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Former Egyptian PM Sherif Ismail dies at 67
Cairo: Fomer Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail died at the age of 67, Egypt’s official news agency MENA reported. Ismail had a disease in the digestive system, according to earlier official media…
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Egypt’s tourism revenues hit record high in Q1 of FY 2022/23
Cairo: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said the country’s tourism revenues increased by 43.5 per cent to a record high of $4.1 billion in the first quarter of the fiscal year…
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Egypt discovers 4,300-year-old gilded mummy
Cairo: Egypt’s renowned archaeologist Zahi Hawass has announced the discovery of “important tombs hosting a 4300-year-old mummy” in the Saqqara necropolis near the Pyramids of Giza. “The mummy is the oldest and…
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Egypt’s annual inflation rose to 21.9% in Dec 2022
Cairo: Egypt’s annual headline inflation rose to 21.9 per cent in December 2022, up from 6.5 per cent in the same month the previous year, the country’s official statistics agency reported. The…
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Egypt’s currency further declines against USD
Cairo: The Egyptian pound further weakened against the US dollar whose exchange rate jumped from 24.7 to about 26.49 pounds, according to data from the central bank. This is the largest single-day…
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Egyptian fighter jet falls during training, no casualties
Cairo: An Egyptian Air Force fighter jet fell to the ground during training while its crew survived the accident, the Egyptian army announced in a statement on Sunday. The incident took place…
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Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn sexual harassment of activist Omar Ali in jail
Cairo: Six Egyptian human rights organizations, along with lawyers, condemned the sexual harassment of political activist Omar Mohammad Ali in Badr Al-Jadeed prison, by security personnel, local media reported. The Association for Freedom of…
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Saudi Crown Prince announces MGI, SGI summits in Egypt
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Green Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has announced the launch of the…
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Jaishankar calls on Egyptian President Sisi; conveys PM Modi’s warm greetings
Cairo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday called on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi here and conveyed the warm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jaishankar, who is in Egypt…
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EAM Jaishankar thanks diaspora for shaping India’s image in Egypt
Cairo: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar thanked the Indian business community in Egypt for advancing national interests and shaping the country’s image in the region. “I thank Indian businesses here because you…
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Jaishankar begins 2-day Egypt visit, meets eminent foreign policy thinkers
Cairo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met “eminent personalities in the field of foreign policy” here, as he began his two-day visit to Egypt to explore new initiatives in India’s partnership with the…
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Poverty, inflation, fear: Egypt’s economy pushed to brink
Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer. Repair shops lack spare parts for appliances. There’s a waiting list to buy a new car. Egypt, a country…
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Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Al-Najdi
Cairo: The Egyptian investigative authorities on Wednesday released Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Al-Najdi, whom Cairo had held in pretrial detention on charges of spreading false news. 67-year-old Ahmed Al-Najdi, who has been detained since August 2020, was…
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Egyptian man sent to 5 yrs in jail for slapping wife causing loss of vision
Cairo: The Cairo Criminal Court in Egypt sentenced a citizen to five years in prison, for slapping his wife, causing her to lose eyesight permanently, local media reported. The ruling was issued…
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Egypt: Double-decker bus overturns; killing 5, 50 injured
Cairo: At least five people were killed and 50 others injured when a double-decker bus overturned in the northeastern governorate of Suez, according to Egyptian police. The accident happened on Egypt’s Cairo-Ain…
