COP29 puts Egypt’s use of coal in the spotlight: Residents of Alexandria’s Wadi Al Qamar neighborhood are fighting to hold the Alexandria Portland Cement Company accountable for coal-related pollution they claim is damaging their health and environment, Reuters reports. “Every night, we see particles falling from their chimneys. Under street lights, you can clearly see the dust raining down,” the newswire quotes a local grocery store owner as saying.

Mohamed Mansour could soon be one of the new owners of the UK Telegraph, with the chairman of Mansour Group and Man Capital and former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zawahi reportedly in talks to join the US-led consortium vying to take over the paper, the Financial Times reports. Mansour already has a prominent position in British public life, having previously served as treasurer of the Conservative party and recently receiving a knighthood for his service to business, charity, and politics.

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