November 17 has long been a date marked by moments of significant transformation across the globe.November 17, 1869, saw the ...
The dredging of the Suez Canal from 1880. Credit: Tropen Museum/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 The “new” Suez Canal, which was officially inaugurated on August 6, 2015, changed the world of shipping, ...
The #Suez #Canal is an artificial waterway in the desert of between the Sinai Peninsula and the African mainland in #Egypt. For the world economy however, it is so much more than that. In 2022, the ...
In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to foreign ...
CAIRO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Egypt on Thursday opens the New Suez Canal, an extension which flanks the existing 145-year-old waterway and part of a larger undertaking to expand trade. Here are some acts ...
A large merchant ship was successfully refloated with help from tugboats after being stuck in the Suez Canal for several hours on Thursday, averting a repeat of the 2021 stranding of the M/V Ever ...
1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt. 1968: The last minutes of a tense NFL matchup on NBC between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders were preempted by ...
No boats are traveling through the Suez Canal right now. Not because of any kind of maintenance, or because of inclement weather of some type. The Suez Canal is blocked because a boat is stuck. A ...