CAIRO-25 November 2021: Less than one week remains until the first FIFA pan-Arab football tournament, as 16 teams come together to compete in the FIFA Arab Cup 2021™️. Excitement is building for the start of the competition on November 30 as the full squads of the participating teams have been released. There will be plenty of other stars that fans will be able to watch playing across the six FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums including UAE’s Ali Mabkhout and Ismail Matar, former FIFA U-20 World Cup adidas Golden Ball winner, in addition to Syria’s top striker Omar Al Soma and Feras Al Brikan of Saudi Arabia. The squad lists of all 16 FIFA Arab Cup teams are now available here. Fans will have a chance to watch all these prominent players and many other rising stars as tickets for every FIFA Arab Cup match are still available from fifa.com/tickets.

Madbouli called for activating a memorandum of understanding, signed with the German company in June, 2019 by setting up an industrial complex for Bosch in Egypt. The complex will be in charge of manufacturing home appliances in the country, the premier said during a meeting, held on Wednesday. Madbouli asserted the government is supporting the presence of BSH company in the Egyptian market, a largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide. The government has exerted genuine efforts to support the company as part of its keenness on supporting the private sector to restore its important role following Covid-19 pandemic, according to him. Madbouli urged BSH's officials to do their best to build the industrial complex soon.

A third dose of the coronavirus vaccines will be made available to citizens who have received the first two doses within the last six months, Nader Saad, spokesperson for the Cabinet said. According to Saad, the number of infections of the coronavirus in Europe have increased recently for those who have taken the second dose over six months ago. He added, during a telephone interview with presenter Ahmed Moussa, on Sada al-Balad channel, that 4.1 million citizens will be eligible for the third booster dose, after receiving the second dose six months earlier. He explained that 15 million citizens have received the second dose and 29 million have received the first dose. The booster dose does not have to be the same type as the vaccine that was taken in the previous two dose.

Egypt has received an additional 1.3 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine from the US, through the COVAX international initiative for the distribution of vaccines. The US donation of 1.3 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine brings the total vaccines provided by the US to Egypt to nearly 10 million doses along with more than 89 million doses donated by the US for Africa so far, US Ambassador to Cairo, Jonathan Cohen, said. The donations confirm the continued commitment to supporting Egypt during this global health crisis, he added. Egypt sent medical supplies to the US, and then the US government, through the United States Agency for International Development, providing more than US$55 million to support Egypt’s fight against the virus. These initiatives have been benefiting about 18 million people who were provided with the required health and economic support, he said.

About 8,400 meters of roads, and 35,000 meters of interlocking were completed and drainage works were carried out on the Airport Road. The roads that have been revived include Al-Sayed Youssef Road, and the Western Rams Road from the Airport Bridge to Al-Matahn Bridge. The airport, Rams, and Karnak Temple roads and King Abdullah Square were decorated with plants as a special addition. Two other squares were created on the Airport Road, lighting, plants and modern irrigation methods were also installed. The development works included paving the floors using marble, granite and black basalt and making planting basins containing various forms of plants.

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek al-Mulla in meeting with Chairman of the Palestinian Investment Fund Mohamed Mostafa on November 24, 2021. The minister had stated in October that Egypt would begin exporting gas to Lebanon through the Arab Gas Pipeline. Yet, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated on November 19 that the gas pipeline is broken, and that it takes about 6 to 7 weeks to repair it. The Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) – extending over 1,200 kilometers - has begun operation in late 1990s with the aim of delivering Egyptian gas to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. The first delivery to Lebanon took place in 2009 with 28 million cubic meters of gas daily.

Egypt’s Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy and International Cooperation Minister Rania al-Mashat witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Local Development and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), to implement the “Workforce Improvement and Skills Enhancement (WISE)” project in Egypt. Shaarawy said that his ministry has recently formulated economic development strategies for the governorates of Fayoum, Sohag, Minya and Ismailia. Strategies for local economic development were prepared for the economic sectors that characterize the Beni Suef Governorate, he added. The Ministry of International Cooperation seeks to agree on a new partnership with the USAID to achieve the goals of the catalyst, according to Mashat. The USAID seeks to strengthen relations between Egypt and the US through partnerships in multiple areas, in line with the economic reform packages undertaken by the Egyptian government and the sustainable development plan “Egypt Vision 2030”, Leslie Reid, head of the USAID in Egypt, said.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday reported 856 new coronavirus cases, 61 deaths, and 719 recoveries. A total of 352,123 cases have been reported in Egypt, with 20,052 deaths and 293,374 recoveries. The Health Ministry has stated that official figures likely only represent 10 percent of actual cases. A statement from the Health and Population Ministry earlier in November said that a total of 41,939.792 coronavirus doses have has been administered in Egypt so far. Egypt’s vaccination campaign began in January with priority groups and later expanded to university students.

Meeting of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Chairman of the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development in Cairo, Egypt on November 24, 2021. Press PhotoCAIRO – 24 November 2021: The Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development will sign soon an agreement with one of the Egyptian banks to finance SMEs with $30 million. The statement was made Wednesday by the fund's chairman, Badr Mohamed al-Saad, in a meeting with Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli in the Cabinet's headquarters. The fund has also contributed to the financing of Bahr Al Baqar Wastewater Treatment Plant, the world's largest. Similarly, Saad pointed out that the fund's focus now is investing in green economy as well as cooperating with the private sector.

MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - A last-gasp penalty by Yaroslav Rakitskiy earned 10-man Zenit St Petersburg a 1-1 draw at Malmo FF in their Champions League Group H clash on Tuesday, ensuring that the Russians will play in the Europa League in the New Year. Zenit missed a gilt-edged chance to equalise from the penalty spot early in the second half, and the visitors also had Dmitri Chistyakov sent off for a second yellow card in the 86th minute. The drama was not over though and Rieks was adjudged to have fouled Artem Dzubya in the box in second-half stoppage time, with Rakitskiy making no mistake from the spot. The result ensured Zenit, who have four points, cannot finish lower than third in the group behind Chelsea and Juventus, who both have 12 points. Malmo have one point but lost away to Zenit and have a much poorer goal difference.

(Reuters) – Dutchman Dick Advocaat has resigned as coach of Iraq after failing to secure a single victory in six World Cup qualifiers in his three months in charge. The 74-year-old, who counts three stints as Netherlands coach among his many previous posts, will be replaced by Montenegrin Zeljko Petrovic on a caretaker basis for the Arab Cup, which gets underway in Qatar next week. “The Iraq Football Association has accepted the resignation of coach Advocaat,” Iraq FA spokesman Ahmed Zamil said in a statement on Facebook. The top two in the group qualify directly for next year’s finals, while third place would offer a passage to Qatar via two playoffs. Iraq, Asian champions in 2007, have competed at the World Cup finals only once in 1986, losing all three matches.

CAIRO - 23 November 2021: Egypt’s exports to the Common Market Summit for Eastern and Southern African Countries (COMESA) hiked 32.4 percent during the first nine months of 2021, to reach $2.3 billion, compared to $1.7 billion during the same period in 2020, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). CAPMAS said in a statement, Tuesday, that Egypt’s imports from the COMESA countries amounted to $901 million during the first 9 months of 2021, compared to $721 million during the same period in 2020, with an increase of 25 percent. It indicated that the value of trade exchange between Egypt and the COMESA countries increased, recording $3.1 billion during the first 9 months of 2021, compared to $2.4 billion during the same period in 2020, marking an increase of 30.2 percent. Plastics and their products came on top of the list of the most important commodities exported by Egypt to the COMESA countries during the first 9 months of 2021. The COMESA member states are (Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tunisia, Somalia, Seychelles, Burundi, Congo, Comoros, Malawi, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Madagascar, Eritrea, Swaziland).

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against COVID-19 — not just to protect her but to help stop the coronavirus from spreading and spawning even more dangerous variants. “The only way to really beat COVID is for all of us collectively to work together for the greater good.”Scientists agree. Vaccinating kids also means reducing silent spread, since most have no or mild symptoms when they contract the virus. But some experts say children played a significant role this year spreading contagious variants such as alpha and delta. Getting kids vaccinated could make a real difference going forward, according to estimates by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub, a collection of university and medical research organizations that consolidates models of how the pandemic may unfold.

AMMAN, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Jordan’s parliament began deliberations on Monday of proposed constitutional reforms that officials say revitalize the monarchy and are part of a drive to deliver on long promised political reforms. A royal committee appointed by King Abdullah drafted the proposals to try to modernize the country’s political system and revamp the existing political parties and elections law. “..It allows the leader of the country (king) to go towards party based governments,” he told the assembly. Some deputies also criticized the alterations to the kingdom’s constitution saying it also sidelined parliament and eroded successive governments’ executive powers. Other changes in the text seen by Reuters widen the representation of women and political parties in an expanded 138-member assembly.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said, on Monday, that Egypt has entered a new era towards hopes and prospects to start realizing the Egyptian nuclear dream. During the celebration of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority to generate electricity on its first Nuclear Energy’s Day, Madbouly said that with the signing of the governmental agreement between Egypt and the Russian Federation, on November 19, 2015, under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Egypt has now moved towards realizing this dream. He stressed, “This date is truly a festivity for all Egyptians, and for the nuclear sector in particular.” Since then, the Nuclear Power Plants Authority has launched to realize the dream on the ground. He added that the use of nuclear energy to generate electricity is one of the cornerstones of sustainable development, as it is one of the clean energy sources that are free of carbon emissions that cause climate change. The high competitive advantages are also paramount to its contribution to integrate a diversified mix of energy sources; in order to achieve brighter future development.