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Greek Coast Guard under scrutiny
A decision by the Greek Coast Guard not to intervene in a deadly shipwreck has raised concerns that the interests of smugglers, who are paid to reach Italy, and Greek authorities, who prefer the migrants to be Italy’s problem , to line up. catastrophe.
The authorities in Greece have claimed that they did not intervene because the smugglers did not want to and because any attempt to stop the boat could have led to a maritime accident. But maritime law experts said Greek authorities had violated international obligations to save ships in distress, whether help was requested or not.
Surviving accounts described a hapless captain, engine trouble and even suggestions that the Greek Coast Guard accidentally caused the sinking. The Greek government’s account of the events has shifted in recent days. It initially denied attaching ropes to the fishing boat, but later acknowledged doing so briefly to assess the condition of the boat and its passengers.
Analysis: “If the Greek Coast Guard recognized the boat as in distress, and this is an objective assessment, they should have tried to save it anyway,” said Markella Io Papadouli, a lawyer specializing in maritime law and human rights at the Advisory on Individual Rights. Law in Europe Centre.
Pakistan: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared a day of mourning on Monday after it was confirmed that at least 104 Pakistanis were among an estimated 700 people who died in the wreckage. Many of the missing came from Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the region long disputed between India and Pakistan, and nearby Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province.
China’s recovery hits a wall
After the lifting of Covid precautions, China’s economy has not bounced back to life as Beijing officials and many investors had expected or hoped. Instead, investment in China has stagnated this spring after a surge of activity in late winter. Exports are shrinking. Fewer and fewer new housing projects are being started up and more than one in five young people is unemployed.
China has tried many solutions in recent years as the economy slumped, such as heavy borrowing to pay for roads and rail lines. Additional stimulus spending now with borrowed money would spur a burst of activity, but would present a tough choice for policymakers already worried about the accumulated debt.
China must recover its economy after shutting itself off from the world for nearly three years to battle Covid, a decision that has prompted many companies to move their supply chains elsewhere. So far, only a few spending categories, such as travel and dining in restaurants, have seen significant growth in the stagnating economic recovery. The economy has been particularly weak in recent weeks.
The last: China’s leader Xi Jinping met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday in a bid by the two nations to ease diplomatic tensions and pave the way for high-level economic talks in the coming weeks. Such talks could slow down the recent proliferation of sanctions and countermeasures.
Search for missing submarine at Titanic wreck
A submarine with five people on board in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday morning. It launched a search and rescue operation by the United States Coast Guard.
The submarine disappeared about 900 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in a section of the ocean with a depth of about 13,000 feet. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said the occupants theoretically would have had 70 to 96 hours of air as of late yesterday afternoon and that authorities are using all available resources in the search. “It’s a remote area and it’s challenging to search that remote area,” he said.
The dive boat is operated by OceanGate Expeditions, a company that offers guided tours of shipwrecks and underwater canyons. Customers pay $250,000 to travel to the wreck of the Titanic on the seafloor, more than two miles below the ocean’s surface. Hamish Harding, the chairman of the aviation company Action Aviation, is one of those aboard the missing vessel.
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“The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show,” which made its London debut eight years ago, opened last week at New York’s Park Central Hotel. Alexander Wright, who edited and directed the show, has this motto for the production: “Come for the party. Stay for the social tragedy.”
The show is the latest in a very long line of heavily sequined “Gatsby” adaptations. That novel – languorous, lyrical, caustic – tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a millionaire smuggler and petty gangster, who remakes himself in a disastrous attempt to win over Daisy Buchanan, the society girl he once loved. to win.
For nearly a century, filmmakers, theater makers, writers, composers, radio makers and merchandisers have reinvented work. And since the novel’s copyright expired in 2021, the Gatsby frenzy has only intensified, with a graphic novel, an animated film, and at least two musical adaptations on the horizon.