Authorities in the Giza governorate working alongside the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine and the Supply Investigations have arrested several smugglers who were transferring donkey meat for illegal trade. The authorities said that the smuggled meat was intended to be sold at markets for human consumption. The authorities seized 150 kg of donkey meat and arrested the violators. Giza Governor, Ahmed Rashed stressed the continued efforts of Giza agencies – working in districts, centers, cities, veterinary medicine directorates – and the supply investigations in monitoring the markets. He added that the governorate agencies tirelessly ensure the quality of goods offered to citizens and will swiftly deal with all violators.

Viral videos show armedIsraeliforcesbeatingworshippers inside themosqueand smashing windows, as women and children cry for helpThere were injuries during the clashes that broke out in the mosque and some other neighbourhoods in the old city, according to media reports. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson of the Palestinian presidency, on Wednesday warned against the Israeli violations in the mosque in a press statement, saying that“the Israeli occupation authorities” crossing the red lines in the holy places would lead to a big explosion in the entire region. Israeli police said in a statement that dozens of young adults armed with sticks, stones, and fireworks barricaded themselves in the mosque earlier in the evening to start a violent disturbance. Israel occupied East Jerusalem in the 1967 War. The Palestinians have been seeking to establish an independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Hossam Heiba, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), said that the authority is taking rapid steps to implement the Cairo International Financial Center (CIFC) as soon as possible, explaining that the expected investments range between $2-3bn. Heiba told Daily News Egypt that the memorandum of understanding signed in March between the GAFI and the CIFC consortium regarding the establishment of the Cairo International Financial Center in the New Administrative Capital stipulated that implementation should begin within 12 months. He mentioned that the state primarily aims to achieve its economic goals and attract capital and direct investments through the centre. CIFC role will be to assist investment flows to and from Egypt, through all categories of financial products in and outside Egypt. Cairo International Financial Center’s main target will be to facilitate access to international finance and investments to finance entrepreneurial risks and develop capital markets, industries and infrastructure projects.

Egyptian Presidency Spokesperson Ahmed Fahmy said President Al-Sisi welcomed the development of cooperation between Egypt and the African Development Bank. Al-Sisi expressed appreciation for the AfDB's role in supporting the development sectors in Africa, particularly in light of the growing economic challenges at the international level. He noted achievements made across many development sectors mainly electricity, water treatment, and the development of unplanned residential areas, as illuminating examples and models of development progress benefiting large segments of the population. The meeting would focus on encouraging continental economic integration, as well as mechanisms to close the African continent's climate finance gap. President Al-Sisi expressed Egypt's full support for the Bank and its annual meetings and affirmed Egypt's constant interest to promote the interests of Africa in all its forms and at all levels.

Yahia Zakaria, the player of our national artistic gymnastics team, made historical achievement after clinching the bronze medal of the 2023 Gymnastics World Junior Championships. Zakaria won third place after getting 13,700 points during his participation on the parallel machine, becoming the first Egyptian player to win a medal in the World Junior Championships. Egypt’s men’s junior artistic gymnastics team has achieved ninth place in the World Gymnastics Championship currently held in Turkey with the participation of 36 teams in a new achievement for Egyptian gymnastics. This is considered the best position achieved by the Egyptian gymnastics team in the world championships. The Egyptian men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics team will participate in the second Gymnastics World Junior Championships from March 29 to April 2 in Antalya, Turkey.

At the end of my conversation with him, I asked him about the great writer, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, one of the legends of journalism in Egypt and the world. There was a great shock, which I will convey as it is in the following lines:Muhammad Hassanein Heikal (1923-2016) is an Egyptian journalist, writer, and thinker. Indeed, Muhammad Hassanein Heikal did not write literary novels. Indeed, Muhammad Hassanein Heikal did not hold the position of Minister of Culture in Egypt from 1980 to 1981; rather, he was imprisoned at the time and did not hold any official position. The error was repeated, and the response was: I apologize for the error in the information I provided about the books of Muhammad Hassanein Heikal.

An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causes the wall of a person’s aorta, the largest artery in the body, to weaken and bulge outward. Predicting the risk of AAA rupture involves a combination of imaging studies, such as ultrasound, CT scans, and MRI, and hemodynamics, as well as clinical factors such as age, sex, smoking history, and family history of AAA. To solve the blood flow governing equations under the pulsating conditions caused by the heart’s beating, they used finite element-based simulations. The team found that aneurysm size alters the blood flow velocity distribution. “In the future, such computational work will help in the development of digital twins of the cardiovascular system,” said Kumar.

CAIRO – 4 April 2023: The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reported Tuesday an increase of 14,019 in the Egyptian population - since Thursday - making the total living domestically 104,765,899. The most populous governorates are Cairo (10,225,360); Giza (9,484,800); Sharqia (7,886,744); Daqahliyah (7,034,552); Beheira (6,859,692); Menya (6,293,995); Qalyoubiyah (6,119,124); and, Sohag (5,703,527). The Ministry of Health and Population indicated in a press statement in February that senior citizens (aged above 60) would make up 13.8 percent of the population whose average age would be 29.7 by 2050. As such, the number of senior citizens will be around 22 million out of the expected 160 million Egyptians, as estimated by a November United Nations report.

CAIRO - 4 April 2023: Egypt's law allocates a special account to organize spending on stray animals. 2- The proceeds of the reconciliation consideration, the consideration for sheltering and isolating animals, and the fees and fines stipulated in this law. 3- A percentage of the value of the customs taxes for items of food for dogs, cats, and pet birds for decoration, whether they are prepared for retail sale or not. 4- Grants, endowments, donations, and guardianships in accordance with the purposes of the account and in accordance with the rules, controls, and procedures established in this regard. 5- Any other resources allocated in a manner that does not contradict with the laws, regulations and decisions in force.

Egyptian and Sudanese navies carried out the joint naval exercise SUD-EGY-T-1 on maritime security and confronting atypical threats. The Egyptian Armed Forces said in a statement that the exercise was carried out over several days at the naval base in Port Sudan, Sudan. The drill included organizing lectures and workshops to unify concepts among the participants on issues of maritime security, illegal immigration, countering terrorism and atypical threats. The exercise also came up with recommendations that enhance the joint efforts of both countries to confront illegal marine activities within the Red Sea. The Egyptian Armed Forces indicated that the training comes within the framework of the joint training plan of the armed forces with all friendly countries to enhance military cooperation in various fields.

According to the company's business results report, which was reviewed by Daily News Egypt, the company's net sales increased by 24% to EGP 83.9bn in 2022, compared to EGP 67.8bn in 2021. The company's exports declined to $797m in 2022 from $1.3bn in 2021. It added that the domestic consumption of reinforcing steel grew over the past year by 8% to record 7.8 billion tonnes, compared to 7.3 billion tonnes in 2021. The company confirmed experts' expectations that the global steel production market will try to stabilize the current production volume of 1.8 billion tonnes, which was already recorded in 2022. It expects global steel production to recover in a later period if inflation is controlled, but it will witness limited growth.

Egypt started receiving offers from investors to buy shares of Wataniya and Safi companies, affiliated to the National Service Projects Organization of the Armed Forces, the CEO of the Sovereign Fund of Egypt Ayman Suleiman announced. Suleiman added that the Sovereign Fund of Egypt will raise its capital after the completion of the evaluation of the assets of the Misr Insurance Holding Company, which has recently been included under the Sovereign Fund of Egypt. The company has huge assets which will double the size of the assets owned by the Sovereign Fund of Egypt, he said. According to Suleiman, the quality of the offered assets will be able to attract investors despite the current global crises. He anticipates that 12 companies by the middle of 2023 will be included under the Sovereign Fund of Egypt before the IPO.

Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir held a meeting with Australian Ambassador to Egypt Axel Wabenhorst on Sunday to discuss ways to strengthen economic relations between the two countries. They discussed developments in the global economic situation and issues of common interest. The minister said that Egypt and Australia have distinguished trade and investment relations that contribute to the development of the Egyptian and Australian economies alike. Samir highlighted the keenness of the two sides to intensify joint efforts to increase intra-trade rates between Egypt and Australia, added that the volume of trade exchange between the two countries reached approximately $703 mln in 2022. Source: dailynewsegypt.com

The move followed the China-brokered talks in Beijing in early March, during which Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to resume diplomatic relations and reopen embassies and missions within two months. On March 19, Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president's deputy chief of staff for political affairs, tweeted that the Saudi king had written the Iranian president an invitation letter to visit Riyadh. Commenting on Iran's ties with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states in the region, Mokhber said the improvement of relations with regional countries has been among the major strategies pursued by the Raisi administration since the president took office. Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in early 2016 in response to the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed a Shiite cleric. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has welcomed the resumption of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted a reusable launch vehicle autonomous landing mission at the aeronautical test range in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka on Sunday, said a statement by ISRO. The mission was performed in collaboration with the Defence Space Research Organisation and the Indian Air Force. With this landing experiment, “the dream of an Indian Reusable Launch Vehicle arrives one step closer to reality,” the statement said. According to ISRO, a reusable launch vehicle is essentially a space plane with a low lift-to-drag ratio requiring an approach at high glide angles that necessitates a landing at high velocities of 350 km per hour. The autonomous landing was carried out under the exact conditions of a space re-entry vehicle’s landing, with high speed, unmanned, precise landing from the same return path, as if the vehicle arrives from space, said the ISRO statement.