LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Consumers should not panic buy products as Britain is not heading back into a 1970s-style “winter of discontent” of strikes and power shortages, a junior minister said on Thursday. After gas prices triggered a carbon dioxide shortage, Britain was forced to extend emergency state support to avert a shortage of poultry and meat. read more“There is no need for people to go out and panic buy,” Small Business Minister Paul Scully told Times Radio. The rise in natural gas prices is adding to the sense of chaos. The cap was brought in to stop energy companies gouging consumers but has now turned their businesses unprofitable as it is below the wholesale price.

ITIDA CEO Amr Mahfouz and Plug and Play CEO and Founder Saeed Amidi signed the agreement. The agreement aspires to attract $20 million-worth investments in the beneficiary technology startups while creating 500 job opportunities. The project is also part of MCIT strategy to establish digital Innovation Hubs across Egypt to promote technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Based in Silicon Valley, California, US, Plug and Play is one of the world's most prominent investors in early-stage startups; it has invested in almost 1,000 startups. Plug and Play adopts a unique business model that involves fostering and boosting innovation through establishing sustainable partnerships between big businesses and startups.

U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration - REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoCAIRO – 23 September 2021: Egypt began Thursday marketing multi-tranche US dollar-denominated bonds, as it seeks to raise up to $3 billion. This is Egypt’s second dollar-denominated bonds issuance in 2021, taking advantage of lower borrowing costs before the US Federal Reserve decides when to reduce monetary stimulus. Citibank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, JPMorgan and Standard Chartered were appointed to arrange the bond sale. Egypt turned to international markets to raise $3.8 billion from the sale of dollar-denominated bonds earlier in 2021. It also sold $750 million of green bonds in 2020.

Egypt Today/karim Abdel AzizCAIRO – 23 September 2021: Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed stated Thursday that Egyptian-made Sinovac anti-COVID-19 vaccine has been accredited by 12 European countries. The minister added that Egypt had recently received raw material sufficient to produce 15 million doses affirming that by the end of December, Egypt would have produced 80 million doses. Speaking of the fourth wave in Egypt, the minister noted that the peak will happen during the 3-4 coming years. As such, the total number of doses given by Germany to Egypt over the past two days is 2.3 million. Minister Zayed indicated that she would head to Germany soon to sign contracts to purchase 1,000 Mercedes Benz ambulances and 1,000 mobile clinics.

Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in 2020 managed to achieve an unprecedented boom regarding agricultural exports, reaching about 5.2 million tons, at a value of about US$2.2 billion. Egypt ranked first globally in orange exports, surpassing world leader Spain. The total volume of Egypt’s exports of orange by the end of 2020 amounted to about 1.6 million tons. Egypt ranked first in frozen strawberries exports, while total exports during the period from January 2021 until now amounted to 3.7 million tons. The number of markets that were opened for Egyptian exports during the year 2020 so far reached 11 export markets for six export crops.

The Cairo International Airport received a shipment of more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday evening, to be distributed to vaccination centers across Egypt. It has further obtained emergency use approval from the World Health Organization. Egypt will receive 1,600,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on September 28, the Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement announced. It will also receive 500,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine by the end of the month. The Health Ministry announced the recovery of 703 people infected with the virus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 251,395 cases.

(Reuters) - European champions Chelsea take on Premier League title holders Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday in a re-match of last season's Champions League final. When Chelsea triumphed in Porto against Pep Guardiola's team in May, the result was considered an upset with City heavily backed to win their first Champions League. They also have a 100% record against City since Tuchel took charge at Stamford Bridge in late January -- winning in the FA Cup, the Premier League and the Champions League final. City's start has seen them lose at Tottenham Hotspur, with a draw at home to Southampton last week leaving them three points off the leading trio - Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. In contrast, Arsenal lost their first three games but go into the derby after morale-boosting wins against Norwich City and Burnley.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed to prepare on holding the next round of strategic dialogue between the two countries in the near future. This came during a Wednesday meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The meeting included a discussion of the most prominent political, security and economic aspects of bilateral relations between the two nations with the aim of achieving common goals and interests, the spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Hafez, said. Hafez stressed the importance of continuing close coordination between the two countries to continue pushing forward with strengthening areas of joint cooperation, while working to overcome any obstacles that might stand in the way. Talks also tackled regional and international issues and situations of common interest, according to Hafez.

Eitan’s immediate family was among 14 people killed when the cable car carrying them crashed into a mountainside on May 23. Both Peleg and Eitan’s aunt Aya Biran, who lives in Italy, were among the relatives present Thursday for the hearing. But the images of Eitan’s aunt and grandfather in the same building were striking given the tragedy and gravity of the dispute. Eitan’s relatives in Italy say he was taken without their knowledge and are seeking his return. The child’s relatives in Israel have denied to local media that they abducted Eitan and insist they are acting in his interest.

Saudi Arabia supports all efforts to resolve the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis peacefully and in a binding manner that preserves the rights of Egypt and Sudan, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said at the UN General Assembly meeting. He added that Saudi Arabia also supports solutions under the auspices of the UN to resolve all issues in Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Al Saud also urged to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, stressing the importance of making the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction. Egypt and Sudan fear possible blows to water facilities, agricultural land, and overall availability of Nile water. Negotiations over the dam between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have stalled for years, with the three parties ultimately failing to reach any agreements.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai real-estate company known for its deals with former President Donald Trump said Thursday it had received regulator approval for an effort to take the firm private. DAMAC Properties still plans to offer $595 million for outstanding shares of the company, the firm said in a filing on Dubai Financial Market stock exchange. It earlier announced plans in June for the offer to take the company private, then withdrew them as regulators examined the plan. The buyout would be through Maple Invest Co. Ltd., a holding company of DAMAC’s billionaire founder Hussain Sajwani. The company’s partnership with the Trump Organization to manage and run the golf course was struck before Trump’s election as U.S. president.

Children are dying every week in overcrowded camps in northeast Syria, NGO Save the Children said on Thursday. The charity said two children die each week in al-Hol, one of the overcrowded camps where families with suspected links to the “Islamic State” (IS) group are stranded. “Many of the world’s richest countries have failed to bring home the majority of their children stuck in” the two displacement camps, Save the Children said in a statement. At the Roj camp, just over half of all households reported being aware of child labor among children under the age of 11. ‘I cannot endure this life any more’Save the Children also interviewed several children living in al-Hol, where they say they live like prisoners.

Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids? Experts say there’s no strong evidence that it makes children and teens sicker than earlier versions of the virus, although delta has led to a surge in infections among kids because it’s more contagious. The delta variant has been identified in at least 180 countries, according to the World Health Organization. The sheer numbers can make it seem like children are getting sicker with the delta variant, but experts say that does not appear to be the case. Most infected kids have mild infections or no symptoms and do not need to be hospitalized.

What Jean didn’t expect was to find thousands of Haitian migrants like himself crossing at the same remote spot. The 38-year-old, his wife and two young children earlier this month joined as many as 14,000 mostly Haitian migrants camped under a Del Rio bridge. A confluence of factors caused the sudden sharp increase at the Texas town of about 35,000 residents. It also reflects the power of Facebook, YouTube and platforms like WhatsApp, which migrants use to share information that can get distorted as it speeds through immigrant communities, directing migration flows. In extending protections for Haitians this spring, the Biden administration cited security concerns and social unrest in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.

“Some countries have vaccinated their populations, and are on the path to recovery. The move comes as world leaders, aid groups and global health organizations have growing increasingly vocal about the slow pace of global vaccinations and the inequity of access to shots between residents of wealthier and poorer nations. The World Health Organization says only 15% of promised donations of vaccines — from rich countries that have access to large quantities of them — have been delivered. The disparity in vaccine availability around the world “clearly does not demonstrate equality between the countries and peoples of this world,” Tshisekedi said. Climate change has been a major focus during this week’s General Assembly gathering.