Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources revealed plans to invest $9bn in new refining and petrochemical projects. The projects, which are currently in the planning or construction phases, are expected to help Egypt increase its refining capacity and production of petrochemicals. The Egyptian ministry has also announced plans to invest in several other refining and petrochemical projects, including a coking complex and diesel production project at the Suez Petroleum Processing Company. The ministry’s investment in these projects is part of a broader strategy to develop Egypt’s petroleum refining industry and increase its production capacities. The ministry expects that the new refining and petrochemical projects will help Egypt reduce its reliance on imports and create jobs.

Three people were killed and 43 others were injured when two microbuses and a pickup truck collided on the Edfu-Marsa Alam road in Aswan. The accident killed a 39-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl, while 12 people are in serious condition. The Rescue Police and the Aswan ambulance facility received a notification with the accident, upon which twelve ambulances and police forces moved to the site of the accident. According to investigations, the microbuses were on the way transferring guests to attend a wedding. The bodies were transported to the Edfu morgue, and the injured were taken to the hospital to receive the necessary treatment.

Egypt and the Arab League have condemned Israeli military aggression on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Arab League statement warned of the “extremely dangerous repercussions” of the Israeli aggression on security and stability in Palestine and the region, and called on the international community to “immediately stop the Israeli aggression and provide protection for the Palestinian people.”The Arab League will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday at the level of permanent representatives to discuss the Israeli escalation in Jenin. The Israeli army launched a large-scale military operation Sunday night and Monday against the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. More than a thousand soldiers and dozens of drones were taking part in the military operation on Jenin, Israel Army Radio said. The operation began with multiple airstrikes, which camp residents said included an air-launched missile, triggering firefights.

Last year, the UAE markets witnessed a series of IPOs that were the strongest in the history of financial markets in the region. The largest entities and financial brokerage companies are already present in the Arabian Gulf, led by EFG Hermes, CI Capital, Naeem Holding, and a number of major financial brokerage companies. He added that brokerage firms should focus on increasing their profitability margins from the Egyptian market, and not focus on seizing an arrangement in “ranking” but rather on the quality of service provided while raising commissions, explaining that competition between brokerage firms over commissions reduced the quality of services provided in the Egyptian market. He explained that the Egyptian market enjoys promising opportunities for several axes, including that it is the largest market with the number of individuals present in the region. Pioneers Securities Brokerage ranked 8th in terms of trading values in the main market, accounting for 3.6% of the market share.

Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir on Sunday announced the arrival of a new batch of railway passenger coaches, with a total of 15 air-conditioned third-class coaches coming from Hungary, to Alexandria Port. This batch brings the total of what has been shipped since the beginning of the signing of the deal with the Russian-Hungarian coalition Transmashholding to 785 vehicles (499 dynamic ventilation coaches – 286 third-class air-conditioned coaches). The rest of the coaches will arrive in batches according to the scheduled timetable. The deal comes as part of an agreement concluded between the Transport Ministry, represented by the Egyptian National Railways, and the Hungarian “Ganz-Mavag” company to manufacture and supply the rest of the remaining coaches out of the total deal of 1,300 new railway coaches. The Hungarian company will supply 50 new buffet coaches that will operate on air-conditioned third-class Russian trains, bringing the total coaches to 1350 – the largest deal in the history of the authority.

Odesa, Ukraine CNN — Vladimir Putin’s response to the armed Vladimir Putin’s response to the armed Wagner rebellion was “weak” and the Russian President is losing control of his own people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview. It’s weak,” Zelensky told CNN’s Erin Burnett in Odesa, in an interview taped on Sunday. Zelensky told CNN he was “surprised” to see his meeting with Burns reported in the media. Speaking at a news conference in Kyiv Saturday, Zelensky said Prigozhin’s rebellion had “greatly affected Russian power on the battlefield” and could be beneficial to Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Asked whether there was any scenario under which there could be peace without Crimea, Zelensky said: “It will not be victory then.”

United Media Services invited famed blogger and travel dancer Noel Robinson to visit Aswan. Robinson performed his dazzling dances in the iconic landmarks of Aswan including Philae Temple.

CAIRO - 3 July 2023: In recent years, the Suez Canal has achieved unprecedented rates that broke all levels, especially those that followed the digging of the new Suez Canal. The canal was able to overcome the fluctuations in the global economy after the Corona pandemic and the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics monitored the development of the Suez Canal revenues in the last ten years, as the value of the Suez Canal revenues amounted to 50.9 billion dollars. • $5.7 billion in 2017/2018, an increase of 15.4%. • $5.7 billion in 2018/2019, an increase of 0.4%.

July 3 (Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which is being held in Australia and New Zealand:WHEN DOES THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2023 START? * This year's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be held from July 20-Aug. 20. The World Cup will feature 32 teams and begin with a group stage, with teams divided into eight groups of four. * Games will take place at 10 stadiums -- Lang Park, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Perth Oval, Stadium Australia, Sydney Football Stadium, Dunedin Stadium, Eden Park, Waikato Stadium and Wellington Regional Stadium. * The final will take place on Sunday, Aug. 20 at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Seoul, South Korea CNN — Raising a child in South Korea is no easy task. As a result, the hagwon industry in South Korea is massive, and profitable. Of the nearly 60,000 middle and high school students surveyed nationwide, almost a quarter of males and one in three females reported experiencing depression. Activists say South Korea needs deeper change instead, such as dismantling entrenched gender norms and introducing more support for working parents. Some agreed the private education sector needed reform, but doubted the effectiveness of this move.

European election observers in Sierra Leone said there were “statistical inconsistencies” in the presidential results published by the electoral commission, which declared President Julius Maada Bio the winner of Saturday’s vote. Sierra Leone’s chief electoral commissioner, Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, told Reuters the disaggregated results would be uploaded to the website “in due course” but that it would take time. Kamara has rejected the outcome, saying the results were not credible. The EU observation mission said in a statement that there were inconsistencies between the first and second batch of presidential results, including “notable discrepancies in the number of average valid votes per polling state”. A spokesperson for the electoral commission declined to comment on alleged irregularities, saying he had not seen the mission’s statement.

Iran and Egypt are in talks to resume direct flights between their capitals, according to the Iranian semi-official news agency Tasnim. The announcement comes amid a thawing of relations between Cairo and Tehran, which have been severed since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a tweet in May that Tehran welcomes better diplomatic relations with Egypt. The talks to resume direct flights between Tehran and Cairo are still ongoing, but the announcement by Tasnim suggests that they are making progress. If the flights are resumed, it would be a sign of the continued thawing of relations between Cairo and Tehran and would help to promote peace and stability in the region.

CAIRO – 2 July 2023: Egypt has extended condolences to the Kenyan government and people over victims of the tragic car crash at the Londiani Junction along the Nakuru-Kericho highway. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, in a tweet Sunday, wished the injured a speedy recovery. At least 51 people were killed in western Kenya on Friday after a truck crashed into other vehicles and pedestrians. According to the Kenyan Red Cross, 32 injured people were move to the hospital. “The country mourns with the families who have lost loved ones in a horrific road accident in Londiani,” Kenyan President William Ruto wrote on Twitter.

The UAE has announced an increase in diesel and gasoline prices, in accordance with the country's pricing mechanism tied to international crude oil rates, revealed the Emirates General Petroleum Corporation, known as “Emarat,” responsible for operating fuel stations, in a Twitter update. Diesel prices also saw an increase to reach AED 2.76 per liter in July, up from AED 2.68 in June, with the price of E-plus 91 rising to AED 2.81 per liter, compared to AED 2.76 in the previous month. The slight increase in in petrol prices follows a small reduction observed in the previous month, as reported by UAE media outlets. Since adopting a liberalized approach to petrol prices in 2015, the UAE has allowed rates to align with market dynamics, resulting in fuel prices that often fluctuate in response to global trends. In May, Egypt’s Fuel Automatic Pricing Committee (FAPC) raised diesel prices by EGP 1 to EGP 8.25, while maintaining the prices of all other gasoline types.

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