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Egypt's PM arrives in Libya, expresses support for reconciliation efforts
Madbouly headed an Egyptian delegation of 11 ministers to discuss means to promote cooperation ties between both countries
  • Egypt’s FM reiterates support for UN special envoy's efforts to reach settlement in Libya
  • Sisi reiterates Egypt's unwavering support to Libya's new executive authority
  • Sisi stresses importance of pushing towards political settlement in Libya after vote of confidence in interim government
    • Egypt's prosecution orders detention of 4 railway staffers over train derailment accident
    The train's driver and his assistant alongside a maintenance worker and a civil engineer are held in custody for 4 days pending investigations into the accident, which caused the death of 11 people and the injury of 98 others
    UPDATED: Infantino says breakaway clubs must live with consequences, Madrid court warns against sanctions
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    Turkey wants to establish 'a parliamentary friendship group' with Egypt
    Turkish President Recep Tayyip's ruling party on Tuesday proposed establishing a parliamentary ...
    Egypt details technical fallacies, Ethiopia completes two GERD bottom outlets
    A bottom outlet is a lower opening at a dam’s reservoir that allows for water outflow. At the GERD, they are designed to provide a release of water into the downstream countries of Egypt and Sudan
    Going spicy, going organic: The essence of herbs in Ramadan from the heart of El-Muez street
    In Ramadan, the appetite for spices is high, but the clients frequenting the traditional stores are not just there to dress up their meals
    EBRD President Renaud-Basso pays first visit to Egypt on Wednesday
    During her visit, Renaud-Basso will meet Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, a number of ministers and private sector representatives
    'Progress' in Ukraine, Russia emergency talks
    The European Union on Monday estimated the number of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border at more than 100,000
    Russia will soon announce resumption of charter flights to Egyptian resorts: Interfax
    Bogdanov said the two countries reached a preliminary agreement in this regard during Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Cairo earlier this month
    Chad's president Deby dies after fighting rebels on battlefield- Army
    The army said a military council led by the late president's 37-year-old son Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, a four-star general, would replace him
    Minister of Transportation reshuffles Egypt's Railways Authority management in wake of recent train accidents
    The reshuffle comes following the derailment of a train on the Cairo-Manoursa line near the city of Toukh in Qalioubiya on Sunday that killed 11 people and injured over a hundred others
    Egypt's FM delivers a message from Sisi to South African counterpart over GERD
    Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry is expected to head to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, and Tunisia next
    Egypt reports 852 new coronavirus cases, 40 deaths on Monday
    As of 11 April, more than 800 people have been infected every day. However, the third wave has not so far peaked, according to Presidential Health Advisor Mohamed Awad Tageldin
    Egypt FM starts African tour to explain GERD dispute; meets with leaders of Kenya, Comoros
    The Egyptian minister delivered a message from President Sisi to the leaders of Kenya and Comoros regarding the latest developments in the GERD negotiations
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    17:41 Cairo monastery fire kills two, injures two
    17:14 Premier League ready to take 'all actions' available to halt Super League plans
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    16:23 Ukraine says Russia will soon have over 120,000 troops on its borders
    15:54 Russia says Iran nuclear talks to resume next week after consultations
    15:52 AC Milan chief Gazidis says Super League 'start of new chapter'
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    15:09 Spurs appoint Mason as interim head coach after Mourinho sacking
    14:54 UK lifts post-Brexit permits for truckers as trade recovers
    14:27 Everton accuse rivals of 'preposterous arrogance' over Super League plan
    13:49 Berlin Green Talk discusses investment best practices, solutions for sustainable.....
    13:46 Syria faces sanctions at chemical weapons watchdog
    13:38 Saudi-led coalition says it intercepts Houthi drone fired at southern Saudi.....
    13:35 La Liga chief slams Real's Perez, says Super League is 'death of football'
    13:06 Lebanon's crisis-hit farmers turn to growing hashish
    12:23 UEFA chief tells Premier League's breakaway 'Big Six' to think again
    11:09 Tottenham's sacking of Mourinho before Cup final 'crazy': Rooney
    10:44 Manchester United greats Beckham, Cantona oppose Super League plans
    10:28 UK unemployment falls again under government's jobs shield
    10:22 FIFA chief to break silence as Super League plunges Europe into crisis
    23:23 Liverpool draws at Leeds amid criticism of Super League role
    23:02 English Premier League results & fixtures (32nd matchday)
    22:52 Match facts: Leeds United v Liverpool (English Premier League)
    22:29 Don't blame the players for Super League, says Liverpool's Klopp
    21:17 Russian air force kills up to 200 militants in Syria: Ifx
    20:38 Egyptian journalist Magdi Hussein released after completing five-year prison.....
    20:00 15 dead, thousands displaced in Ethiopia ethnic strife
    19:59 UEFA official expects breakaway trio to be kicked out of Champions League semis
    19:51 UEFA chief hits out at 'greediness, narcissism' of clubs over Super League plans
    Corona in Egypt
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    Egypt reports 850 new coronavirus cases, 44 deaths on Sunday
    Egypt reported 850 new coronavirus cases on Sunday bringing the total infection tally to 216,334 since ...
    Tips to boost immunity in Ramadan
    Ramadan is one of the favourite times of year for Muslims around the world. It’s a time for celebration, spiritual growth, and precious time spent with loved ones. Then there’s all the delicious food
    Reapers: On Shaker Al-Idressi’s 'Harvest Season'
    Al-Idressi’s artistic harvest filled the halls of the Nile Gallery in Zamalek last March
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    Another Sudan conundrum

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    Ahmed Kamal Pasha: The first Egyptian Egyptologist to write an ancient Egyptian dictionary

    Ahram Online launches a series of articles on Egyptian minds that deciphered the intangible heritage of ancient Egypt

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    Iran nuclear deal: No regional issues at Vienna talks

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    Egypt
    Egypt's prosecution orders detention of 4 railway staffers over train derailment accident
    The train's driver and his assistant alongside a maintenance worker and a civil engineer are held in custody for 4 days pending investigations into the accident, which caused the death of 11 people and the injury of 98 others
    Egyptian journalist Magdi Hussein released after completing five-year prison sentence
    Hussein was convicted of promoting extremist thought, harming national unity and disseminating false news to disrupt national peace
    Temperatures to drop in Egypt as of Tuesday; 30% chance of rainfall in some areas
    Egypt has witnessed a gradual rise in temperatures nationwide starting Saturday, with a peak hitting 41 degrees on Monday
    Sisi orders removing any financial hurdles curbing coronavirus fight: presidential advisor
    Tag El-Din said Sisi reiterated the necessity of providing all necessary financial allocations for medical, health or preventive facilities, along with medical supplies to help mitigate the spread of the virus
    Egypt warns EgyptAir workers in Southeast Asia of deadly zoonotic Nipah virus
    The infection generally occurs after direct contact with infected animals, including bats and pig
    Tunisian president calls Sisi, mourns victims of deadly train accident in Egypt
    Eleven people were killed and 98 injured when four carriages of a train derailed in Qalioubiya
    Opinion
    A sea of competition
    Ayman Abdel-Wahab
    Taking stock of the political and economic questions surrounding the Red Sea
    Washington’s four doctrines
    Abdel Moneim Said
    Is the West really free of ideology
    Miscalculation syndrome
    Ahmed Amal
    Considering Ethiopia’s attitude on the Renaissance Dam
    Ethiopia’s genocidal war
    Hany Ghoraba
    Thousands of people have died in massacres committed by Ethiopian soldiers in the Ethiopian region of Tigray on the orders of the regime in Addis Ababa
    The endangered River Nile
    Hussein Haridy
    Uncertainty as to the true motives of the Ethiopian government in not meeting the concerns of Egypt and Sudan regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam must come to an end, writes Hussein Haridy
    Worlds apart: Egypt's credibility and Ethiopia's lies
    Abdel-Mohsen Salama
    Ethiopia is accustomed to lying, lying is as easy as breathing to them. The same is true about ...
    World
    Saudi senior source denies FT report of holding secret talks with Iran
    The Financial Times report, which cited unnamed sources, said the first round of talks took place in Baghdad on April 9, which included discussions on attacks against Saudi Arabia by the Iran-backed Houthi militia
    Two killed in blast in Ethiopian capital blamed on hand grenade
    The police blamed the explosion on a hand grenade that went off in the Lidetta area of the city in the afternoon, and said they were investigating
    Berbers mark 20 years since Algeria's 'Black Spring' protests
    Massinissa Guermah, a high school student, was hit by a hail of bullets on 18 April, 2001, at a gendarmerie post in Beni-Douala, near Tizi Ouzou, the capital of Kabylie
    Greece says resolving differences with Turkey may be hard, but not impossible
    'It is not possible to hide under the rug issues where we have different views and approaches,' Nikos Dendias told Kathimerini newspaper in an interview
    Syria to hold presidential vote on 26 May: Parliament
    Syria is to hold a presidential election on 26 May, the parliament speaker announced Sunday
    'No Sweets': For Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a tough Ramadan
    What is traditionally a jovial celebration of the start of the Muslim holy month around a hearty meal was muted and dispirited for her small Syrian refugee family
    Arts & Culture
    Cairo Opera House launches Ramadan activities with 'Hal Helalak'
    Organised by the culture ministry, the annual event garnered much attention from families and youngsters in previous editions
    Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulations to question makers of Al-Tawous TV series
    Starring the Lady of Arab Theatre Samiha Ayoub, Al-Tawous features Sahar El-Sayegh in the role of a working class girl who becomes a causality of a gang rape in a hotel
    WFP’s chief of staff visits the WFP programmes in Luxor
    The visit took place at El-Boghdadi village, one of the 123 communities supported under the rural development programme run by the WFP and the government
    Pope Tawadros II signs three declarations with EU and UNFPA to support family planning, combat FGM
    The declarations are meant to stress a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of violence against women.
    Oscars producers lift the lid on nearly 'impossible' ceremony
    A "teeny-tiny" red carpet, no invitations for Hollywood's most powerful moguls, and ...
    'We hope to hold the 14th Panorama of the European Film in November': Zawya
    the panorama's 13th edition was scheduled to take place in November 2020, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed till April 2021
    Business
    Egypt to allocate EGP 1.25 tln for investments in FY2021/22
    Investments directed to productive sectors will increase by 125%, investments for building up people will rise by 70%, and investments in service sectors will go up by 30%
    Fitch Solutions downgrades Egypt’s real GDP growth to 2.9% in FY2020/21, 5% in FY2021/22 due to vaccine rollout slowdown
    Despite that, Fitch Solutions said in its report that Egypt is one of the few countries globally to see real GDP growth amid the COVID-19 crisis
    INTERVIEW: Egypt has opportunity to strengthen competitiveness, integration into global economy - AfDB’s Blomberg
    Africa's economic recovery process from the pandemic will mainly depend on the financial capacity of African countries in addressing immediate shocks, stabilising their economies and in investing in the growing back phase
    World Bank’s MIGA affirms support to Egypt’s electricity, transport, wastewater management sectors
    The MIGA is a key partner in Egypt’s development efforts aiming to achieve economic recovery and sustainable growth, providing coverage worth $500 million of investments in the local market in the past few years
    US-Egypt Business Council urges US administration to include Egypt in climate-focused discussions
    The paper said Egypt has committed to adopting reforms that address climate change including diversifying clean energy resources by 2025 and producing 40% of its electricity from solar and wind energy by 2030
    Egypt's current account deficit widens to $4.8 billion in October-December
    Remittances from Egyptian workers abroad rose to $7.49 billion in October-December from $6.96 billion a year earlier
    Sports
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    Spanish football league chief Javier Tebas has criticised Real Madrid president Florentino Perez for ...
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    UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Tuesday told the English Premier League's "Big Six" ...
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    Tottenham Hotspur's decision to sack manager Jose Mourinho just days before their League Cup final ...
    Manchester United greats Beckham, Cantona oppose Super League plans
    Manchester United greats David Beckham and Eric Cantona have added their voices to the barrage of ...
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    FIFA president Gianni Infantino is expected to deliver his verdict on the European Super League on ...
    Life & Style
    INTERVIEW: Farida Temraz, dress designer of Pharaohs' Golden Parade, is in spotlight anew
    Egyptian fashion designer talks about designs that stole light at the historic Parade pharaohs
    Going spicy, going organic: The essence of herbs in Ramadan from the heart of El-Muez street
    In Ramadan, the appetite for spices is high, but the clients frequenting the traditional stores are not just there to dress up their meals
    New zinc-fortified wheat set for global expansion to combat malnutrition
    Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential mineral for millions of poor people with deficient diets
    Moderna vaccine antibodies last at least 6 months; lung transplant can save some COVID-19 survivors
    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
    Cairo furniture and style exhibitions: Bringing old things anew
    Two recent fairs of furniture and home décor showed that the mix and match of styles is an increasingly popular trend
    Arthritis drug reduces potency of first vaccine dose
    Even after two doses, a small subset of patients failed to mount an antibody response
    Heritage
    In Photos: The dome of Al-Imam Al-Shafei Mosque inaugurated after restoration
    El-Enany pointed out the mausoleum is one of the most important Islamic monuments in Egypt because it has an ambitious wooden dome considered the largest in Egypt
    In Photos: Cairo’s Dome of Mamluk Qansuh Abu Said restored
    The dome was constructed in 1498 AD to be the burial ground of the Mamluk sultan
    In Photos: Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announces discovery of 3000-year-old 'Lost Golden City' in Luxor
    ‘Many foreign missions searched for this city and never found it. We began our work searching for the mortuary temple of Tutankhamun because the temples of both Horemheb and Ay were found in this area'
    Three kings and a queen from the New Kingdom to join the Pharaohs Royal Parade
    The remains of the four royals are among 22 mummies that will be transferred during the parade from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to their final exhibition destination at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Fustat
    Queen Hatshepsut, King Thutmose III to be part of Pharaohs' Royal Parade
    The remains of the two royals are among 22 mummies that will be transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation
    Kings Thutmose I and II to be part of Pharaoh's Royal Parade
    King Thutmose II is the son of King Thutmose I, whose reign was secured through his marriage to his half-sister, Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmose I’s principal Queen Ahmose
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