to mark the 567th anniversary of the Muslim conquest of Istanbul — then named Constantinople — by Ottoman Turks. The events included a controversial prayer recital inside the Hagia Sophia, built as a Byzantine cathed...

May172020 by adminNo Comments

Asia Today: China reopens more schools, revives flights

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China is reporting five new cases of the coronavirus, as the commercial hub of Shanghai announced the restart of some classes and airlines revive domestic flightsByThe Associated PressMay 17, 2020, 9:37 AM4 min read4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBEIJING -- China reported five new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, as the commercial hub of Shanghai announced the restart of some classes and airlines revive domestic flights. Of the new cases, two were imported and three came from the northeastern province of Jilin, which has seen a small spike in infections of unknown origin. In Shanghai, students retain the option of continuing to take classes online rather than facing virus testing and social distancing measures at schools. As in Beijing and other cities, S...

May122020 by adminNo Comments

Asia Today: Singapore partly reopens despite rise in cases

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Singaporeans are able to get a haircut at the barber or pop in to their favorite bakery as the government loosened restrictionsByThe Associated PressMay 12, 2020, 10:07 AM5 min read5 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBANGKOK -- Singaporeans were able to get a haircut at the barber or pop in to their favorite bakery Tuesday as the government loosened restrictions three weeks before a partial lockdown ends. Despite an upsurge in cases due to an outbreak among foreign workers staying in crowded dormitories, the government says transmission in the local community has dropped and plans a phased reopening of the economy. Barbers and hairdressers, food manufacturers and outlets as well as laundry shops are among selected businesses that can open with strict health meas...