[ad_1] Egypt’s Suez Canal was blocked on Tuesday after a huge container ship ran aground, according to local media reports. Traffic across the busy waterway was reportedly blocked in both directions by the 400-meter-long and 59-meter-wide freighter. The blockade caused a collision of at least 100 vessels seeking to transit …
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[ad_1] A large container has blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal, causing a ship to jam, boat tracking websites show. The ship, named Ever Given, ran aground in the narrow shipping channel at around 7.40am Tuesday, according to reports. Several tugs have surrounded the vessel, operated by the Evergreen Marine shipping company, …
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[ad_1] Exit polls from Israel’s fourth election in two years suggested that Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party was ahead, but did not yet have the clear parliamentary majority needed to form a government and end the political deadlock. Unofficial figures from three major television channels released late Tuesday night showed …
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[ad_1] Liverpool politicians are poised for government commissioners to intervene in city council to an unprecedented measure following allegations of corruption. Communities secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to make a statement Wednesday in response to a report from inspectors investigating whether the council has provided the best taxpayer value. The …
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[ad_1] Senior officials in the Biden administration are downplaying North Korea’s short-range missile launches last weekend and say the US president is still open to dialogue with North Korea. The officials, who briefed journalists on the missile launches, said Tuesday that they were at the lower end of the spectrum …
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[ad_1] The successful launch of the vaccine in the UK was due to “greed” and “capitalism,” Boris Johnson told Conservative MPs during a private call. Several of those present confirmed that the prime minister had made the remarks during an end-of-term Zoom meeting with Conservative MPs, known as the 1922 …
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[ad_1] Migrants arriving in the UK on small boats or other illegal routes will be held indefinitely liable for removal, even if they are granted asylum under punitive proposals to be announced by Priti Patel. In what the government is calling the “biggest overhaul of the UK’s asylum system in …
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[ad_1] Brussels plans to expand the EU’s ability to stop exports of coronavirus vaccines in supply disputes, such as its escalating battle with the UK and AstraZeneca. The European Commission’s proposals, seen by FT, would broaden the basis for stopping shipments to countries that import from the EU but refuse …
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[ad_1] TThis Tuesday was the national day of reflection to commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of the first confinement. Ideally, of course, it would have happened a week or two earlier if the prime minister hadn’t been so willing to take the coronavirus seriously. Boris Johnson hadn’t bothered to …
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[ad_1] Viewers tuning in to watch Kate Garraway’s heartbreaking documentary Finding Derek have struggled to hold back tears in the opening moments. A distraught Kate, who revealed that she had not washed or brushed her hair for three days, showed her phone to the camera and showed a photo of …
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