Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat affirmed that citizens are key partners in the success of the government’s electricity consumption rationalisation plan, underscoring the ministry’s ongoing efforts to enhance energy efficiency and reduce waste across all sectors.
Egypt seeks to localise advanced industries
Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid underscored that localising advanced industries and facilitating technology transfer remain at the forefront of the state’s priorities, particularly in high value-added sectors such as transport.
Egypt, UK discuss regional developments, bilateral co-operation
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aati held a phone call on Saturday with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, as part of ongoing consultations on bilateral relations and regional developments, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tamim Khalaf.
Salah secures Liverpool win over Fulham
Liverpool’s teenaged winger Rio Ngumoha became the club’s youngest player to score a Premier League goal at Anfield on Saturday before Mohamed Salah struck four minutes later in a 2-0 win over Fulham that boosted their quest for a top-five finish.
Barca extends La Liga lead
Lamine Yamal set up two goals and scored another as Barcelona took a significant step towards defending their La Liga title with a 4-1 derby win over Espanyol.
US military says two of its ships crossed through Strait of Hormuz
The US military said on Saturday that two of its warships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a plan to start removing mines from the vital conduit for the global oil trade.
More than 2,000 people killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon
The death toll in Lebanon from Israeli strikes in the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah has risen to 2,020, the Lebanese health ministry said Saturday.
The death toll from nearly six weeks of war includes 248 women,165 children and 85 health workers, the ministry said. Another 6,436 people have been wounded. Nearly 100 people were killed in the past 24 hours.
London police arrest 212 people at protest over Palestine Action ban
Police said on Saturday they had arrested 212 people at a protest in London’s Trafalgar Square opposing Britain’s banning of the Palestine Action group.
The gathering was the first since London’s High Court ruled in February that a ban designating the pro-Palestinian group as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.
3 injured in Ukrainian drone attack in Kursk, Russia
A Ukrainian drone hit a petrol station in the town of Lgov in Russia’s Kursk region injuring three people, including a child, the regional governor said on Saturday.
Iraq elects Kurdish politician Nizar Amidi as president amid war fallout
Iraq’s parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country’s two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn’t produce a bloc with a decisive majority.
