Egypt Independent The Egyptian Ambulance Authority contracted the Suez Canal Authority to manufacture six marine ambulance boats last Thursday. The boats will operate around Egyptian coasts in the Red Sea and South Sinai governorates to serve the tourism sector, cruises, fishing trips and various marine activities. “The vessels will include …

Ahram Online British Ambassador to Egypt Gareth Bayley described Egypt as an “emerging renewable energy power”, at an event organised by the British Embassy in Cairo and the British Council in Egypt last Wedensday. “It is high time that the country moves to become one of the top renewable energy …

Zeinab al-Gundy – Ahram Online “A fossil of a predatory dinosaur which lived 98 million years ago has been found in Al-Bahariya Oasis in Egypt’s Western desert”, the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced. “An Egyptian team of vertebrate palaeontologists in association with the Mansoura University Vertebrate …

Egypt Independent Egyptian footballer and Liverpool FC star Mohamed Salah won the Liverpool ‘Standard Chartered Men’s Player of the Season 2021-22’ award on Wednesday. This is the second year in a row where Salah won the player of the season by supporters and Forever Reds, which is the club’s official former players …

Egypt Today Egyptian satellite ‘Nilesat 301’ was launched by the SpaceX rocket ‘Falcon 9’ from the US city of Florida on Wednesday. Last year, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, announced that Egypt would launch two satellites in 2022. The last Egyptian satellite launched was ‘Tiba-1’, …

Ahram Online According to a report by the World Bank on Tuesday, the economic growth rate projection for the Egyptian economy is expected to rise from 5.9% to 6.1% in the fiscal year (FY) 2021/22. “The Egyptian economy is expected to record 4.8% growth in the FY 2022/23, a 0.7% downgrade …

Ahram Online Egyptian Foreign Minister and President-designate of the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) Sameh Shoukry held a series of meetings at the Bonn UN Climate Conference in Germany on Tuesday and Wednesday. “The 56th session of subsidiary bodies aims to lay the groundwork for success …

Kate Pickett explains how to turn the vicious circle of inequality and social mistrust into a virtuous one. Kate Pickett* Holidaying on the island of Arran, off the west coast of Scotland, we came upon a geological site known as Hutton’s Unconformity. James Hutton, an 18th-century geologist, became curious about …

Egypt Today The New Valley’s Al-Kharga city was declared the first environmentally friendly city in Egypt by Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad on Monday. The announcement was made at the city at the Minister visit which coincided with the World Environment Day. Al-Kharga was chosen to be eco-friendly, due its …

Egypt Today Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed expanding cooperation with a delegation of executive directors from the World Bank on Monday. The officials explored cooperation opportunities between the bank and African countries to generate clean and renewable energy. “The Egyptian government and the World Bank share the same priorities …