Great escapes:from Yankee idylls to Italian towns where even surgeries are frescoed

Great escapes:from Yankee idylls to Italian towns where even surgeries are frescoed

What foreign delights remain in your mind’s eye during lockdown? Good Weekend writers reveal their most deeply adored global getaways.

  • byTim Elliott,Amanda Hooton,Konrad Marshall andJane Cadzow

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Stripped bishop a ‘failed property tycoon,’ says flock

Detectives from the Financial Crimes Squad formed Strike Force Vandean about four months ago following long-standing complaints against Bishop Daniel.

  • byNeil Mercer andKate McClymont
‘We can go all the way’:Olyroos confidence rising ahead of showdown with Spain

‘We can go all the way’:Olyroos confidence rising ahead of showdown with Spain

Buoyed by their stunning 2-0 win over Argentina in their opening match,confidence is rising within the Olyroos camp that they can beat a European powerhouse.

  • byMichael Lynch
Israel and Hamas Gaza truce begins

Israel and Hamas Gaza truce begins

Hamas,the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip,scheduled public celebrations for what it deemed a victory over a militarily and economically stronger foe.

  • byNidal al-Mughrabi andDan Williams
Suez Canal to be expanded after Ever Given fiasco

Suez Canal to be expanded after Ever Given fiasco

The Panama-flagged,Japanese-owned ship ran aground in the single-lane stretch of the canal on March 23,blocking international trade for six days.

Egyptian archaeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta

Egyptian archaeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta

The graves,some of which have human remains inside,were found at the Koum el-Khulgan archaeological site north-east of Cairo.

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Scores injured,11 killed in Egypt train crash

Scores injured,11 killed in Egypt train crash

At least eight train wagons ran off the railway line in the accident north of Cairo.

  • bySamy Magdy
Egypt seizes the Ever Given,says owner owes $US900m over Suez Canal blockage

Egypt seizes the Ever Given,says owner owes $US900m over Suez Canal blockage

“The vessel is now officially impounded,” Lieutenant General Osama Rabie told Egypt’s state-run television. “They do not want to pay anything.”

  • bySamy Magdy
Turkey sues Christie’s for $19m ancient marble idol,claiming it was looted

Turkey sues Christie’s for $19m ancient marble idol,claiming it was looted

The marble idol,carved as many as 6000 years ago and known as “The Guennol Stargazer” has become the source of a legal battle between Turkey and the Christie’s auction house.

  • byColin Moynihan
Famed Egyptian archaeologist reveals details of ancient city

Famed Egyptian archaeologist reveals details of ancient city

Egypt’s best-known archaeologist has revealed further details on a Pharaonic city recently found in the southern province of Luxor.

  • bySamy Magdy
Egyptian female captain subject to fake news campaign blaming her for blockage

Egyptian female captain subject to fake news campaign blaming her for blockage

Egypt’s first female ship captain says she was subject to a fake news campaign blaming her for grounding the Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal,despite at the time working on a ship that was hundreds of kilometres away.

  • byAbbie Cheeseman