(Reuters) - Everton will not sell striker Richarlison, manager Rafa Benitez said on Friday, amid speculation that Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain are keen to sign the Brazil international. “We are not considering selling him (Richarlison),” Benitez told reporters ahead of Saturday’s Premier League trip to Brighton & Hove Albion. “We have some players that people know are very good,” Benitez said. We will try to do our best to make sure we are ready for that, that’s it.”Midfielder Fabian Delph will miss Saturday’s game due to a shoulder injury, Benitez added. Everton are seventh in the table with four points after two games, three places below Brighton who have six points.

TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo, each with unique differences that have to be classified. Lines have to be drawn — in the quest for fairness — to group similar impairments, or impairments that yield similar results. “If we think we can swim or run the same times as everyone else, we feel good being in the class,” Popow said. “To be honest, athletes don’t understand the system,” Popow said. We need to have a classification system overall that everyone understands.”Tea Cisic is the head of classification for the IPC.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern on Thursday about the deteriorating socio-economic situation in Lebanon and called on all “political leaders to urgently form an effective government of national unity,” his spokesman said. A two-year-long financial meltdown hit a crunch point in Lebanon this month as fuel shortages paralysed much of the country, sparking chaos and numerous security incidents. The crisis has sunk the currency by more than 90%, forced more than half of Lebanese into poverty and frozen depositors out of their accounts. The World Bank has called it one of the sharpest depressions in modern times. Reporting by Michelle Nichols Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

CAIRO-25 August 2021: Zamalek fans will have a pleasant sleep tonight after the White Knights claimed the Egyptian League title on Tuesday night. Zamalek defeated El Entag El Harby 2-0 to secure the title with one game still to play in the competition. Zamalek won their third title under their French manager, Patrice Carteron who reunited with the club this season after a short spell in Saudi Arabia. The White Knights won the league title after reaching 79 points from 24 victories and seven draws. Zamalek have a chance to finish the league with a record tally of points if they managed to avoid a defeat in the last round against National Bank SC.

CAIRO – 24 August 2021: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Burundian counterpart Albert Shinjiro affirmed in a Tuesday phone call their keenness to continue strengthening bilateral relations to advance joint work, said Official Spokesperson for Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Ahmed Hafez. Both leaders stressed they will continue pushing forward the course of cooperation between the two countries in various fields. They also expressed the importance of continuing consultations to coordinate stances on regional issues of concern, in connection with the Burundian President's recent visit to Cairo.

In a phone call, Shoukry and his Sudanese counterpart Mahdi discussed the developments in Sudan in he wake of the floods that hit the country, according to the Foreign Ministry's spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, said. The two top diplomats touched on a number of issues of mutual interest, agreeing on enhancing coordination and cooperation to achieve the aspirations of the two countries' peoples.

CAIRO – 24 August 2021: The government plans to provide 950,000 job opportunities to raise the number of employed Egyptians to 28 million, reducing the number of the unemployed to 2.2 million at 7.3 percent of the total workforce. Below are some figures about the targets of the government in reducing unemployment:- 950,000 job opportunitiesIncreasing the employed to 28 millions- Stabilizing the number of the unemployed at 2.2 millions- Increasing female workers from 16 percent to 22 percent of the total workforce- Reducing unemployment amongst holders of university degrees in the total workforce from 46 percent to 38 percent

CAIRO – 24 August 2021: A banking consortium consisting of 4 banks signed a joint financing contract worth LE 4 billion with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. The consortium included: the National Bank of Egypt, the Commercial International Bank, Bank Du Caire and National Bank of Kuwait. The financing comes for the purpose of contributing to the investment cost of some of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company's projects. “We are working to absorb the new capabilities added from renewable energy, reduce electrical losses in the network and strengthen the electrical connection with neighboring countries,” Minister of Electricity, Mohamed Shaker, said. The ministry has implemented many projects in the field of overhead lines and transformer stations on high and high voltages at the level of the Republic, with the aim of developing electricity transmission networks.

CAIRO – 24 August 2021: Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Global Solutions signed a cooperation agreement to establish a Shared Services center in Egypt. The Group undertakes to establish its operations in Egypt with the main objective of providing shared services operations including accounting, HR, procurement, and IT Services operating in but not limited to the Middle East, Africa, and Asia from its center in Egypt. Talaat added that Egypt remains one of the most favorable destinations for multinationals willing to establish service centers for global operations. According to the agreement, MAF undertakes will employ a minimum of 600 additional new Egyptian employees over the course of the agreement, directed primarily to export activities. ITIDA is working to develop and boost Egyptian IT and IT-enabled services exports to various global markets, which contributes to creating more job opportunities for the Egyptian youth.

CAIRO – 24 August 2021: Egypt is preparing to issue the first sovereign sukuk offering during the second half of the current fiscal year 2021/2022, according to Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait. “This contributes to providing the necessary funding for investment projects included in the economic and social development plan in the state’s general budget, to achieve development goals in a manner consistent with the state’s efforts to enhance aspects of spending on improving the standard of living of citizens,” Maait clarified Tuesday. He pointed out that the timing, size and type of offering will be determined later. The minister indicated that the tax treatment prescribed for treasury bonds will also apply to the returns of sovereign sukuks and the return on trading on them, so that the sukuks issued in the local market are listed on the stock exchange, and they are kept in the Central Depository and Custody Company. He pointed out that sukuk issued in international markets issued in foreign currencies are listed on international exchanges in accordance with the rules followed for intergovernmental issuances; This contributes to providing additional cash to the Egyptian economy and reducing the cost of financing investments, especially that these sukuk are issued according to formulas that are compatible with Islamic Sharia principles.

In the attraction phase, when the spark is at its peak, it can be hard to tell if it’s real or just a fling, and we all know summer is the official season of flings. Since summer is coming to an end, maybe you need to know if your new relationship will fly with it too. Here are surefire signs that tell it is just a summer fling. They keep forgetting important things you tell them, you find them having a hard time recalling a name or two of your close friends. To them, they are just not interested to know all these details and would rather keep it light and detached.

CAIRO – 24 August 2021: A military aircraft has brought home members of the Egyptian community back from Afghanistan on Monday. The Egyptian community there mainly consisted of a delegation from Al-Azhar and the diplomatic mission. Sheikh Shawki Abu Zaid, head of the Azhar delegation, thanked President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for the efforts to bring the community home and for the well secured reception, as well as the medical preparations. He also thanked the Egyptian intelligence for the great efforts exerted during the rapid deterioration of security in Afghanistan and its ability to keep the delegation safe in the now Taliban-controlled country. He added that the Armed Forces had been constantly communicating with the Egyptian diplomats in Afghanistan to ensure their safe return.

CAIRO – 24 August 2021: Egypt recorded Monday 189 Covid-19 infections, five deaths as well as 211 recoveries at isolation hospitals. A total of 286,541 infections have been recorded since the outbreak, 16,676 of them have died. Health Minster Hala Zayed said Monday that one case of the delta-plus variant was detected in Egypt in July. She also noted that delta-plus variant for COVID-19 was not proven to be the most severe; however, it is the fastest spreading. Zayed also noted that all vaccines were proven to be affective against the delta-plus variant.

Aug 23 (Reuters) - Liverpool have refused to allow Mohamed Salah to travel to Africa for World Cup qualifiers with Egypt next month because he would be forced to quarantine on his return to England, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said on Monday. It opens up the possibility of similar refusals from other European clubs ahead of next month’s World Cup qualifiers in Africa, Asia, the CONCACAF region, Europe and South America, and puts them on a potential collision course with FIFA. “The Egyptian Football Association had received a letter from Liverpool apologising for the inability of its player, Mohamed Salah, to join the national team for next month’s African qualifiers for the World Cup. It could also affect Liverpool’s Brazilian trio of Roberto Firmino, Alisson Becker and Fabinho, who have been called up for next month’s qualifiers against Chile, Argentina and Peru. "The regulations have reflected this process, as best as is possible at the global level.

LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Michail Antonio became West Ham United's all-time Premier League top scorer after netting twice to help secure a resounding 4-1 home win on Monday over Leicester City, who had Ayoze Perez sent off late in the first half. Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma had opened the scoring for the Hammers, who made it two wins out of two and went top of the table on goals scored after a superb performance in a cracking atmosphere at the London stadium. West Ham continued to dominate and Benrahma doubled their advantage in the 56th with a simple finish into an unguarded net after Antonio intercepted Caglar Soyuncu'a back pass and squared the ball to the Algerian forward. Youri Tielemans pulled a goal back for Leicester in the 69th minute when he pounced on a loose ball in the penalty area and stabbed it past goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski from 10 metres. But Antonio made it 3-1 in the 80th when he took a Declan Rice cross in his stride and buried a low shot after turning Soyuncu before putting the icing on the cake four minutes later with his 49th Premier League strike for the Hammers.