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Ethiopia: What after Mekelle falls?

Abiy Ahmed’s military push in Tigray may have been successful in the short term, but resolving the conflict will take negotiations, else Ethiopia could be torn apart

Egypt’s food industries' exports up 10% in 2019; Saudi Arabia at top

Saudi Arabia is at the top of Egypt’s food industries' exports ($337 million) while Germany came last ($77 million)

Egypt prepares to secure 20 mln doses of the coronavirus vaccine

Minister of Heath Hala Zayed was directed to start preparations to contract companies to secure the biggest number of vaccines

UPDATED: In world first, UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

'The vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week'

Traveling the distance: Egypt upgrades transport sector

Al-Ahram Weekly reports on plans to overhaul the transport sector by 2024

INTERVIEW: Egyptian tourism worker woes

The Chairman of Egypt’s Tourism Syndicate Bassem Halaqa explains that sector workers should be involved in discussions over the problems of the industry and solutions to revive it

Egypt to start relocating gov’t employees to New Administrative Capital in July 2021

Employees have been receiving training programmes since October in preparation for the relocation plan

Deadline for reconciliation requests in building violations pushed back till end of 2020: Egypt cabinet

The announcement, which was made during a cabinet meeting held earlier today, came two days after the previous deadline expired on 30 November

UN, Ethiopia sign deal for humanitarian access to Tigray

A UN humanitarian spokesman says the first mission to carry out a needs assessment begins Wednesday

US Federal Reserves likely to cut interest rates in upcoming meeting: Egypt's central bank

Positive news on coronavirus vaccines and the fading of uncertainty regarding the US elections helped global markets performance in late November

Continental focus: Egypt consolidates ties in East Africa

There is a long list of challenges ahead that Cairo knows it will have to work on in order to consolidate its position in East Africa

Egyptian expats to print ballots starting Thursday for 2nd stage of parliamentary run-offs

Ballots are to be mailed out to embassies on Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Iran's president rejects bill that would boost enrichment

The bill is expected to have little if any impact, as Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all major policies, including those related to the nuclear program

Egypt reports 392 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths on Tuesday

Egypt reported 392 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday bringing the total infection tally to 116,303 ...

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14:39 Lebanon's president expresses hope for Israel border talks

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13:42 A gloomy Christmas in store for Gaza handicraft workshop

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13:39 Formula One: Schumacher's son joins Haas for first F1 drive next season

13:15 Biden sets new demands for Iran nuclear deal return

12:53 China denies weakening sanctions enforcement on North Korea

11:32 Israel transfers over $1 bn to Palestinian Authority: Minister

11:22 Champions League a headache for Atletico: Simeone after Bayern draw

11:21 Explosive device injures policeman in Ethiopian capital

11:01 Klopp rates Ajax Amsterdam win up with his best at Liverpool

10:58 Live score: Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain (UEFA Champions League)

10:50 City's Guardiola turns focus to Premier League after European qualification

10:47 Pentagon official overseeing counter-IS effort forced out

10:30 Biden says he will not immediately remove Phase 1 trade deal with China

09:55 Where is Ethiopia going after four weeks of fighting in Tigray?

09:15 In '76 Days,' a documentary portrait of lockdown in Wuhan

00:20 Atletico still not through as Mueller snatches draw for Bayern

00:19 19-year-old Jones sends Liverpool into last 16 with Ajax win

00:08 UEFA Champions League results & fixtures (5th matchday)

22:51 Shakhtar stun Real Madrid again to leave Spaniards on the brink

22:20 Prosecution releases on bail fashion model who held controversial Saqqara photoshoot.....

22:03 Culture minister, head of EU Delegation discuss artistic cooperation

21:57 US Justice Department has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud: AP

21:43 Trees bulldozed to make way for Ethiopian refugees' shelters in Sudan

Sudan's Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi: Death of a political imam

Al-Mahdi had been a controversial figure, politically and ideologically, since he took over the leadership from his father, Al-Seddiq Al-Mahdi, in 1961 until his death

Strategic patience remains likely scenario for Iran

Tehran is trapped with few options to respond to the killing of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

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International

INTERVIEW: Being Donald Trump

US psychologist Dan McAdams, author of The Strange Case of Donald Trump, says the outgoing US president intends to act as president in exile during the upcoming administration

Region

Timeline: Israel and Iran’s nuclear scientists

The style of the killing of Fakhrizadeh also appears to follow the pattern of the killing of other Iranian scientists in the past

Egypt

Normalising with Israel: Behind the public outcry

Al-Ahram Weekly ponders the meaning of the latest anti-normalisation with Israel campaign in Egypt

Egypt

Egypt to start relocating gov’t employees to New Administrative Capital in July 2021

Employees have been receiving training programmes since October in preparation for the relocation plan

Deadline for reconciliation requests in building violations pushed back till end of 2020: Egypt cabinet

The announcement, which was made during a cabinet meeting held earlier today, came two days after the previous deadline expired on 30 November

Egyptian expats to print ballots starting Thursday for 2nd stage of parliamentary run-offs

Ballots are to be mailed out to embassies on Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Egypt, Saudi Arabia support establishing Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital: Joint statement

Foreign Minister Shoukry traveled to Riyadh on Tuesday morning, where he discussed with his Saudi counterpart a number of regional issues as well as boosting bilateral cooperation

Egypt’s Sisi discusses efforts to improve bakery system nationwide

There are about 28,000 bakeries included in the ministry’s plan to raise the efficiency of bakeries

Minister orders governors to enforce new closing times for shops, restaurants in Egypt

Officials say the move will help the government ease traffic congestion, crowding, and road obstructions in some areas, in addition to saving energy

World

UPDATED: In world first, UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

'The vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week'

Iran's president rejects bill that would boost enrichment

The bill is expected to have little if any impact, as Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all major policies, including those related to the nuclear program

Where is Ethiopia going after four weeks of fighting in Tigray?

The conflict pits the Ethiopian federal army against forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the northern region's ruling party

What's next for Nagorno-Karabakh?

The decades-old dispute over Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian region that broke away from Azerbaijan during a war in the 1990s, is far from resolved

Iran's Achilles' heel? Security gaps and possible enemy infiltration

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's killing on Friday followed two other big security lapses - the theft of Iran's nuclear archive and a fire at a nuclear facility this year that some Iranian officials blamed on cyber sabotage

'Stop the madness,' Tigray leader urges Ethiopia's PM

Debretsion Gebremichael, in a phone interview with The Associated Press, said he remains near the Tigray capital, Mekele, which the Ethiopian army on Saturday said it now controlled

Business

Global GDP expected to grow by 4.2% in 2021 due to new vaccines, gov't financial support: OECD

The projection follows a significant fall in global economic vitality in 2020, the worst since the 2008 global financial crisis, due to the Covid-19 pandemic

US Federal Reserves likely to cut interest rates in upcoming meeting: Egypt's central bank

Positive news on coronavirus vaccines and the fading of uncertainty regarding the US elections helped global markets performance in late November

France stresses commitment to boosting economic cooperation with Egypt

The total cooperation portfolio between Egypt and France is worth €7.5 billion

Egypt's VAT unchanged in law's amendments, new exemptions included

Youssef noted that the amendments include exempting commodities and services headed to projects established in economic zones from VAT in order to catalyse investments in such areas

Egypt’s capital inflows fell by half in FY2019/20 amid coronavirus pandemic: CBE

The report revealed that the current account deficit incresaed to $11.2 billion from $10.9 billion in F 2018/19

Egypt’s transport minister urges American companies to invest in 33 future projects in sector

The minister urged American companies to take advantage of these opportunities and submit their proposals for these projects to the transport ministry for immediate consideration

Arts & Culture

Culture minister, head of EU Delegation discuss artistic cooperation

Ambassador Berger stressed the importance of Egypt's pivotal role in the cultural and artistic domains, as it is the oldest civilisation in history

Business View recognises Lamia Kamel as Businesswoman of 2020

The interview with Business View highlighted Kamel's work in the field of public relations as well as in media and political campaigns

Art Alert: Syrian star Assalah to sing at Giza Pyramids on New Year's Eve

Assalah is currently celebrating her latest releases, including her latest single entitled El-Farq Kabir ('The Difference is Big'), which is currently trending

PROGRAMME: Cairo Industry Days at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival

Held between 3 and 7 December, this will be the third edition of Cairo Industry Days held within the CIFF

Remembering Samia Gamal: Egypt’s iconic belly dancer

The belly dancer and film actress made a lasting impression on Egyptian movies, taking leading roles in several successful musical films. Today marks 26 years since Gamal's passing from this world

Prominent Sudanese singer Hamad Al-Rayah dies from coronavirus

Known for his well-memorized lyrics - many in standard Arabic - Al-Rayah collaborated over the decades with some of the most prominent poets and lyricists in his country

Opinion

Cairo and Rome

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

Egypt’s relationship with Italy has a historical and sociological depth that dates back to antiquity, ...

Grassroots politics: A story from Beheira

Ezzat Ibrahim

The victory of a grassroots candidate in the recent parliamentary elections has brought hopes of greater maturity in the country’s political practice

Biden administration

Abdel Moneim Said

The transition to President Joe Biden has officially started, but the challenges ahead of his administration, nationally and globally, are many

Enough is enough ... uncovering the face of fundamentalism

Tarek Adel

The truth is that the MB is bad news for the entire world, not just for my country. Violence has never been far away from the Brotherhood since attempts in the 1960s to establish an armed military wing

Yemen, the next laboratory for terrorism

Ezzadine Said Al Asbahi

The Houthi militia in Sanaa issued on 25 November a court ruling stipulating that 91 Yemeni politicians ...

No entangling alliances

Hussein Haridy

With Gulf normalisation with Israel, a new strategic landscape is emerging in the region, one from which Egypt would do well to remain independent

Sports

Zidane in 'serious danger' as Real Madrid crisis deepens

Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium was the scene of Zinedine Zidane’s last stand as Real Madrid coach ...

Kane says Premier League players should keep taking the knee in racism fight

England captain Harry Kane says Premier League players should carry on taking the knee in support ...

Tennis: Australian Open to start on Febuary 8, players can train during quarantine: Reports

Next year's Australian Open could be pushed back to a Feb. 8-21 window and players would be allowed ...

Champions League a headache for Atletico: Simeone after Bayern draw

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said they are still going in the right direction even after they ...

Klopp rates Ajax Amsterdam win up with his best at Liverpool

Anfield was empty, the Liverpool team depleted by injury and it was hardly a vintage performance but ...

19-year-old Jones sends Liverpool into last 16 with Ajax win

Jurgen Klopp could count on his kids to see injury-depleted Liverpool through in the Champions League. A ...

Life & Style

Fotografiska: Traditional Swedish dishes going green

Meet the authentic combination of history and culinary delights in Sweden

Type O blood linked to lower COVID risk, taking Vitamin D unlikely to help

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus

Caffè e gelato – á l'Italienne

The Week of Italian Cuisine in Egypt has started and is determined to take the lexicon beyond mere pasta

Childhood vaccine linked to less severe COVID-19, cigarette smoke raises risk

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus

Analysis: Can first COVID-19 vaccines bring herd immunity? Experts have doubts

Some calculate that immunising just two-thirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations. Some experts say such expectations are misplaced.

One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days - study

Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said, after a study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days.

Heritage

A Late Period relief recovered from New York

The relief is engraved with a scene depicting a man named Padi-Sena beside the two deities Horus and Hathor

In Photos: Egypt announces the biggest archaeological discovery in 2020 at Saqqara Necropolis

'We have discovered only one percent of the antiquities buried in the Saqqara Necropolis,' Antiquities Minister El-Enany said, pointing out that many other discoveries will follow