The General Authority of Healthcare in Egypt announced Saturday the launch of the largest medical tourism program from its hospitals in Luxor. The head of the authority Ahmed al-Sobki said that his authority signed the largest cooperation protocol with one of the leading national medical tourism companies in the field of medical tourism. Sobki said that the hospitals of the General Authority of Healthcare represent the nucleus of medical tourism, and note that this project marks the first step on the authority’s place in global medical tourism. As major events brings more tourists to Luxor, Sobki assured that all efforts are being made to prepare hospitals and medical services. He added that the authority will also provide medical services in cooperation with senior foreign experts in their specialties.

Climate change, vaccines, the recovery, international taxation are all themes occupying leaders holding their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold. The call for more collective vaccine help for low-income countries sounded a theme running through the G-20 summit, which confronts a two-track global recovery in which rich countries are bouncing back faster. Rich countries have used vaccines and stimulus spending to restart economic activity, leaving the risk that developing countries that account for much of global growth will remain behind due to low vaccinations and financing difficulties. UN Secretary General-General Antonio Guterres has underlined that rich countries have spent 28% of annual economic output on pandemic recovery, while the figure is 2% for the poorest nations. The idea is for countries that don’t need the help to reallocated their special drawing rights to those that do.

CAIRO- 30 October 2021: UAE ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum affirmed his full support for strengthening cooperation relations with Egypt, praising the construction of more than 20 new smart cities simultaneously in Egypt. “This represents a great challenge and an unprecedented urban boom, which required a lot of effort from everyone,” he said during a meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli who is visiting Expo 2020 Dubai, said the Egyptian cabinet in a statement on Saturday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid also applauded Egypt’s national project "Decent Life,” which was launched by President Sisi to improve the quality of life for more than half of Egypt's population living in the countryside. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid expressed his happiness at receiving Madbouli and his accompanying delegation, and asked to convey his sincere greetings to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, saying: "Tell His Excellency President El-Sisi that we all love him." Sheikh bin Rashid gave the Egyptian Prime Minister the book "My Story,” which tells 50 stories of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid over the course of fifty years.

CAIRO – 29 October 2021: Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli has said that ending the state of emergency in Egypt reflects the country's stability and its success in the war against terrorism, especially in Sinai. In an interview with "Les Echos" French newspaper Friday, Madbouli pointed out that ending the state of emergency is a good message from Egypt to the world, confirming that the exceptional measures are over and that "we are back to normal life". He further underlined the necessity of reaching a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Ethiopian dam. Asked about the results of his visit to France, Madbouli expressed his great satisfaction with his talks with French Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire, describing France as Egypt's strategic partner. He noted that both Egypt and France signed several agreements during his visit.

The Official Gazette published the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 2901 of 2021 on Friday, which assigned the duties of Health Minister Hala Zayed to Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar until Zayed’s recovery. 279 of 2018 authorizing the Prime Minister to assign ministers to other ministries if another minister is absent. The medical team treating Zayed inside Wadi al-Nile Hospital banned all visits to the minister except for her son. Ministers and senior officials contacted the hospital and followed up closely on the developments in the minister’s health condition, including the office of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the Presidential Advisor for Health Affairs, Mohamed Awad Tag Eddin.

But even in Salar, changes are afoot, beginning with the villagers’ insistence on their local elementary school for girls. But what the school will become — a formal public school paving the way to higher education, a religious madrasa, or something in between — is uncertain, like the future of the village and the country. In most districts, the Taliban have prohibited girls ages 12-17 from going to public school. Several public girls’ schools were burned down in 2007 in the province. “If they don’t allow girls to go to this school now, there will be an uprising,” said village elder Abdul Hadi Khan.

UAE Vice President and UAE Prime Minister and the ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the Egyptian pavilion at EXPO 2020- press photoCAIRO - 29 October 2021: Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli inspected the Egyptian pavilion at "Expo 2020 Dubai,” said the cabinet in a statement on Friday. The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Ministers of Planning and Economic Development, Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, and some officials. The Egyptian pavilion exhibits an archaeological coffin that was recently discovered in Saqqara, in addition to several replicas to promote Egypt’s heritage. The Egyptian pavilion is scheduled to witness 113 events in various fields, in addition to workshops and panels. On Oct. 25, 2021, UAE Vice President and UAE Prime Minister and the ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the Egyptian pavilion at EXPO 2020, saying “In Egypt’s pavilion, I saw part of its history and civilization.”

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BRUSSELS, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Iran and world powers seeking to revive a 2015 nuclear deal are trying to agree a date for the resumption of talks in Vienna as soon as possible, a European Union spokesperson said on Friday. Iran’s top negotiator said after talks in Brussels this week that negotiations in Vienna will resume by the end of November. EU spokesperson Peter Stano said the Oct. 27 meeting in Brussels was “useful” and “helped to define a way forward to resume negotiations in Vienna”. “We are working together with other partners, including Iran and other signatories (of the Iran nuclear deal), to fix a concrete date as early as possible to reconvene in Vienna,” Stano told a regular briefing. read moreBut the talks have been on hold since the election of Iran’s hardline President Ebrahim Raisi in June, who is expected to take a tough approach if the talks resume in Vienna.

CAIRO - 29 October 2021: In a way to reduce the rate of illiteracy in Egypt, some universities helped eradicate the illiteracy of more than 0.5 million people over the period from October 2019 to July 2021 despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report issued by the Supreme Council of Universities. A total of 230,103 illiterates received courses organized by the council, within the framework of the national project to eradicate illiteracy in Egypt in cooperation with the General Authority for Literacy and Adult Education, said the Ministry of High Education in a statement on Friday. Minister of Higher education Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar stressed the importance of exploiting the capabilities of Egyptian universities in eradicating illiteracy, to achieve the state’s plan “Egypt without illiteracy” over five years. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on August 3, 2021, that the illiteracy rates (for those who are 10 years and above) decreased from 49.9 percent in 1986 to 25.8 percent. However, the Egyptian population in 1986 was 50.6 million people according to the World Bank’s date, while the population reached more than 100 people in 2021.

A member of the House of Representatives Amira Saber submitted a request for a briefing directed to Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Education Minister Tarek Shawky over interviewing children at school before admission, which Saber described as a constitutional violation of citizen rights. These school interviews are also an unjustified financial and mental burden on parents who seek an opportunity for a good education for their children, which is a basic human right, Saber said in the request. This process encourages nepotism before each academic year, which invalidates the claim that these interviews serve educational goals based on merit, she added. She also accused these interviews of being discriminatory social assessment, as children feel guilt over being the reasons their did not have the opportunity to obtain a university degree or learn a foreign language. These interviews also deprive children of their childhood as parents teach them to write and read early, in addition to how to answer interview questions, which causes unhealthy pressure within the family during the application period, Saber said.

CAIRO – 29 October 2021: Egypt’s Health Ministry said 923 new coronavirus cases were detected on Thursday, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 328,209. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr Khaled Megahed said 55 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 18,483. As many as 443 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 276,801 so far, the spokesman said. On Oct. 25, Zayed announced receiving the third shipment of Johnson & Johnson vaccine including 1,058,400 million doses. Assistant Health Minister Khaled Megahed asserted the importance of continuous cooperation with the international organizations to stand against the coronavirus pandemic and provide the vaccine for the citizens.

Nestlé Waters, the largest bottled water company in Egypt, has launched new water bottles made of 100 percent recycled plastic, used in the Nestlé Pure Life 1.5 liter six-bottle pack. It has thus become the first food company in Egypt to launch recycled plastic water bottles, and falls within Nestlé’s global commitment to invest two billion dollars in recycled plastic that meets all requirements to ensure quality and food safety. The new water bottles will include a QR code on the label and on the shrinkwrap as part of public awareness efforts. Once scanned, users will be directed to the Nestlé Pure Life website for complete information about the product, community and sustainability initiatives. Furthermore, plastic collecting tools will be placed in places with high traffic to dispose of used plastic bottles to ensure a continuous supply of high-quality plastic – which will be transported for recycling.

The career of Egyptian football player Mohamed Salah will be included in the English language curriculum for the preparatory and secondary school students in the current academic year 2021-2022, announced the Director of the Curriculum Development Center at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, Nawal Shalaby. Students will study the life of the Egyptian player – who has become amongst the nation’s most successful figures in football history – and learn of how he has supported his country, she added. Shalaby told Al-Watan newspaper that the curricula will cover Salah’s personal life and the qualities that led to his success, and how he serves as a role-model for his nation. Salah them left for Fiorentina and then to Rome on loan, before the Giallorossi bought his contract. Salah received the Golden Boot award in the English Premier League, the top scorer of the English Premier League, in 2018 and 2019, and was chosen by the Time magazine in 2019 among the 100 most influential people in the world.

CAIRO -28 October 2021: Egypt will sign an agreement during the TransMEA2021 exhibition for the rehabilitation, maintenance, development and modernization of (23) trains for the first line of the Cairo Metro, in cooperation with the Spanish company CAF and the Japanese Mitsubishi, according to Minister of Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir. This came during the minister’s meeting with Ambassador Noki Masaki, the Ambassador of Japan in Cairo, on the occasion of the end of his tenure in Egypt. Masaki also praised the fruitful cooperation with the Egyptian Minister of Transport in implementing a number of joint projects that serve the Egyptian citizen, especially the fourth metro line project, which is being implemented according to the planned schedule. He pointed out that work in all sectors of the Ministry of Transport is progressing very quickly and a great achievement, hoping that he will attend the opening of the fourth metro line upon completion of its implementation. The minister pointed out that the maritime transport sector in Egypt is witnessing comprehensive development to reach the larger goal, which is to transform Egypt into a center for global trade and logistics, and there are many investment opportunities in this sector, whether container terminals, general cargo, or in the field of commercial ships.