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Mexican President Submits Bill to Boost State’s Role in Fuels

A potential takeover of operations run by private businesses is the latest effort to curtail the opening of the energy industry to foreign investors.

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Cairo apartment building collapses; at least 18 killed

Dozens reported injured in destruction of structure in the Gesr Suez district of Egyptian capital

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Race To Free Giant Ship From Suez Canal Continues – NPR

Race To Free Giant Ship From Suez Canal Continues  NPR Efforts to dislodge stranded Suez Canal container ship intensify as backlog grows  CNN No timeline given for extracting wedged ship from Suez Canal  Yahoo News Suez Shows Civilization Is More Vulnerable Than We

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Race To Free Giant Ship From Suez Canal Continues

Efforts to refloat the Ever Given made “significant progress” Friday night, but low tides quashed authorities’ hopes of refloating the 1,300-foot vessel before the weekend. (Image credit: Mohamed Elshahed/AP)

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Egypt can’t say when Suez will open as ship remains wedged; tugs, crane en route

Since blockage began, a maritime traffic jam has grown to more than 320 vessels waiting on both ends of the canal

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Apple releases iPhone, iPad, and Watch security patches for zero-day bug under active attack

Apple has released an update for iPhones, iPads and Watches to patch a security vulnerability under active attack by hackers. The security update lands as iOS 14.4.2 and iPadOS 14.4.2, which also covers a patch to older devices as iOS

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No timeline given for extracting wedged ship from Suez Canal

A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities made new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial waterway whose blockage is disrupting global shipping and trade.

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Earth safe from asteroid Apophis for 100 years, NASA says

A previously flagged potentially hazardous encounter in 2068 has now been ruled out as dangerous

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How I Podcast: Science Vs’s Rose Rimler

The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It’s a rare medium that’s nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two people do it exactly the same way. There are a

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Israeli Embassy to UAE celebrates first Passover seder

Ambassador Eitan Na’eh tweets a rather straightforward answer to the age-old Passover question: ‘What is different this night?’

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