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Israel gjenåpnet søndag inngangen til Haram al-Sharif, eller Tempelhøyden, i Jerusalem – men den muslimske myndigheten protesterer mot nye metaldetektorer og kameraer, skriver VG Direkte / NTB.
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Pave Frans (80) har valgt å tilbringe sommerferien hjemme i Vatikanstaten, og forsøker å sørge for at alle holder humøret oppe, skriver VG Direkte
På døren til hans sparsommelige suite i Vatikanet har paven hengt opp et skillt hvor han skriver:
“Det er forbudt å klage. Mennesker som bryter med reglene vil få et syndrom som gjør dem til ofre, og som senker stemningen og evnen til problemløsning”.
Videre opplyser skiltet om at: “Straffen blir doblet dersom overtredelsen skjer i nærheten av barn.”
For så å oppfordre til: “For å få det beste ut av deg selv, konsentrer deg om ditt eget potensiale, og ikke begrensningene”.
Deretter avslutter skiltet med å si: “Slutt å klage og ta grep om ditt eget liv”.
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Totalt antall cruiseanløp i Oslo øker i år til 101 med til sammen 198 000 passasjerer, mot 82 anløp i i 2016, skriver travelnews.no
I år anløper Mein Schiff 6 og Crystal Symphony for første gang Oslo som vendepunkt.
? Vi ser også frem til 2018, hvor MSC kommer tilbake til Oslo med det nye Meaviglia og Viking Cruises med Viking Sky og Sun, sier cruise-prosjekleder Francesca Bettinsoli i Visit Oslo til cruiseindustrynews.com.
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En 50 år gammel turist fra New Zealand er død etter at hun ble truffet av trykkbølgen fra et fly på den nederlandske delen av øya St. Martin i Karibiia, skriver nrk.no / BBC.
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Det nederlandske territoriet er berømt for stranden Maho Beach som ligger kun meter fra Princess Juliana Internasjonale flyplass, og kvinnen skal ha oppholdt seg på stranden da ulykken inntraff.
Det er nærmest en “folkesport” for turister å være på stranden for å oppleve fly som lander eller tar av, selv om det ikke mangler advarsler om at det er svært farlig, da flyene flyr bare få meter over stranden.
Øya St.Martin er delt mellom Frankrike og Nederland. Saint-Martin i nord, med hovedstaden Marigot, er et fransk, oversjøisk fylke, mens Sint Maarten i sør, med hovedstaden Philipsburg, er en selvstyrt nasjon innen kongeriket Nederland.
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USA har opphevet laptopforbudet på fly fra Egypt og Marokko, og forbudet gjelder dermed kun på direktefly fra Saudi-Arabia til amerikanske flyplasser, skriver NTB / VG Direkte
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Photo of the Day: Aerial view of Mariehamn, capital of Åland Islands, a Swedish-speaking autonomous region of Finland. Photo credit: www.visitaland.com – visitaland.com
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An Office of the Embassy of the Netherlands was opened in Minsk on 10 July. The ceremony was attended by Vladimir Makei, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Johanna Brandt, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the Belarus news agency BelTA reported.
According to Ms Brandt, the opening of the diplomatic mission is a landmark event for the Netherlands and Belarus, particularly considering the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. She commented on the status of the relations between Belarus and the Netherlands in the context of the developments of the past several years in Belarus and the fact that the country borders on the European Union.
One of the successful examples of cooperation is the Children of Chernobyl program. Many Belarusian children aged 7 to 11 have visited the Netherlands as part of the program. Over years this small initiative has evolved into a well-established program which involves dozens of Dutch municipalities.
“We are confident that our presence here will contribute to closer cooperation, peace, stability and prosperity of your people and the region,” Ms Brandt said. She also noted that the Netherlands appreciates the joint projects in the field of culture and sports.
“I have high hopes for the FIFA World Cup qualifying match due late this year when our Orange Lions will meet again with the White Wings from Belarus. Our countries share this passion for football and sport. It is a wonderful way to improve the relations. I wish both teams all the best and look forward to the exciting game,” she added.
Johanna Brandt stressed that the bilateral cooperation of Belarus and the Netherlands is actively gaining momentum and expressed hope for its further development in various fields.
“The opening of the Embassy Office is the first step which will be followed by the appointment of a diplomat who will represent the Netherlands in Belarus,” she added.
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På Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding, i det historiske nabolaget Al Fahidi, får du lære om Dubais tradisjoner og kultur – og smake på den, skriver Se og Hør.
Velg mellom frokost, lunsj eller middag, som på tradisjonelt vis blir servert på tepper på gulvet, mens den lokale verten forteller om livet i Dubai,
Dubai er ett av sju emirater i De forente arabiske emirater, der Abu Dhabi er føderal hovedstad,
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Royal Jordanian har oppgradert sikkerhetsrutinene i henhold til amerikanske krav, opplyser flyselskapet søndag, skriver nrk.no
Det betyr at de, i likhet med flere andre land og flyselskaper i regionen, er fritatt USAs elektronikkforbud. Royal Jordanian kan nå igjen fly direkte fra hovedstaden Amman til USA.
Fra før har Qatar Airways, med base i Doha i Qatar, og de to flyselskapene i De forente arabiske emirater – Etihad og Emirates, med base i henholdsvis Abu Dhabi og Dubai, samt Kuwait Airways, fått opphevet forbudet.
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A 1930s petrol station in Asmara.
The people of Eritrea have long said their capital Asmara is like no other city in Africa, and on Saturday the UN agreed, designating it a World Heritage site, the Agence France-Press news agency / themalaymailonline.com reported.
General view of Asmara.
The proclamation ends a long-running quest by Eritrean authorities to have the city’s unique architecture, which includes an art-deco bowling alley with coloured glass windows and a petrol station built to resemble a soaring aeroplane (pictured), recognised by the UN cultural body, Unesco.
“The city’s recognition as a heritage site of outstanding universal value fills us with tremendous pride and joy, but also with a profound sense of responsibility and duty,” said Hanna Simon, Eritrea’s permanent delegate to Unesco.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Krakow, Poland.
A former Italian colony, most of the futuristic designs of the Eritrean capital date back to the rule of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini from 1936 to 1941.
Architects whose designs were unwelcome in conservative European cities found a place in Asmara at a time when about half of the city’s population was Italian and the city was known as “Piccola Roma”, or “Little Rome”.
While the modernist architecture of other Eritrean cities was destroyed during a decades-long war of liberation from Ethiopia, Asmara’s survived and was declared a national monument by the government in 2001, which refers to it as Africa’s “City of Dream”
But efforts to restore the marble facades and Roman-style pillars of the city’s theatres and cinemas have been hampered by a shortage of money and local expertise, city authorities say.
