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  • 3 to 10 percent of UK population could have contracted COVID-19: Oxford professor

    3 to 10 percent of UK population could have contracted COVID-19: Oxford professor

    Date: 2020-04-26 14:19:25 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:5 - ID:8410520

    Professor Christophe Fraser from the University of Oxford in Britain said that between three and 10 per cent of the population could now have had coronavirus. "There's uncertainty around this but I would say nationally, somewhere between sort of ....

  • Egypt bourse gains EGP 5 billion in first five minutes

    Egypt bourse gains EGP 5 billion in first five minutes

    Date: 2020-04-26 14:18:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:8410518

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes achieved collective gains in the first five minutes of Sunday trading session prompted by purchases by Egyptian and Arab institutions and investment funds. The purchases came following Prime Minister Moustafa ....

  • Parliament hails oil ministry's efforts to continue natural gas projects in Sinai

    Parliament hails oil ministry's efforts to continue natural gas projects in Sinai

    Date: 2020-04-26 14:17:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8410517

    The Parliament's energy and environment committee headed by MP Talaat el Sewedy hailed the great efforts exerted by the Petroleum Ministry to continue supplying natural gas to houses in Sinai peninsula. In a statement released on Sunday, Sewedy ....

  • AL calls for promoting scientific research amid Covid-19 outbreak

    AL calls for promoting scientific research amid Covid-19 outbreak

    Date: 2020-04-26 14:16:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8410513

    Arab leaders pay great attention to scientific research and innovation, Director of the Arab League (AL) Intellectual Property and Competitiveness Department Maha Bekhit said on Sunday. In a statement issued by the league on the occasion of World ....

  • Egypt keeps superiority in MENA startup deals: ITIDA

    Egypt keeps superiority in MENA startup deals: ITIDA

    Date: 2020-04-26 14:14:27 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:8410509

    Egypt has maintained its first place rank in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of the number of financing and investment deals directed to startups in the region during the first quarter of 2020, according to a report issued by MAGNiTT ....

  • Pope Tawadros thanks Sisi for Easter greetings

    Pope Tawadros thanks Sisi for Easter greetings

    Date: 2020-04-19 16:23:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8401966

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese on Saturday thanked President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for his greetings on the occasion of Easter. Egypt was early alerted to the coronavirus outbreak, taking measures needed to ....

  • Businessman Abul Enein donates EGP 78 million for countering COVID-19

    Businessman Abul Enein donates EGP 78 million for countering COVID-19

    Date: 2020-04-19 16:20:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8401956

    Chairman and founder of Cleopatra Group Mohamed Abul Enein donated 78 million pounds to support government efforts to curb the outbreak of coronavirus. This came in a message sent to Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli by the businessman who paid ....

  • Another exceptional flight leaves Cairo airport for Baghdad

    Another exceptional flight leaves Cairo airport for Baghdad

    Date: 2020-04-19 16:19:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8401953

    Another exceptional flight, the tenth of its kind, took off from Cairo Airport for Baghdad with 285 Iraqis, who were stranded in Egypt by coronavirus, on board. Iraq's Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed el Nayef el Dulaimi lauded continued cooperation ....

  • 1.2 tons of spoiled fish seized in Cairo

    1.2 tons of spoiled fish seized in Cairo

    Date: 2020-04-19 16:15:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8401944

    Security forces seized on Sunday 1.2 tons of spoiled salted fish in Cairo. The move came as part of tightened security measures taken ahead of Sham El Nasim celebrations, slated for Monday. ....

  • Sisi approves amendments to Armed Forces' retirement law

    Sisi approves amendments to Armed Forces' retirement law

    Date: 2020-04-19 16:08:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8401932

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has signed law no. 21 of 2020, amending some provisions of the Armed Forces' retirement, insurance and pensions law. Under the new amendments, an annual increase of 15% will be added to the gross salary and ....

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