Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday received a phone call from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, discussing bilateral relations and the desire to further friendly cooperation between both nations. Sisi called to work together in advancing relations within sectors Spain boasts expertise in, such as health-care, shipping and renewable energy in addition to strengthening cooperation in the tourism field and encouraging Spanish companies to take advantage of the investment opportunities available in Egypt, such as in major national projects. Sanchez on his end conveyed his appreciation towards Egypt’s leadership and people, emphasizing the firm bond both countries share and his desire to see them grow. He also emphasized Spain’s eagerness on intensifying cooperation with Egypt, especially given its role in laying the foundations of peace in the Middle East and Mediterranean region, and its efforts in combating terrorism, extremist ideology and illegal immigration.

CAIRO - 8 July 2020: Egyptian authorities opening maintained the Rafah crossing open for the 24th day for receiving wounded Palestinians and allowing relief assistance to the Gaza Strip. It will also allow the entry of Egyptian technical teams into the Gaza Strip, added the sources. As per Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives, Egyptian engineering equipment and staff has crossed to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, Extra News reported on 4 June. And, on May 10-20, Israel shelled and carried out airstrikes against Gaza Strip. The strikes also caused the destruction of more than 2,000 residential units in Gaza Strip while 15,000 others were partially damaged, according to AP.

Fiber optic cables carrying internet providers are seen running into a server room at Intergate.Manhattan, a data center owned and developed by Sabey Data Center Properties, in New York, March 20, 2013 - RAccording to CNN, countless websites and apps around the world went down Tuesday after Fastly, a major content delivery network, reported a widespread failure. Fastly supports news sites and apps like CNN, the Guardian, the New York Times and many others. It also provides content delivery for Twitch, Pinterest, HBO Max, Hulu, Reddit, Spotify and other services. Other major internet platforms and sites including Amazon, Target, and the UK government website — Gov.uk — are not working. FSLY The problem is appears to be related to an outage at Fastly (), a cloud service provider.

CAIRO – 8 June 2021: Egypt’s budget for 2021/2022 shows great attention to replacing petroleum products with natural gas amid unprecedented figures of homes that have access to the energy. Some L.E.3.5 billion are allocated to the program to supply homes with natural gas in 2021/2022, the same amount of 2020/2021, and the target is 1.2 million families with access to the gas. A total of L.E.12.1 billion in 2021/2022 are allocated to economic activities, including supplying homes with natural gas and the replacement of vehicles to run on gas instead of diesel and gasoline. In five years only, 40 percent of 11.8 million housing units operating on natural gas had their supply. The remaining 60 percent were supplied with natural gas over 25 years.

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority announced Monday that there will be a gradual rise in temperatures during Wednesday and Thursday. Hot weather is predicted over the northern coasts, with very hot weather on Greater Cairo and the rest of the regions. Monday saw hot weather in Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt and northern Upper Egypt, with moderate weather in the northern coasts, hot weather in northern Upper Egypt and South Sinai, and very hot weather in southern Upper Egypt. Active winds blew over Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northwest coasts, and South Sinai. Monday’s temperatures included 32C in Cairo, 27C in Alexandria, 25C in Matrouh, 36C in Sohag, 40C in Aswan.

Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat announced details of her participation in the activities of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021, and revealed further prospects of cooperation opportunities with Russia. During a phone-in with TV host Amr Adib, presenter of the “al-Hekaya” show (The Story), Mashat said that the forum is an opportunity to open great prospects for cooperation and marks an important opportunity to highlight the strength and resilience of the Egyptian economy,. There is a great opportunity to establish a distinguished relationship between the Egyptian and Russian private sectors, she said, granting great prospects for cooperation in Cairo. And she added that within the near future, Russian tourism to Egypt will begin to recover. She stressed that “The ministry contributes to advance development projects in full coordination between different ministries and development partners, and Egypt’s reputation among international institutions is very impressive.”

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 782 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases up to 268,754The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 15,399 nationwide, after the ministry announced 47 deaths. And 677 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 197,281. A country-wide partial lockdown aimed at curbing cases that has been in place since May 6 ended on Tuesday. All restaurants, cafés, shops, and malls can now resume normal business hours and stay open later than the previously enforced 9 pm curfew. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine and the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine, and it has plans to soon begin locally manufacturing China’s Sinovac vaccine and Russia’s Sputnik-V.

The first agreement is related to the transfer of technology required to manufacture the vaccine doses, a Cabinet statement read. Under the agreement, Sinovac will grant VACSERA a limited license to use the manufacturing technology. Last month, Egypt has received its first batch of the raw materials required to produce the Sinovac vaccine. Zayed in a press conference said VACSERA will produce 40 million Sinovac doses in the first year. Egypt is expected to produce the first batch of Sinovac doses by June 15, said Zayed on Sunday.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of EgyptAir Airlines Amr Nabil announced Monday travel rules for Egyptians abroad, especially to the European Union. During a phone interview with host Lamis al-Hadidi on her show Kalema Akhera (Last word), Nabil said that the EU forbids visits except for special cases to some European countries like France such as emergenicies, studies or those who have residency, while travel is not allowed for those holding regular visas. He added that some European countries set conditions before traveling to it, such as the Netherlands which forbid travel except for holders of residency and diplomatic residency, and negative PCR results must be shown no more than 72 hours before the flight. On the news that Spain will allow travel, provided that two doses of the vaccine are obtained, he said: “We have received news about that, and the traveler must obtain a negative PCR test.”In addition, the traveler must have a registration code, which means that the analysis of their sample is proven from approved laboratories, and it cannot be falsified according to QR codes which laboratories affiliated to the Ministry of Health are responsible for accrediting, Nabil said.

REUTERS: Aston Villa have reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Emiliano Buendia from Norwich City, the two Premier League clubs announced on Monday. The clubs did not disclose the transfer fee but British media reported that Villa had agreed a club-record deal worth an initial 33 million pounds (US$46.77 million) for the 24-year-old. The transfer is subject to the completion of a medical, which Buendia will undergo after Argentina's World Cup qualifier against Colombia on Tuesday. The midfielder bagged 15 goals and 16 assists for Norwich in the second-tier Championship last season as they claimed the title and achieved promotion to the top flight.

LONDON: Marcus Rashford said every player in Gareth Southgate's squad has a role to play at the European Championship and that he is more concerned about delivering the title for England than seeing his name in the starting lineup. "We go there as a squad that's trying to win a tournament," Rashford told British media on Monday. "Whether or not you're starting in the first 11, you've still got a massive role to play if we want to win the tournament. "I think in our squad we have that all over the pitch, so to be honest, it (starting against Croatia) is not at the front of my mind." England, semi-finalists at the 2018 World Cup, face Scotland on June 18 and the Czech Republic four days later after playing Croatia, with all games being held at Wembley.

This year’s theme “A Journey to Egypt’s Past and Future” aimed to portray the beauty of Egypt’s historical monuments, the modern outstanding projects and/or the connection between Egypt’s civilization and modern sustainable development projects implemented in various fields. The competition keeps growing each year, and 642 photographers submitted more than 1600 photos in this year's edition. The three winners Fadel Abouzid Fadl Ahmed, Mona Hassan and Mohamed Kamal Mohamed Abdel Rahman received their preference of photography equipment. The independent judges for the 13th edition of the competition are Ashraf Talaat, Hossam Diab and Ahmed Hayman. A press release by the EU in Egypt

LONDON: France coach Didier Deschamps expects versatile midfielder N'Golo Kante to make a seamless transition to the national team setup but will ease him in ahead of the European Championship. "He's a player capable of playing everywhere in the midfield," Deschamps told a news conference on Monday ahead of France's final warmup match against Bulgaria on Wednesday. Deschamps said Kante's training programme has been tailored to have him fully prepared for their opening Group F match against Germany on Jun 15. "He doesn't have any particular physical concerns so it was more of a recovery," Deschamps said. Lucas Hernandez, Adrien Rabiot and Kingsley Coman are injury doubts for the Bulgaria clash but Deschamps is hoping the trio will be fit to face Germany.

Citizens who will receive the first shot of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine will get the second one after 21 days, Megahed affirmed. The first agreement is related to the transfer of technology required to manufacture the vaccine doses, a Cabinet statement read. Last month, Egypt has received its first batch of the raw materials required to produce the Sinovac vaccine. Zayed in a press conference said VACSERA will produce 40 million Sinovac doses in the first year. Egypt is expected to produce the first batch of Sinovac doses by June 15, said Zayed on Sunday.

MADRID: Spain have called up four players to take part in a parallel training bubble following captain Sergio Busquets's positive COVID-19 test at the weekend, the national team said on Monday (Jun 7). The new additions - Rodrigo Moreno (Leeds United), Pablo Fornals (West Ham United), Carlos Soler (Valencia) and Brais Mendez (Celta Vigo) - will not stay at Spain's Las Rozas training base or be involved with the rest of the preparations of the squad, who are currently isolating. "As a provision to the possible consequences that could come from Sergio Busquets's positive test, the coaching staff have decided to call up a group of four players to complement the training sessions over the next few days under the guidance of (manager) Luis Enrique in a parallel bubble," said a statement. "Once the game with Lithuania has finished, a small group of players yet to be determined will join training in a similar fashion to the aforementioned new group. "Their incorporation into the squad for Euro 2020 will depend on the results that come back over the next few days."