The Health Ministry has vaccinated 900,000 education sector workers out of its target of one million, Ministry Spokesperson Khaled Megahed announced, stressing that within a few days all workers in the education system will be vaccinated. Dduring a phone call to the “A Last Word” program, presented by Lamis al-Hadidy, Megahed urged all university students – private, civil, governmental or Al-Azhar affiliated – to head to any of the 1,100 coronavirus vaccination centers nationwide to receive the vaccine free of charge. There are also fixed vaccination centers in Egyptian universities to vaccinate workers, administrators and faculty members, he noted, and stressed the government spares no effort to provide all medical capabilities such as vaccines, medicines and a strong health infrastructure for citizens. Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Monday reported 702 new coronavirus cases, 37 deaths, and 588 recoveries. A total of 302,327 cases have been disclosed in Egypt, alongside 17,224 deaths and 255,059 recoveries.

Images from the sources, which Reuters could not independently verify, show a badly damaged property and family members with injuries they say were from Taliban beatings. Omar’s family said their experience contradicted that commitment. “None of us had imagined we would be targeted like this,” said one of Omar’s relatives, requesting anonymity. On Sept. 3, armed Taliban fighters in army fatigues raided Omar’s official residence in Jalalabad, two family members who were present said. He sees no future for himself and his family in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

Getting those cases swiftly to trial is turning out to be an even more difficult task. Investigators have collected a mountain of evidence in the attack and are working to organize it and share it with defense attorneys. Further complicating things are limitations the court has put on trials because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the court cases continue to stall, so do answers to what happened that day and the possibility for consequences from the most violent assault at the Capitol in a generation. The Justice Department is building massive databases to share all evidence stemming from the attack with defense attorneys.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government announced Tuesday that the coronavirus state of emergency will end this week to help rejuvenate the economy as infections slow. Government officials are also instituting other plans such as vaccine passports and virus tests, Suga said. With the lifting, Japan will be free of emergency requirements for the first time in more than six months. Japan is eager to expand social and economic activities while balancing the need to prevent another wave of infections. “Lifting of the emergency doesn’t mean we are 100% free,” Dr. Shigeru Omi, top medical adviser for the government, told reporters.

In an emergency National Security Council meeting, the South Korean government expressed regret over what it called “a short-range missile launch” by the North. South Korea’s military earlier said the object fired from North Korea’s mountainous northern Jagang province flew toward the waters off the North’s eastern coast. A ballistic missile launch would violate a U.N. Security Council ban on North Korean ballistic activities, but the council typically doesn’t impose new sanctions on North Korea for launches of short-range weapons. Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Tuesday North Korea remains unresponsive to South Korea’s attempts to exchange messages over the channels. DPRK refers to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name.

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who is African American, wouldn’t comment on the recent reparations discussions. The debate about reparations has been ongoing ever since slavery was abolished in 1865. While each reparations program would specifically be between the perpetrators and the victims’ descendants, the conversation to rectify wrongs in history has now become universal. There was even a discussion devoted to reparations, though it didn’t go unnoticed during that talk that last week’s new declaration stopped short of demanding nations must pay reparations to those their government harmed. U.N. officials for Britain and Germany didn’t immediately respond for requests to comment.

In contrast, at Bucharest’s Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology, the ICU’s chief doctor, Genoveva Cadar, says its beds are now at 100% capacity and around 98% of all its virus patients are unvaccinated. Government data shows that 91.5% of COVID-19 deaths in Romania between Sept. 18-23 were people who had not been vaccinated. On Sunday, 1,220 of Romania’s 1,239 ICU beds for virus patients were occupied. Sabila Marinova, the ICU manager at a hospital in Bulgaria’s northern town of Veliko Tarnovo, says none of its COVID-19 patients is vaccinated. Experts say vaccine skeptics in parts of Europe could hamper the entire continent’s efforts to end the pandemic.

Expo 2020 declined to make any official available to speak to The Associated Press prior to the opening. Chicago became the “White City” in 1893 as electric lights bathed its world’s fair site, which also boasted the first Ferris wheel. Expo 2000 in Germany drew 18 million visitors, well short of the 40 million expected. Dubai, which won the rights to host the Expo in the years after FIFA awarded Qatar the 2022 World Cup, will be the Arab world’s first. Relying on a projection of 25 million visitors, EY estimated a $6 billion boost during the event.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When the Taliban seized power, the operator of the only women’s shelter in a northern Afghan city ran away. Most of the women chose to return home, fearing the Taliban more than their families. Over the past two decades, activists set up dozens of women’s shelters around Afghanistan. She has no right.”Since taking power, the Taliban’s response to women’s shelters has varied. They want to protect us … and understand that they have problems within their own people” who may not be as supportive of women’s shelters, she said.

Austin is expected to “be frank about the things we could have done better,” a U.S. official told Reuters. But questions will be raised again about why we got to the point that we did in Afghanistan,” she told Reuters in a telephone interview. Separately, Milley could face intense questioning over an account in a new book alleging he bypassed civilian leaders to place secret calls to his Chinese counterpart over concerns about former President Donald Trump. Milley’s office pushed back against the report in the book, saying the calls he made were coordinated within the Pentagon and across the U.S. government. But some of the greatest concern has come from lawmakers in the House, where Milley will testify on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - UEFA have nullified disciplinary action against breakaway Super League clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus after a Madrid court ruled that European football's governing body should not sanction the rebel clubs. UEFA had opened a probe against the three clubs but in June it suspended proceedings after being notified by Swiss authorities of a court order from the commercial court in Madrid obtained by the legal entity European Super League Company SL. Proceedings have continued in a Madrid court to stop UEFA from punishing the clubs who tried to break away from the established European football structures, including UEFA's Champions League. "UEFA notes that the declaration made by the UEFA Appeals Body follows the formal notification made to UEFA of a court order granting UEFA a few days to clarify its compliance with decisions of the Madrid Commercial Court No. However on Monday, UEFA said that "in view of the pending Court proceedings in Madrid, and to avoid any unnecessary complication... UEFA will not request payment of any of the amounts offered".

(Reuters) - Kenya midfielder Victor Wanyama announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday. The former Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton and Celtic midfielder played 52 times for Kenya and scored seven goals, captaining the team at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where they were eliminated in the group stage. The 30-year-old, who joined Major League Soccer (MLS) team CF Montreal in March 2020, last played for Kenya in November last year and was not selected for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers. "Growing up, it was always my dream to get the chance to represent my country. With a great deal of pride, I can say that I have been fortunate to live my dream," Wanyama wrote on Twitter.

After four episodes of “60 Dakeka” (60 Minutes) starring actress Yasmine Rais exclusively on the Shahid VIP platform, the show has become the top trend on the platform. The series received critical acclaim since the release of its first episode until now, thanks in part to the chemistry between lead stars Rais and Mahmoud Nasr. Its fourth episode ended after Yasmine (Yasmine Rais) suffered a nervous breakdown, which made her throw herself from the car while her husband Adham (Mahmoud Nasr) argued with her with her. The series is scheduled to continue its episodes on Wednesday at 11 pm. With these two movies, Rais returns to the lead role in cinema after her great success during the Ramadan season, as “Faten Harfoushe” in the series “Meluk El Gadaana” (Kings of Virility).

DUBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Qatar Airways annual losses doubled to 14.9 billion riyal ($4.1 billion) in the financial year to March 31 as the long-haul travel market was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The state-owned airline also confirmed in its annual results released on Monday that it had received an additional $1 billion from the Qatar government during the financial year, on top of $2 billion it had already received. ($1 = 3.6607 Qatar riyals)Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; editing by David Evans

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir on Sunday received Minister of Immigration of the Netherlands, Ankie Broekers-Knol at the start of her official visit to Egypt, accompanied by the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Cairo Han-Maurits Schaapveld. They were received by Sabah Abdel Razek, Director General of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, who took them on a tour of the museum’s various halls. Knol expressed her admiration for the archaeological treasures displayed by the museum, especially those of the young King Tutankhamun, and was eager to take pictures in the museum. The first national museum in the Middle East, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir includes the largest and most important archaeological treasures of ancient Egyptian civilization. The Greco-Roman-style museum was designed and built by French architect Marcel Dornon, who won an international competition for design rights.