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#mediterranean-sea

The agreements were signed in Damascus to bolster economic ties between war-torn Syria and longtime ally Iran.The presidents of Iran and Syria have signed a series of long-term cooperation agreements on oil and other sectors to bolster economic ties between the two longtime allies.Iran's Ebrahim Raisi, leading a large economic and political delegation, met his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, after landing in the war-torn country for a two-day visit an Iranian president's first visit to Damascus since 2010.

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Although bluefin tuna is commonly found at sushi restaurants throughout Los Angeles, many diners might not be aware of what it means to eat a particular species or how it's sourced.The more you know about bluefin tuna, the better equipped you are to make decisions about whether to consume it.

CAIRO - Libya's coast guard fired warning shots over a humanitarian vessel as it attempted to rescue a rubber boat carrying migrants off Libya's coast, a sea rescue group said.The coast guard went on to return some 80 Europe-bound migrants to Libyan soil.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.

Poesia in the Castro (4072 18th Street) on Monday, March 13, celebrated its 15th Anniversary with a Fellini-inspired party that was the vision of the restaurant's founder, Francesco D'ippolito.He dreamed of creating Poesia when he was a young boy and took his first job making cappuccino at a neighbor's cafe.

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Pioneering and legendary French festival FAMILY PIKNIK, which was recently voted #57 in DJ Mag's Top 100 Festivals, today drops an all-star menu for this year's event on August 5 and 6th with Carl Cox (Hybrid Live), Adam Beyer, Ben Böhmer, ANNA, Margaret Dygas, Josh Wink, Raresh, Patrice Bäumel, Fumiya Tanaka, tINI b2b Anthea & many more...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been fought mostly in a series of grinding land battles, but for the governments in Kyiv and Moscow the Black Sea also has been a vital theater in the war.Russian warships have in recent months fired a series of cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets that are sometimes hundreds of miles away, hitting towns and cities and damaging the country's energy infrastructure.

Another 28 people were still missing after a boat headed for Europe capsized off the coast of Tunisia.At least five African people have died and another 28 are missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, a local rights group has said.Romadan Ben Omar, a member of the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, said on Wednesday that the Tunisian coastguard had rescued five people who had been on board the boat that sank off the coast of the southern city of Sfax.

Pope Francis meets with refugee families in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, March 18, 2023.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis met Saturday with thousands of refugees and the charity groups helping them as he sought to promote legal migration routes to Europe as an alternative to smuggling operations that he said have turned the Mediterranean Sea into a "cemetery."

Dozens of vehicles stolen from in and around the Greater Toronto Area were tracked down thousands of kilometres away in shipping containers on the island-nation of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, police say.York Regional Police say their cargo theft unit, together with the Canada Border Services Agency and Maltese authorities, tracked down 64 vehicles valued at $3.5 million dollars, that were ready to be sold illegally.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries that border the Mediterranean Sea pushed back Saturday against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary scheme.

Ministers from Sweden, Spain, Malta, Italy, Greece and Cyprus hold a press conference at the MED 5 conference held in Valletta, Malta, on Saturday, March 4, 2023.Rene Rossignaud (AP) Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea pushed back Saturday against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary relocation initiative.

They lifted slabs of cement with enormous cranes and smashed rubble with jackhammers.Then, they stopped.Silence.Key to detecting the faintest noise that could be the sign of a survivor buried beneath rubble from Monday's quake in Turkey and Syria .Among the wreckage of a collapsed 14-story building in the Turkish city of Adana, the shriek of an whistle pierced the noise every few minutes on Wednesday.

The new Design En Rogue Architecture collection from S. Harris, part of Fabricut since 1954, translates a story many modern design lovers can appreciate - that of the Bauhaus school - into pattern and texture on fabric.We got a sneak peek at the new designs that will be launching later this spring.Known as a place as well as a method of teaching in pre-war Germany, the avant-garde Bauhaus brought together beauty and function, mass production and artistic vision, and disciplines from art to architecture.

The first instalment of Dezeen and Gaggenau's Architecture Project Talks will focus on NCaved by Mold Architects.You can register via this link to join the webinar.Architect Iliana Kerestetzi, founder of Athens-based studio, will deliver a lecture about the subterranean project, elaborating on how the building responds to landscape and climate at 1:00pm London time on 25 November 2022.

24 minutes ago24 minutes ago The hydrogen pipeline will bring "green" gas from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe.France, Portugal, and Spain previously agreed to build the pipeline, which should be operational by 2030.Germany will join a new hydrogen pipeline project between Spain, Portugal and France, according to the Franco-German declaration on Sunday's 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty.

24 minutes ago24 minutes ago The hydrogen pipeline will bring "green" gas from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe.France, Portugal, and Spain previously agreed to build the pipeline, which should be operational by 2030.Germany will join a new hydrogen pipeline project between Spain, Portugal and France, according to the Franco-German declaration on Sunday's 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty.

As European nations opposed to the invasion of Ukraine have moved to reduce their dependence on Russian oil and gas, enduring soaring price increases and possible shortages, Turkey has deepened its energy ties to Russia.Since the war started, Turkey's imports of Russian crude oil and coal have climbed sharply.

CAIRO - Egypt and Greece signed two bilateral deals on Tuesday, including a pact to improve cooperation in migrant search and rescue missions across the Mediterranean Sea, officials said.The deals, signed in Cairo, marked the second meeting the two countries' foreign ministers in under two months after shared rival Turkey signed a controversial maritime and gas deal with one of Libya's two rival administrations.