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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Egypt Independent Polls in crisis-ridden Lebanon opened for a high-stakes parliamentary election on Sunday morning. The election was the first in Lebanon since the 2019 popular uprising demanded the downfall of the ruling elite. Demonstrators had blamed political parties for widespread corruption and mismanagement of the country’s public affairs and …
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Egypt Today A memorandum of understanding between the Egyptian Ministry of environment and ‘Energy 3’ was signed on Sunday to establish a waste recycling facility for the production of biofuel and graphene in the Fayoum governorate. “The Global Environment Facility had granted Egypt $8 Million to localise electronic and medical …
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Egypt Independent The Egyptian pound recorded its highest exchange rate in a month against the US dollar on Thursday. Dollar price recorded its lowest price, since 20 April, at £E18.32, slightly below the £E18.35 recorded on Wednesday. On 10 April, the dollar was traded for £E18.30. The Egyptian Central Agency …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has uncovered original reliefs and inscriptions on the walls and ceilings of the Temple of Esna near Luxor, where ongoing restoration works. The mission uncovered a distinguished relief at the top of the entrance gate of the temple. The relief depicts 46 …
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Ahram Online Over 1,500 Egyptian journalists signed a statement condemning the Israeli assassination of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday. Calls were made for an international probe into Israeli war crimes against journalists in Palestine. Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist who has covered the occupation atrocities for many years. She was shot …
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