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Too much heat in the kitchen may increase your risk of heart disease
Health & Fitness
November 5, 2016
Too much heat in the kitchen may increase your risk of heart disease
If you're a fan of a well-seared steak or a crisp fried samosa, you may need to pace yourself, as…
‘Heat’ at 21: Pacino and De Niro in rare reunion
Cinema/TV
September 10, 2016
‘Heat’ at 21: Pacino and De Niro in rare reunion
Twenty-one years ago Michael Mann's iconic crime opus "Heat" paired Hollywood legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro for the…
Update: Health Ministry raises heat wave death toll to 105
Egypt
August 18, 2015
Update: Health Ministry raises heat wave death toll to 105
The death toll from a heat wave overwhelming Egypt since yearly August has soared to 105 on Monday as eight…
Four mental patients among 30 killed by heatwave
Egypt
August 11, 2015
Four mental patients among 30 killed by heatwave
Soaring temperatures in Egypt killed four patients at the al-Khanka pyschological hospital in Qalyubiya, north of Cairo, on Sunday. The victims…
UPDATE: Ministry: Heatwave has killed 40
Egypt
August 11, 2015
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…
21 dead as temperatures soar in Egypt heatwave: ministry
Egypt
August 10, 2015
21 dead as temperatures soar in Egypt heatwave: ministry
Twenty-one people have died and 66 others were hospitalised with exhaustion as soaring temperatures and high humidity hit Cairo and…
Air-conditioning, fans sales witness unprecedented increase
Egypt
August 6, 2015
Air-conditioning, fans sales witness unprecedented increase
Air-conditioning and fan sales witnessed an unprecedented rise, as described by retailers, during the past period, coinciding with the summer…
Four drown as they take refuge from heat in Nile water
Egypt
July 12, 2014
Four drown as they take refuge from heat in Nile water
Four young men drowned in the Nile River in Sohag Governorate in two separate incidents at Tahta and Saqalta localities. According…
Hundreds flee homes as heatwave fans Australia bushfires
World
January 17, 2014
Hundreds flee homes as heatwave fans Australia bushfires
Extreme heat and high winds fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia on Friday, prompting hundreds to flee their homes in some…
Saving energy could beat the ‘heat island’ effect in big cities, experts say
Environment
May 20, 2012
Saving energy could beat the ‘heat island’ effect in big cities, experts say
As Cairo braces for yet another hot, sweaty summer, experts say our efforts to stay cool are actually making the…