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Once upon a day in 1977, Beatles’ frontman John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono came to Cairo to dig for buried treasure. Wanting to break the monotony of their lives, Yoko encouraged Lennon to join an archaeological dig. “An enraptured John spent his first night exploring one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, […]
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Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Suicide couple make top headlines in the foreign press
A suicide pact that saw a 60-year old Irish woman and her 43 year-old Egyptian husband drown this weekend was the top story on Egypt in the foreign press this morning. The two were found dead in a villa in Hurghada alongside a video recording with their final message and a playback of the incident, […]
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Egypt could help Israel with gas conundrum
Egypt could help Israel get rid of its excess gas and help it with its “gas conundrum,” according to The Economist. A better solution to avoid having gas pipelines cross either Lebanon or Syria, or having to go underwater through Cyprus to either Turkey or Italy is to send the gas through Egypt, the newspaper […]
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UK gov’t faces calls for scrutiny over security funding for Egypt
UK MPs and Lords have lent their voices to calls for transparency over the UK Government’s GBP 2 mn funding of security projects in Egypt, according to the Guardian. The funding through the “conflict, stability and security fund (CSSF)” allegedly includes support for policing, the criminal justice system and the treatment of juvenile detainees. The […]
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Other coverage in the international media
Also worth noting in brief today: Websites blocked: Egypt has reportedly blocked access to the website of media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, with users unable to access the website since 14 August, the Associated Press reports. Qantara, an Arabic-language news and culture website operated by Germany’s Deutsche Welle, has also recently been blocked in […]
Posted inOn Deadline
Income caps for subsidy card holders need to account for inflation
Income caps on eligibility for subsidy cards are good in theory but should be revised to account for inflation and the accumulating expenses citizens need to cover, Khaled Mubarak writes for Al Ahram. By his calculations — which include basic necessities such as food, transportation, utilities, and education expenses, in addition to accounting for medical […]
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The new space race is being dictated by business and not government
The new space race is being dictated by business and not government: Today’s space race has been characterized as that between entrepreneurs, such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos — “more by commercial gain and personal vanity,” the Financial Times’ John Thornhill says in this mini-documentary on private sector space exploration. Thornhill attempts to address […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
President Sisi meets President of Chad
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed strengthening ties with Chadian President Idriss Deby on Thursday, according to an Ittihadiya statement (pdf). The pair discussed cooperation on both the civilian and military levels, with counter terrorism featuring strongly.
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Foreign Minister talks Arab-Israeli peace with Jordanian, Palestinian counterparts
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with the foreign ministers of Jordan and Palestine this weekend to further talks on the Arab-Israeli peace process. The three ministers agreed that there’s no alternative to Israel accepting the 1967 border agreement, which would allow for the creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, a […]
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Summit Egypt set to work on solar plant in Aswan
Summit Egypt is in talks with three potential foreign partners on its USD 80 mn solar power project in Aswan, Al Borsa reports. Summit is looking to finalize plans for the 50 MW feed-in tariff project with either one or two of the yet unnamed firms by the end of the month in order to […]