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‘Act of plunder’: Egyptians want the Rosetta Stone back

It helped decipher hieroglyphics, and now Egyptians want it back from the British Museum.

Al Jazeera · Nov 30, 2022

Egyptians demand return of Rosetta Stone from British Museum

Thousands of Egyptians have demanded the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum.

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2022

Egyptians Call on British Museum to Return Rosetta Stone

The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The Rosetta Stone. The inscriptions on the dark grey granite slab became the seminal breakthrough in deciphering ancient…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 30, 2022

Is China ready to lead on protecting nature? At the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, it will preside and set the tone

As the world parses what was achieved at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt, negotiators are convening in Montreal to set goals for curbing Earth’s other crisis: loss of living species.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

Egypt Opens its Doors to Chinese Investments in Strategic Industries

Egypt’s Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said that his country was opening its doors to Chinese investments, which have greatly increased over the past ten years. In 2017, China became the sixth largest investor in Egypt.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 29, 2022

Editorial: The Saudis mastered 'sportswashing,' so now they're trying oil-washing

World leaders gathered in Egypt this month for a summit to address climate change, but thanks to heavy lobbying by Saudi Arabia, they couldn’t quite bring themselves to put into writing the two main culprits behind climate change: humans and their consumption of fossil fuels. If the major and minor…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 29, 2022

Egypt Insists on Withdrawal of Mercenaries from Libya

Cairo hosted on Monday meetings with Libyan officials, including parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh. The UN Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, also met Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian Foreign Minister. Egypt reiterated its demand for the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya. Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 29, 2022

Mummies with golden tongues discovered by archaeologists in Egypt

Tongues were replaced with gold chips so they could speak to ancient Egyptian God of the dead

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Everton nearly signed World Cup goalkeeper after 'unbuyable' star slapped in three transfer requests

Everton and the World Cup: The Blues brought in a goalkeeper from Italia '90 to replace Neville Southall but couldn't get the transfer done

Liverpool Echo · Nov 29, 2022

Can Asia-Pacific get to net zero?

The recent climate talks in Egypt have left us with a sobering reality: The window for maintaining global warming to 1.5 degrees is closing fast and what is on the table currently is insufficient to avert some of the worst potential effects of climate change. The Nationally Determined Contribution targets…

Bangkok Post · Nov 28, 2022