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25.03.2021 / 10:41

Asian markets mixed after tech sell-off on Wall St

BANGKOK – Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, as Chinese benchmarks stalled on concerns over big companies that might lose their listings on U.S. exchanges.

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Stuck ship in Egypt's Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

ISMAILIA – A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said.

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Massive cargo ship the size of a skyscraper turns sideways, blocking Suez Canal

The Ever Given, a Panamanian skyscraper-sized vessel, turned sideways on Tuesday, becoming wedged in the Suez Canal. (Credit: Suez Canal Authority via Storyful) SUEZ, Egypt - Roughly 50 vessels pass through the Suez Canal each day, but that number will be much lower until authorities can dislodge a cargo ship that’s blocking one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.The Ever Given, a Panamanian skyscraper-sized vessel, turned sideways on Tuesday, becoming wedged in the canal.

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Large container ship blocks Suez Canal: reports

Egypt has been blocked by a massive container ship, according to media reports.According to a BBC report, the Ever Given, built in 2018, ran aground while attempting to turn just north of the port of Suez. A report from The Guardian said several attempts to refloat the 220,000-tonne, 400-metre-long ship have failed. Egypt to unveil Suez Canal extension The ship tracking website VesselFinder said the Ever Given is on its way from China to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.The ship is owned by Evergreen, a Taiwanese shipping company.

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BASE jumper dies in fall from 14th floor of Florida resort

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – A man died when his parachute didn’t open after he jumped from a hotel balcony in Florida’s Panhandle, police said.

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More people vaccinated, additional sites possible indicators it’s time to expand eligibility, officials say

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted at plans to lower the vaccine eligibility age soon but didn’t share specifics during a news conference in Panama City on Thursday.

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Unemployed commercial painter receives Florida unemployment benefits one year after filing

Ray Dumont, 26, had been waiting a year for $11,000 in unemployment benefits he applied for but was never able to collect from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

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‘One step closer to his dream:’ Maitland Ironman with Down syndrome prepares for next competition

MAITLAND, Fla. – Last year, an Orange County man with Down syndrome made headlines after becoming the first person with his condition to become an Ironman.

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Thirteen further countries added to 'high-risk' list

Another thirteen countries have been added to the Government's list of 'high-risk' category.

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Ferreira, Arriola, Lewis 2 goals each, US routs Trinidad 7-0

ORLANDO, Fla. – Jesús Ferreira scored his first two international goals and had three assists, and Paul Arriola and Jonathan Lewis scored twice each to power the United States over a rusty Trinidad and Tobago 7-0 in an exhibition on Sunday night.

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Indonesia says it has seized Iranian and Panamanian tankers

JAKARTA – Indonesian authorities said that they seized an Iranian tanker and Panamanian tanker suspected of carrying out the illegal transfer of oil in their country's waters Sunday.The tankers — the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Frea — were seized in waters off Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, said Wisnu Pramadita, a spokesman for the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency.He said the tankers are suspected of a variety of violations, including not displaying national flags, shutting off their identification systems, anchoring illegally as well as the illegal transfer fuel between ships and spilling oil.Authorities were escorting the two tankers to Batam island in Riau Islands province for further investigation,

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Republican Party in this Florida county will not acknowledge Biden win

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Bay County Republican Party said it won’t recognize President-elect Joe Biden as legitimate unless President Donald Trump concedes and acknowledges that the 2020 election was fair.The Florida Panhandle organization's executive committee voted last month, deciding that its officials should not cooperate with Biden's administration.The organization said in a statement that the future of the Republican Party lies in Florida and that its members have an obligation to protect its conservative values, according to the Pensacola News Journal.“Since the Panhandle has long been the conservative backbone of the state, we have an obligation not only to our community, but to our republic, to proudly defend the values that Made

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New Brazilian strain of Covid-19 already thought to be in the UK

coronavirus variant is already thought to be in the UK. Head of Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London, Professor Wendy Barclay believes the mutant strain has already been detected here.Travellers were banned from entering the UK from South America on Friday in a bid to avoid a new strain of the virus.The travel ban also covers Panama and Portugal.Although different from the new strains detected in the UK and South Africa, the Brazil variant shares some key mutations.

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'Urgent decision' made to ban arrivals from 16 countries amid fears over Brazilian coronavirus strain

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Brazil Covid variant: Travel to UK banned from 15 South American countries and Portugal

Travel to the UK will be banned from 15 South American countries as well as Portugal, as fears mount about a new Covid variant that began in Brazil.

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UK bans flights from South America over Covid variant found in Brazil

Covid was detected in Brazil. In a tweet, Mr Shapps said he has decided to take the "urgent" decision to ban arrivals from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.He also suspended the travel link between the UK and Portugal and cited "its strong travel links with Brazil" as the reason after a new Covid variant was found in the country.

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Police checking path of heavily armed gunmen arrested in Florida standoff

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Investigators are tracking the path taken by two Colorado men who were arrested following a police chase and standoff in Florida’s Panhandle to see if they were involved in the fatal shooting of a nurse along an interstate in Nashville, Tennessee.Duane Lee Storey, 38, of Grand Junction, Colorado, and Cody Sean Brelsford, 41, of Pacerville, Colorado, were arrested Saturday at Port Panama City. They each face multiple charges and are being held in the Bay County Jail.The incident began early Saturday north of Panama City, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff's office received a 911 call at 12:36 a.m.

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2 kids killed while playing mini-golf in Florida with parents

Police yellow tape delineating a crime scene PANAMA CITY BEACH - Two children were killed on Friday afternoon after a vehicle drove into the mini-golf course where they were playing with their parents. According to the Panama City News Herald, the 4-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl were at the Coconut Creek Family Fun Park on Front Beach Road when the crash happened. The news outlet reports that the family was visiting from out of the state, according to the public information officer at City of Panama City Beach. MORE NEWS: Florida man accused of fatally shooting woman, 3-month-old babyReports state that Scott Donaldson careened from the westbound lanes of the road and struck the children. One child reportedly died on the scene.

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Amid travel break, pope cheers Lisbon youth jamboree plans

VATICAN CITY – With no papal travels abroad this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis is cheering efforts for a youth jamboree, traditionally attended by pontiffs, in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2023. Francis on Sunday presided over a handover ceremony in St.

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Gioacchini, Soto score 2 goals each as US routs Panama 6-2

Nicholas Gioacchini and Sebastian Soto both scored their first two international goals, Gio Reyna got his first and a young United States team routed Panama 6-2 Monday night in an exhibition at Wiener Neustadt, Austria.Gioacchini and Reyna made their first appearances Thursday in a 0-0 draw at Wales, among six debuts as the Americans returned from a coronavirus break that had sidelined the team since February. Soto and Richy Ledezma were among two more debuts against the Panamanians.Sebastian Lletget, like Soto a second-half substitute, also scored late for the Americans.

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Orange County man with Down syndrome completes Ironman race

MAITLAND, Fla. – Chris Nikic,21, is inspiring others to try 1 percent more each day. A motto the new ironman lives by.“It represents me better than I was yesterday,” Chris said about what that 1 percent he had printed on his orange T-shirt means to him.“What he accomplished for a person with Down syndrome is fantastic,” Dan Grieb, coach and guide to Chris said.On Nov.

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Florida athlete becomes first person with Down syndrome to finish IRONMAN triathlon

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Chris Nikic, 21, of Maitland, Fl., made history Saturday by becoming the first person with Down syndrome to finish an IRONMAN triathlon. The full-distance IRONMAN triathlon competition consisted of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and a 26.2-mile run totaling 140.6 miles, all of which needed to be completed in 17 hours.Nikic began competing in triathlons when he was 16.

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Florida GOP fights to animate Trump's base without president

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Nearly 300 Republicans packed shoulder-to-shoulder maskless and sweating inside a Holiday Inn conference room this week in the heart of the Florida Panhandle to see their party's biggest political stars not named President Donald Trump.With Trump grounded in Washington, they chanted and cheered as the governor, the self-described “Trumpiest” Florida congressman and the president's eldest son shared anti-Democratic conspiracy theories, attacked the media and warned that Joe Biden “is a puppet for the radical left.”While energetic, the crowd was a far cry from the tens of thousands drawn to the president's past rallies in this deep-red bastion of Trumpism, where the president's dominant performance four years ago helped

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German company CureVac plans global late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial in Q4

CureVac NV said on Tuesday it has started a mid-stage study testing its experimental coronavirus vaccine and plans to begin a decisive global trial with about 30,000 volunteers in the fourth quarter.The company's U.S.-listed shares rose 10% to $49.66 in extended trading.CureVac has dosed the first patient with its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the trial taking place in Peru and Panama and expects data on older adults in the fourth quarter.The vaccine developer plans to start the global trial after data from the ongoing studies.CureVac is among the many in the race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, with rivals including Novavax Inc and AstraZeneca already conducting late-stage trials of their potential vaccines.CureVac bagged nearly $300

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Panama lifts 5-month coronavirus measure restricting when men, women can leave homes

Panama lifted a five-month-old coronavirus measure Monday that had restricted women from going out one day, and men the next.The rules limiting when people can could go out for essentials proved controversial because it led to harassment and discrimination against transgender people.Health Minister Luis Antonio Sucre said urged caution despite lifting of the rule, which had been in place since March. Men one day, women another: To reduce coronavirus spread, Peru limits who can leave home “Today we are beginning a new stage,” Sucre said, “in which men and women can go out when they wish.

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Newborn baby dies after being left in hot car 'for several hours' in Florida, deputies say

Crime Scene File Photo. PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A newborn baby died after being left inside a hot car in Florida’s Panhandle, sheriff’s officials said.The Bay County Sheriff’s Office offered few details about the case on Thursday.

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Newborn dies after being left in hot car in Florida

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A newborn baby died after being left inside a hot car in Florida’s Panhandle, sheriff’s officials said.The Bay County Sheriff’s Office offered few details about the case on Thursday. Rescue crews were called to a home in Panama City late Wednesday after the baby was found inside the car.90s.

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Ontario man who lives on boat stuck on Colombian island amid coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus pandemic.Rick Moore, a popular YouTuber who’s lived aboard his boat Sophisticated Lady for 15 years, had planned to set sail through the Pacific Ocean and Panama Canal in March before most of the world went under COVID-19 lockdown.

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WATCH LIVE AT 1 : Florida governor provides affordable housing, hurricane recovery update

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is speaking at 1 p.m.

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Astronauts face final leg of SpaceX test flight: Splashdown off Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A pair of NASA astronauts face the final and most important part of their SpaceX test flight: returning to Earth with a rare splashdown.Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken took part in a farewell ceremony Saturday at the International Space Station, several hours ahead of their planned departure on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.Despite approaching Hurricane Isaias, NASA said the weather looks favorable for a Sunday afternoon splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City, Florida. It will be the first splashdown for astronauts in 45 years.

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Princess cancels more cruises amid coronavirus pandemic

The Cruise Liner Caribbean Princess moored off Bar Harbour in Maine. (Photo by: Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Princess Cruises is extending the suspension of several of its cruises in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Wednesday.The action applies to all cruises sailing in and out of Australia on Majestic Princess, Regal Princess, Sapphire Princess, Sea Princess, and SunPrincess through Oct.

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2 Florida strip clubs shut down for violating Covid rules

ORLANDO, Fla. – Officials shut down two Florida strip clubs as part of a statewide crackdown on violators of an emergency order that forced bars to close in the face of rising coronavirus cases.The Tallahassee Democrat reports that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation suspended the licenses of Le Palace Otown in Orlando and Show N Tail The Legend in Panama City Beach, saying that patrons didn't observe social distancing guidelines.In both cases, the orders said DBPR had the authority to suspend a license if there is an “immediate health to the public health, safety or welfare.”In the case of Le Palace Otown, state regulators said, the bar was in violation of the terms of both the governor’s executive order for Phase 2 as

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Florida students work on patent for invention for the blind

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Local high school students Jonathon Walker and Alex Johnson have been developing a device that turns text into braille for some time and now they’re working with a law firm to get a patent for it.When the students first won the science fair in Pensacola several months back, the braille system was a mere prototype. It was too large in size for portable use and still had some cleaning up for it to be applicable in society.Those days are now over.After working for several months to improve their device, Walker and Johnson were able to shrink the size dramatically, but not hinder its performance.

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Rabies alert issued for area of Seminole County after raccoon tests positive

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A rabies alert has been issued for a portion of Seminole County after a raccoon tested positive for the disease, according to health officials.Officials with the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County said the alert, which was issued Monday, includes neighborhoods surrounding All Faiths Memorial Park and Dew Drop Park in Casselberry.“Residents and visitors in the area bordered to the north by West Panama Road on the east by East Lake Drive, on the south by South Eagle Circle, and on the west by South Lost Lake Lane should avoid contact with raccoons and other wildlife,” health officials said in a news release.Officials said the alert is for 60 days and is meant to increase awareness within the community but

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Boxing legend Roberto Duran in hospital with coronavirus with fears over damaged lung

coronavirus.Duran, 69, was taken to hospital as a precaution due to one of his lungs not functioning properly following a car crash in Argentina back in 2001.It led the legendary boxer to retire after a career that lasted more than 30 years.His diagnosis comes as his home nation of Panama set a new record for daily cases of Covid-19 with officials reporting over 1,000 cases for the preceding 24 hours along with 17 more deaths.Duran’s son, Robin, wrote on Instagram: "Test results have just arrived for my dad, and they confirm he is positive for Covid-19. Thank God for now he doesn't have symptoms beyond a cold.“He is not in intensive care nor on a respirator, just under observation.

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Boxing legend Roberto Duran in hospital after contracting coronavirus

Former world boxing champion Roberto Duran has tested positive for coronavirus after being admitted to hospital center with flu-like symptoms.

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Ex-boxing champ Roberto Durán tests positive for coronavirus

PANAMA CITY – Legendary Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán, who held world championships in four weight classes during his more than three-decade career, has tested positive for the coronavirus but has had only mild symptoms so far, one of his sons said Thursday.Robin Durán said his 69-year-old father was tested after going to a private hospital with cold symptoms.“At the moment he’s not having symptoms beyond a cold.

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Minnie Driver looks summer perfect as she dons a flowy prairie dress while shopping at Zara

Minnie Driver looked chic and breezy as she stepped out for a quick shopping trip Tuesday.The Grosse Point Blank actress, 50, was dressed for summer weather during a visit to fast fashion giant Zara.Minnie went with a flowy prairie dress to keep cool on the balmy summer day. Easy, breezy: Minnie Driver looked effortlessly stylish while donning a flowy prairie dress out shopping on TuesdayDriver donned a loose, white linen dress scattered with tiny black dots.

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Weezer Gives us the ‘Hero’ We Need on ‘Tonight Show’: Watch

We all need a hero right now. Thankfully, Weezer knows the score.

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Edén Pastora, Nicarguan revolutionary, dead at 83

MANAGUA – One of the most mercurial, charismatic figures of Central America's revolutionary upheavals, Edén Pastora, died early Tuesday. He was 83.On Aug.

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‘It’s embarrassing:’ White Florida officer charged after using stun gun on black man

SPRINGFIELD, Fla. – A white Florida police officer was arrested earlier this week for using a stun gun on a black man without sufficient cause, authorities said.Springfield police officer Ronnie Nelson was arrested Tuesday and charged with a felony count of official misconduct and a misdemeanor count of battery, the Panama City News Herald reported. At the request of Springfield Police Chief Barry Roberts, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office handled the investigation.

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Brazil seeks to reopen despite reporting over 1,000 coronavirus deaths daily

Brazil registered a record number of daily deaths from the novel coronavirus for a second consecutive day, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday, even as city and state authorities move aggressively to open commerce back up.

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Bleach on beaches and robots on streets - extreme lockdown rules imposed by some countries

Across the world, some countries have began easing lockdown restrictions as the battle against coronavirus goes on.

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Spread of coronavirus fuels corruption in Latin America

MIAMI – Even in a pandemic, there's no slowdown for swindlers in Latin America.

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Jessica Alba and daughter Haven, 11, don matching leopard print swimsuits in fun TikTok video

Jessica Alba and daughter Honor looked like two-of-a-kind on Thursday.The 39-year-old actress and her 11-year-old daughter teamed up for a fun TikTok clip where they transformed from boring homebodies to poolside queens.The duo looked cute as can be while soaking in the sun wearing matching leopard print bathing suits and Panama hats. Two of a kind! Jessica Alba and daughter Honor hung out in matching swimsuits in a cute TikTok shared ThursdayThe video, which is backed by the song Real Vibes by MONIX, began by showing the pair sitting in their house, bundled up in boring sweats.But in a snap, they're teleported outside and their outfits magically change to stylish swim attire from the brand Aerie.

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Sech Spotlights His Unique Panamanian Flow in New Album '1 of 1': 'This Is a Beautiful Project'

Hunkered down in Panama, where he’s been in quarantine after postponing his Sueños tour in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas, Sech presents his sophomore studio album, 1 of 1, under Rich Music.“This is a baby of mine that I have been creating little by little. It’s a beautiful project,” Sech tells Billboard.

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Nicaragua closes Costa Rica border to protest virus testing

MANAGUA – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega blamed new coronavirus-related health monitoring measures taken by neighboring Costa Rica for his country's decision Monday to close their two border crossings.

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Second deadly disease sweeps across Latin America amid ongoing coronavirus pandemic

As the coronavirus continues to kill thousands across the globe another deadly disease is stalking parts of Central America and the Caribbean while the region remains vulnerable.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0