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Workers are continuing to clear sand and mud away from the Ever Given, a 224,000-ton vessel that ran aground after 40-knot winds and a sandstorm caused low visibility and poor navigation.The importanc

Voice games are not all about competition.They realized that for the second year in a row, the pandemic would disrupt the usual gathering of families and friends for the seder, the ritual dinner in wh

'No ships, no pilots,' he told CNN.From captains to speedboat drivers to souvenir sellers, everyone who makes a living from the canal, whether it's formal or informal sector, is affected.The Suez Cana

A celebratory video shows the cheers and happiness of a salvage team that helped free a colossal container ship stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal.1!' yelled the Egyptian crewmembers of the dre

ISMAILIA, Egypt—With ships moving again in the Suez Canal after the Ever Given was unstuck, the Egyptian sailors tasked with piloting huge vessels through one of the world’s busiest waterways are

toggle caption Mahmoud Khaled/AFP via Getty Images Vehicles were specially outfitted to carry the remains of the pharaohs.The event, which drew fanfare to the country's robust collections of antiquiti

(CNN) — Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs emerged from their resting places Saturday and were paraded through the streets of Cairo to a new home.The mummies of Ramses the Great and 21 others

Egypt’s first female ship captain says she was wrongly blamed for the Suez Canal debacle — which occurred while she was on a different vessel hundreds of miles away.The captain of the Ever Given

Egyptian-based VC firm Sawari Ventures has closed its $71 million fund for North Africa’s rapidly growing startup ecosystem.In addition to Egypt, Sawari Ventures focuses on Morocco and Tunisia.For t

The venture capital scene in the North African tech ecosystem will be absolutely buzzing right now with the announcement of two large VC funds in the space of two days.Today, Algebra Ventures, an Egyp