The return of the Rosetta stone? Campaigners are confident they will be able to repatriate the Rosetta Stone from the UK following the launch of a formal petition led by Dr Zahi Hawass, according to CBS News. The Rosetta Stone has garnered attention over the past weeks, with Deutsche Welle giving it a feature on the 200th anniversary of its discovery.

The Biden administration is sending aid to the Pacific that had been earmarked for Egypt: The USD 130 mn in US military aid the Biden administration withheld on human rights grounds will be redeployed to pay for new climate initiatives for island nations in the Pacific, the Associated Press reports.