How official instant messaging can be made accessible is a big question. Whether it is compatible with democracy is a bigger one. Jonathan White* In April 2021, the New York Times reported that the European Union’s Covid-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer had been negotiated by a series of text messages and calls between …

Ahram Online “Egypt will donate 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries”, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi announced the pledge at the Africa Health ExCon conference in Cairo on Sunday. The initiative will be fulfilled in coordination with the African Union. Sisi expressed readiness to cooperate with African nations in different …

Ahram Online Prosecutors from the US state of New York seized five Egyptian artefacts worth more than $3 Million from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The decision is part of an investigation into international trafficking involving the Louvre Museum in France. “The artefacts include a group of painted linen fragments …

Egypt Independent Professional Egyptian handball player Marwa Eid Abdel Malik won the best player award in ‘LFH Division 1 Féminine’, which is part of the premier women’s handball league in France. Marwa scored 143 goals in a total of 22 out of 26 matches in the league. She won the competition’s …

Egypt Today “As for drought durations, the water flowing into the reservoir will remain in the dam”, the General Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Kifle Horo, told Al Arabiyah on Monday. Horo explained, “during heavy rains, water would overflow in the direction of the two downstream countries. …

Egypt Today Egyptian Foreign Minister and president-designate of COP 27, Sameh Shokry, took part in the sixth Ministerial Meeting on Climate Work held in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Tuesday. The Minister delivered a speech highlighting the salience of implementing climate pledges and the Paris Climate Agreement. He stressed the …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission at Bubastian Cemetery in Saqqara Necropolis unearthed a collection of 250 wooden painted coffins and 150 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian deities on Monday. Ancient Egyptian deities Bastet, Anubis, Osiris, Amunmeen, Isis, Nefertum, and Hathor are depicted in the statues. The …

Egypt Independent The Moroccan Wydad football club won the African Champions League title after defeating Al-Ahly team of Egypt with two clean goals at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca on Monday. Al-Ahly dominated the game for most of the first half. The first goal of the match was scored …

Egypt Today The Coptic Orthodox Church hosted, for the first time, the 12th session of the General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches on Monday. The assembly discussed issues, challenges, aspirations and the strength of Christians’ presence in the Middle East region. Participants represented the four ecclesiastical families …

Ahram Online The first commercial flight in six years took off from the Yemeni rebel-held capital Sanaa on Monday. “The Yemenia Airways flight carrying 151 passengers was bound for the Jordanian capital Amman”, according to media outlets run by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The aircraft arrived in Sanaa from the …