Tag: Egypt

Rounding off Africa tour, China’s top diplomat visits Egypt

- Associated Press -

China's chief diplomat was in Cairo Sunday for talks with Egyptian and Arab League officials, marking his last stop in a multi-leg trip to Africa that aims to consolidate Beijing's footprint across the resource-rich continent.Foreign Minister Qin Gang met separately with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Arab League Secretary-General

Construction of the second nuclear power unit in Egypt begins

- Times Report -

Pouring of the “First Concrete”, marking the commencement of main construction at the unit- 2 of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt took place yesterday, November 19. Earlier on October 31, 2022, the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority issued the construction permit for the unit. The ceremony was attended

Hundreds protest at UN climate summit

- Associated Press -

Hundreds of environmental activists on Saturday called on industrialized nations at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt to pay for the impact of global warming, the largest demonstration yet that came as German officials raised concerns about possible surveillance and intimidation of delegates and other conference attendees.Protests have mostly been

Climate finance action a priority at COP27

- Catherine Wilson, IPS -

Today, the window of opportunity for scaled-up global climate action to prevent disastrous global warming and build resilience in the most vulnerable nations is closing fast. And a major impediment to reducing emissions and accelerating climate adaptation is both lack of financial investment and major bureaucratic hurdles to accessing those

Are climate summits a waste of time?

- Felix Dodds & Chris Spence -

Next month, the latest annual United Nations climate extravaganza, COP27, will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Last year it was in Glasgow. Next year it will be held in (drum roll please) … Dubai! These big climate events have been around a long time. Since 1995, there has been a

17 killed in traffic accident in southern Egypt

- Associated Press -

At least 17 people were killed and four others injured late Tuesday in an accident involving a micro bus and a truck on the desert road of Sohag Province in southern Egypt. "Fifteen ambulances rushed to the scene of the accident to take the injured to the Sohag Public Hospital," Tarek

BGMEA finds scope for boosting Bangladesh-Egypt trade

- Times Report -

Ambassador of Egypt to Bangladesh Haytham Ghobashy has paid a courtesy call on BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at the latter’s office in Gulshan on July 14, a press release said Saturday . They had discussions about possible areas of expanding trade between Bangladesh and Egypt and how both countries can

Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP prepares for first concrete

- Times Report -

Necessary works are underway to fulfill the prerequisite for the "First Concrete" pouring, or pouring concrete into the base of the power unit No.1 at AL-Dabaa NPP, first ever nuclear power facility in Egypt. A high-level delegation comprising Alexander Lokshin, First Deputy General Director for Nuclear Energy of Rosatom State Corporation