port
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Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visits Italy's Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants risking the perilous crossing from Africa, in a stark message to US and EU leaders.
From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026
The Los Silos facility, a port storage site that has been turned into a makeshift morgue.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
Dubai grapples with a postwar recovery after the Iran war, as Jebel Ali port traffic plummeted from 40,000 containers daily to 1,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
More than 100 passengers were sickened in a recent norovirus outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship that departed from California last month and arrived back at port Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
As we cross through the last alleyways and approach the port, we hear the distant blasts of fireworks coming from Istanbul.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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