Two trains collided in India’s eastern Odisha state, resulting in the deaths of at least 207 people and injuries to 900 others. On Friday night, the Coromandel Express and Howrah Superfast Express trains collided when the first train derailed and was then hit by the second train on the adjacent track in the Balasore district. The director general of the fire department in Odisha, Sudhanshu Sarangi, confirmed that 207 bodies had been recovered so far. Distressed by the train accident in Odisha. Another train, the Howrah Superfast Express travelling from Yesvantpur to Howrah, then hit the overturned carriages.

LONDON, UK, June 2, 2023/ EINPresswire.com / -- German oil and gas operator Wintershall Dea has identified a new natural gas well in the onshore Disouq concession, which is located within Egypt’s Nile Delta region.The NSG-3 well, situated in the Abu Madi reservoir, was the focal point of exploration activities. A field development agreement overseeing the Disouq concession is in place. The discovery follows a previous find made in the same exploration area in eastern Damanhour in January.Wintershall Dea has partnered with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) on the Disouq gas project.Olaf Ritz, who is serving as General Manager of the venture, commented on the new find: “The added new reserves constitute another example of fruitful cooperation with our partner EGAS in our joint venture, and will have a positive impact on the continuity of production in Disouq.”Drilling on the NSG-3 well reached a depth of 3,070 metres and intercepted a 22-metre-high reservoir within the Abu Madi Formation. The project will deploy infrastructure belonging to Disouq, which provides an entry point into the country’s natural gas network.According to Wintershall Dea’s Senior Vice President and Managing Director Egypt Sameh Sabry, the company anticipates growth in the Egyptian market and is looking to identify more discoveries in future in order to facilitate growing energy demands in Egypt, the region and the world.Exploration in eastern Damanhour got underway in November 2021. The January discovery marks the second exploration well under the license.German group BASF owns 72.7% of Wintershall Dea with remainder is held by Russian investors Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan.

(Reuters) - United States' Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic will spearhead their CONCACAF Nations League title defence when the Final Four kick off on June 15 in Las Vegas, with U.S. Soccer naming their training camp squad on Thursday. The U.S. beat Mexico in extra time two years ago to clinch the title and will have a rematch with their rivals in the semi-finals. Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun, who gave U.S. Soccer a boost last month when he opted to represent the United States instead of England, has earned his first call-up. The training camp starts on June 4, just days after Anthony Hudson stepped down as interim manager of the U.S. team, with assistant B.J. Reyna was named in the training squad on Thursday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has instructed to continue upgrading the electricity sector to maintain the success achieved in this regard over the past years and press ahead with further progress in support of realizing comprehensive development, most particularly in the industrial and agricultural domains. During a meeting Thursday with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker, the president was posted on the pace of work at a number of projects carried out by the electricity ministry nationwide, Presidential Spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said. President Sisi also stood on the latest developments regarding the construction and upgrade of control units at the electricity distribution centers, with a view to improving the flow of electric supply, as well as the power grid’s efficiency. Securing electric power required for operating national land reclamation ventures, especially in Toshka, New Delta, Sinai and Upper Egypt, also figured high during the meeting, the spokesman said. President Sisi was also posted on the latest developments regarding power linkage projects with neighboring countries, including Saudi Arabia, Greece, Cyprus and Italy, he added.

CAIRO – 2 June 2023: The US First Lady, Jill Biden, will arrive in Cairo on Friday for a two-day visit, in accordance the US Embassy in Cairo in a press statement, Egypt’s State-owned news agency MENA reported. Egypt is the second stop of Dr. Biden's week-long tour, which includes four countries in the region and began in Jordan. “With her visit to the Middle East and North Africa, the first lady will continue to build on her work to empower young people, and reaffirm our commitment to strengthen our partnerships and advance our shared priorities in the region,” her Spokesperson Vanessa Valdivia told AP in an e-mail. The embassy stated that Dr. Biden will meet, during the visit in Egypt, with women and youth, and highlight US investments that aim to support education initiatives and increase economic opportunities.

The presentations and panel discussions focused on building a sustainable food system by giving food professionals practical advice about how to build and manage successful diversity and inclusion strategies. It also highlighted the women who are trailblazing the future of the food industry. In addition, it explored ways in which women are transforming the food system to safeguard the future of our planet and our people. These challenges require new and innovative solutions, forcing food system stakeholders to look beyond profit and encourage purpose driven action. Informa Markets and Women of Egypt Network invited journalists, bloggers, and media representatives to attend FI Africa and cover the event.

The 2022 Women on Boards Indicator in Egypt recorded 19.7% up from 16.7% in 2021. “Progress in women on board representation has been achieved across the four categories included in the 2022 report. “The number of women on boards of public enterprise sector companies increased by a growth rate of 22.2% and from 35 women in 2021 to 44 in 2022. 110 of 2021 obligating having a women representation of 25% or at least two women board members on the boards of the non-banking financial sector. “Moreover, the non-banking financial sector (NBFS) companies with zero women on board reached 15.1% in 2022 compared to 58.8% in 2019.

Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar; met on Wednesday with the French Ambassador to Egypt, Marc Baretti; and the delegation of the French Development Agency (AFD), to follow up joint cooperation projects between the two sides in the health sector. He added that the two sides discussed the launch of the project to exchange experiences with French experts within the framework of the government’s support for the implementation of the comprehensive health insurance project, through training and evaluation of the governorates included in the project. Abdul Ghaffar said that the meeting has also addressed the challenges that may face the implementation of projects that are agreed upon between the two sides, adding that the minister stressed the importance of fruitful cooperation with the French side and the French Agency as a partner for development in the health sector. © 2022 Daily News Egypt. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info).

and artificial intelligence education and training in the Middle East and Asia. The InnoXeraGlobal Summit will be sponsored by Classera, the leading company in distance learning technologies, as the main sponsor of the summit. Classera is organizing the summit with the participation of many international organizations and international companies in the field of education technology, training and the application of artificial intelligence in education, now and in the future. Artificial intelligence will be the topic dominating the discussions during the Summit in its fifth edition this year. A discussion entitled “How Artificial Intelligence will change the form of education across the school stages” will be held.

CAIRO – 1 June 2023: US's First Lady Jill Biden will embark on a two-day visit to Egypt on Friday, according to a press statement released by the US Embassy in Cairo. Egypt will be the second leg of the US's First Lady tour of the Middle East which runs for a week and includes four countries. She started her tour with a visit to Jordan, said the statement. During her tour of the Middle East and North Africa, Mrs Biden will continue on working on empowering youth and reaffirming the US's commitment to enhance its partnerships and promote the joint priorities in the region. During her stay in Egypt, Mrs Biden will meet with women and youths and shed light on the US investments in Egypt which aims at supporting education initiatives and bolstering the economic opportunities, added the Embassy statement.

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Ministry of Culture are set to develop an action plan to promote Egypt’s tourism globally, incorporating an entertainment aspect as well. Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Issa, and Minister of Culture, Nevine al-Kilany, met at the headquarters of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in the New Administrative Capital. The ministers discussed ways to enhance joint cooperation between the two ministries and discussed the development of a joint action plan to promote cultural tourism with an entertainment dimension locally and internationally, a joint statement from the two ministries said. According to the study, the segment of tourists who sought to explore culture and antiquities was the majority in Egypt, beside four other segments – adventure tourism, recreation tourism, family tourism, and cultural and recreational tourism together, Issa said. Kilany assured that a wide array of cultural events incorporating entertainment are planned – both locally and internationally – in order to promote Egypt’s unique culture and heritage.

CAIRO – 1 June 2023: The Ministry of Social Solidarity revealed Wednesday a project to train women in Menya, Qena, and Luxor governorates on business management, and finance their micro enterprises. The value of the project is LE55,999,745, and it includes providing technical support, follow-up, supervision on the projects' implementation, and securing a headquarters for each of the enterprises. The beneficiaries will be women enrolled in the monetary subsidies programme Takaful w Karama so as 25,000 will be trained on business management, 2,250 on livestock farming, and 300 on handicrafts. Moreover, 8,750 will be micro-financed, and 1,000 livestock enterprises will be granted insurance. Further, 66 instructors will be qualified to deliver the training, and 110 workers will be prepared to carry out follow-up on the progress of the projects.

CAIRO - 1 June 2023: Transitioning into a green economy is one of the main development issues adopted by the Egyptian government, where the country is moving forward to address different environmental issues as part of its agenda. One of the most important steps is that the Egyptian state is adhering to strict application of environmental sustainability standards in all its projects and sectors. In this regard, the economic and social development plan reflects the keenness to monitor all projects and initiatives of the various awarding bodies that have an environmental impact and support sustainable green growth, with the aim of raising the percentage of investments directed to the green economy from its current level, from 30% to about 40% of the total public investment in 2023/2024, and up to 50% by 2024/2025. The plan also includes - according to Al-Saeed - the launch of initiatives aimed at promoting environmental awareness, including "Beautiful Egypt" and "Get Ready for Green", and the tendency to plant 1.5 million trees in light of the presidential initiative. Water desalination projects in the coasts of Egypt, South Sinai and the Red Sea with capacities ranging between 30,000 and 130,000 cubic meters per day, triple sewage treatment plants in Matrouh and other projects carried out by the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and New Urban Communities.

An Egyptian team consisting of several jurists and archaeologists demanded financial compensation worth two billion dollars from Netflix for distorting the image of Queen Cleopatra and ancient Egyptian civilization. Netflix aired a controversial documentary film about Queen Cleopatra VII where the ancient Egyptian queen was represented as black, backing Afrocentric claims that the ancient Egyptian civilization was of black origin. Egyptian lawyer Mahmoud al-Semary previously filed a case with the Public Prosecutor to shut down the Netflix platform in Egypt, following the trailer release of “Queen Cleopatra. Critically pannedNetflix’s “Queen Cleopatra” documentary has received the worst audience rating ever in TV show history on Rotten Tomatoes, according to a Forbes report. The Netflix film about the story of Cleopatra made her appear dark-skinned as if her origins were African and not Macedonian.

CAIRO - 31 May 2023: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified on Wednesday an amendment to the Egyptian nationality law, granting naturalized women the right to pass the nationality down to their minor children. 28 of 2023 amended some provisions of Law No. 26 of 1975 on the Egyptian nationality to be more in line with the constitution, international law, and women’s rights. A mother who was naturalized after being born in Egypt or who originally comes from an Arab speaking country or one with a Muslim majority may now give the Egyptian nationality to her minor kids. In the early 2000s, Egypt allowed the children of Egyptian women and foreign men to carry the nationality.