CAIRO-10 September 2021: Cairo giants, Al Ahly and Zamalek, will meet on Friday night at Hassan Mostafa indoor sports complex hall in the African Handball Super Cup. Al Ahly will enter the game in high spirits after winning the African Cup Winners' Cup last week in Morocco and they strengthened their squad with the Cuban player Angel Hernandez. Zamalek signed Egypt international Seif El Deraa and re-signed Egypt national team goalkeeper Karim Hendawy. The performance of the goalkeepers will be vital in the game as Egypt national team goalkeepers, Zamalek's Hendawy and Al Ahly's Mohamed Essam El Tayar, will come face to face. The eagerly awaited match will decide the team that will represent Africa in the upcoming IHF Super Globe in Saudi Arabia next October.

(Reuters) - Turkey have parted company with head coach Senol Gunes by mutual consent, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Friday, after the team were thrashed by the Netherlands in their World Cup qualifier this week amid a run of poor form. Gunes, 68, was brought back in March 2019 after previously being in charge for four years from 2000, during which he led Turkey to third place at the 2002 World Cup. "Following the discussions with our National Team Head Coach Senol Gunes, it has been decided mutually to part ways," the TFF said in a statement, thanking the coach for his contributions. They made an encouraging start to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by beating the Netherlands and Norway in March but then drew with Latvia and Montenegro. Turkey host Norway in their next qualifier on Oct. 8.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday reported 458 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths, and 750 recoveries. A total of 292,476 cases have been disclosed in Egypt, alongside 16,860 deaths and 246,075 recoveries. Moreover, the Health Ministry has stated that official figures likely only represent 10 percent of actual cases. For now, restaurants, cafes, shops, and malls are operating on summer working hours and at 75 percent capacity. Any facility that violates summer hours will receive a fine and be subject to close for two weeks.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday reported 481 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths, and 651 recoveries. A total of 292,957 cases have been disclosed in Egypt, alongside 16,871 deaths and 246,726 recoveries. Moreover, the Health Ministry has stated that official figures likely only represent 10 percent of actual cases. Any facility that violates summer hours will receive a fine and be subject to close for two weeks. Health Minister Hala Zayed announced last week that Egypt had given 11 million doses of coronavirus vaccines so far, as it works toward vaccinating its population of 104 million.

Former Culture Minister Gaber Asfour expressed his support for removing the religion field on Egypt’s national ID cards. “No one abroad asks you if you are an Egyptian Muslim or an Egyptian Christian,” he said. Meanwhile, Professor of Faith and Philosophy at Al-Azhar University Amna Nosseir opposes removing the religion field from ID cards. Nosseir opined that the issue of religion field on ID cards has been exaggerated. Parliament member Ismail Nasr Eddin back in 2018 had presented to parliament a bill to remove the religion field from the national ID card.

The breakthrough followed a flurry of contacts from France which has led efforts to get Lebanon’s fractious leaders to agree a cabinet and begin reforms since last year’s catastrophic Beirut port explosion, senior Lebanese political sources said. The crisis, which has forced three quarters of the population into poverty, is the biggest threat to Lebanon’s stability since the 1975-90 civil war. Political sources said there had been intensive contacts through the night to try to reach an agreement. NO BLOCKING THIRDMikati, a politician-businessman who was designated prime minister in July, has previously said he would seek to re-start negotiations with the IMF once his government was formed. Mikati was designated after Saad al-Hariri, a former prime minister, abandoned his efforts.

(Reuters) - Five South American Juventus players will stay at home and rest instead of travelling to face Napoli in Serie A this weekend, the Italian club's coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Friday. I have decided to leave the South Americans at home, they will get back between tonight and tomorrow morning,” Allegri told a news conference. “Cuadrado is the only one who could have come, but he has a stomach bug and was unable to get back to Italy. The guys who played earlier today will arrive in Italy on Saturday morning, bringing them to Naples would make little sense considering the risks,” Allegri added. “Cristiano did not want to play for Juventus any more, he is gone and in any case it would have been his last year.” Allegri said.

CAIRO - 10 September 2020: Egyptian-Turkish diplomatic relations can be restored this year if the outstanding issues are resolved, said Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli in an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday. Madbouli affirmed that the main issue for Egypt is Turkey's involvement in Libya, adding that no other country should interfere in Libya, or try to influence decision-making there. Egyptian and Turkish diplomats agreed Wednesday on continuing the exploratory consultations aimed at normalizing relations, which were severed in 2013 due to Turkey's support to the Muslim Brotherhood outlawed in Egypt. The first round of exploratory consultations was held in Cairo on May 5-6 as both sides discussed bilateral relations and their stances on the issues of Libya, Syria, and Iraq. They also agreed on the necessity of achieving peace and security in the Middle East, and on evaluating the outcomes of the consultations to decide upon the steps that followed.

MOSCOW, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Russia and ex-Soviet ally Belarus on Friday launched the active phase of vast military exercises involving 200,000 personnel that have alarmed Ukraine and some NATO nations. The “Zapad-2021” war games, taking place on Russia’s and Belarus’s western flanks, are due to run until next Thursday. The Western NATO alliance, whose officials have said Russia has regularly underreported the size of the exercises in the past, has urged Russia to be transparent and said it will be watching closely. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the active phase of the drills would take place at nine sites in Russia and five sites in Belarus. The exercises involve 200,000 personnel, 80 planes and helicopters, 290 tanks and 15 naval ships, it says.

LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Britain’s economy unexpectedly slowed to a crawl in July as the Delta variant of COVID-19 spread rapidly after lockdown restrictions were eased and as a ‘pingdemic’ kept many workers at home self-isolating. Finance minister Rishi Sunak said he was confident that the economy would continue to recover from the pandemic. Industrial output grew by 1.2 percent, boosted by the return to production of an oil field, but manufacturing was flat. Early signs of how Britain’s economy fared in August have suggested that consumers got back to spending, with unofficial measures of retail sales and broader expenditure bouncing back. ($1 = 0.7215 pounds)Reporting by William Schomberg and Andy Bruce; Editing by William Schomberg and Catherine Evans

DUBAI, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Friday residents who had been fully vaccinated with a shot approved by the World Health Organization could return as of September 12 from a list of previously suspended countries. Dubai, one of the UAE’s seven emirates, is due to open the Expo 2020 world fair on October 1 after a year-long delay due to the pandemic. The regional business and tourism hub is relying on the fair to give its economy a boost. Organisers had previously said they expect remaining UAE flight restrictions imposed to curb coronavirus infections to be lifted in time for Expo 2020. Countries from which residents can fly into the UAE from Sept. 12 are: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Namibia, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Africa, Nigeria and Afghanistan.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated Egypt’s firm position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis, wherein it is seeking to reach a binding agreement that preserves the water rights of all parties. “But it should not in any way detract from the water rights of Egypt and Sudan in the Nile River. In an interview with Bloomberg that was published on Wednesday, Shoukry confirmed Egypt’s keenness to “avoid armed conflict” over the Renaissance Dam. 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.

Egypt’s Ambassador to Russia Ihab Nasr and an Egyptian delegation also attended the meeting, which took place in Moscow. During the meeting, Anany reviewed tourism figures and highlighted Egypt’s anti-COVID precautionary measures and health safety controls that it is strictly implementing at tourist sites. Anany stressed the safety and convenience of Egypt’s tourist towns, noting that visitors can enjoy the country’s beaches year-round. She praised the country’s precautionary measures, saying that they enhanced her country’s confidence in Egypt as a tourist destination. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-YoumIMAGE: Russian tourists arriving in Hurghada

We have opened the door but we have also said that we can close it if needed,” Soeren Riis Paludan, a professor of virology with the Aarhus University in Denmark’s second largest city, told The Associated Press. The tipping point in Denmark to start easing restrictions came when a majority in the age group of 50+ had the two shots, Riis Paludan said. Some have lifted restrictions but will introduce a vaccination passport. On July 19, the British government lifted remaining legal restrictions for England, though it still plans to introduce a vaccination passport for entry into nightclubs and other crowded venues at the end of September. While in many European countries there were pockets of resistance such passes, people used it all the time in Denmark because people trust authorities, Riis Paludan said.

ISTANBUL, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Turkey’s unemployment rate rose to 12.0 percent in July from 10.6 percent a month earlier as pandemic-related labour supports expired, according to data on Friday that also showed an uptick in the underutilization of workers. In July this year, a seasonally adjusted measure of labour underutilisation climbed to 23.6 percent from 22.4 percent a month earlier. The labour force participation rate rose 0.9 percentage points from a month earlier to 51.2 percent in July. The seasonally-adjusted youth unemployment rate was 23.1 percent in July, unchanged from the level a month earlier. The non-agricultural unemployment rate was at 13.9 percent in July, up 1.6 points from a month earlier.