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An expected Security Council’s session on GERD, death of 4 Egyptians in Cyprus and new AI platform have made yesterday’s press headlines.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri headed on Sunday to New York where a session on Ethiopia’s Nile dam, widely known as GERD, is expected to be held later this week by the United Nations Security Council at the request of both Egypt and the Sudan.
The foreign minister is expected to hold a series of meetings with a host of foreign officials on the sidelines of his participation in the session, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ambassador Ahmed Hafez, said.
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Sunday that it will sign a settlement agreement on Wednesday with the owner of the Ever Given ship, which ran aground and blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal for nearly a week in March.
The Supreme Committee for the Management of the Coronavirus Crisis, under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, agreed Sunday to increase the capacity of hotels, cinemas, and restaurants to 70 per cent instead of 50 per cent.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat has announced the launch of a national platform in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
Four Egyptian citizens working in Cyprus died in the huge forest blaze that destroyed homes and forced evacuation of villages, Cypriot officials told the Egyptian embassy in Nicosia.
The Senate – Egypt’s consultative upper house – provisionally approved on Sunday a new law aiming to upgrade the system of drafting the state’s annual budget.
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