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  • Covid-19 medical waste poses threat to environment: WHO warns

    Date: 2022-02-01 21:52:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:95 - ID:9396596

    GENEVA, Feb 1 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the huge amount of medical waste produced as a result of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic poses a threat to human and environmental health. In a new report, the United ....

  • Africa must speak with one voice at COP27 climate summit: Senegal's president -- 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2022-02-01 21:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:93 - ID:9396587

    Senegal has taken over the presidency of the African Union in extraordinary times rife with security, epidemiological, and economic challenges and difficulties, Sall said during his interview with the Egyptian daily. However, the Senegalese ....

  • Limited fire at church in Alexandria contained

    Date: 2022-02-01 21:26:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:92 - ID:9396580

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 1 (MENA) – Civil protection forces succeeded to control a limited fire which broke out Tuesday at a church in Alexandria governorate. None was harmed. Firefighting vehicles were dispatched to the scene to put out the ....

  • US embassy in Cairo: Isna tourism promotion campaign kicks off

    Date: 2022-02-01 21:22:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:91 - ID:9396526

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - The US embassy in Cairo announced the launching of a tourism promotion campaign for Isna in the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the US Agency of International ....

  • Maait: EDF cash-repayment initiative discount to decrease from 15% to 8%

    Date: 2022-02-01 20:42:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:90 - ID:9396559

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said his ministry is studying reducing the discount offered under an initiative that allows instant and cash repayment of the entirety of export companies’ arrears from the Export Development Fund ....

  • Italy monitors Russian ships in the Mediterranean

    Date: 2022-02-01 20:37:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:89 - ID:9396554

    LONDON, Feb 1 (MENA) – Italy is monitoring the transit of a group of Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The ships are “in international waters and do not violate the sovereignty of coastal ....

  • Education ministry dispels rumors on changing school mid-term holiday

    Date: 2022-02-01 20:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:88 - ID:9396515

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - The Ministry of Education and Technical Education stressed that no changes had been made to the date of the mid-term holiday for schools. The mid-term break will last from February 5 until February 17, the ministry said in a ....

  • Africa must speak with one voice at COP27 climate summit: Senegal's president

    Date: 2022-02-01 20:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:87 - ID:9396464

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - The selection of Egypt to play host to the next UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) offers a historic chance the continent must grab to present its environmental challenges to the world, President of Senegal and Chairperson of ....

  • ICT min. inspects work progress at New Administrative Capital’s Knowledge City

    Date: 2022-02-01 20:23:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:9396513

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) – Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat on Tuesday paid a visit to the site of the Knowledge City project in the New Administrative Capital. The visit aimed to follow up on the progress in ....

  • PM chairs meeting of COP27 preparatory committee

    Date: 2022-02-01 20:15:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:85 - ID:9396518

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli stressed the importance of continued coordination among the ministries concerned on logistics and items to be tabled on the agenda of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) due to ....

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