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85 ancient tombs unearthed in Egypt
Cairo: A total of 85 tombs, dating back to the period from the Old Kingdom of Egypt some 4,500 years ago until the Ptolemaic dynasty spanning from 305 BC to 30 BC,…
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Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry
Cairo: For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugar-dusted cookies typically fills the air in Mona Abubakr’s home. But due to higher prices, the…
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Egypt: Eight children killed in tricycle accident in Nile Delta
Cairo: At least eight children were killed on Saturday as a passenger tricycle overturned and sank in an irrigation channel in Egypt’s Nile Delta province of Beheira, said the country’s public prosecution…
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Egypt begins restoration of oldest synagogue in Middle East
Egypt: The Egyptian ministry of tourism and antiquities has announced the start of a project to restore the Temple of Ben Ezra in the religious complex of Old Cairo. “It is of…
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Egypt restaurant shuts down for not serving Christian before Iftar
Cairo: A branch of a famous Koshary restaurant in Egypt was closed on Wednesday, after a woman complained that she was not allowed to eat in the restaurant before Iftar, local media…
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Egypt approves India as wheat supplier: Goyal
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said Egypt, which is one of the largest importers of wheat from Ukraine and Russia, has approved India as a wheat supplier.…
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Five foreign tourists among ten killed in Egypt bus crash
Cairo: Ten people, including five foreign tourists, were killed in a bus crash in southern Egypt on Wednesday, a spokesperson from the governor’s office of Aswan Province said. Five Egyptians and five…
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Egypt urges to avoid escalation in Palestinian territories
Cairo: Egypt has urged for a halt to the ongoing escalation in the Palestinian territories during the holy month of Ramadan and the Christian and Jewish feasts, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in…
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Egypt seeks France’s support to mitigate Russia-Ukraine conflict’s economic repercussions
Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has urged France, which holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, to “provide economic and political support to Egypt” to deal with the…
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Blinken, Arab FMs arrive in Israel for Negev summit
Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and four top Arab diplomats from Bahrain, UAE, Morocco, and Egypt arrived on Sunday in Israel for a landmark regional summit in the southern Negev Desert, where…
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Israeli PM, UAE crown prince in Egypt for diplomatic talks
Cairo: Israel’s prime minister and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi were in Egypt for meetings with its president on Monday, officials said, including discussions on the repercussions of the Ukraine war.…
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Egypt introduces new economic measures
Cairo: The Egyptian government has introduced new economic measures to absorb shocks from the global inflationary pressures caused by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, as well as the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. At a…
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Egypt displays recently discovered ancient tombs in Saqqara
Cairo: Egypt on Saturday displayed recently discovered, well-decorated ancient tombs at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo. The five tombs, unearthed earlier this month, date back to the Old Kingdom…
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Egypt launches measures to curb increasing prices ahead of Ramzan
Cairo: The Egyptian government has introduced a package of measures aimed at curbing rapidly growing prices in local markets, which are driven by a combination of the global supply chain interruption due…
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Egypt: Four-month-old baby born with four kidneys
Cairo: In a rare case, a four-month-old baby boy was born with four kidneys in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. The child is afflicted with a condition called duplex kidney, which occurs in…