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☆ Dubai penthouse sells for record $136 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A five-bedroom penthouse covering almost 22,000 square feet has sold in Dubai for 500 million UAE dirhams — just over $136 million — setting a new record for one of the world’s busiest luxury real estate markets. Record salesThe previous record for a penthouse sale in Dubai dates back just a few months, when an apartment occupying the top floor of the Marsa Al Arab Hotel sold for 420 million UAE dirhams (about $114 million). According to Provident Estate, the penthouse at Como Residences is the third most expensive in the world, after Penthouse D at One Hyde Park in London, priced at $237 million, and the Odeon Tower Penthouse in Monaco, priced at $440 million. Shutterstock Palm Jumeirah also boasts the first monorail in the Middle East, which opened in April 2009, and connects the Palm to Dubai's mainland. But when it comes to the asking price for a penthouse, the view is one of the key drivers.

Persons: CNN —, Nahkeel, Karim Sahib, Giuseppe Cacace, Shutterstock, Kamran Jebreili, ”, Chris Boswell, he’s, ” Boswell, “, it’s Organizations: CNN, UAE dirhams —, Jumeirah, Provident Estate, Marsa Al Arab, UAE, Como Residences, Penthouse, Dubai Marina, Getty, Burj Locations: Dubai, Como, Marsa, Hyde, London, Monaco, Burj Al Arab, Burj, Eastern Europe, Dubai's, Nakheel, AFP, Karim, Burj Al, United States, Italy, France

☆ Fact Check: Pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard pictured in Tunisia, not Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Multiple pro-Palestinian billboards were put up in the North African country of Tunisia before Halloween, despite online posts sharing an image that miscaptions one of these billboards as in Chicago, Illinois amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Various social media users have shared these displays naming the location as Tunisia, including one on Oct. 26 that shows the same billboard as in the miscaptioned social media posts. The billboard, camera angle, streetlamp and buildings in the background match the image shared on social media. Humzah Khan, a Fulbright fellow in Tunisia, shared an image of the billboard on X with the caption, “several billboards like this in Tunis. A pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard seen on social media comes from Tunisia, not the city of Chicago in the U.S.

Persons: Hannachi Issam, Mohamed Bouazizi, VI, Humzah Khan, ” Khan, Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: IN CHICAGO, Chicago, Tunis Tribune, Facebook, Carthage International, Tunisian, Chicago Department of Buildings, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tunisia, Chicago , Illinois, Israel, Chicago, PALESTINE, Tunis, Gaza, Carthage, la Marsa, Menzah, Marsa, Carrefour, Al, U.S

☆ Three British tourists missing after fire on boat in Red Sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Plumes of smoke erupt from a yacht on fire in Marsa Alam, Egypt, June 11, 2023 in this screengrab taken from a handout video. Mohamed Al-Saif/Handout via REUTERSCAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Three British tourists were missing and 12 had been rescued after a motor boat caught fire on Sunday off the Egyptian Red Sea coast, Egyptian officials and security sources said. The fire was caused by an electrical short circuit on the boat, which was named Hurricane and had been on a trip since June 6 in an area just north of Marsa Alam, the statement said. Images posted on social media showed a white motor yacht with the same name on fire at sea, with thick smoke billowing into the sky. "We saw smoke from the boat, it was around 9km from the beach," said Ahmed Maher, a diving manager at Marsa Shagra village.

Persons: Mohamed Al, Saif, Handout, Ahmed Maher, Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, Farah Saafan, Kylie MacLellan, Aidan Lewis, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: REUTERS, Red Sea, Thomson Locations: Marsa Alam, Egypt, REUTERS CAIRO, Marsa Shagra

CNN —Rescuers are searching for three British tourists who are missing after a fire erupted Sunday on the boat they were traveling on in the Egyptian Red Sea, according to state news outlet Al-Ahram. The tourist boat was carrying 27 people, including 15 English tourists, off the coast of the city of Marsa Alam, according to Al-Ahram. Twelve of the British tourists were rescued and the search for the remaining three is underway, according to Al-Ahram. The state outlet didn’t mention how the fire started. The incident comes just days after beaches were closed in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, after a Russian man was killed in a shark attack.

Organizations: CNN, UK’s Foreign Locations: Ahram, Marsa Alam, Al, Red, Hurghada, Russian

☆ World Bank agrees $7 bln, 5-year partnership with Egypt
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CAIRO, March 22 (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Wednesday it had approved a new $7 billion partnership agreement with Egypt for 2023-2027 with a focus on boosting private sector jobs, provision of better health and education services, and adaptation to climate change. The Country Partnership Agreement (CPF) will entail $1 billion per year from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and about $2 billion over five years from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a statement from the World Bank said. Also on Wednesday the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, announced that it had partnered with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Egypt's Sovereign Fund to develop desalination plants in Egypt through a public-private partnership model. Egypt depends almost entirely for fresh water supplies on the River Nile, and is considered at high risk from the impacts of climate change. Reporting by Nayera Abdallah, Nadine Awadalla and Aidan Lewis, Editing by Louise Heavens, William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ In COP27 host Egypt, Red Sea coral reefs resilient but under stress
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Mariam Rizk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] General view of a hotel with pools in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh town as the city prepares to host the COP27 summit next month, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Sayed Sheasha/File PhotoHURGHADA, Egypt, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Egypt hosts next month's COP27 climate summit at a Red Sea resort, where climate change and human activity are threatening one of the world's most prized coral reefs. These Red Sea reefs, which make up about 5% of the global reef cover, contain the most diversity of species outside of Southeast Asia. "We have in Egypt coral reefs that will be among the last remaining in the world, which means it will provide hope for humanity that a unique ecosystem like this remains alive," Hanafy said. But the Red Sea reefs face other threats, including scuba divers.

Mircea Maleca, Directorul General FLYONE, despre noua lansare: „Ne bucurăm că am reușit să atingem așteptările pasagerilor și să lansăm cursa spre Tel Aviv, o destinație extrem de solicitată de moldoveni. Cu fiecare destinație nou lansată încercăm să fim mai aproape de pasagerii noștri, să le oferim călătorii plăcute în toată lumea, la standarte înalte, păstrând prețurile cât mai accesibile”. Mai nou, FLYONE a primit certificarea IOSA, cel mai înalt standard de siguranță în managementul operațional. FLYONE a fost clasată lunar de multiple ori în anii 2018, 2019 și 2020 în TOP 10 „Cea mai punctuală companie”, conform categoriei EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Amintim că FLYONE operează zboruri către 20 destinații, 12 curse regulate și 8 curse charter: Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Sankt Petersburg, Londra, Moscova, Parma, Verona, Dublin, Lisabona, Paris, Eindhoven, Istanbul, Antalya, Heraklion, Sharm El-Sheikh, Batumi, Tivat, Rhodos, Hurghada, Marsa Alam.

Persons: Mircea, FLYONE, Sheikh Locations: Tel Aviv, Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Middle East and Africa, Frankfurt, Sankt Petersburg, Londra, Moscova, Parma, Verona, Dublin, Lisabona, Paris, Eindhoven, Istanbul, Antalya, Heraklion, Sharm, Batumi, Tivat, Rhodos, Hurghada

FLYONE adaugă la panoul curselor o nouă destinație importantă pentru pasageri. Directorul General FLYONE, Mircea Maleca, spune: „Anul acesta este unul special, pentru că ne-am propus lansarea unor noi curse. A venit momentul în care aeronavele noastre se vor îndrepta spre cea de a 4 destinație nouă, Londra și anume spre aeroportul Luton. Mai nou, FLYONE a primit certificarea IOSA, cel mai înalt standard de siguranță în managementul operațional. FLYONE a fost clasată lunar de multiple ori în anii 2018, 2019 și 2020 în TOP 10 „Cea mai punctuală companie”, conform categoriei EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Persons: FLYONE, Sheikh Organizations: EURO Locations: Londra, Luton, Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Middle East and Africa, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Sankt Petersburg, Moscova, Parma, Verona, Dublin, Lisabona, Paris, Eindhoven, Istanbul, Antalya, Heraklion, Sharm, Batumi, Tivat, Rhodos, Hurghada

Pregătește bagajul și explorează o nouă destinație, Istanbul – singurul megapolis din lume aflat pe două continente. Începând cu 1 mai 2021 te poți bucura de călătorii în fostul Constantinopol cu bilete de la 39 euro. Directorul General FLYONE, Mircea Maleca a venit cu un mesaj: “În ajunul sărbătorilor de Paști lansăm zborurile spre Istanbul. Mai nou, FLYONE a primit certificarea IOSA, cel mai înalt standard de siguranță în managementul operațional. FLYONE a fost clasată lunar de multiple ori în anii 2018, 2019 și 2020 în TOP 10 „Cea mai punctuală companie”, conform categoriei EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Persons: Mircea Maleca, Sâmbătă, FLYONE, Sheikh Locations: Istanbul, Constantinopol, Chișinău, Istanbul (, Republica Moldova, Middle East and Africa, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Sankt Petersburg, Londra, Moscova, Parma, Verona, Dublin, Lisabona, Paris, Eindhoven, Antalya, Heraklion, Sharm, Bodrum, Corfu, Rhodos, Hurghada

Frankfurt este și un important punct de legătură, iar această cursă va ajuta pasagerii să ajungă mai ușor și comod în/din Moldova. Prețul biletelor este accesibil, pornind de la 39 EURO, iar orarul cursei este perfect pentru o escapadă de vis. Suntem încântați că putem onora doleanțele primite și că putem starta această cursă.”Împreună putem atinge noi culmi și zbura spre noi destinații. Mai nou, FLYONE a primit certificarea IOSA, cel mai înalt standard de siguranță în managementul operațional. FLYONE a fost clasată lunar de multiple ori în anii 2018, 2019 și 2020 în TOP 10 „Cea mai punctuală companie”, conform categoriei EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Persons: Mircea Maleca, FLYONE, Sheikh Organizations: EURO Locations: Frankfurt, Moldova, Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Middle East and Africa, Tel Aviv, Sankt Petersburg, Londra, Moscova, Parma, Verona, Dublin, Lisabona, Paris, Eindhoven, Istanbul, Antalya, Heraklion, Sharm, Bodrum, Corfu, Rhodos, Hurghada

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