January 3, 2022

Suez Canal revenues hit record 6.3 billion USD in 2021

The revenues of Egypt’s Suez Canal reached 6.3 billion USD in 2021, the highest in the canal’s history despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and navigation interruption in March when the giant shipping vessel Ever Given ran aground and blocked the waterway for nearly six days, according to Chairman

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South Korea calls for dialogue with North Korea

   South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday he would continue to make efforts until the end of his term to bring about lasting peace on the Korean peninsula, and called for dialogue and cooperation with the North. In his last New Year’s statement of his presidency, Moon acknowledged

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2021 Ashui Awards on architecture, construction announced

  The annual 2021 Ashui Awards was announced on Friday to honour architects who have designed outstanding structures in Vietnam.  The awards feature a total of 10 categories, including the best Architect, Building, Contractor, Developer, Engineering, Future Project, Green Build, Housing, Interior, and Joint Effort Project of the Year. “Best

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COVID-19 kills nearly 5.5 million people worldwide

As of Monday, the world recorded more than 290.6 million cases of COVID-19 and nearly 5.5 million deaths, according to statistics site worldometers.info. The number of recovered patients was nearly 255 million. In the past 24 hours, the world recorded more than 820,000 cases and nearly 3,000 deaths. The US,

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Da Nang provides gifts to disadvantaged people ahead of Tet

-As the 2022 Lunar New Year (Tet) is nearly a month away, Da Nang city will spend nearly 3.3 million USD on gifts to policy beneficiaries, poor households, and social protection beneficiaries.  People with meritorious services to the country receive support ranging from 24 USD (550,000 VND) each to 110

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World’s oldest person celebrates her 119th birthday

 Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, on Sunday celebrated her 119th birthday with friends in a nursing home in Fukuoka Prefecture, southern Japan. Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903 as the 7th child in a family of nine children. She lived through five political periods in Japan: the Meiji,

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