CAIRO – 12 July 2021: The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization continues to receive ministers, officials and public figures from Egypt and all over the world. The guests were received by Vice President of the Museum Authority for Administration and Operation Fairouz Fikri. These delegations were taken on a tour at the museum, where they got acquainted with its distinguished holdings. The delegations expressed their happiness with the distinguished archaeological treasures, and the royal mummies that were transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir in a solemn procession. For his part, CEO of the Museum Authority Ahmed Ghoneim indicated the museum’s keenness to receive visitors of all nationalities, and to make their visit memorable, to achieve the museum’s role as a cultural beacon that introduces the greatness and uniqueness of Egyptian civilization throughout the ages.

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Factbox on Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who defeated Italy's Matteo Berrettini 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-3 in the Wimbledon final on Sunday to win his 20th Grand Slam title. CAREER TO DATE* Made Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at the 2005 Australian Open. * Won his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2008 Australian Open -- becoming the first Serbian man to win a singles major. * Beat Federer in a five-set Wimbledon final in 2014. * Defeated Nadal to claim his 15th major and seventh Australian Open title in 2019.

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 11 (Reuters) - Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni paid tribute to Lionel Messi on Saturday, praising his team captain and revealing he played in the Copa America win over Brazil with an injury. "If you knew the way that he played in the Copa America you’d love him even more,” Scaloni told reporters after Argentina’s 1-0 win at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The 34-year old had shown his frustration with the defeats, retiring after losing the 2016 Copa America to Chile only to return to the international fold a few weeks later. “In the end he did not throw in the towel and he succeeded,” Scaloni said. We greet each other, we hug each other, and I am eternally grateful to him and his team mates.”

CAIRO - 11 July 2021: Held within the events of the 74th Cannes Film Festival, Arab Cinema Center announced the winners of the 5th Critics Awards for Arab Films. Deborah Young, Manager of the Critics Awards for Arab Films, commented on that saying “Although last year was hard on everyone, the Arab Cinema managed to provide a high-quality level of fiction and documentary films; making it hard to pick the nominees for this year’s Critics Awards for Arab Films. The awards are given to the best Arab film productions every year in the following categories: Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Actress and Best Actor. The ACC also launched an English-language Arab Cinema Guide, available on its website, which is a comprehensive cinematic guide that comprises a variety of tools presented collectively for the first time to offer information on Arab cinema to filmmakers inside and outside of the Arab world. It also aims to facilitate filmmakers' access to international markets and help film industry representatives to easily identify Arab film productions.

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Prince William wished the England soccer team the best of luck as it prepares for Sunday's Euro 2020 final, its most anticipated game since the side won the 1966 World Cup. William, who is president of England's Football Association, posted his message in a video on Twitter, adding to wishes from Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "What a team performance it's been, every member of the squad has played their part," said William. You bring out the very best of England and we are all behind you, the whole country is behind you so bring it home." While England have only once previously reached the final of a major tournament, this will be Italy's 10th such final.

A statement issued by the ministry Sunday said the minister held a number of meetings with giant French companies in Paris, including: FIVES, Alcatel-Lucent, TRANSDEV, along with senior French officials. Egyptian Ambassador to France Alaa Youssef took part in the meetings, the statement said. The minister said the total number of French investments in Egypt reached $349 mn during the period between 2019-2020, with a 17.9 percent increase compared to 2018-2019, it added. The meetings focused on looming investment opportunities before French companies in the Egyptian markets, especially in light of recent economic incentives and advantages floated by the Egyptian government, according to the statement. The minister underscored the importance of promoting Egyptian-French economic and investment ties, along with an upcoming Egyptian-French Business Council slated for the last quarter of the current year, as well as an economic forum to be held by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) in Nov., it read.

The net tonnage transiting the canal during the first half of 2021 increased by 3.8 percent, by 610.1 million tons during the first half of the current year, compared to 587.7 million tons during the same period of last year, with an increase of 22.4 million tons. The head of the authority stressed that the revenues of the Suez Canal, despite the various challenges, witnessed a great boom recently, as navigation statistics during the fiscal year 2020/2021 recorded the highest annual revenue in the history of the canal amounting to $5.84 billion, compared to $5.72 billion during the 2019/2020 fiscal year, with an increase 2.2 percent, or $124.3 million. The Canal’s revenues during the first half of 2021 achieved about $3 billion, compared to $2.76 billion during that period last year, with an increase of 8.6 percent or $237 million. While the number of car carriers increased during that period by 27.8% percent, and dry bulk vessels increased by 5 percent during that period, according to Rabie. He expressed his hope that the performance rates will witness unprecedented records by the end of the current calendar year in terms of the number of transiting ships, tonnage and revenues generated.

The equally weighted index EGX 50 dipped 1.04 percent, or 22.15 points, to end at 2,097.76 points. The small and mid-cap index EGX 70 dropped 1.01 percent, or 23.44 points, to close at 2,296.49 points, and the broader index EGX 100 lessened 0.89 percent, or 28.83 points, to close at 3,224.69 points. Market capitalization lost around LE 2.57 billion, recording LE 655.21 billion, compared to LE 657.78 billion in Thursday’s session. Foreign investors were net sellers at LE 10.92 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers at LE 1.28 million, and LE 9.64 million, respectively. Arab and foreign organizations sold at LE 2.56 million, and LE 10.05 million, respectively, while Egyptian organizations bought at LE 39.22 million.

This is in reference to the words found on the Phaistos Disc, which is a clay tablet dating back to 2000 BC. The symbols covering the disc with a spiral ring on both sides have puzzled researchers since its discovery in 1908. According to Owens, this is evident from a comparison made with other religious words from other inscriptions from the Holy Mountains of Crete. The Phaistos Disc was discovered by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Bernier in 1908. Over the years, researchers have interpreted the disc was a calendar, an astronomy tool, and even a miniature version of a board game.

Meteorologists predict more hot and humid weather on Monday in Cairo and the Delta, with slightly cooler weather along the north coast and hotter weather in South Sinai and Upper Egypt. The weather will cool by nightfall over most parts of the country. The increase in humidity will exacerbate the feeling of hot weather by two to four degrees. Active winds are expected in Greater Cairo, the northwestern coast, and South Sinai. Waves in the Mediterranean Sea will be low to moderate, ranging between one and 1.5 meters in height with northwestern surface winds, while waves in the Red Sea will be low to moderate, ranging between one and two meters in height with northwestern surface winds.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday met with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker to discuss the ministry’s renewable energy projects as well as green hydrogen generation. Sisi directed the ministry to prepare an integrated national strategy for green hydrogen production, including developing the field’s capability and establishing Egypt as a global competitor in this field. Shaker also presented progress on the overhead power line project, which is part of a larger project to overhaul infrastructure along the north coast. Finally, Shaker presented national electricity projects, including those focused on wind and solar energy, many of which are being implemented in cooperation with private sector companies as part of Egypt’s strategy for integrated and sustainable energy. Egypt aims to rely on 42 percent renewable energy by 2035.

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CAIRO – 11 July 2021: Speaker of the House of Representatives Hanafy al-Gebali highlighted in the plenary session Sunday that the Nile River is the source of life in Egypt, and that concluding a fair agreement spares the region conflict. The dispute among Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia dates back to May 2011 when Ethiopia started building the dam; Egypt voiced concern over its water share [55.5 billion cubic meters]. Three years later, a series of tripartite talks between the two countries along with Sudan began to reach an agreement, while Ethiopia continued the dam construction. The dam is located on the Blue Nile with a capacity of 74 billion cubic meters, and is expected to generate up to 6,000 megawatts of power. The first filling was carried out in 2020 with 4.9 billion cubic meters, and there was an intention to do the second filling with 13.5 billion cubic meters but that is not possible for technical reasons.

CAIRO – 11 July 2021: Egyptian House of Representatives discussed this week a report released by the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee regarding a draft law submitted by 61 MPs to toughen harassment punishment in law. Member of Parliament Ashraf Rashad and 60 others (more than one-tenth of the parliament’s members) to amend some provisions of the Penal Code regarding the punishment of sexual harassment. It does not exceed five years and the fine is not less than twenty thousand pounds and not more than fifty thousand pounds. Standing up against harassment, sexual assaultThere has been an awakening movement in the Egyptian society as many victims of harassment and rape rose to reveal their stories, and send assaulters to prison. In July, the Egyptian government ratified a draft law that guarantees the secrecy of testimonies made by victims of harassment, rape and sexual assault.

The court ruled in 2020 that a surrogacy law, which had expanded access to single women but excluded gay couples, “disproportionately harmed the right to equality and the right to parenthood” and was unlawful. It gave the government a year to draw up a new law, but parliament failed to meet the deadline. The state had argued that the law was intended to protect surrogate mothers but the court ruled that it would be possible to strike a balance that would not discriminate. Gays serve openly in Israel’s military and parliament, and many popular artists and entertainers, as well as the country’s current health minister, are openly gay. __IMAGE: FILE – In this June 25, 2021 file photo, people participate in the annual Pride Parade, in Tel Aviv, Israel.