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Egypt silenced climate experts’ voices before hosting Cop27, HRW says

Failure to address country’s abuses will obstruct rollout of meaningful climate action, director of Human Rights Watch says

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Saudi National Band and Choir Participates in Arab Music Festival and Conference

The Music Commission has announced that the Saudi National Band and Choir is scheduled to participate on October 27 in the 31st Arab Music Festival and Conference, which will be held from October 20 to November 3 at the National Cultural Center "Opera House" in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, Nigeria Seal Agreements Worth $30m

Egypt witnessed the signing of bilateral agreements and partnerships between Nigerian and Egyptian businessmen during the Egyptian-Nigerian Economic Conference. The Egyptian African Businessmen's Association (EABA) organized the conference. Chairman of the EABA Dr. Yousrey ElSharkawi said that the outcomes of the conference include promptly operating the Egyptian plastic sewage pipes…

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US State Department: No Country Can Force Solution to Libya Crisis

The US State Department affirmed that Washington is holding talks with the Egyptian government regarding the situation in Libya, acknowledging that the "chaos in Libya would impact Egypt." It also stressed that no country can force a solution to the crisis in Libya, including the US, Russia, and Turkey, or…

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Egypt’s Trade Balance Deficit Drops 28.7% in July

Egypt’s trade deficit declined by 28.7% year-on-year (YoY) in July, according to data released on Tuesday by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). The monthly bulletin revealed that the deficit value of trade balance reached $2.7 billion in July, down from $3.8 billion for the same month…

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Egyptians call for the return of the Rosetta Stone and other ancient artifacts

People calling for the repatriation of the ancient tablet and other items say the continued display of the objects in European institutions ignores a history of colonialist looting and exploitation.

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EU countries turn to Africa in bid to replace Russian gas

European leaders are turning to Africa for more natural gas as they try to replace Russian energy amid the war in Ukraine

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British Museum urged to drop BP sponsor deal for Egypt exhibition

Brian Eno, Ahdaf Soueif and Miriam Margolyes sign open letter about exhibition opening shortly before Cop27

The Guardian - UK

Japan-led CO2 plan to be launched at COP27

A Japan-led offset credit trading framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be launched at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt next month.

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Hieroglyphs at the British Museum review – a fascinating show about how the code was cracked

This is no dry academic investigation of how the ancient language was unlocked

Evening Standard

Egypt's Inflation Rate Rises to Near Four-Year High

Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rose to 15% in September, its highest in four years, data from the country’s statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Monday. Inflation increased to 15% year-on-year from 14.6% in August, according to CAPMAS data. This was the highest since November 2018, when it hit 15.7%. The…

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Egypt's Sisi Lauds Sacrifices in Combating Terrorism

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Monday that the state will not abandon the families of the martyrs and will not forget their sacrifices for the country. Speaking at a graduation ceremony of police cadets at the Police Academy in New Cairo, he added that the situation had significantly…

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Who is Mostafa El-Abbadi? Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian

The historian and professor was an expert on the ancient Library of Alexandria in Egypt

Evening Standard

Who was Mostafa El-Abbadi as Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian

Mostafa El-Abbadi would have been 94 today. The Egyptian historian specialised in Greco-Roman studies and is credited with reviving the ancient Library of Alexandria

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Railway Project Between Egypt, Sudan Moves Forward

Egypt's President, Abdelfattah El-Sisi, on Sunday issued a decision approving a grant between Egypt, represented by the Ministry of International Cooperation, and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), to fund a railway project between Egypt and Sudan. A presidential decree, published in the official gazette, approved a 750,000-Kuwaiti…

The Guardian - UK

Ancient Egypt unleashed: how the gods, pharaohs, monsters and murderers shattered their silence

As a new show at the British Museum celebrates the monumental discovery that blew a 3,000-year-old mystery apart, our writer finds magic and malice on a code-cracking ride into antiquity

The Independent UK

Greek FM in Egypt for talks after Turkey’s deals with Libya

Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry in Cairo

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Greece and Egypt Call Turkish-Libyan Gas Deal ‘Illegal’

Egypt and Greece on Sunday said a deal allowing Turkish hydrocarbon exploration in Libya's Mediterranean waters was "illegal" as Athens said it would oppose it by all "legal means". On Monday, Türkiye said it had signed a memorandum of understanding on exploration for hydrocarbons in Libya's seas with the Tripoli-based…

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Egypt: Official Calls to Rationalize Spending amid Rising Prices

The Egyptian government stressed that it would continue to subsidize bread and provide a safe reserve of goods, meat and poultry, amid official and media calls to “rationalize spending due to high prices.” Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Dr. Ali Al-Moselhi said President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives to raise…

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How Did Egyptian, Israeli Drama Series Depict the October War?

Although Egypt has produced numerous small and big screen adaptations of the Arab-Israeli conflict, especially the October War, Egyptian filmmakers believe that these works are relatively scarce given the significance of the conflict and the sacrifices it witnessed.

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Protecting Biodiversity an Important Environmental Challenge, Says Egypt's Environment Minister

Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad stressed that protecting migratory birds and biodiversity is one of the global and regional environmental challenges that Egypt is keen to address during the UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27). She made her remarks at the opening of the regional conference organized…

The Guardian - UK

Iran’s brave young women must break their own chains. The west won’t help

The uprising against Tehran’s vile regime could fail like those in Hong Kong, Belarus, Egypt and Syria – but this time something feels different

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Tanzania’s Rufiji River: Egypt’s Response to Ethiopia’s Accusations

Egypt has completed the construction work of a massive dam body it is building on the Rufiji River in Tanzania, in a move considered as a message addressed to Ethiopia, Cairo also started preparations for retaining water to fill the reservoir of the giant Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP). The…

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Egypt Replants Mangrove ‘Treasure’ to Fight Climate Change Impacts

On Egypt's Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a program to boost biodiversity, protect coastlines and fight climate change and its impacts. After decades of destruction that saw the mangroves cleared, all that remained were fragmented patches totaling some 500 hectares (1,200 acres),…

The Independent UK

UN experts: Egypt hinders civil society role in COP27

A group of United Nations-backed experts have criticized the Egyptian government for imposing a wave of restrictions that jeopardize “safety and full participation” at COP27

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