Iran demands enwuiry nuclearIranian state media reported the comments by Ali Bagheri, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, and Mohammed Eslami, the country’s civilian nuclear chief. Speaking to Iranian state television, Bagheri referred to the previous rounds of talks only as a “draft.”“Drafts are subject to negotiation. Talks in Vienna resumed Monday after an over five-month hiatus as hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi took power. However, fellow hard-liners within Iran’s theocracy long have criticized the nuclear deal as giving too much away to the West. “I call upon our allies around the world: Do not give in to Iran’s nuclear blackmail.”Iran maintains its atomic program is peaceful.

WHO said there are “considerable uncertainties” about the omicron variant. “The overall global risk … is assessed as very high.”The WHO stressed that while scientists are hunting evidence to better understand this variant, countries should accelerate vaccinations as quickly as possible. The omicron infections have underscored the difficulty in keeping the virus in check in a globalized world of jet travel and open borders. While the initial global response to COVID-19 was criticized as slow and haphazard, the reaction to the omicron variant came quickly. Up until now, booster shots were available only to those 40 and over and people particularly vulnerable to the virus.

CAIRO - 30 November 2021: Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli asserted Tuesday the importance of the visit of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Aswan on Thursday to check on the villages harmed by the torrential rain. The citizens feel the importance of the initiative projects that affect their daily life and achieve their ambitions, he said. The convention celebrates the initiative the president took to innovate and help people in need of better living conditions all over Egypt. 5- With the completion of the 375 villages this year, the coverage rate will be 17 percent of the population. 7- The initiative targets to raise the efficiency of more than 3,000 nurseries in 1,400 villages in 52 centers.

Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, said quantum engineering, engineered biology, vast troves of data and advances in computer power posed a threat that needed to be addressed by the West. Moore, a former diplomat who became MI6 chief in 2020, said technological progress over the next decade could outstrip all tech progress over the past century. “As a society, we have yet to internalize this stark fact and its potential impact on global geopolitics. Western intelligence agencies fear Beijing could within decades dominate all of the key emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and genetics. “We cannot hope to replicate the global tech industry, so we must tap into it,” he will say.

PARIS — Paris St Germain’s Brazil forward Neymar faces six to eight weeks on the sidelines with an ankle sprain sustained in Sunday’s 3-1 Ligue 1 comeback victory nL1N2SJ09P at 10-man St Etienne, the French club said in a statement on Monday. The 29-year-old twisted his ankle in the dying seconds of the match after treading on the leg of St Etienne’s Yvann Macon which left him screaming in agony before he was carried off. Neymar was later pictured leaving the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium on crutches. “The examinations carried out last night confirm that Neymar Jr suffers from a sprained left ankle with ligament injuries. An unavailability of six to eight weeks is to be expected,” PSG said, adding his injury will be evaluated again in 72 hours.

President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi posing with defense ministers and chief commanders of foreign armed forces attending the opening of EDEX 2021 in Cairo on November 29. TV screenshotCAIRO – 29 November 2021: Egypt Defense Expo (EDEX 2021) kicked off in Cairo Monday as it was inaugurated by President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi who welcomed foreign military commanders and delegations attending the event taking place until December 2. The Egyptian president posed for a group photo with defense ministers and chief commanders of foreign armed forces attending the opening of EDEX 2021. EDEX 2021 houses the pavilions of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, France, United States and South Korea among others. More than 300 companies belonging to 18 countries, including Egypt, are exhibiting their products at EDEX 2021, which is visited by 76 foreign military delegations.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Monday the second edition of Egypt Defense Expo – EDEX 2021. “The attendance is huge and reflects our ability to organize, as well as the size and strength of the participating companies,” Sisi said. The exhibition kicked off on Monday and continues until December 2 at the “Egypt International Exhibition Center” in New Cairo. This exhibition comes to open new horizons of cooperation between Egypt and various countries of the world in the field of military industries, he said, as EDEX has become an effective international umbrella to review the latest systems of military, defense and technological industries globally. The Minister of State for Military Production, Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, explained that more than 40 defense ministers or military production and military commanders from around the world are participating in EDEX 2021, explaining that there is an entire system behind the organization of the largest exhibition in the Middle East.

Meeting of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and UN Executive Director Sima Bahous in Cairo, Egypt on November 29, 2021. Press PhotoCAIRO – 29 November 2021: In his meeting with UN Executive Director Sima Bahous Sunday, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli stated that Egypt will launch in December the "Egyptian Family Development Initiative." Madbouli elaborated that the initiative is targeted at rural and urban women to expand their participation in the labor market and improve their empowerment. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala al-Said highlighted ongoing work aimed at creating one million jobs for women through small enterprises, and training opportunities. That is in addition to increasing the number of nurseries and day care centers to reinforce women participation in the labor market.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday reported 951 new coronavirus cases, 42 deaths, and 733 recoveries. A total of 356,718 cases have been reported in Egypt, with 20,347 deaths and 296,167 recoveries. The Health Ministry has stated that official figures likely only represent 10 percent of actual cases. The government announced last week that all university students will be required to be vaccinated in order to attend exams at the end of the current academic year’s first semester. Egypt’s vaccination campaign began in January with priority groups and later expanded to university students.

CAIRO - 28 November 2021: The Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) Sunday unveiled a comprehensive strategy to improve the investment climate in Egypt. A report by the IDSC said that many investment opportunities are up for grabs by foreign investors, who will also benefit from incentives offered by Egypt. The report pointed that the net value of foreign investments in Egypt made up 1.3 percent of the Gross Domestic Product in 2020-2021. Foreign direct investments (FDIs) amounted to some $5.2 billion, according to statistics of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). The IDSC report also touched upon positive expectations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which expected further improvement in terms of FDIs to be pumped into Egypt in the coming years.

The House of Representatives approved during Sunday’s plenary session the Presidential Decree No. 558 of 2021 to amend some categories of customs tariffs, including introducing a 10 percent tax on mobile phone devices after they were exempt from the tax, as well as five percent on photovoltaic cells. The Chairman of the Planning and Budget Committee Fakhri al-Feki presented the committee’s report on customs tariff amendments. Accordingly, the Technical Secretariat of the Supreme Council for the Customs Tariff completed studying the proposals of these companies with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where it was agreed on the following:– Imposing a customs tax of 10 percent on Egypt’s imports of mobile phones. – Imposing a customs tax of five percent on imports of photovoltaic cells, even if they are assembled in the form of units or prepared in the form of panels.

CAIRO – 28 November 2021: Egypt was elected vice-chair of ANIMA Investment Network, specialized in promoting the economies of the Mediterranean countries, for the period 2022/2024. Egypt is being represented by the General Authority for Free Zones and Investments (GAFI) at the entity comprising 76 members benefiting from programs funded by the European Union (EU) among other international organizations since 2006. GAFI Chairman Mohamed Abdel Wahab commented on the win saying that Egypt has been vying for reinforcing its presence on the international and regional scales in order to facilitate exchange of experience over investment promotion.

CAIRO – 28 November 2021: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry headed to Spain's Barcelona on Sunday to take part in the 6th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfC) scheduled for Monday. The minister will also attend the third European Union-Southern Neighborhood Ministerial Meeting taking place later on the same day. In the former, "Minister Shokry will stress the significance of the 'Union for the Mediterranean' as an institutional framework for regional cooperation…in various fields, mainly environment and climate change, economic and social development, digital transformation, and technical experience exchange," the ministry's press statement indicates. As for the EU meeting, the minister of foreign affairs will present Egypt's priorities in cooperating with the European side in different fields. He will also assert the importance of increasing European investments in Egypt and southern neighboring countries as well as boosting the penetration of those countries' exports into European markets, which reinforces developmental efforts.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday reported 931 new coronavirus cases, 68 deaths, and 531 recoveries. A total of 355,767 cases have been reported in Egypt, with 20,305 deaths and 295,434 recoveries. The Health Ministry has stated that official figures likely only represent 10 percent of actual cases. The government announced last week that all university students will be required to be vaccinated in order to attend exams at the end of the current academic year’s first semester. Egypt’s vaccination campaign began in January with priority groups and later expanded to university students.