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KT Explains: Suez Canal Crisis

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KT Explains: Suez Canal Crisis

The Suez Canal is one of the world's busiest trade routes and the massive ship Ever Given, part of the Evergreen fleet has been blocked in it since Tuesday, March 24. The 1,300ft long, 200,000-tonne vessel ran aground due to high winds and a sandstorm and lead to blockage of at least 369 vessels. KT explains the entire blockage and its impact.

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Pope Francis's first-ever papal visit to Iraq

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Pope Francis's first-ever papal visit to Iraq

Pope Francis is set to meet top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during the first-ever papal visit to Iraq in March. They would sign the document on “human fraternity for world peace,” an inter-religious text condemning extremism that Pope Francis signed with the grand imam of Al Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb, in Abu Dhabi in 2019. Pope Francis is set to be in Iraq from March 5 to 8, with visits planned to the capital Baghdad, the northern city of Mosul and Ur, where Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) is said to have been born.

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Watch: Nasa unveils stunning new video of Mars landing

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Watch: Nasa unveils stunning new video of Mars landing

US space agency Nasa on Monday, February 22 released the the first video of last week's landing of the Perseverance rover which is on a mission to search for signs of past life on the Red Planet. The high-definition video clip shows the deployment of a red and white parachute with a 70.5-foot-wide canopy. Nasa's Perseverance rover landed in Mars on February 18.

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