CAIRO - 18 April 2022: Egypt’s exports to Malaysia hiked 35 percent during 2021, amounting to about $126.7 million, compared to about $94 million in 2020, according to the Minister of trade and Industry Nevine Gamea. Gamea elaborated that the most important items of exports include citrus, phosphates, chemical and mineral fertilizers and fruits. The minister said that the meeting dealt with ways to enhance joint cooperation between the two countries in the field of Malaysian palm oil production in Egypt and export to regional and continental markets. For her part, Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) Zuraida Kamaruddin affirmed her country's keenness to deepen bilateral cooperation frameworks with Egypt, especially at the investment, industrial and commercial levels. This is in light of the clear development in the investment and business climate in Egypt, as well as the major national projects adopted by the Egyptian state during the current stage.

LONDON (Reuters) -Chelsea reached their third straight FA Cup final with a hard-earned 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium on Sunday to set up a showdown with quadruple-chasing Liverpool. In their fifth FA Cup final appearance in six years, Chelsea will look to make amends after being runners-up to Leicester City and Arsenal in the last two seasons and also try to avenge their League Cup final loss to Liverpool in February. "I'm happy to be part of another FA Cup final," Tuchel said. Patrick Vieira's Palace had defended well to contain Chelsea until Loftus-Cheek broke the deadlock and were nearly rewarded for a gritty display, with Cheikhou Kouyate twice coming close. I thought the Carabao (League) Cup final was a fantastic game that could have gone either way.

In comparison, the region’s other financial hub Hong Kong has recorded nearly 9,000 Covid deaths out of 1.18 million total cases as of January this year. Over 90% of the Covid deaths reported in Hong Kong will not be counted on the mainland,” he said. China’s Covid controls risk sparking crisis for the country — and its leader Xi JinpingThis is only the second time mainland China has reported Covid deaths this year. Throughout 2021, mainland China reported only two Covid deaths, both in January. The reported deaths come as the metropolis of 25 million people continues to endure a grueling lockdown, which has ground the vibrant, bustling business hub to a virtual halt.

Mileva Maric, a Serbian physicist, and her husband Albert Einstein in 1905. 1936 photo of Albert Einstein, his son Hans Albert and his grandson Bernard. The eldest son, Hans Albert, studied civil engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Mileva agreed with Albert Einstein on this position, but Hans Albert insisted on his position and married philologist Frieda Knecht in 1927. In time, Albert Einstein accepted his son's decision and welcomed Frieda - who brought three grandchildren into his family.

The visit hadn’t been expected by the media and was only confirmed after the pair had left for their next destination. Harry returned last year, joining his brother William to unveil a statue of their mother, Diana, at Kensington Palace. We don’t know what the group spoke about, but it’s possible they took the opportunity to clear the air. It was also the first chance for Meghan to speak face-to-face with Charles and her grandmother-in-law since she and Harry quit as active royals. And soon after that visit, Harry and Meghan’s second child was born.

CAIRO - 17 April 2022: Unilever Mashreq For Food Products affirmed the continuation of its business in Egypt as normal, and that what some newspapers and news websites circulated about stopping the company's exports to the Egyptian market is not true. Unilever Mashreq would like to confirm that its industrial and commercial activities, whether export or import, are proceeding normally and regularly in accordance with all applicable laws and decisions within the Arab Republic of Egypt, the company said in an official statement. The Egyptian Export and Import Control Authority decided previously to stop many brands eligible to export their products to Egypt. (43) which stipulates the need to create a register for factories and companies owning trademarks eligible to export products at the Control Authority. As well as Al Karama Company for the production of pastries, Tiger Pack for Trade and Industry, the Middle East for Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and the Arab Company for Spinning, Textiles and Blankets.

The General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) of the Egyptian Trade and Industry Ministry, has suspended some major companies operating in Egypt for violating a decision issued in 2016 regarding the registration of trademarks supplied to Egypt. The suspended companies are of a wide range of fields, such as food, detergents, medical supplies and cosmetics. 43 of 2016 regarding the amendment of the rules governing the registration of factories qualified to export their products to Egypt. The ministry explained that the recent suspended companies did not meet the required documents and therefore legal proceedings were taken in implementation of the regulations used in the registration system. Some of these the companies on the list have stopped exporting to Egypt since 2020, as they have established new factories in Egypt and no longer need to export their products.

CAIRO – 17 April 2022: Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Sunday former Deputy Supreme Guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezat to life in the “Border Infirtlation” case. Ezat is convicted of taking part in orchestrating the incident in coordination with Hamas, Hezbollah, and leaders of the international body of the Muslim Brotherhood. The most prominent establishment they broke into is Wadi Al Natroun Prison, the main detention of terrorist elements. The convict was handed two death sentences in the cases of spying for Hamas and Wadi al-Natroun Prison Break. Since 2013, Ezat has been convicted in absentia on terrorism-related charges and twice sentenced to death.

The EU Ambassador to Cairo, Christian Berger, announced that the EU has established a fund worth 225 million euros, from which Egypt will get about 100 million euros to help in various fields to help meet Egypt’s wheat needs in light of the Russian war on Ukraine. Burger indicated that he will address the EU to discuss Egypt’s demands to review the export quotas of some crops to increase Egypt’s ability to access European markets, especially grape and strawberry crops. A European plan is in place to reduce Russian gas imports by 70 percent at the end of December 2022 as part of the EU’s policy to diversify its sources, he added. The EU ambassador noted that projects funded by the EU in Egypt amount to 1.3 billion euros in all fields, including the agricultural sector, water resources management and food security. The EU will support Egypt to ensure a successful organization of the climate summit COP27 to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, he said.

CAIRO – 16 April 2022: Yemen has coordinated with Egypt and Jordan to start flights through the Houthi-controlled Sanaa International Airport, said Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak on Friday. Coordination has been made w/Egypt & Jordan to start the flights,” the Minister said on his official Twitter account. Coordination has been made w/Egypt & Jordan to start the flights. After Hadi, who is based in Riyadh, announced his decision, Saudi Arabia pledged a financial aid worth $3 billion to Yemen. On April 1, a nationwide two-month truce was agreed between the warring parties in Yemen, which would allow the entry of oil imports into Houthi strongholds and increasing flights from Sanaa airport.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population on Friday began construction on a logistics refrigeration complex for preserving vaccines, in the factories complex of the VACSERA Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines in 6th of October City. Abdel-Ghaffar credited the partnership between VACSERA and the Chinese company Sinovac in establishing the complex according to the specifications of the World Health Organization. Cooperation between Egypt and China in the provision and production of coronavirus vaccines has resulted in the local production of more than 30 million doses of the “VACSERA-Sinovac” vaccine within a year, he noted. The Chinese ambassador to Egypt meanwhile praised Egypt’s strategy in combating the pandemic, which was able to maintain economic growth and the health of citizens. He assured that China is eager to cooperate with Egypt as it has since the beginning of the pandemic, providing up to four batches of vaccines, a mask production line, and the first production line to manufacture vaccines in Africa.

CAIRO – 15 April 2022: India's Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said that his country is ready to start exporting wheat to Egypt. "Egypt has adopted India as a supplier of wheat, we are ready to start exporting wheat to Egypt," Goyal wrote on Twitter. He added in another tweet: “Egypt approves India as a wheat supplier. Egyptian Minister of Agriculture El Sayyed El Qusseir announced in a statement on Thursday that India has been recognized as a new country of origin for importing wheat within the framework of the state’s plan to open new sources of importing wheat as a strategic commodity. Over the past several days, the Egyptian delegation was briefed on the Indian phytosanitary systems, inspection and control of grain exports and methods of pest control and resistance, said Farahat.

CAIRO – 15 APRIL 2022: To minimize the effects of the ongoing Russian-Ukraine crisis on Egypt’s grain stockpile, the Egyptian government has announced India as a new wheat supplier. During the meeting, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Meselhi confirmed that the supply of local wheat goes smoothly, noting that there are more than 450 locations to supply wheat nationwide. Egypt’s wheat imports are projected to go down due to the Ukraine-Russian, said the US Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture on March 28, 2022. “FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s wheat imports in MY 2022/23 (July – June) at 11 MMT, down by 8.3 percent from MY 2021/22 Post’s import estimate figure of 12 MMT. Egypt is currently suffering from a crisis of wheat supply from the conflicting Russia and Ukraine, the two biggest wheat importers to Egypt.

A Ukrainian pastor and father of two is now serving as a volunteer battalion commander for 120 soldiers ranging in ages from 18 to their mid-70s. He shared with CNN they are preparing for deployment to southern Ukraine after fighting on the front lines north of Kyiv. Oleg Magdych told CNN that most of the soldiers he’s with were civilians before the war and went through a couple of weeks of intense training. His wife is in western Ukraine assisting internally displaced Ukrainians with food and lodging, he said, and is working with women and children to help provide psychological help. Their youngest son has joined the Territorial Defense Forces defending western Ukraine and “badly wants to be with me,” Magdych said.

CAIRO - 14 April 2022: The Italian company Eni announced new oil and gas discoveries in the Meleiha concessions, in Egypt’s Western Desert, for approximately 8,500 barrels/day of oil equivalent. Eni elaborated in a statement that these new discoveries have already been connected and tied into production, in line with the Infrastructure-led exploration strategy, allowing to maximize exploration opportunities nearby existing infrastructures. These results, added to the discoveries of 2021 for a total of 8 exploration wells, give a 75% success rate, confirming the potential of the area. With these discoveries, Eni, through AGIBA, a JV between Eni and EGPC, continues to pursue its near field strategy in the mature basin of the Western Desert, aimed at maximizing production by containing development costs and minimizing time to market. Eni has been present in Egypt since 1954, where it operates through the subsidiary IEOC.