Egypt is to inaugurate on Thursday a major expansion of the Suez Canal, with the government hoping the project will boost the country's flagging economy.
President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will be joined by foreign dignitaries at a grand opening ceremony for the new shipping route in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya.
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