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Pakistan will be among first to receive G7 'Global Shield' climate funding

Pakistan, Ghana and Bangladesh will be among the first recipients of funding from a G7 'Global Shield' initiative to provide funding to countries suffering climate disasters, the programme announced on Monday at the COP27 summit in Egypt.

Reuters

Egyptian Restaurant Serves Unconventional Sandwiches

In a step toward innovation and breaking the traditional, an Egyptian restaurant is serving unconventional “sandwiches”, offering its customers the chance to try diverse tastes including the meat of pigeons, ostriches, and ducks. Located in the Nasr City, eastern Cairo, the Zouzou Restaurant, which is set to open a new…

Asharq Al-Awsat

4 signs of progress at the UN climate change summit

Something significant is happening in the desert in Egypt as countries meet at COP27, the United Nations summit on climate change.

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COP27: Talks on carbon market rules off to slow start

Countries are far from agreeing on technical details for running global trading in carbon offset credits after one week of talks at the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt, according to negotiators and observers, with delays threatening to blow a 2023 deadline.

Reuters

100 years later, scientists still haven’t solved the mystery of King Tut

Our understanding of ancient Egypt changed forever when the mummy of Tutankhamun was found. This article explores the mysteries of the boy king and his tomb.

Inverse

Will the Cop27 meet bring dread or hope?

Ask two different climate experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt (Cop27) to characterise their feelings about the future, and you may get quite different answers. "We are seeing more progress than we ever imagined," says one, while the other laments that we are heading full tilt…

Bangkok Post

Germany warns its delegation of Egyptian spies at COP27

German federal police have warned their nation's delegation at the COP27 environmental summit in Egypt that its members may be subject to spying by Egyptian security agents, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

Reuters

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UN probes Egypt police misconduct claims at climate talks

The United Nations says it is investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks

The Independent UK

Greens urge Bowen on coal and gas

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen needs to have a firm position on coal and gas projects when he arrives in Egypt for COP27 talks, the Greens say.

AAP

At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal

One week into this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators worried about resolving myriad details in time for a deal by the summit's scheduled close on Friday.

Reuters

Swedish cyclist pedals to Egypt to raise climate awareness

She has pedaled thousands of miles from Sweden to Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to deliver a simple message: Stop climate change

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Egypt to Join the New Development Bank within Weeks

Egypt is moving forward with the procedures of officially joining the New Development Bank (NDB), which was established by the BRICS countries to enhance cooperation in infrastructure and sustainable development. The Egyptian parliament is scheduled to officially discuss the final procedures for Cairo to join the Bank in the coming…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia has 'green vision' at COP27, critics unmoved

Saudi Arabia’s vision of an environmentally friendly future is on display just a short drive from the venue of the U.N. climate summit being held in Egypt

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21 Dead as Egypt Minibus Topples into Canal

At least 21 people were killed on Saturday when the minibus they were travelling in toppled into a canal in northern Egypt's Nile River Delta region, prosecutors said. Dr. Sherif Makeen, a health ministry official, said three children were among the dead. In a statement, the ministry said the accident…

The Conversation

COP27 shines light on civil liberties in Egypt, but it'll take work to achieve real freedom

The ability to speak freely in Egypt is currently very constrained. Individuals, groups and NGOs face significant barriers to participation in the political process. And the same holds for the exchange of opinions in the everyday public sphere.

The National (Scotland)

Campaigners’ anger as leaders repeat promises made at COP26

For activist Laura Young, attending COP27 in Egypt has been a different experience from the summit in Glasgow a year ago – with a sense of climate…

Reuters

India seeks COP27 deal to 'phase down' all fossil fuels - sources

India wants countries to agree to phase down all fossil fuels at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, rather than a narrower deal to phase down coal as was agreed last year, two sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Saturday.

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Egypt: Twenty-one killed and six injured after bus crashes into canal

Twenty-one people have been killed and six injured after a bus crashed into a canal in northern Egypt, reports have stated.

The Independent UK

Midway through UN climate talks, Egypt pushes to bridge gaps

Egypt is pushing to bridge the gaps between negotiating parties at the United Nations’ climate conference as negotiators finalize draft deals as the first week of the summit wraps up in the seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh

Daily Mirror

Minibus plunges into ditch in horror crash killing 21 people including three children

The minibus was left stuck in swamp-like terrain with the passengers helpless as it sank in Dakahlia, Egypt, with a rescue managing to pull some people from wreckage alive

The Independent UK

Hundreds protest for climate action at UN summit

Hundreds of activists called on industrialized nations to pay for the impact of climate change and to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy on Saturday in the largest protest yet at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt

The Independent UK

At least 21 people killed in Egypt bus crash

Three children among dead, officials say

Edinburgh Live

Hundreds of Edinburgh eco activists march through city ahead of COP27 in Egypt

Hundreds of protestors from across the city took to the streets to take part in the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice.

Daily Mirror

Children among 21 dead as bus tragically plunges into canal in Egypt

The bus was carrying about 35 people when it tumbled off a highway and fell into the Mansoura canal in the latest tragedy on Egypt's poorly-maintained roads

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