(Reuters) - Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez has been having pain-killing injections in his ankle to play at the World Cup in Qatar, his agent Alejandro Camacho said. Martinez started Argentina's stunning opening group stage loss to Saudi Arabia -- where he had a couple of goals disallowed for offside -- and also their win over Mexico. "Lautaro has been taking injections because he has a lot of pain in his ankle," Camacho told Argentine radio station La Red. Martinez has seen his starting spot in the Argentine lineup taken by Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez, who has scored two goals so far. "The competition makes him (Martinez) and Julian stronger, because contrary to what you might think, they are good for each other," Camacho added.

High-level sources at e-finance for financial and digital investments revealed that the company aims to enter the Saudi market next year as part of its strategic expansion plan through a partnership with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF). The sources told Daily News Egypt that the expansion of digital services inside Saudi Arabia is the purpose behind the Saudi sovereign’s acquisition of a stake in the company earlier this year. The Sovereign Fund acquired about 25% by purchasing 462 million shares in e-finance at a price of EGP 15.98 per share with a total value of about EGP 7.5bn. They explained that the PIF has adopted an ambitious plan for e-finance in terms of expanding areas of growth in digital services in Saudi Arabia, which the company will start implementing in 2023. Ibrahim Sarhan — Chairperson and Managing Director of the company — hinted earlier that the strategic partnership with the PIF comes in light of the group’s efforts to diversify the shareholder base and attract foreign investments.

Shereen Shahdi — Director of the British International Investment Corporation (BII), the UK arm for development financing — said that the corporation is very interested in green hydrogen projects and will participate in financing a number of renewable energy projects. Shahdi added in statements to Daily News Egypt that she is already studying projects in this sector to finance them during the coming period, pointing out that she has financed about nine energy projects in Egypt currently. She also pointed out that the company is very interested in green hydrogen and infrastructure projects, as well as water projects and their counterparts related to clean energy. Furthermore, she revealed that the goundation’s investments in Egypt have reached about $750m now and are expected to increase during the next year. Additionally, she said that the Foundation has pumped cumulative investments of about $9.5bn, including 40% in Africa, of which Egypt specifically accounts for 13%.

The cabinet approved, during Wednesday’s meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, a draft decision of from the president approving an agreement to establish the New Development Bank, affiliated to the BRICS bloc, and Egypt’s accession document to the bank. The bank, established in 2015 by a group of major emerging economies, works to support sustainable development and enhance regional cooperation and integration by investing mainly in the field of infrastructure, which includes various sub-sectors in infrastructure such as: energy, transportation, water, and communications, in addition to expanding its operations to include the health and social infrastructure sectors. The bank also works in digitization, due to the negative economic effects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on the global economy. It also focuses on implementing projects related to the national development priorities of member states.

The Egyptian pound has already been floated, a measure that will continue for four years, said the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Plan and Budget Committee,MP Fakhry al-Fiqi, who also shot down the possibility of a new flotation. The third program of the International Monetary Fund witnessed arduous and delicate negotiations over a period of seven months, starting from March until October 27. IMF experts did not arrive in Cairo until after filling the financing gap through recent Arab investments, he added. Egypt has obtained loans from the International Monetary Fund, amounting to about US$20 billion since 2016, as part of the implementation of the economic and social reform program. It also obtained quick financing to face the repercussions of coronavirus pandemic, and has already started paying the first loan installments.

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Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar witnessed the opening activities of the 74th International Conference of the Egyptian Orthopedic Society, which is running until 8 December. According to a statement by the ministry, the minister stressed the importance of the annual conference of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Society, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific societies in the Arab region. The minister also appreciated the association’s efforts for its continuous success in holding the conference over the past decades, as the conference is the largest event in the field of orthopaedic surgery in Africa and the Arab world, explaining that the association is the great home for all orthopaedic surgeons in Egypt, the Arab world, and Africa. He also stressed the importance of the active participation of young doctors in the conference to benefit from the scientific expertise of the expatriates participating in the event from different countries through lectures, scientific sessions, and workshops that are held during the conference activities. Finally, the minister drew attention to the importance of recommendations from the conference on establishing rules for measures to prevent diseases that lead to bone deformities, especially for children.

Spanish choreographer and artist Dani Pannullo has been in Egypt since 22 November to prepare a dance show that pays homage to the rich cultural heritage of the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy. The dance show, titled ‘Architecture of Dance’, is conceived and designed by Pannullo and represents a journey to the essence of Egyptian culture. The show will feature the participation of renowned Egyptian artists, such as Amie Sultan from the Tarab Collective for Preserving Egyptian Performance Heritage and Mohamed Al-Sayed. Additionally, Spanish artists, such as Alexander Peacock, will be participating in the show, along with young Egyptian artists Hossam Al-Deen Ahmed, Ibrahim Desouky, Youssef Abdel Mageed, Aly Ashmawy, Eslam Arabi, and Essam Khalid. The show reaped a lot of success, eventually touring Spain, and has been chosen to be the inaugural party of the headquarters of Casa Arabe in Madrid.

"Over a year ago, in many national camps we told players, 'You have homework ahead of the World Cup. You can't just train them when they're with the national team'," Luis Enrique told reporters on Monday. Luis Enrique gave his team a B+ for their group stage performances, highlighting the 15 minutes against Japan when they were "steam-rolled". In the World Cup you have the best teams, you're playing against top level coaches and players," Enrique added. I encourage my players to forget about the result too, the result will come," Luis Enrique said.

But sometimes this type of caring, selfless people take it a bit too far that they forget themselves in the process. They cater to the needs of everyone around them that they forget about their own needs. These are signs that you need to prioritize yourself more. It is like you are constantly running around and that there’s so much that you need to do and finish but can’t find the time. This is mainly because you usually don’t give priority to yourself and others got used to not prioritizing you either.

This comes in accordance with the directives of the President of the Republic, to support the Egyptian industry, as follows:1. The Public Authority for Industrial Development will provide the committee with the problems that exist in the industrial zones so that the committee will hold meetings in the presence of the competent authorities to solve these problems. The Prime Minister to direct the authorities with judicial control not to close any factory except in cases that cause serious harm to public health and safety, and to refer to the Industrial Development Authority. Second: Problems related to the Industrial Development Authority, and this matter was raised in the committee meeting in the presence of Eng. Mohamed Abdel Karim, Chairman of the Industrial Development Authority, who confirmed that there is a new vision for the authority and it will be presented to the committee within a month.

Minister of Local Development Hisham Amna said on Sunday that the National Programme for Community, Human, and Local Development, ‘Your Project’ (Mashrouak) has contributed since its inception to the implementation of more than 200,000 projects with loans amounting to about EGP 25.6bn. According to the minister, Mashrouak is working in parallel to implement the ministry’s current plan to achieve the economic empowerment of Egyptian women, especially the breadwinners. Dakahlia came next with 16,200 projects, loans of EGP 1.9bn, and 147,000 job opportunities. Mashrouak also helped Sharqyea implement 15,700 projects with loans of EGP 2.4bn and created 178,500 job opportunities. This ensures the continuity and development of these projects in accordance with the variables of the Egyptian market.

CAIRO - 5 December 2022: Health Minister Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has issued a ministerial decision to regulate the process of administrating drug through intramuscular and subcutaneous injection by qualified pharmacists. The decision is meant to guarantee rights of pharmacists and ease the injection process for patients. The minister listened to all proposals submitted during the meeting in order to regulate and legalize intramuscular and subcutaneous injection by qualified pharmacists, said his spokesman Dr Hossam Abdel Ghaffar. The participants posted the minister on advanced training programs that would help achieve that, spokesman Abdel Ghaffar added. The trainees will then receive certificates and licenses needed for pharmacists to be able to administer drug through intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, the spokesman said.

Three years ago, the CBE launched an initiative for mortgage financing for middle-income citizens with an annual interest rate of 10% on a decreasing basis before reducing it to 8% in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shoukry added that the decrease in financing granted to real estate developers at an interest rate of 8% represents a new burden on property developers who will bear this cost. Mortgage financing initiatives have not stopped for social housingMeanwhile, Mai Abdel Hamid — CEO of the Social Housing and Mortgage Support Fund — said that the fund is committed to all previous initiatives with beneficiaries in mortgage financing initiatives and confirmed that no previous announcements have changed their conditions. Abdel Hamid added that previous mortgage financing initiatives have not stopped, no conditions for old ads have been modified, and the fund is committed to all previous ads with their terms, so no beneficiaries will be affected. She also said that the housing ministry has a desire to cooperate with the private sector, as lands have been prepared and are waiting for the private sector to participate in.

The final 2022 event on the PSA World Tour kicks off on 6th Dec at Hong Kong Football Club with the strongest-ever field set to contest the PSA Bronze event for a lion’s share of the $55,000 prize fund. We’ll be covering the event on our dedicated minisite, with key links and daily updates here …Day ONE : dramatic comeback win for Alex Lau as HK legend Max Lee bows out