CAIRO -- The maritime traffic in Egypt's Suez Canal returned to normal after a grounded cargo vessel was refloated and towed away for repairs, the Suez Canal Authority said Monday.

The Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier, named Glory, was stranded near El Qantara, a northeastern Egyptian city along the canal, according to VesselFinder, a shipping tracker. (Egypt-Suez Canal-Grounding)

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NEW YORK -- Multiple events were staged in New York City on the weekend featuring intangible cultural heritage from east China's Suzhou.

On Saturday night, Chinese artists presented Suzhou-style embroidery, Kunqu Opera and Pingtan, which is a form of ballad singing in Suzhou dialect with Chinese instruments, at the opening ceremony of the Suzhou theme day. (US-China-Culture)

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LAGOS -- Thirty-one passengers were taken hostage after gunmen attacked a train station in south Nigeria's Edo state, a spokesperson for the state government said on Sunday.

A group of gunmen broke into the Igueben train station on Saturday evening, firing shots sporadically in the air and kidnapping passengers who were heading for Warri, a city in the neighboring Delta state. (Nigeria-Train Attack)

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LOS ANGELES -- James Cameron's science fiction film "Avatar: The Way of Water" dominated the North American box office for the fourth consecutive weekend with an estimated three-day cume of 45 million U.S. dollars, showed figures from the measurement firm Comscore on Sunday.

"Avatar: The Way of Water," distributed by Disney's 20th Century Studios, has grossed 516.8 million dollars in North American theaters through Sunday. (US-Box Office) Enditem

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