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US plan for Gaza aid transfer through sea dismissed by UN expert
In his annual State of the Union address to Congress, President Joe Biden said the US military would "lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the coast of Gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water medicine and temporary shelters."
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Tunisia sees significant tourist influx despite rising Covid-19 cases
Tourists are flocking to Tunisia despite the country seeing its biggest surge in the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths -
Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base
Sisi and his guests witnessed military maneuvers involving several vessels, attack helicopters and fighter jets State-run newspaper Akhbar Al-Youm reported that the new Egyptian base includes an airstrip and a 1,000-metre long pier Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea... -
Tunisia ‘trailblazer’ in Mediterranean seaweed farming
Red seaweed or algae is used for gelling, thickening and texturing agents FAO aquaculture expert Hamza said seaweed farming presented important opportunities for Tunisia Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the...