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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Efforts to dislodge a 400-meter-long container ship that has choked traffic along the Suez Canal resumed at high tide on Thursday (March 25), with five tugboats working to pull the vessel into waters. deeper, based on vessel tracking data. The Ever Given vessel ran aground on the diagonal …

[ad_1] South China morning post ‘We’re in this together,’ Antony Blinken tells NATO after wave of sanctions against China US Secretary of State Antony Blinken used his first official European pledge on Tuesday to discuss America’s renewed embrace of the transatlantic alliance, a day after Western nations engaged in a …

[ad_1] CAIRO: The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked on Wednesday (March 24) as 10 tugs struggled to free one of the world’s largest container ships after it ran aground in the Suez Canal. The 400-meter, 224,000-ton Ever Given ran aground Tuesday morning after losing the ability …

[ad_1] CAIRO (BLOOMBERG) – So far, tugs and excavators have failed to dislodge a huge container ship stuck in the Suez Canal on Wednesday (March 24), increasing the chances of lengthy delays in what is arguably the most important waterway in the world. Work to float the ship was suspended …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India reported a new variant of the coronavirus on Wednesday (March 24) as it struggled with the highest count of new infections and deaths in a single day this year. The variant, described by officials as a “double mutant,” has been found in more than 200 samples …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A business meeting in Singapore is using motion dongles to ensure participants keep their distance, as the country prepares to start hosting large events safely in the run-up to the World Economic Forum Special Annual Meeting ( WEF) in August. The pocket dongle, which uses Bluetooth technology, tracks …

[ad_1] CAIRO (BLOOMBERG) – Ships in the Suez Canal were diverted to an older canal on Wednesday (March 24) after a large container ship ran aground, blocking ships passing through one of the most important waterways in the world, said maritime sources and companies involved. The hull of the 400-meter-long …

[ad_1] CAIRO: Egypt’s Suez Canal, where frantic efforts were being made on Wednesday (March 24) to free a giant container ship, opened 150 years ago. READ: Suez Canal blocked by huge freighter Commercial Commercial It has been regularly expanded and modernized and today is capable of hosting some of the …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: COVID-19 Vaccination Digital Certificates in Malaysia and Singapore are secured by blockchain technology and come with a traceability feature that indicates the exact lot of the vaccine vial used for inoculation. Malaysian Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said this in a Facebook post on Tuesday …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong and Macao discontinued use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 24) after being informed of a packaging issue affecting a batch of vials, while emphasizing that they did not they believed there was a security risk. The strike is the latest blow in efforts …