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Saudi-led coalition lifts import restrictions in south Yemen

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Saudi-led coalition lifts import restrictions in south Yemen

Saudi-backed authorities says business ships shall be allowed to dock immediately in southern ports, together with Aden.

A Saudi Arabian-led navy coalition has lifted eight-year-old restrictions on imports headed for Yemen’s southern ports as strikes in the direction of peace proceed.

The announcement alerts progress in peace talks with the Houthi insurgent group within the north and follows the easing of restrictions on business items getting into the Houthi-held western port of Hodeidah, the nation’s primary seaport.

It comes as Yemen’s warring sides work to reinstate an expired United Nations-brokered truce.

The Saudi-backed authorities primarily based within the south mentioned in an announcement late on Thursday that business ships can be allowed to dock immediately in southern ports, together with Aden, and all items can be cleared, with some exceptions.

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Abu Bakr Adeed, deputy head of Yemen’s Chambers of Commerce, mentioned ships wouldn’t should cease on the Saudi Pink Sea port of Jeddah for safety checks for the primary time for the reason that Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015.

Adeed mentioned greater than 500 forms of items, together with fertilisers and batteries, can be allowed again into Yemen via southern ports after they have been faraway from a listing of banned merchandise.

There was no rapid response from the Saudi authorities.

The strikes to extend the move of products to ports throughout the nation look like a sign of progress in direct talks between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthi motion, which run in parallel with United Nations peace efforts.

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The Houthis, who eliminated the internationally recognised authorities from the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014, are de facto authorities in north Yemen and say they’re combating a corrupt system and international aggression.

The battle is broadly seen within the area as a proxy struggle between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Each nations just lately agreed to revive relations severed in 2016 in a transfer seen as supporting peace efforts in Yemen.

The Saudi-Houthi talks are targeted on a full reopening of Houthi-controlled ports and Sanaa’s airport, the fee of wages for public servants, and a timeline for non-Yemeni forces to exit the nation, sources say.

The Saudi-led coalition had since 2015 imposed extreme restrictions on the move of products into import-reliant Yemen, the place struggle has devastated the financial system contributing to what the United Nations has known as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

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Italian state railways plans 1.3 bln euro investment in solar plant

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Italian state railways Ferrovie dello Stato plans to invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.36 billion) in a photovoltaic plant with an initial 1 gigawatt (GW) capacity that would cover 19% of its energy needs by 2029, the CEO said in a newspaper interview.
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Christmas in Puerto Rico is a 45-day celebration with caroling, festive decorations, family feasts and more

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Christmas in Puerto Rico is a 45-day celebration with caroling, festive decorations, family feasts and more

Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25. 

The island proudly proclaims itself as having the “longest holiday season in the world,” according to the website Discover Puerto Rico. 

On average, the holiday festivities in Puerto Rico last about 45 days, per the source, commencing right after Thanksgiving, and stretching all the way through mid-January. 

The Christmas season in Puerto Rico typically lasts around 45 days. (iStock)

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The holiday season in Puerto Rico is full of rich traditions beloved by families. 

One tradition those who visit Puerto Rico will immediately notice during the holiday season is decorations. 

In Puerto Rico, decorations are typically put up by Thanksgiving, and kept up until the season concludes in mid-January, with opportune picture moments at every corner. 

Parrandas, Christmas caroling, is a holiday staple. 

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Carolers choose houses of family and friends to visit, typically starting around 10 p.m., performing aguinaldos (traditional Christmas songs), with not only their voices, but often with instruments as well, according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

The group you begin caroling with is likely not the same group you end with. 

In Puerto Rico, when carolers visit a house, they’ll often stop inside for conversation, food and drink before moving to the next residence. 

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Coquito is a popular beverage enjoyed during the holiday season in Puerto Rico. Coconut, vanilla and rum are among the ingredients. (Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Usually, the residences of the house visited will join the group for the next house, according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

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A night of serenading loved ones can last quite a while, often stretching into the early morning hours of the following day, according to the source. 

The biggest day of the holiday season in Puerto Rico actually isn’t Christmas, but instead, the night before. 

In Puerto Rico, Dec. 24 is Nochebuena. On that day, loved ones gather for the exchange of gifts, caroling and a large feast. 

Many families will also attend a midnight Mass on the day, known as Misa de Gallo. 

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After Christmas passes, the festivities go on in Puerto Rico. 

Another big event in the holiday lineup is Three Kings Day on Jan. 6, a holiday that “commemorates the visit that the Three Wise Men paid to Jesus after his birth,” according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

On the eve of the day, children fill up a shoebox with grass to be left for camels to munch on while the Three Kings leave behind gifts for them, according to PuertoRico.com. 

For a particularly festive Three Kings Day, Juana Díaz is the place to go, as it hosts the largest celebration in Puerto Rico for the holiday. In Juana Díaz, there is an annual festival and parade in honor of Three Kings Day that brings together over 25,000 people every year, according to Discover Puerto Rico. 

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Gifts are primarily exchanged between loved ones on Christmas Eve in Puerto Rico. (iStock)

 

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Then, eight days later is Octavitas, a post-holiday celebration where families get together and celebrate one last time for the season. 

The end of the holiday season is marked with the San Sebastián Street Festival.

This festival, spanning over multiple days, takes place in Old San Juan, and is filled with live music, dancing, shopping and parades. 

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Small plane crashes into Brazil town popular with tourists, killing 10

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Small plane crashes into Brazil town popular with tourists, killing 10

Twin-engine plane crashed in largely residential neighborhood of Gramado shortly after takeoff, authorities say.

A small plane has crashed into a tourist hotspot in southern Brazil, killing all 10 people on board and injuring more than a dozen people on the ground, officials have said.

The twin-engine Piper PA-42-1000 hit the chimney of a home and the second floor of a different house before crashing into a shop in a largely residential neighbourhood of Gramado shortly after takeoff from Canela, Brazil’s Civil Defense agency said on Sunday.

Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite told a news conference that the aircraft’s owner and pilot, Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, was killed along with nine members of his family.

Leite said that 17 people on the ground were injured, 12 of whom were still receiving treatment in hospital.

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Galeazzi’s company, Galeazzi & Associados, confirmed that its CEO and Galeazzi’s wife and three daughters had died in the crash.

“Luiz Galeazzi will be forever remembered for his dedication to his family and for his remarkable career as a leader of Galeazzi & Associados,” the company said in a post on LinkedIn.

“In this moment of immense pain, Galeazzi & Associados is deeply grateful for the expressions of solidarity and affection received from friends, colleagues and the community. We also sympathize with all those affected by the accident in the region.”

Gramado, located in the Serra Gaucha mountains, is a popular destination for vacationers, especially during the Christmas season.

The crash comes a little more than a year after Brazil suffered its worst air disaster in nearly two decades when a twin-engine plane crashed in the southeastern city of Vinhedo, killing all 62 people on board.

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