Egypt Today The Organizing Committee of the Handball World Cup Egypt 2021, decided to hold the tournament without the attendance of fans, due to the measures taken to fight COVID-19. The Handball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021. Egypt will open …
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Egypt Independent Qatar Finance Minister Ali Sharif al-Emadi and Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait inaugurated the St. Regis hotel in Cairo on Tuesday. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attended the inauguration of the newly built hotel, which is owned by Qatari state-run ‘Diar’ real estate company. “By investing in this …
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Ahram Online Pope Tawadros II, Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, announced on Saturday the holding of the Christmas mass in Wadi El-Natron. The mass will be held with a limited number of participants, amid the coronavirus safety measures. The mass will be held at the ‘Anba Bishoy Monastery’. It …
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Egypt Today The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo launched its 8th Annual Forum on Sunday. It is organised in cooperation with the Egyptian Arabesque Association under the title “Architectural and Decorative Aesthetics in Historic Cairo”. This year’s forum carries a call to develop a comprehensive atlas of the Egyptian …
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Egypt Independent An inventor is trailing a remote-controlled robot which can test patients for COVID-19, take their temperatures, and warn them if they don’t wear masks at a private hospital North of Cairo. Mahmoud el-Komy, who designed the robot, called ‘Cira-03’, says “it can help limit exposure to infection and …
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Ali Metwaly – Ahram Online The 42nd annual Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) held its opening ceremony Wednesday evening amidst global Covid-19 pandemic challenges. Running between 2 and 10 December, this year’s CIFF presents a large programme, with 84 films representing the latest and most important productions of 2020. Among …
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Ahram Online A consortium of Orascom Construction PLC, a leading Egyptian engineering contractor and Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation, signed a contract worth around $800 Million on Tuesday, for construction work at the first phase of the Cairo Metro ‘line 4’. The contract was signed with the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels …
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Egypt Today The CAF Super Cup tournament will take place in Cairo next December, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Friday. “The Total CAF Super Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), traditionally pits the winner of the Total CAF Champions League against that of the …
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Egypt Independent “The National Seismological Network stations recorded a 3.0 magnitude (on the Richter scale) earthquake hitting 13 kilometres southeast of Cairo’s New Administrative Capital on Thursday morning”, head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research Dr. Gad Mohamed el-Qady said. Qady added that the earthquake took place …
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Egypt Independent The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)’s management announced that it has selected the film ‘The Father’, to be screened at the opening ceremony. This festival is the 42nd annual occasion of its kind, which runs from 2 to 10 December. Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell, …
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