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Kurdish Sisters Help Boost Iraq to Weightlifting Victory

In Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, sisters Ines, Israa and Oshin Muhsin have inherited a hefty mantle from their late father, using it to take their country to weightlifting glory. "We want to write the history of women's sports and preserve our father's" memory, Ines told AFP. At just 20, she…

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Capricorn Energy begins to return India tax dispute refund to shareholders

Chief executive says the group has the balance sheet capacity to make 'value-accretive' acquisitions

Insider UK

Ukrainian fencers refuse to fight Russians before flying home to keep Kyiv citizens alive

Ukrainian fencing teammates Andrii Scherba and Andrei Pogrebniak refused to take on Russian opponents when they competed at the recent 2022 World Cup event in Egypt

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Russia’s Ukraine invasion a threat to world’s ‘breadbasket,’ some prices already surging

It’s threatening the food supply in Africa, Asia and Europe that rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region and could send more people into poverty.

Chicago Sun-Times

163 years later, scientists still debate the truth of “shrinking penis syndrome”

New evidence has emerged from doctors in Cairo, Egypt, using botox injections in men who are embarrassed by a retracting penis.

Inverse

Egypt, EBRD Launch New Cooperation in Energy, Tourism

Egypt and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) on green hydrogen and established the Sector Skills Council (SCC) to boost the tourism sector. They also signed an agreement to implement an Alexandria metro line with a total value of €250 million. The…

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Stay inside a pyramid, experience Elvis, party on Beale in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Driving to (or through) Memphis, you can’t help but notice the giant pyramid. Standing 321 feet tall, it towers over most of downtown as an homage to the city’s Egyptian connections.

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Egypt Warns of ‘Water Scarcity’ at Baghdad International Water Conference

Egypt said it is among the countries suffering the most from "water scarcity", noting that increased pressure on limited water resources will lead to the spread of poverty and a decline in the standard of living. The Egyptian Minister of Water Resources, Mohamed Abdul Ati, participated in the second Baghdad…

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Egyptian-EU Talks Discuss Fight against Terrorism, Illegal Immigration

Brussels on Saturday hosted Egyptian-European talks on boosting cooperation in combating terrorism and illegal immigration, as well as coordination on Middle East issues. The talks were held between Egypt’s Ambassador in Brussels Badr Abdel Aty and Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs David McAllister. The Egyptian Foreign…

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Russian War in World’s ‘Breadbasket’ Threatens Food Supply

The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region — known as the “breadbasket of the world.” Ukrainian farmers have been forced to neglect their…

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Nile basin at a turning point as Ethiopian dam starts operations

Egypt and Sudan currently claim absolute control of Nile water resources. The two states – handed the rights in colonial treaties with the British – have resisted subsequent attempts by the Nile basin states to produce new agreements. But Ethiopia defied the old treaties and built its Grand Renaissance Dam…

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Russian war in world's 'breadbasket' threatens food supply

The Independent UK

Sudanese, Ethiopian Officials Discuss GERD in Khartoum

Sudan and Ethiopia launched new talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) a few days after Addis Ababa began generating electricity from the disputed dam between the three basin countries without referring to Egypt and Sudan. A meeting was held at the Sudanese Foreign Ministry between the Minister of…

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UN, Cairo Discuss Preparations for COP27 Climate Conference

Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad met on Thursday with Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group Amina Mohamed to discuss Egypt’s preparations to host the COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh in November. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the…

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Up to 20,000 Ukrainian tourists in Egypt await return to Europe

Arrangements are being made to help as many as 20,000 Ukrainian tourists stranded at Egyptian resorts to fly to Europe, Ukrainian embassy officials in Cairo said on Thursday, adding that many were ready to head to Ukraine to fight Russian forces.

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Egypt Discusses with EBRD Clean Energy Transition

Egypt and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) discussed clean energy transition and Cairo's ongoing preparations for hosting the UN's Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP 27). Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla met Vice President of Policy and Partnerships at EBRD Mark Bowman and…

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Cairo’s Newspaper Vendors Go Silent as Sales Collapse

Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo's bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions have fallen almost silent As elsewhere in the world, Egypt's print media has been in sharp decline as news has moved mostly online and readers tend to stay up-to-date via their…

The Hindu

The Libyan imbroglio gets more complicated

Peace requires a level of leadership and statesmanship that has not been apparent for several years

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Evening Standard

Stonehenge mystery solved as a solar calendar - with links to ancient Egypt

The prehistoric monument may have a simpler purpose than we thought and link the English mystery to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.

The Independent UK

Mystery of Stonehenge ‘solved’ as ancient Egyptians used it for solar calendar, expert claims

Professor Timothy Darvill said the site was designed as a calendar to help people keep track of the days, weeks and months

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Egypt, Iraq Boost Cooperation Through Military Production

Egyptian and Iraqi officials held defense talks in Cairo, amid interest in boosting their cooperation in various fields, along with Jordan. Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi met with the visiting Iraqi advisor to the Interior Minister, Lt-Gen Jaafar Falhi, and his accompanying delegation. The meeting addressed…

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Will Determined Inheritance between Married Couples in Ancient Egypt, Study Finds

According to inheritance laws in Ancient Egypt, married couples were not allowed to inherit each other unless a will states that, found a study that analyzed 62 ancient Egyptian texts. The findings were published in the latest issue of the Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists. The examined…

The Guardian - UK

Egyptians seen in jail ‘torture’ videos charged with spreading fake news

Public prosecutors’ claim that detainees inflicted injuries on themselves with a coin is ‘laughable’, says Human Rights Watch

Reuters

Nomadic Bedouins set up camp by the housing blocks of Egypt's Nile Delta

With the roads and brick housing blocks of Egypt's densely populated Nile Delta in the distance, Elsayed Abuhamed and his family have pitched their tents in a field scattered with straw, tied up their livestock, and are cooking over an open fire.

Wales Online

Egypt raises transit fees by up to 10 per cent for ships passing through Suez Canal

The hikes could later be revised or called off, according to changes in global shipping

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