CAIRO - 26 July 2020: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Sunday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has directed to finalize the project of Old Cairo's Fustat parks as soon as possible. The project is planned to mirror Egypt’s long history and restore Cairo's status as an international and regional tourist destination and hub, the prime minister said. Madbouli was briefed by el Gazzar on the project of developing the yards of Amr ibn Al-Aas Mosque, planned to be the main entrance for the Fustat parks and other tourist religious sites, such as the Religions Complex. The project, which comes as part of an initiative to develop the districts of Islamic Cairo, plans to turn 590 feddans in the heart of the capital to a central public park that overlooks many historic and archaeological sites and monuments, the statement read. This view on the historic landmarks makes the park a regional and international tourist destination, the statement read, noting that a number of amusement activities and traditional industries will be available in the parks.

The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) has announced today disbursing of its Export-IT’s 2019 cash rebate on ICT exports of the local ICT companies. Cairo, Egypt – July 26, 2021 - The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) has announced today disbursing of its Export-IT’s 2019 cash rebate on ICT exports of the local ICT companies. According to ITIDA, 33 companies have applied for the program the first time, while 22 startup companies have joined this year. ITIDA has excluded the Egyptian IT startup companies that were founded in 2016 or later from the “headquarter in Egypt” condition. Throughout the eleven previous rounds of Export-IT, ITIDA has extended support to more than 230 Egyptian companies, with a total value amounting to EGP480 m.

On Sunday evening, the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced that it recorded 39 new coronavirus cases, up from 38 on Saturday. The ministry also recorded six deaths and 122 recovered cases. A total of 284,024 cases have been reported in Egypt, alongside 16,487 deaths and 227,612 recovered cases. The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Supply, Medical Supply and Medical Technology Administration (UPA) announced in mid-June that it has secured over 46 million COVID-19 doses during the fiscal year 2020/2021. Egypt’s Prime Minister added that Egypt has also produced one million doses of coronavirus vaccines thus far.

MADRID: Former Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres has been appointed as the club's youth team coach. Torres worked in the academy set-up of his boyhood club last season as an assistant, and will make the step up to head coach for the 2021-22 campaign. It's an exciting challenge I've got in front of me and we'll give everything we can to continue to serve our club," Torres wrote on Twitter on Monday. The 37-year-old, who scored 121 goals in two spells for Atletico and also played for Liverpool and Chelsea, is joined by club captain Koke Resurrecion's brother, Borja, who will take charge of the Under-15s. Fabio Futre, son of former Portugal international and Atletico forward Paulo, has been named as the club's Under-11 coach.

CAIRO – 26 July 2021: Tunisia's President Kais Saied has ousted Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, frozen parliament and revoked all MPs' immunity in a shocking and sudden decisions, Sunday night. Demonstrators attacked several headquarters and offices of Ennahda party affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood and sat fire at most of it. The Tunisian army is currently stationed around the premises of in the interior ministry in the capital. Units were deployed in front of the parliament building, TV headquarters and other vital facilities. "I warn any who think of resorting to weapons… and whoever shoots a bullet, the armed forces will respond with bullets," he said.

CAIRO, 26 July 2021: The Egyptian handball team lost to Denmark 32-27 in the second round of the group stage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In the second half, Denmark came back strongly and scored four goals ahead of Egypt at times. In the end, Denmark won by 5 goals with extraordinary brilliance from goalkeeper Nicholas Landen, and Mikel Hansen, star of the team. The victory raised Denmark's balance to 4 points at the top of the second group standings, while Egypt's balance froze at two points in second place temporarily. Egypt will play in the third round with Japan next Wednesday morning, while Denmark will play Bahrain.

TOKYO • Spain's striking woes extend not just to the senior team, as evident at Euro 2020, but also their junior team. Along with defending champions Brazil, Spain have the strongest line-up of any team at the Tokyo Games. Six players who featured in their run to the last four of Euro 2020, including No. The Real Sociedad forward, who started in Spain's Euro 2020 semi-final shoot-out defeat by Italy, was his team's most dangerous player, striking the bar in the first half as he ended his country's 21-year wait for both an Olympic goal and win. "We saw the joy after Teji's (Savanier) goal and we gave ourselves a final (group match) against Japan (on Wednesday).

Palestinians gather at Rafah boder crossing as they wait to travel into Egypt after the passage was opened for three days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip April 12, 2018. / AFP / SAID KHATIBCAIRO - 26 July 2020: Egyptian authorities reopened the Rafah border crossing on Sunday after the Eidul Adha holidays to receive wounded and stranded Palestinians and allow humanitarian relief assistance into the Gaza Strip. The crossing has been opened according to directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi since May 16, 2021. It is also part of the Egyptian commitment announced by Sisi to quickly improve the living conditions of the Gaza dwellers. And, on May 10-20, Israel shelled and carried out airstrikes against Gaza Strip.

Japan's Nakayama and Momiji Nishiya are 16 and 13 respectively and Leal is also 13 years old. During the heats Leal managed two flawless runs, while China's Zeng Wenhui, 16, impressed by landing technically complicated tricks that lit up the commentators. Nishimura said she hurt herself practicing on Sunday, but put that out of her mind during the tense heats. Skaters from Brazil and Japan have dominated street skateboarding since the sport debuted at the Olympics on Sunday. "Even without spectators, I'm trying to enjoy the mood here and skate my own way," she said.

CAIRO – 25 July 2021: Egypt’s Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait presented a number of important financial indicators related to improving economic growth rates, as the government succeeded in increasing state revenues by LE 119 billion, with a growth rate of 12.2 percent during 2020/2021. This came during the Minister’s meeting with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. The official spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic stated that the meeting dealt with the review of the financial performance that was achieved for the fiscal year 2020/2021. Maait also explained that Egypt came among the best countries in reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio, despite the Corona pandemic, which affected economic growth rates, revenues and expenditures and led many countries to increase debt rates. The developments in the development of the tax system were also discussed, including the electronic tax invoice project, electronic tax returns, as well as efforts to automate the main tax work procedures, as well as the electronic receipts project.

The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) signed a contract with Mercedes-Benz on Sunday morning to establish a logistics center in Ain Sokhna. An agreement was reached between President of the SCZone Yahya Zaki and CS Director Mercedes-Benz Cars at Mercedes-Benz Egypt SAE Raul Rohan to establish a logistical distribution and redistribution center within the Suez Canal Economic Zone. The signing was attended by Chairman of the Board of Directors Peter Ross, Vice President of SCZone for the Southern Region, Major General Mohamed Shaaban, and Executive Director of the Authority Walid Jamal Eddin. Zaki said that this is an important step by Mercedes to support the auto industry in the SCZone, in addition to the projects and contracts with major international companies that will support and advance investment in the region. This project had gone through many negotiations, he added, until the economic zone succeeded in agreeing to establish a logistics center for Mercedes that includes a storage yard for cars, a center for auto parts and a maintenance workshop.

CAIRO – 25 July 2021: An Egyptian court ruled on Sunday to notify International Interpol to arrest Egyptian fugitive contractor Mohamed Ali and two other aides. The terrorism court held at the Tora prison complex ruled to notify the International Interpol to quickly arrest Ali and 2 others after being charged with inciting violence, publishing false news, and joining the banned group of the Muslim Brotherhood. The fugitives are charged with publishing false news about the economic situation in the country, with the intent of disturbing public order. Ali has first fled to Spain where he posted videos criticizing the regime starting September 2019 and later moved to the United Kingdom. In November 2019, the Public Prosecution referred Ali to a criminal court on charges of VAT evasion two weeks after he was sentenced to five years in prison by the Tax Evasion Misdemeanor Court.

The Egyptian Cabinet’s Media Center on Sunday denied rumors spread online claiming that the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir would be demolished after the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). It stressed that the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is one of the most important and famous archaeological buildings in the world, and can never be harmed. The Egyptian government announced in June 2019 the start of a project to develop the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir at a cost of 3.1 million euros. The participating museums are: the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, the Louvre Museum in France, the British Museum in England, the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, Germany, the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, in Leiden. A file for the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir will be prepared for submission to UNESCO for inclusion in the list of world heritage sites.

Les Bleus trailed 3-2 with 10 minutes left but captain Andre-Pierre Gignac converted an 86th-minute penalty to complete his hat-trick before Savanier's late goal. Gignac, one of the three over-age players selected by France along with the under-24 group for the Olympics, now leads the scoring charts in Tokyo with four goals from two matches. Back-to-back defeats also left South Africa's hopes of qualifying hanging by a thread, a week after their camp reported multiple COVID-19 cases. "This victory is very good for us, especially in terms of spirits," said Argentine coach Fernando Batista. "Now we have to rest and prepare for the best way to define the group against Spain."

Meteorologists predict hot and humid weather on Monday during the day over Greater Cairo, the Delta governorates and northern Upper Egypt, with moderately hot weather on the northern coasts, and very hot weather on southern Upper Egypt, and South Sinai. The weather will be moderate and humid at night over most of the country, however increased humidity will exacerbate the feeling of hot weather by two to four degrees throughout the day. Maximum temperatures:Alexandria: 31CCairo: 35CSharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada: 37CQena: 38CLuxor: 39CAswan: 40CActive winds are expected on the northwestern coasts, with moderate waves on the Mediterranean Sea. Waves in the Mediterranean Sea will be moderate, ranging between 1.5 and 2.25 meters in height with northwestern surface winds, while waves in the Red Sea will be moderate, ranging between two and 2.25 meters in height with northwestern surface winds.