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  • Donald Trump visit to UK expected in new year, says US amb.

    Donald Trump visit to UK expected in new year, says US amb.

    Date: 2017-12-12 16:41:13 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:17 - ID:7137346

    The US ambassador to the UK has said he expects US President Donald Trump to go ahead with a working visit to the UK in the new year, despite a recent Twitter row with Prime Minister Theresa May over the terror threat posed by Muslims in the UK, the ....

  • New company puts up shares for trading on stock

    New company puts up shares for trading on stock

    Date: 2017-12-12 16:40:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7137321

    A new pharmaceutical company started on Tuesday trading its shares on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. Ibn Sina company is now the 221st company to be listed on the Egyptian bourse. Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr ....

  • Sisi directs to expand building of new universities in 2018

    Sisi directs to expand building of new universities in 2018

    Date: 2017-12-12 16:39:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7137298

    Minister of Education Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave directives to expand the building of new universities according to international standards in 2018. Sisi directed that the universities keep abreast of the ....

  • Residential building collapses in Greater Cairo, 6 casualties

    Residential building collapses in Greater Cairo, 6 casualties

    Date: 2017-12-12 11:28:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7136704

    A residential building in Rowd el Farag, Greater Cairo, collapsed leaving two people dead and four wounded, a security source told MENA on Tuesday. Civil protection forces and rescue teams rushed to the scene of the collapse, he added, noting ....

  • Azhar Imam chairs extraordinary meeting on Al Quds

    Azhar Imam chairs extraordinary meeting on Al Quds

    Date: 2017-12-12 11:08:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7136645

    Grand Imam of al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb on Tuesday presided over an extraordinary meeting of senior Islamic scholars. The meeting is aimed at reviewing the consequences of a US decision declaring Al Quds as the capital of Israel and moving ....

  • Miss Russia leaves Cairo

    Miss Russia leaves Cairo

    Date: 2017-12-12 10:36:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7136565

    Miss Russia Victoria Lopyreva left Cairo International Airport on Tuesday after a three-day visit to Egypt. The visit aimed at promoting Russian tourism in Egypt and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Lopyreva visited a number of archeological ....

  • Dollar exchange rate relatively stable at Egypt's major banks

    Dollar exchange rate relatively stable at Egypt's major banks

    Date: 2017-12-12 10:17:35 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:7136515

    The US dollar exchange rate was relatively stable during morning transactions at major banks on Tuesday. The dollar exchange rate stood at EGP 17.69 for buying and EGP 17.79 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr. The dollar ....

  • US amb. to Cyprus: Washington closely following up all events in ME

    US amb. to Cyprus: Washington closely following up all events in ME

    Date: 2017-12-12 09:53:57 GMT - Cyprus - International - SN:10 - ID:7136470

    US Ambassador to Cyprus Kathleen Doherty said Washington has been closely following up all events in the Middle East over the past months, reported Cyprus News Agency. In statements on the sidelines of her visit to the Limassol municipality, ....

  • Egypt warns of false reports about Ethiopian dam

    Egypt warns of false reports about Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2017-12-12 09:50:44 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7136462

    Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aaty on Tuesday warned against circulating wrong information on Egypt regarding the Ethiopian dam and the use of Nile water. At a seminar held in the French Senate on the role of diplomacy in settling ....

  • Vessel traffic at Alex. port not affected by dense fog - source

    Vessel traffic at Alex. port not affected by dense fog - source

    Date: 2017-12-12 09:05:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7136345

    Vessel traffic at Alexandria Port was not affected by the heavy fog while navigation operations proceeded as normal despite poor visibility, a port official said. Earlier in the day, the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, El Alamein road and ....

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