The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic exceeded 700,000 on Wednesday with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise according to a Reuters tally.
Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, (...)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's chief of staff, Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday, becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease.
Braga Netto is doing (...)
There is a group of 25 foreign ambassadors in Egypt that I consider to be the “ambassadors of queen Cleopatra”. Members of the group meet once or twice a month, and they choose, on the basis of rotation, one of their number to be president and one (...)
The Covid-19 crisis has battered the global economy like no other event since the 1929 Great Depression. However, the economic prospects for 2020 were not great even before the crisis, with many economic experts warning earlier this year that the (...)
Amir Taz Palace
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“Upheavals” sculpture exhibition by Iraqi sculptorAli Nouriincludes 14 granite sculpted works inspired by the turbulent circumstances in the world, adhering (...)
Encroaching on Egypt's waters
EGYPT said on Saturday that Turkish seismic survey plans in the eastern Mediterranean could encroach on Egyptian waters where Cairo has exclusive rights. Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the survey (...)
The World Health Organization said Monday an advance team looking into the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak has concluded its mission in China, and the U.N. health agency is preparing the deployment of a larger group of experts to the suspected (...)
Kuwait has banned until further notice commercial flights to 31 countries it said that it regarded as high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Saturday.
The countries include Egypt, India, (...)
Travelers entering France from 16 countries where the coronavirus is circulating widely are having to undergo virus tests upon arrival at French airports and ports.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced last month that the tests would be (...)
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data showed on Saturday, as some environmentalists warned a jump this week could signal a repeat of last year's surging destruction of the world's largest (...)
China's Huawei Technologies snatched the title of biggest smartphone seller from Samsung Electronics in the second quarter, underscoring the resilience of the China market even as global demand for phones plunged amid the coronavirus (...)
Brazil's science and technology minister, Marcos Pontes, said on Thursday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the fifth minister in President Jair Bolsonaro's government to be diagnosed with the virus.
Pontes made his announcement on (...)
Russia has no plan to rejoin the Group of Seven given its satisfaction with the Group of 20, the Kremlin said Monday.
"The G20 probably better meets modern economic realities from the point of view of economic development centers in the world," (...)
Egypt's transport minister Kamel El-Wazir inspected on Monday Zamalek district to follow up on damages to its buildings caused by the slight ground subsidence that occurred on Sunday.
The subsidence was the result of ongoing excavation works to (...)
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week with a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the world according to according to a Reuters tally.
A record 284,196 new cases were (...)
Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels said on Sunday that a small land subsidence took place in Zamalek by a building in Brazil Street, but denied that the nearby construction of a Cairo metro extension had caused the building to partially (...)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that he has tested negative for the novel coronavirus after weeks quarantined in his residence due to an infection.
In a photo posted to social media, Bolsonaro appeared with a box of (...)
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has no plans to travel back to Brazil during the offseason after being urged by the English Premier League champion to avoid the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.
``They obviously recommended avoiding Brazil, as (...)
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week, according to a Reuters tally showing a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the (...)
People arriving from 16 countries outside the European Union where the infection rate of COVID-19 is deemed to be high will be subject to compulsory testing on arrival at French airports and sea ports, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on (...)
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 284,196 in 24 hours.
Deaths rose by 9,753, the biggest one-day increase since a record high of 9,797 deaths on April 30.
The (...)
U.S. coronavirus cases were approaching 4 million on Thursday, with over 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections in the United States have rapidly accelerated since the first (...)
The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its work in fighting the (...)
Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis. In the United States, which has the highest number of (...)
Amir Taz Palace
27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Salebiya St, Al-Khalifa district, Tel 02 2514 2581
“Upheavals” sculpture exhibition by Iraqi sculptorAli Nouriincludes 14 granite sculpted works inspired by the turbulent circumstances in the world, adhering (...)
