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Shark in Egypt’s Red Sea kills two tourists, an Austrian and a Romanian

Both the attacks took place within 600 metres of each other

The Independent UK

Jordan Dismisses Officials in Wake of Aqaba Port Incident

Jordan Dismisses Officials in Wake of Aqaba Port Incident

Jordan on Sunday dismissed senior officials at the country's main Red Sea port of Aqaba after finding gross negligence was behind the deaths of 13 people following a chlorine gas leak at a major berth. The cabinet took the decision to fire the director general of state-owned Aqaba Company for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lifeguards 'laughed at shark warnings from tourists minutes before fatal attack'

Lifeguards 'laughed at shark warnings from tourists minutes before fatal attack'

Yesterday two female holidaymakers in Egypt fell victim to horrific shark attacks in the Red Sea - with a clip of one mauling showing the moment an Austrian pensioner, 68, desperately tries to get back to shore after her limbs were torn off

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Two women killed in shark attacks off Egypt’s Red Sea coast only hours apart

Egyptian authorities have closed off a stretch of the country’s Red Sea coastline around the resort town of Hurghada

Evening Standard

Second woman killed by shark as swimmers are attacked by savage beast at Red Sea beach resort

A woman was killed in the sea around the same time another woman had her leg and arm bitten off just 650ft away.

2nd Woman Killed in Shark Attack in Egypt's Red Sea

Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered hours after an attack that left a 68-year-old…

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Last words of tourist killed in horror shark attack on final day of holiday revealed

The 68-year-old Austrian woman died in an ambulance from "shock" after "losing an arm and leg" in the horror shark attack at a popular Egyptian resort on Friday

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Jordan port workers suspend work to protest deaths in chlorine gas leak

Jordan port workers suspend work to protest deaths in chlorine gas leak

Workers at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba began a work stoppage on Sunday to protest poor safety precautions following the deaths of thirteen people in a chlorine gas leak accident at a major berth, unionists said.

Second woman killed in shark attack in Egypt's Red Sea

Second woman killed in shark attack in Egypt's Red Sea

Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday.

Woman dies after shark rips off leg and arm in horrifying attack at beach resort

Woman dies after shark rips off leg and arm in horrifying attack at beach resort

The woman died of shock as doctors desperately tried to save her following the terrifying ordeal at a resort on the Red Sea in Egypt.

Red Sea Development Company Adopts Green Strategy to Support Tourism

Red Sea Development Company Adopts Green Strategy to Support Tourism

As part of its commitment to developing a comprehensive sustainable landscape strategy to embrace the pristine environmental components and enhance biodiversity in the Red Sea region, the Red Sea Development Company - a subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) - is seeking to rely on local and regional…

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Tourist dies after losing arm and leg in horrific shark attack at popular resort

Tourist dies after losing arm and leg in horrific shark attack at popular resort

The woman, 68, later died in an ambulance from “shock” after the Red Sea horror. Video footage shows her desperately swimming back to shore after “losing an arm and leg” in front of horrified families in Egypt

Largest Study Reveals Diversity of Habitats in Red Sea

Largest Study Reveals Diversity of Habitats in Red Sea

The Red Sea Development Company, the developer of the world's most ambitious renewable tourism projects, has published the results of one of the largest environmental studies on the ecosystems of living organisms, which it conducted in the Red Sea region. The research study was released at the five-day UN Ocean…

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Saudi Leadership Offers Condolences to Jordan’s King after Aqaba Gas Leak

Saudi Leadership Offers Condolences to Jordan’s King after Aqaba Gas Leak

The Saudi leadership offered its condolences to King Abdullah II of Jordan over the victims of the gas leak at at the Red Sea port of Aqaba. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense,…

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The Independent UK

Jordan promises inquiry into deadly blast at Red Sea port

Jordan's prime minister says he has instructed authorities to launch an investigation into the deadly blast at the port of Aqaba that killed at least 13 people

Asharq Al-Awsat

KAUST Announces Partnership with Ocean Aero for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced a new collaboration agreement with Ocean Aero, a manufacturer and service provider of ocean-going Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicles (AUSVs). Ocean Aero and Shelf Subsea, a service company for the marine industry, will bring the AUSVs into Saudi Arabia, which will…

Tanker could spill oil along whole of Red Sea coast, UN warns

An oil supertanker that has been moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen since 1976 could break apart and unleash part or all of its 1.1 million barrels of oil on the Horn of Africa, the UN warns. Also in this edition: Britain's Prince Charles expresses regret…

Tech giants form metaverse standards body, but without Apple

Tech giants such as Meta, Sony and Adobe, together with oversight groups like the World Wide Web Consortium, have created a forum to set standards for the nascent metaverse industry. The move aims to make digital worlds compatible with each other. However, Apple and Snapchat have not joined the outfit.…

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Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh reels from Ukrainian and Russian exodus

On Sharm el-Sheikh's sandy beaches many of the sun loungers lie empty. At a central promenade packed with shops, cafes and nightclubs, crowds are thinner than usual.

Exclusive-UAE to build Red Sea port in Sudan in $6 billion investment package

The United Arab Emirates will build a new Red Sea port in Sudan as part of a $6 billion investment package, DAL group chairman Osama Daoud Abdellatif, a partner in the deal, told Reuters.

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Cairo Looks Forward to High-Level US Participation in COP27

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the president-designate of the upcoming UN climate change conference, received on Thursday a phone call from the United States Special Climate Envoy, John Kerry. Shoukry told Kerry his country is looking forward to high-level US participation in the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022,…

Major blow for holidaymakers as easyJet axes trips to popular Egypt resort

Decision to cancel flights to popular Red Sea resort Hurghada will be massive issue for many customers owing to a shortage of alternative airlines

The Independent UK

Nearly 16,000 sheep drown after ship sinks in Sudan’s Red Sea

Badr 1 ship sank in early hours of Sunday morning

Asharq Al-Awsat

East Sudan Governor Resigns, Protesters Lift Blockade

A coalition of tribes in East Sudan announced on Tuesday the end of a sit-in which blocked roads to the crucial Red Sea port, after the governor announced his resignation. The Port Sudan sit-in protested a 2020 peace deal the country's Beja tribes say made too many concessions at the…

2023 Dakar Rally Route Will Be Longer And Even More Challenging

The 2023 Dakar Rally will feature a 14-stage route stretching from the Red Sea to the city of Dammam on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast.

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