[ad_1] Two additional tugs headed into Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship trapped for days in the crucial waterway. Increased efforts come as major carriers increasingly divert their ships out of fear that the ship may remain stuck longer than expected. Uncredited …
Read More »Thousands of people flood the center of the city of Wellington for the return of CubaDupa
[ad_1] ROSA WOODS / Things Thousands of people filled Cuba Street as an annual festival that CubaDupa returned after two years of hiccups. Walking down Cuba St during New Zealand’s biggest street festival, it’s hard to imagine that just a year ago, the city was on lockdown. Or imagine that …
Read More »The real number of deaths from Covid-19 in Mexico is now more than 321,000, 60% more than the official figures
[ad_1] World March 28, 2021 04:41 am3 minutes to read Workers with full protective equipment amid the new coronavirus pandemic, lowered a coffin last year to a grave in an area of the San Rafael municipal cemetery reserved for people who died from Covid in Mexico. Photo / AP The …
Read More »Shocking video shows 5-year-old boy being yelled at by Maryland police
[ad_1] World March 28, 2021 05:25 am4 minutes to read A Maryland police department released body camera video that captured two of its officers berating a 5-year-old boy who had left his elementary school, calling him a “little beast” and threatening a beating. Video released Friday by the Montgomery County …
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[ad_1] A Virginia Beach police officer removes police tape along Atlantic Ave. at Oceanfront on Saturday. Photo / AP Overnight shootings near the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia Beach left two dead and eight wounded in a scene described Saturday by authorities as “very chaotic.” One woman who died was likely …
Read More »No timetable is given for the removal of the embedded ship from the Suez Canal
[ad_1] A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for the fifth day as authorities made fresh attempts to free the ship and reopen a waterway whose blockade is disrupting global transport and trade. Meanwhile, the head of the Suez Canal Authority said strong winds “were not …
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[ad_1] Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, speaking to supporters during a 2018 campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota. Photo / Scott Olson, Getty Images She has been a pastry chef, personal trainer and television producer, but Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of the former president of the United States and wife of …
Read More »Coronavirus Covid-19: Daily deaths in Brazil approach 4000
[ad_1] The body of a COVID-19 victim lies in a body bag in the ICU of the Sao José municipal hospital in Duque de Caxias, Brazil. Photo / AP Brazil currently accounts for a quarter of daily COVID-19 deaths worldwide, far more than any other nation, and health experts warn …
Read More »Officials planning further attempts to free a massive ship trapped in the Suez Canal
[ad_1] A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for the fifth day on Saturday (local time), as authorities prepared to make further attempts to free the ship and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for the world shipping. The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo …
Read More »CubaDupa festival two years in development kicks off under sunny skies in Wellington
[ad_1] SUPPLIED The weather had played its part, after a rocky start, for the CubaDupa festival. Festival director Gerry Paul was “absolutely flustered” when a two-year-long CubaDupa kicked off under sunny skies in downtown Wellington on Saturday. With the annual festival canceled last year due to Covid-19, Saturday marked the …
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