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66 people died in the 2016 crash, which Egyptian authorities initially blamed on terrorism. The 2016 crash of EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo, which Egyptian authorities initially described as an act of terrorism, was caused by a pilot smoking a cigarette, an investigation has found. The jet disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea between …

CAIRO – 11 April 2022: Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad stated Sunday that the Global Environment Facility had granted Egypt $8 million to localize electronic and medical waste recycling technology.   The Global Environment Facility had equally granted Egypt $8.1 million to carry out the Sustainable Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs) …

Egypt’s Ministry of Environment made Ramadan Lantern (known as fawanees) of household waste- press photo CAIRO – 1 April 2022: Celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, Egypt’s Ministry of Environment made Ramadan Lantern (known as fawanees) of household waste.   The Green Corner Unit team at the Central Administration for Information and …

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free. The massive Ever Given, a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned …

Women use a computer in the new library building in Alexandria, Egypt, 7 April 2017. The library was completed in 2002 and is situated near the harbour in the North African city. It features 2,000 seats and 350 computers. It is the largest public reading room in the world. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB | usage worldwide …

The end of the Gulf dispute is a win for the region, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister told CNBC after announcing that relations between Qatar and four Arab countries have been fully restored. Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt on Tuesday signed an agreement that aims to strengthen unity and cohesion. The deal came …

Egypt will resume flights at all Egyptian airports with countries that have opened their airports as of 1 July, the country’s Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Manar announced, according to state news agency MENA. Egypt’s health minister said earlier this month that the Egyptian tourist destinations have recorded the lowest numbers of coronavirus cases, …

Police in Kuwait dispersed what they described as a riot by stranded Egyptians unable to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said on Monday. The development was the first reported sign of unrest from the region’s vast population of foreign workers who have lost their jobs over the crisis. Online videos purported to show …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Prospects for a European Union deal on a package to support its coronavirus-battered economies brightened on Thursday as Germany put its foot down to end opposition from the Netherlands and to reassure Italy that the EU would show it solidarity. FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate, the upper …

The Passover seder is a Jewish ritual and feast celebrating the start of Passover. “We commemorate our exodus from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago,” Stuart Prescott who will celebrate seder said. It’s a multi-generational celebration that brings a large number of family and friends together.  Prescott’s home last year was set up for …