The current measures covering Tokyo and neighboring areas, Aichi in central Japan and Nagasaki in the south were initially scheduled to end Sunday but will remain until March 6, Kishida said. There are also staff shortages among medical workers who are either infected or close contacts of those who test positive. Kishida has faced criticism for the delayed and slow booster rollouts, which only started in December with medical workers. Yoshimura, in his online talks with Kishida, sought government support in deploying medical workers from public hospitals. Kishida promised help, and proposed a plan to set up temporary medical facilities in Osaka and Tokyo to provide care for a total of 1,000 patients.

Italy have indicated their interest in hosting the 2032 European Championship to European soccer’s governing body UEFA, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Monday. UEFA said in December that countries interested in hosting either the 2028 or 2032 European Championships must confirm their bid by March. “In the last few days the Italian Football Federation presented to UEFA its expression of interest for hosting Euro 2032,” FIGC said in a statement. Italy had originally planned https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/italy-considers-bid-host-euro-2028-or-world-cup-2030-2021-07-15 to bid to host either Euro 2028 or the 2030 World Cup, but the FIGC said hosting the 2032 European Championship would provide a “wider time window” to modernize the country’s stadium infrastructure. Italy defeated England in the final of Euro 2020, which was held in several host cities across Europe, with Rome hosting four matches.

Borussia Dortmund have signed Germany central defender Niklas Sule on a four-year deal from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, the club said in a statement on Monday. The 26-year-old will move to Dortmund on a free transfer after his contract at Bayern expires in the summer. "We are pleased that we were able to sign a German national player in Niklas Sule and retain him for four years," said Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc. Sule was linked with a number of clubs including Chelsea, Newcastle United and Barcelona after reportedly rejecting a new deal at Bayern. Dortmund, who trail leaders Bayern by nine points after 21 games, travel to Union Berlin on Sunday, while Bayern take on VfL Bochum a day earlier.

HONG KONG, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Supplies of vegetables were running low in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with shoppers scrambling to buy whatever they could find, as the government blamed a resurgence of COVID-19 for a drop in deliveries of fresh produce from the mainland. Some vegetable and fruit stalls selling mainland Chinese produce were shuttered while others were selling produce at double their usual prices. The official Chinese Communist Party newspaper, the People’s Daily, had encouraged Hong Kong to follow China’s approach to containing the virus in an editorial on Monday. ISOLATEDHong Kong’s stringent coronavirus policies have turned the once top global travel and business hub into one of the world’s most isolated major cities. Reporting by Joyce Zhou, Marius Zaharia, Donny Kwok and Anne Marie Roantree; Writing by Farah Master; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore

“People are fleeing in absolute fear in all directions,” said an aid worker in Afar, who asked not to be named. War erupted in Tigray in November 2020 and pits the Ethiopian government and its allies, including Afar forces, against forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the region. The aid worker told Reuters that one of her colleagues had been killed in the fighting and two were missing. The aid worker said she did not believe Ethiopian soldiers were involved. The U.N. World Food Programme said last month that 9 million people need food aid across Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions as aid groups struggle to reach cut-off areas.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of a visit by minister Said to the headquarters of ITFC in the Saudi city of Jeddah, said a statement issued by her ministry on Monday. The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) is a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group. It was established with the primary objective of advancing trade among OIC Member Countries, which would ultimately contribute to the overarching goal of improving socioeconomic conditions of the people across the world. Commencing operations in January 2008 (Muharram 1429H), ITFC has since consolidated all trade finance businesses that used to be handled by various windows within the IsDB Group. Since 2008, ITFC has provided more than US$51 billion to OIC Member Countries, making it the leading provider of trade solutions for the Member Countries’ needs.

His Excellency stressed that "Islam is a luminous book, open to everyone, there are no secrets in it. If Islam in its contemporary history has titles, your MWL is a broad title in our glorious Islamic record." This was followed by a speech by His Eminence Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, Chairman of the UAE Fatwa Council, Chairman of the Forum for Promoting Peace for Muslim Communities, member of the Supreme Council of the Muslim World League, in which he expressed his appreciation for the great efforts made by the MWL. He stressed that the MWL makes great efforts in makes great efforts in very important circles. His Eminence Sheikh Mustafa Ibrahim Tesirch, member of the Supreme Council of the Muslim World League, praised the sincere efforts made by the MWL to unite the Islamic ranks towards peaceful coexistence in the world.

He added that he agreed with President Omar Guelleh on increasing mutual investments between both countries and supporting the economic development efforts in Djibouti. The talks included agreeing on establishing a branch of Banque Misr, increase the volume of trade exchange, and establishing an Egyptian logistics zone in Djibouti, according to Sisi. Both leaders also discussed the regional situation in the Horn of Africa and the security of the Red SeaPresident of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh described the talks with President Sisi as ‘fruitful and constructive’. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi received, Monday his Djiboutian counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in an official ceremony. Last May, Sisi headed early to Djibouti to hold a summit meeting with counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh.

CAIRO – 7 February 2022: The Ministry of Interior issued a decree Monday to deport a Syrian national named Mostafa Mohamed al-Mohamed Zein "for the public interest." The ministry had issued a decree in January to deport three foreigners "for reasons pertinent to general security," as reported by the Egyptian Gazette. Those are Mashad Ahmed Alaa El Din, born on May 10, 1997; Mohamed Hussein Mohamed Mozeibar, born on May 1, 1997; and Atino Baloogan, born on April 2, 1976. The former two are from Bangladesh, while the latter is from Nigeria.

PARIS (AP) — Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. French President Emmanuel Macron arrives Monday. Paris organized a meeting Jan. 26 of presidential advisers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France. The French president travels to Kyiv on Tuesday. Putin had reciprocated with an invitation to Russia for Macron, but the coronavirus pandemic prevented the planned trip until now.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry in the meeting of the Committee of the CAHOSCC held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on February 6, 2022. Press PhotoCAIRO – 6 February 2022: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry took part Sunday in the meeting of the Committee of the African Heads of States and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) held on the sidelines of the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly convening in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The minister asserted in his speech that Egypt is keen on voicing the concerns and aspirations of the African continent during COP 27 it is hosting in Sharm El Sheikh in November. Shokry added that the past few years are an embodiment of the severe impact of climate change on Africa, in spite of its very subtle contribution to the phenomenon. In that context, the minister pointed out to the small amount of funding directed to developing countries to combat climate change as well as their limited access to the necessary technology.

CAIRO – 6 February 2022: Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy told press Sunday that the preparations for moving to the New Administrative Capital included digitizing 3.8 million documents in collaboration with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology. In a similar context, the Ministry of Finance aims to complete the development and digitization of the customs system in Egypt by the end of next June, according to a statement by the ministry. Finance Minister Mohamed Maait stated in January that the Ministry of Finance has made great strides in modernizing and mechanizing the customs system by modernizing the legislative structure by issuing the new customs law and its executive regulations, and implementing the “single window” system. Equally, Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi launched in June "The Egyptian Initiative for Training on Industrial Digitalization" in collaboration with GE Digital.

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – There is a realistic possibility of large waves of COVID-19 infection in the future in Britain and such waves might even be considered likely, epidemiologists who model the COVID-19 pandemic to inform government advice have said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ditched legal restrictions in England, saying that, while the pandemic was not over, Britain needs to learn to live with COVID. “Large future waves of infection that need active management to prevent detrimental pressure on the health and care sector are, at least, a realistic possibility (high confidence) or likely (medium confidence),” SPI-M-O said in a consensus statement published on Friday. read more“The next few years will be highly uncertain, and future outbreaks and waves will likely be noisy as things settle down,” the SPI-M-O statement said. “A steady, predictable pattern… may be many years away.”Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The official spokesperson for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Rady, said that the Chinese president valued the positive development brought on via the comprehensive strategic partnership between both nations – especially in the economic and trade fields. Chinese companies enjoy a good reputation in Egypt, Sisi said, adding that they are one of the most important sources of foreign direct investment and advanced technological expertise in some Egyptian economic sectors. Sisi also discussed enhancing cooperation in communications, information technology, and electric cars, as well as maximizing cooperation between health care providers in the two countries to transfer China’s expertise in combating the coronavirus pandemic. The two presidents agreed on the importance of the role that the Suez Canal Economic Zone plays in promoting China’s “Belt and Road” initiative and supporting its achievement of its desired goals, especially through the Egyptian-Chinese zone for economic and trade cooperation.

The Egyptian Public Prosecutor referred, on Saturday, businessman Mohamed al-Amin to the Criminal Court on charges of human trafficking for molesting and threatening seven young girls. The investigations also found that Amin maintained a daily presence in the house where the incident occurred on successive days. Egypt police arrested Amin from his villa in Cairo on charges of human trafficking and acts punishable by law against girls in an orphanage that he founded in Beni Suef governorate, Upper Egypt. State-owned media reported that the arrest came following a report to police, where two girls accused Amin of molesting them. The police filed a case with the incident and referred it to the Public Prosecution to conduct further investigations.