New compensation offer in Ever Given case leads the foreign press
The latest development in the Ever Given saga is getting the most attention in the foreign press this morning: Reuters and the Associated Press are covering the new offer made by the ship’s owners to compensate the Suez Canal Authority for the six-day blockage of the canal in March.
In other maritime news: The wonders of the sunken city of Heracleion off the coast of Alexandria is getting more ink in the Greek Reporter, while the National highlights a new “aquatic car” (read: glorified jet ski) on the North Coast.
Also making headlines:
- The matchmaking profession lives on in Egypt, where many families still resort to this traditional way of finding a spouse for their children (Xinhua)
- A 2.6k year old stone slab erected by pharaoh Apries was discovered by an Egyptian farmer in Ismailia while tilling his land (Live Science)