Egyptian soprano Fatma Saeed participated in Global Citizen Live performances in the French capital Paris alongside international stars such as pop singer Billie Eilish, New Zealand pop-rock star, Lorde, the South Korean team BTS and Britain’s Elton John. The head of the National Council for Women Maya Morsi uploaded a short video showing Said standing in front of thousands of people in the audience saying: “I am very proud that I am Egyptian.”In her comment on the video, Morsi wrote, “Egyptian soprano Fatma Said.. standing in front of thousands in Paris.. soft power… Fatma, We are all very proud of you.”The ceremony is part of a project launched by the global non-profit advocacy organization Global Citizen, which aims to eliminate discrimination and extreme poverty by 2030. The 24-hour live broadcast was received by the Sydney Opera in a global broadcast that includes dozens of international artists. It seeks to combat all forms of discrimination and extreme poverty. The concert supports societal goals and humanitarian messages through the Global Citizen Live program through five goals: ending the hunger crisis, resuming learning for all, protecting the planet, promoting equality and combating all forms of discrimination.

CAIRO – 27 September 2021: On September 27, the world celebrates Tourism Day, under the slogan "Tourism to Achieve Comprehensive Growth". The World Tourism Organization approved the celebration of the World Tourism Day in 1980. September 27 was chosen as it coincides with the anniversary of the establishment of the statutes of the World Tourism Organization. As part of celebrating the World Tourism Day, the World Tourism Organization called for uploading photos of tourist sites on social media, as celebrating this day targets promoting awareness of the social, cultural, political and economic value of sustainable tourism. It is also worth mentioning that the timing of the World Tourism Day comes at the end of the peak tourist season in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of the season in the Southern Hemisphere.

CAIRO – 27 September 2021: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres tackled various regional and global issues including the developments in Libya, Yemen and Syria. Both officials also discussed latest developments on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [GERD], especially after the UN Security Council statement, Shoukry added. He noted in his statements that Egypt’s vision was presented at the United Nations General Assembly through the speech delivered by President Sisi. On Saturday, Shoukry meet with Guterres in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) 76th session. During the meeting Shoukry affirmed the need for a legally-binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

The Cairo governorate plans to establish bike paths in the city center in preparation for the operation of 600 bicycles, through 30 fixed stations that will be distributed in downtown streets. The Cairo governorate conducted several experiments in cooperation between the General Traffic Directorate and the Roads Directorate, to draw bike paths at a width of 1.7 meters. Identifying tracks began on the Talaat Harb, Qasr al-Nil, Mostafa Kamel and July 26 streets at a length of two km in the first phase. The 30 stations will comprise 600 bicycles, at a cost of US$1.5 million or equivalent to approximately LE 25 million. A mobile application will be created so that citizens can identify the bicycle path, he added.

KYIV, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warned on Monday of a joint response with Russia to military exercises involving troops from NATO member countries in neighboring Ukraine. Ukraine began joint military exercises with U.S. and other NATO member troops last week, while Russia and Belarus held large-scale drills that alarmed the West. read moreLukashenko said he had discussed the situation in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin several times, and the Kremlin said on Monday that expansion of NATO military infrastructure in Ukraine crossed a red line for Putin. read more“You see, they are dragging NATO troops there, to Ukraine. Three migrants died on the Polish side of the border and one more just inside Belarus this month.

On Monday, State Grid Corp pledged to ensure basic power supply and avoid electricity cuts. read moreThe power crunch has hurt production in industries across several regions of China and is dragging on the country’s economic growth outlook, analysts said. The National Energy Administration (NEA) has told coal and natural gas firms to ensure sufficient energy supplies to keep homes warm during winter. read moreLiaoning province said power generation had declined significantly since July, and the supply gap widened to a “severe level” last week. Last week, major coal producers in China met to try and resolve shortages and curb price increases.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday inaugurated the Bahr al-Baqar wastewater treatment plant, the largest of its kind in the world, at a cost of about LE20 billion and a production capacity of 5.6 million cubic meters per day of triple-treated water. This water will be transferred to the lands of North Sinai to contribute to the reclamation of 400,000 feddans, as part of the national project to develop Sinai and enhance the optimal use of the state’s water resources. The Bahr Al-Baqar drainage meanders for 190 km from South of Cairo through governorate of Qalyubia, Dakahlia to Sharqia, and from the governorate of Ismailia to the governorate of Port Said. According to government reports, the drainage water treatment plant comes as a component of the project to establish Bahr al-Baqar drainage water system, which is one of the most important projects of the Sinai Peninsula Development Program.

The Railway Authority will raise train ticket prices gradually in accordance to a timeline, the Vice President of the Railways Authority Mohamed Hussein announced on Sunday. Hussein confirmed that the railways are still incurring losses, despite the increase in ticket prices and the development process that is taking place in the authority. “There are losses, of course, because the travel tariff does not match the costs, taking into account the social dimension of citizens,” he said. During a telephone interview with Khairy Ramadan and Karima Awad, on the “Cairo Talk” program, he explained that the losses are not a shortcoming in the railway system, but the authority taking into account the financial situation of citizens. He added that the losses will gradually decrease with the development of trains, railways and signals.

Sullivan will be the highest-ranking Biden administration official to visit Saudi Arabia. Besides seeing the crown prince, often referred to by his initials, MBS, Sullivan is expected to meet with deputy defense minster Khalid bin Salman, a brother to the crown prince, according to two senior administration officials. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and other countries, entered the war alongside Yemen’s internationally recognized government in March 2015. The US sold bombs and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia that the kingdom later used in strikes on Yemen that also killed civilians. Sullivan’s visit to Saudi Arabia also comes as the administration is looking for ways to resurrect the Iran nuclear deal.

The Ethiopian ambassador to Egypt, Markos Tekle Rike, announced that his country will close its embassy in Egypt due to “the economic situation in his country” for three to six months. In statements to the BBC on Sunday, Rike explained that the closure has nothing to do with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are at odds over GERD. Egypt and Sudan say they want a legally binding agreement, while Ethiopia says any pact should be advisory. Negotiations over the dam between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have stalled for years, with the three parties ultimately failing to reach any agreements.

The farmers have renewed their protests with calls for a nationwide strike on the anniversary of the legislation’s passage. Waving colorful flags and distributing free food, hundreds of farmers gathered Monday at one of the protest sites on the edges of the capital, New Delhi. Mohini Kaur, a 61-year-old New Delhi resident traveled to the protest site to show her support for the farmers. Along New Delhi’s southwest and eastern fringes, protesting farmers crowded highways, choking traffic and cutting off access from the capital to neighboring states. While the farmers’ protest movement has been largely peaceful, demonstrators in January broke through police barricades to storm the historic Red Fort in the capital’s center.

Who gets the job looks likely to depend on the decision of the prospective junior partners, the environmentalist Greens and the business-friendly Free Democrats — parties that traditionally belong to rival ideological camps. The Greens traditionally lean toward the Social Democrats and the Free Democrats toward the Union, but neither ruled out going the other way on Sunday night. Final official results gave the Social Democrats 25.7% of the vote and the Union 24.1%. The Union — made up of Laschet’s Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister, the Christian Social Union — had never previously polled below 31% in a national parliamentary election. The Social Democrats took 206 seats, the Union 196, the Greens 118, the Free Democrats 92, Alternative for Germany 83 and the Left Party 39.

In Iraq, electricity is a potent symbol of endemic corruption, rooted in the country’s sectarian power-sharing system that allows political elites to use patronage networks to consolidate power. The Associated Press spoke to a dozen former and current ministry officials and company contractors. Contractors said intimidation is standard operating procedure in the Electricity Ministry. A bastion of the Sadrist Movement, Al-Sadr’s portrait hangs in almost every home. The parties that came before the Sadrist Movement are to blame, he says, adding that he will vote for a Sadrist candidate.

Other poorer nations, with fledgling vaccination drives at best, also received fewer shots than Britain. This made some rich nations, which already had many vaccines through separate deals with pharmaceutical firms, eligible for COVAX doses alongside countries with no vaccines at all. It has invested 71 million pounds ($97 million) in COVAX, which in theory allows it to buy up to 27 million doses, plus this summer began donating up to nine million shots, some via COVAX. Yet within that group it was still assigning vaccines according to the population sizes, rather than their total vaccination coverage. The UAE passed on its March allocation, Gavi said.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered work be done to properly establish the electrical infrastructure for the New Delta giant agricultural project, in order to prepare for future increase in electrical loads brought on by expanded development. Sisi made the order on Saturday in a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker. The Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy presented electrical supply of the giant agricultural project New Delta with a total area of 2.2 million feddans, and efforts to connect it to the national grid. Sisi also ordered to continue national plans to enhance the renewable energy and maximize its value to diversify the sources of energy supply on which the development process in Egypt depends. The meeting also followed-up electrical supply work for the National Project for the Development of Sinai, which seeks to contribute to the formation of integrated residential and urban communities in Sinai.