Other headlines worth noting in brief:

Also worth a skim this morning:

• One man’s business is booming on the back of economic difficulties that are prompting Egyptians to buy and restore old, damaged cars, says Africa News.
• Amnesty International issued a statement condemning the sentencing of more than a dozen Egyptians to three years in prison for debauchery, calling it an “unprecedented homophobic crackdown.”
• News that an EgyptAir plane “clipped wings” with a Virgin Atlantic jet on the tarmac at JFK yesterday made headlinesfor some unfathomable reason, as no injuries have been reported.