Egypt's Suez Canal records all-time highest daily traffic rate on Saturday
ISMAILIA - A record of 89 ships carrying a total net tonnage of 5.2 million tonnes passed through Egypt's Suez Canal in both directions on Saturday, the highest daily traffic rate in the international waterway's history, stated Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie. Today, 44 ships passed through the canal from the north with a net tonnage of three million tonnes, while 45 ships crossed from the south with a net tonnage of 2.2 million tonnes, Rabie added in his statement.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 07, 2022 04:12 UTC
Debridge Finance Suspects North Korean Hacking Syndicate Lazarus Group Attacked the Protocol's Team – Bitcoin News
Debridge Finance Suspects North Korean Hacking Syndicate Lazarus Group Attacked the Protocol's TeamAccording to the co-founder of Debridge Finance, Alex Smirnov, the infamous North Korean hacking syndicate Lazarus Group subjected Debridge to an attempted cyberattack. Lazarus Group Suspected of Attacking Debridge Finance Team Members With a Malicious Group EmailThere’s been a great number of attacks against decentralized finance (defi) protocols like cross-chain bridges in 2022. While most of the hackers are unknown, it’s been suspected that the North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group has been behind a number of defi exploits. OFAC alleged that the group of Ethereum addresses are maintained by members of the cybercrime syndicate Lazarus Group. What do you think about Alex Smirnov’s account of the alleged Lazarus group email attack?
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 07, 2022 03:35 UTC
North Carolina school principals could face pay cuts
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some North Carolina principals are worried they could lose pay in the upcoming school year instead of the raises they’re supposed to be receiving in the new state budget. State lawmakers approved a budget in July that includes a 4% raise in the salary schedule for principals but also changes how school test scores will be used to determine pay. The News & Observer reports that principals across the state are talking about how the change could lead to them seeing pay cuts. “I am asking, on behalf of school principals, that the leaders of our General Assembly consider a Hold Harmless provision to school leaders.”ADVERTISEMENTLauren Horsch, a spokeswoman for Senate leader Phil Berger, said Friday there are no plans for the General Assembly to approve a hold harmless provision. Since 2017, the state has paid principals based on how many students are at their school and whether their school’s test scores met or exceeded growth expectations.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 23:08 UTC
Africa: The Battle to Re-engage with Africa - Anthony Blinken's Visit
Blinken's visit follows junkets by the leaders of several global powers who have been strategizing to create alliances in and with Africa. This has given Turkey a boost as its foreign policy strategy towards Africa speaks to collaboration and development. Besides the visits, another strategy has emerged: summit diplomacy in which nations and regions fashion large events with African leaders. In February 2022 for instance, the sixth European-Union Africa Summit took place in Dakar, Senegal with discussions revolving around the promotion of common principles, shared values, and international law. It is thus evident that Blinken's visit will be watched closely by the foreign policy strategists in places such as Ankara, Moscow, Paris, Beijing, and Brussels.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 18:42 UTC
Algeria: Former Minister sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption – The North Africa Post
The former Algerian Minister of Relations with Parliament, Tahar Khaoua, was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison for corruption. Tahar Khaoua’s son, Zakaria, was given a four-year prison sentence with the confiscation of all assets and real estate of the accused, according to local media citing judicial sources. The same sources added that Tahar and Zakaria Khaoua were also ordered to pay jointly to the Treasury 100 million dinars (MAD 7.1 million). The other defendants in this case were acquitted by the court which ordered the release of their judicial supervision. Several personalities and former politicians, as well as powerful bosses, senior civil servants and army officers are being prosecuted, among other things, for corruption and illicit enrichment.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 17:52 UTC
ERATOSTHENES takes Cyprus to the… moon
Cyprus is heading toward a new, space era now. Its vehicle is a new, autonomous, and self-sustained Centre of Excellence, namely ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence of the Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) that has been established through the ‘EXCELSIOR’, H2020 Widespread Teaming Phase 2 project. The newly established centre has been created as a result of upgrading the existing Remote Sensing and Geo-Environment Lab, which has been operating within the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology since 2007, TEPAK professor Diofantos Hadjimitsis said. The vision of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence is to become a world-class Digital Innovation Hub for Earth Observation, space technology and Geospatial Information and to be the reference Centre in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, and North Africa.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 17:09 UTC
United States of America Remain in Front, Germany up to Second
United States continue to head up Women’s World Ranking; Changes to the top three; A record 185 teams listed in the standings. In addition to the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, continental championships were held in Africa, South America, North America and Oceania, all serving as qualifying events for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™. Since 17 June 2022, when the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking was last published, no fewer than 221 matches have been played, generating considerable movement in the standings. Nigeria (46th, minus 7), who surprisingly went down 1-0 to the She-polopolo in the match for third place, registered the biggest decline in terms of points (minus 69.33). The next edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 13 October 2022, ahead of the Draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ on Saturday, 22 October 2022 in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 16:56 UTC
Italian politician Salvini pledges to move migrant centres to North Africa
Italian politician Matteo Salvini has made tackling immigration the cornerstone of his party's campaign ahead of September's snap general election. Salvini, formerly Italy's Interior Minister and leader of the right wing Liga party, visited the Italian island of Lampedusa, where he said just 15 percent of current migrant arrivals qualify as refugees. He's promising to reduce irregular migration and wants to establish screening centres for asylum seekers in north Africa.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 15:54 UTC
Where Is The Worst State For U.S. Workers?
ShareWhere Is The Worst State For U.S. Workers? Watch the video above to learn more about the debate surrounding states with the worst workers protections. Anti-poverty organization Oxfam America's annual Best States to Work Index analyzes which states have the best policies to protect workers. Oxfam America ranked North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina as the worst states for workers in 2021. “We're still in a very tight labor market where workers still have a lot of power and the ability to be picky.” Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:35 Worst states for workers 5:23 What workers consider 7:10 Attracting top talent 9:40 Broader implicationsSat, 06 Aug 2022 14:00:33 GMT
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August 06, 2022 14:58 UTC
Zimbabwe: Mothers Forego Breastfeeding Amid Economic Hardships in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, Sayi is just one of many women, who, hard-pressed to the core by the country's mounting economic hardships, are forgoing exclusive breastfeeding. Twenty-six years after it was marked first, a World Health Assembly resolution endorsed the World Breastfeeding Week as an important breastfeeding promotion strategy. Yet this has impacted a large number of babies' health negatively, according to health experts. Last year, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, while marking the World Breastfeeding Week, blamed the coronavirus for derailing of the progress made in urging mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding. According to UNICEF, with less women breastfeeding their babies, Zimbabwe has an infant mortality rate of 50 deaths per 1,000 births.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 14:39 UTC
Mali's government agrees to sign 26,000 ex-northern rebels into its army
Mali's government has said it will integrate 26,000 ex-fighters from a northern rebellion group into its army as part of a deal with the former independence movement. The agreement was struck in a meeting on Friday between the two parties and suggest a new energy in the stalled reconciliation deal, signed several years ago. A peace deal between the government and non-extremist armed independence groups in the north was signed in February 2015 but has stalled in the past seven years. Following the ceasefire in 2015 between the Malian government and the northern rebels, both sides have pledged to "tackle the causes of lasting tensions in the region." But some rebel groups have reformed in the desert - staging attacks on the country's army and U.N. peacekeepers.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 14:36 UTC
African Swine Fever spreads to wild pigs in Mizoram: official
Cadavers of wild pigs were also found in a forest in Samthanga area in the same district, he said. The state government would write to the Centre next week to inform it about the detection of ASF in wild boars. The administration has also culled a total of 8,486 pigs and piglets to prevent the disease during the same period. The data revealed that 43,308 pigs and piglets have died and over 19,300 culled since March last year because of ASF. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), ASF is a highly contagious and fatal viral disease of pigs.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 14:10 UTC
Saudi deputy defense minister meets US national security adviser
In Saudi Arabia, by contrast, where just three cases have been confirmed, the response has been more muted. These symptoms usually start within three weeks of exposure to the monkeypox virus, and will typically last two to four weeks. In 2012, the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome caused by the MERS coronavirus was identified in Saudi Arabia. “Since the (monkeypox) virus is transmitted from human to human, all necessary arrangements should be implemented,” he said. However, it is unlikely to be distributed in Saudi Arabia unless it is required to protect the most vulnerable, such as children, the elderly and the immunocompromised.
Source:The North Africa Journal
August 06, 2022 14:02 UTC