Looking tired and haggard, William Coronado pulls up before dawn with a boat full of fish on the muddy shore of Nicaragua's Lake Managua, a dumping ground for trash and waste."The lake is so polluted. They throw all sorts of crap into
" said the 56-year-old. "Containers, old buckets, all sorts of bags—all the junk they throw away inRead more
Dozens of prisoners in South Sudan are being held in conditions amounting to torture, crammed into metal containers in baking heat with minimal water and food, Amnesty International said Friday.
Several prisoners, mostly civilians accused of links to opposition or rebel groups but who have not been charged, have died from the punishment, the rights group said. Soldiers have alsoRead more
A giant Danish container ship crossed the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea, an official source with the Suez Canal Authority said on Sunday.
The ship, belonging to Maersk shipping agency, can carry about 18, 270 containers on board for one trip, added the source.
It crossed the canal in 13 hours carrying 200,000 tons, according to theRead more
Suez security forces foiled on Wednesday an attempt by a Cairo-based company to smuggle 1.5 million fireworks to Egypt via Port Said port.
The smuggled item were hidden within two containers.
Legal procedures were taken and the public prosecution was notified to launch a probe.
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