KIEV, June 10 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces killed about 214,660 Russian invaders between February 24, 2022 and June 10, 2023, including 890 in the past day alone. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. In addition, Ukraine's defense forces destroyed 3,909 (+8) Russian tanks, 7,607 (+7) armored combat vehicles, 3,717 (+15) artillery systems, 600 (+1) multiple rocket launchers, 362 (+3) air defense systems. The Ukrainian troops also destroyed 314 warplanes, 299 helicopters, 3,263 (+16) tactical unmanned aerial systems, 1,176 (+5) cruise missiles, 18 warships/cutters, 6,428 (+18) trucks and fuel tankers, and 507 (+5) units of specialized equipment.

CAIRO – 9 June 2023: Egyptian politician, activist and member of National Council for Human Rights George Ishak passed away on Friday at age of 85. Ishak passed after facing a sudden health problem, as a result of which he was transferred to intensive care in a hospital. Abdel Moneim Imam, head of Justice Party, wrote on his facebook account: “The saint of national work, George Ishak, has passed away”Ishak was an Egyptian politician and activist. Ishak was Born and raised in Port Said, graduated from Cairo University with a BA in history and began his career as a history teacher, headmaster and later as a consultant. Politically, Ishak was active at a young age of his life.

Egyptian MP and journalist Mostafa Bakri said that presidential elections will be held in Egypt before the end of this year, instead of the previous date that was scheduled for the middle of next year. “The Egyptian state has decided that there will be presidential elections before the end of this year,” Bakri said in his show “Facts and Secrets” broadcast on “Sada al-Balad” TV channel. “The Egyptian state is exposed to malicious campaigns and rumors… the upcoming presidential elections will be under full judicial supervision,” he added. Judicial supervision on the presidential elections will not be available in Egypt by next year. The president in Egypt is elected for a six-year term, and he may not hold the presidency for more than two consecutive presidential terms.

Egypt - AUR Capital has acted as the issuance manager and financial advisor in the second securitized bond issuance for AUR Securitization, in cooperation with the Arab African International Bank (AAIB), which acted as issuance manager, financial advisor, arranger and promoter of the issuance and guarantor of the subscription coverage. This is the second issuance for AUC Financial Leasing. Ashraf Salman, Chairman of AUR Capital, said the second issuance of the group comes within its framework to provide non-traditional financing tools and rapid liquidity for the group’s companies. AUR Capital is one of the direct investment companies operating in the Egyptian market. Successive capital increases have taken place, to currently reach an authorized capital of EGP 500m, an issued capital of EGP 330m, and a paid-up capital of EGP 249m.

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The FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy is pictured during an event at Summit at One Vanderbilt observatory in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar(Reuters) - This year's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is on track to become the most attended standalone women's sporting event ever with over one million tickets sold, FIFA said on Thursday. FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the ninth edition of the Women's World Cup, which starts on July 20, has sold 1,032,884 tickets, surpassing the previous tournament in France in 2019. "The future is women, thanks to the fans for supporting what will be the greatest FIFA Women's World Cup ever!," Infantino said in a statement. FIFA had already announced that Australia's opening match against Ireland will change venue to the 83,500-capacity Stadium Australia, the tournament's largest stadium, due to high public demand for tickets.

Authorities in the Red Sea Governorate on Friday will implement the decision of Red Sea Governor, Amr Hanafy to shut down several beaches following a deadly shark attack on Thursday. Beaches will be closed from Gouna, northern Red Sea, to Abu Souma Bay in the south, until safety inspections are completed. According to a statement the decision includes a ban on all fishing activities along the coast of the Red Sea Governorate during the fishing ban period specified by an order from the head of the Fish Wealth Authority. A sudden shark attack in Hurghada on Thursday caused the death of a foreign tourist, authorities at the Red Sea Governorate announced. The tourist was transferred to the Hurghada General Hospital, where urgent health follow-up took place confirming his death.

A sudden shark attack in Hurghada on Thursday caused the death of a foreign tourist, authorities at the Red Sea Governorate announced. The tourist was transferred to the Hurghada General Hospital, where urgent health follow-up took place confirming his death. Usually, sharks do not attack humans, but follow the same type of food (dead cattle) and collide with humans. The Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh international airports recorded the highest operating rate in Egyptian tourist airports for the first half of 2023. The Hurghada International Airport received nearly 3.2 million passengers on board a total of 22,000 flights, an increase of 30.5 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2022.

CAIRO - 9 June 2023: After a wave of unstable weather accompanied by dusty winds witnessed across the country, the official weather forecast revealed the weather conditions will improve Friday as wind speeds decrease, and temperature will drop. Dr. Manar Ghanem, a member of the Media Center of the Meteorological Authority, said that the weather conditions will improve on Friday compared to Thursday, while wind speeds will decrease in the southern regions, but will continue in the northern regions, and the maximum temperature is expected to drop to 36 degrees Celsius. She said, during a phone call on “CBC” TV channel, “The peak of weather conditions has passed, and the clouds are present in some areas in the southeastern, coastal, and western regions, and the chances of rain will decrease significantly. She pointed out that Friday will witness thunderstorms in the Gulf of Suez, the cities of the Canal and some areas in Sinai, but light and intermittent rain in a number of regions of the Republic.

CAIRO - 9 June 2023: The Egyptian government aims to provide 800,000 new job opportunities, according to the report of the Financial, Economic and Investment Affairs Committee on a draft law approving the economic and social development plan for the new fiscal year 2023/24. According to the parliamentary report, the government aims to reduce the unemployment rate among young people in the age group (15-18 years) out of the total number of unemployed, as well as reduce the unemployment rate among holders of university qualifications and narrow the gap in urban unemployment rates compared to rural areas (26.6% compared to 13.1%). The parliamentary report confirmed that the plan includes a number of initiatives supporting medium, small and micro enterprises, as they provide real and quick job opportunities. The parliamentary report indicates that the plan showed the structural imbalances of the unemployed and the market’s failure to absorb all groups wishing to work, and thus the noticeable rise in unemployment rates between urban and rural areas and between the regions and the spread of employment in the informal sector. The Minister of Planning, Dr. Hala Al-Saeed, had delivered a statement on the draft development plan for the new fiscal year, explaining the most important pillars on which the 2024/23 plan was based, foremost of which is full commitment to the objectives of the axes of the National Human Rights Strategy.

Through this meeting, it seemed clear that the BRICS alliance will witness important developments that will certainly be decided by this upcoming summit. The importance and uniqueness of the BRICS group lie in the strategic goals that these countries seek to achieve. These strategic goals have made the BRICS group a target for all developing countries and emerging economies. It can be said that many developing countries view the BRICS group as a lifeline from the desperate attempts of Western countries, led by the United States of America, to control developing economies. What confirms this is the fact that, although the Bank was founded by the BRICS group, it is open to all members of the United Nations.

Omar Bassiouny, the founding partner and head of the corporate sector, mergers and acquisitions at the office, said that the office is working on a large number of deals this year, and it is expected that the number of them will exceed the deals that were implemented during the past year. Bassiouny added, in an interview with Daily News Egypt, that the office consulted on more than 5 merger and acquisition deals in the health sector, including two exit deals, and three minority stake sale deals, in addition to two merger and acquisition deals in the banking sector, one for a government bank, and the other private sector bank. It is likely that the option of offering shares to strategic investors is the alternative and quick solution at the present time. The government intends to offer 32 companies distributed in 18 sectors until March 2024 through offering them on the stock exchange or selling shares to strategic investors, or both. From the current offering plan, the government aims to exit from seven sectors, including the pharmaceutical industries, chemical industries, and construction, and reduce its investments in 7 sectors, including power plants, and provide an opportunity for the private sector to invest in 4 sectors, according to Cabinet data.

The Egyptian cinema and drama industry is experiencing a major crisis as many filmmakers tend to shoot their works outside Egypt, such as producer Mohamed Hefzy, who is currently shooting his films abroad. We have a state of lack of love for cinema, and officials’ lack of belief in the importance and role of cinema in stimulating tourism. This is because these fees are very high and exorbitant and limit the use of high-end tourist places in Egypt and their appearance in our films. This is why the exported image of Egyptian cinema is limited to slums and small neighborhoods. This type of films that served Egyptian tourism cannot be made now because of this exaggeration.

FILE - Citrus farmer holds fruit on his farm near Griffith, north of Melbourne, Australia, August 22, 2007 – Reuters/Tim WimborneCAIRO – 8 June 2023: Egypt will start exporting onions and citrus to the Philippines and Uzbekistan on June 15, 2023, said Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Sayed Al Qusseir in a statement on Thursday. Egyptian agriculture exports from January to 24 August this year have amounted to around 4,491,099 tons, Minister of Agriculture El Sayed El-Qusseir has said on August 26, 2022. A report by Ahmed El-Attar, head of the ministry’s Egyptian Agricultural Quarantine, has affirmed that the most prominent Egyptian agricultural exports this year are citrus fruits, potatoes, onions, grapes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, strawberries, beans, guavas, mangoes, garlic, and watermelons. The total agricultural exports of citrus reached around 1.6 million tons, ranking first among Egyptian agricultural exports, followed by potatoes at 831,696 tons.

CAIRO – 8 June 2023: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi announced on Thursday Egypt’s candidacy to the African Peace and Security Council for the term 2024-2026. The summit kicked off in Lusaka today with the participation of the COMESA 21 member states and saw Zambia taking over the chairmanship of COMESA from Egypt. The aimed to enhance the level of well-being of African peoples and promote the capabilities of peace and security in our countries, Sisi stressed. Achievements, challengesSisi detailed Egypt’s achievements during its COMESA chairmanship with regard to economic development, regional industrial integration, infrastructure and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The president also highlighted the deep challenges that African countries face to sustain peace and security.