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Egypt's first female ship's captain says she was blamed for Suez blockage
The feminist icon was hundreds of miles away - she still got the blame.
Mummies on the move: Egypt transfers 18 kings, 4 queens in lavish parade
The mummies were transported in climate-controlled cases loaded onto decorated trucks.
Clearing the Suez Canal took days. Figuring out the costs may take years
New York Times: There will be finger pointing as people try to figure out what went wrong.
Suez Canal grounding: Pilots, crew under scrutiny as Ever Given costs mount
Legal experts predict a long fight ahead as massive bill for damage and delays comes due.
Why the world's container ships grew so big
New York Times: The Suez Canal blockage showed that bigger is not always better.
Suez Canal incident a costly lesson in the vulnerabilities of sea trade
New York Times: The stuck ship raises questions about risks in the supply chain industry.
Free at last! Ever Given container ship afloat again, Suez Canal unclogged
The giant container ship had been stuck since Wednesday in Egypt's Suez Canal.
In Suez Canal, stuck ship is a warning about excessive globalisation
New York Times: Shutdown of waterway underscores world's reliance on global supply chains.
Suez Canal Authority postpones 'critical' attempt to refloat Ever Given
The attempt will be delayed "until sufficient tug power is in place", authority says.
Incredible footage shows Suez Canal chaos
Incredible aerial footage shows 369 vessels waiting to pass through the Suez Canal.
A small village with a front-row seat to the Suez Canal drama
New York Times: Small Egyptian village witnessing the effort to dislodge container ship.
Image that sums up Suez Canal crisis
Experts have been working around the clock to try and get the Suez Canal open again.
Truck carrying Evergreen container causes traffic jam in China, goes viral
It has not been a good week for the world of freight and logistics.
'It's bad': Mystery as to how long giant ship will block Suez Canal
New attempts made to free the vessel and reopen vital waterway but it's still stuck fast.
Plan made to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal
The Ever Given got wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal on Tuesday.
Trains crash in Egypt, killing at least 32, injuring 165
More than 100 ambulances were sent to the scene in the province of Sohag, Egypt.
'Good luck, God willing': Traffic jam grows outside blocked Suez Canal
One salvage expert said freeing the cargo ship, the Ever Given, could take up to a week.
Why the Suez Canal is so important
New York Times: The canal has been a flashpoint for geopolitical conflict since it opened.
Fear global shipping channel could be blocked for weeks
The Ever Given is wedged sideways in the Suez Canal, and other 206 ships are backed up.
How a simple mistake could cripple world trade
Cargo ship the length of the Empire State Building remains trapped in key shipping lane.
Giant tanker trapped: Suez Canal 'could be blocked for days'
At least 165 vessels are now waiting with valuable goods set to join the jam every day.
Stuck fast: Global shipping channel blocked by giant tanker
All traffic in vital waterway is blocked, threatening to disrupt global shipping system.
Africa reaches 100,000 known Covid-19 deaths as danger grows
The continent praised for its early response now struggles with a dangerous resurgence.
A decade after the Arab Spring, autocrats still rule the Mideast
New York Times: The popular uprisings of 2011 gave the region a taste for democracy.
Egypt denied an oxygen failure killed Covid patients. It did
New York Times: Govt denied hospital had run out of oxygen. Investigation found otherwise.
Black Hawk chopper crash in Egypt, eight killed
Six Americans, a French and a Czech killed during a routine mission in Sinai Peninsula.
'Big discovery': Cairo Eyptologists hit mummy mother lode
At the bottom of a 11 metre well the treasure waited for 2600 years to be discovered.
What a find! Archaeologists unearth 27 sarcophagi at Egypt's oldest pyramid
The ancient coffins were buried more than 2500 years ago.
Future plans: A trip abroad with no departure date
New York Times: Even spontaneous types have more time to plan.
Egypt invites Elon Musk to visit over fringy tweet
"We are waiting for you," Egypt was expecting 15million tourists this year.
Coronavirus rips into regions previously spared
New York Times: Virus surging across Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South Asia.
NZDF personnel overseas navigating Covid-19: 'You quickly become a caged lion'
Kiwi soldiers overseas this Anzac Day have the safety of loved ones in NZ on their minds.