The 70th session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has adopted, by an overwhelming majority, an annual resolution submitted by Egypt on the application of IAEA safeguards to all nuclear facilities in the Middle East.
Rybakina to miss Billie Jean King Cup finals
Newly crowned world number one Elena Rybakina will miss the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for Kazakhstan, the US Open champion said on Friday, citing a physically demanding month.
UN: Yemen fighting displaces 112,000
At least 112,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen within the last two weeks as fighting continues along the country’s west coast amid a renewed conflict, while nearly 3,000 have fled by sea to Djibouti, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.
Egypt targets higher spending on health, education
Egypt is pursuing a fiscal policy focused on supporting economic growth, boosting partnerships with the business community and prioritising human development, Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk said.
Reviewing the 13th edition of the Citizen’s Budget on Friday, Kouchouk said the government has worked to build trust with the business community through tax, customs and real estate incentive packages.
Barcelona duo left out of Spain squad
Spain manager Luis de la Fuente has called up four new players to his Spain squad that won the World Cup in July, as Barcelona duo Gavi and Joan Garcia were left out.
Egypt empowers people with disabilities through arts, culture
Egypt’s Acting Minister of Culture, Abdel Aziz Konsowa, said on Friday that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s continued patronage of the International Awladna Forum for Arts of the Gifted reflects the state’s commitment at the highest political level to protecting the rights of people with disabilities and empowering them to develop and showcase their talents.
Egypt’s Arish-Taba logistics corridor gains momentum
Egypt’s Minister of Transport, Kamel El-Wazir, inspected on Friday the progress on the development and construction of the 500-kilometre El-Ferdan–East Port Said–Bir El-Abd–Arish–Taba railway line, a key component of the integrated Arish–Taba international logistics corridor.
Egypt, France keen to strengthen higher education ties
Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Acting Minister of Culture, Abdelaziz Konsowa, held talks on Friday with French Ambassador to Egypt Éric Chevallier on the latest developments in the new campus project of the French University in Egypt (UFE) and ways to further strengthen Egyptian-French co-operation in higher education and scientific research.
