[ad_1] Cairo – Egypt’s government will host dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it holds an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the making that was plagued by multiple delays and a ballooning of the budget. The GEM is one of the largest museums…
[ad_1] An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship’s crew. The passenger’s daughter Katherine Rees on Thursday accused the cruise company Coral Expeditions of a “failure of care and common sense” that left her mother Suzanne Rees to…
[ad_1] Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week. While officials said that damage assessments remained underway to determine the full scope of the destruction, satellite images offered a preliminary look at some of…
[ad_1] President Trump said he’s reached a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping that could be signed “very soon.” Mr. Trump says the U.S. will reduce tariffs on Chinese goods by 10% as China works to reduce the flow of fentanyl. He also says China will resume buying American soybeans. CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe has…
[ad_1] People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed and it made it moved over the Bahamas. The rumble of large machinery, whine of chainsaws and chopping of machetes echoed throughout southeast Jamaica as government workers and residents began clearing roads in…
[ad_1] Jamaicans begin surveying damage wrought by Hurricane Melissa – CBS News Watch CBS News First light in Jamaica brought the first clear view of the devastation after Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane. Jason Allen got a look at some of the damage. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Messages in a bottle from WWI found on Australian beach – CBS News Watch CBS News Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Washington — President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday (Wednesday night U.S. time) as the two leaders look to reach a trade deal they can both claim as a victory. The meeting is set for 11 a.m. local time, or 10 p.m. ET Wednesday. Mr. Trump’s…
[ad_1] President Trump said Wednesday that South Korea can build a nuclear-powered submarine. “Our Military Alliance is stronger than ever before and, based on that, I have given them approval to build a Nuclear Powered Submarine, rather than the old fashioned, and far less nimble, diesel powered Submarines that they have now,” the president wrote…
[ad_1] The Red Cross told CBS News on Wednesday that its staff in Gaza “were not able to intervene directly on-site” as alleged Hamas members were seen burying and then uncovering the remains of a deceased hostage in the Palestinian territory earlier this week. The Israel Defense Forces released a video on Tuesday which it…
