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UPDATE: Ministry: Heatwave has killed 40

UPDATE: Ministry: Heatwave has killed 40

Victims of the scorching heatwave blanketing Egypt since the start of August surged to 40 on Monday as the Health…
Ministry blames wide-scale power outage on generator glitch

Ministry blames wide-scale power outage on generator glitch

The Electricity Ministry said Tuesday that the sudden power outages that took place in several parts of Cairo and Giza…
Nancy Agram concludes shooting ‘The Voice Kids’

Nancy Agram concludes shooting ‘The Voice Kids’

Lebanese singer Nancy Agram has announced that she has wrapped up shooting "The Voice Kids" program scheduled to be aired…
Industrial Development Authority cancels new cement factories’ licenses

Industrial Development Authority cancels new cement factories’ licenses

The General Authority for Industrial Development, affiliated to the Industry Ministry, announced it will postpone the issuing of licenses to…
Pope Tawadros to resume weekly sermons

Pope Tawadros to resume weekly sermons

Father Paul Halim, a spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, has said that Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria will resume…
Egypt’s cotton U-turn highlights wider policymaking problems

Egypt’s cotton U-turn highlights wider policymaking problems

Standing waist deep in a cotton field, Egyptian farmer Mohamed Khalil cannot mask his anger; after the agriculture ministry banned…
Turkey arrests 15 Egyptian fishermen for violating territorial waters

Turkey arrests 15 Egyptian fishermen for violating territorial waters

Turkish coastal guards apprehended Monday 15 Egyptian fishermen boarding two fishing boats for illegally fishing inside Turkey's territorial waters in…
Ahmed Ezz’s challenge to asset freeze rejected

Ahmed Ezz’s challenge to asset freeze rejected

Cairo Criminal Court on Monday turned down a request by steel mogul Ahmed Ezz to lift a freeze ordered for…
Simple rules governing Egyptian family businesses

Simple rules governing Egyptian family businesses

Any small neighborhood grocery store in Egypt is often opened by a self-made man who works his whole life to build…
16 hospitals seized over suspected Brotherhood links

16 hospitals seized over suspected Brotherhood links

A panel formed by the Justice Ministry to freeze the assets of the Muslim Brotherhood decided on Monday to seize 16 hospitals…
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