As if 2020 needed any more spooky incidents. A 2,400-year-old Egyptian mummy believed to be of a woman named Tutu has been unboxed after 130 years. The pictures of the unboxed mummy have been shared on social media by people who could not believe their eyes.
Egypt registered 34 new COVID-19 fatalities, the highest single-day surge since the pandemic hit the country in mid-February, raising the death toll to 879.
At this time of the year, Mahmoud would be on the field playing as a defender for Beni Suef, a club in Egypt's second division. But like millions in the Arab world’s most populous country, he has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Tennis Integrity Unit imposed a lifetime sanction on 21-year-old Youssef Hossam following a disciplinary hearing held in London from March 9 to 11.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi also decided to suspend school and university classes across the country for two weeks due to concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The opposition Pattali Makkal Katchi on Monday urged the Centre to ensure evacuation of 17 Tamil Nadu residents holed up on a cruise ship anchored in Egypt following a coronavirus outbreak on board.
Former Egypt President Hosni Mubarak passed away on Tuesday. He was 91. For 30 years, Hosni was the resolute face of stability in the Mideast before being forced to resign after 18-day nationwide protests.
Egypt has confirmed its first case of the deadly Coronavirus which becomes the first case of the novel virus in Africa.
A bus with 16 Indian tourists crashed into a truck near Egypt's Ain Sokhna on Saturday. Six people were killed in the crash and one Indian national is among the dead.
Last week, the Union Cabinet decided to import 1.2 lakh tonnes of onions to improve the domestic supply and control prices, which touched Rs 100 per kg earlier this month. Retail prices are ruling at around Rs 70 per kg in the national capital.
During a meeting in Washington on November 6, foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to hold four technical governmental meetings at the level of water ministers, and the World Bank and the United States would support and attend the meetings as observers.
"The fire was completely contained and extinguished," Secretary-General of Beheira Province Hazem al-Ashmouny told the Egyptian state TV, offering condolences to the families of the victims.
Mohamed Salah has an ankle injury and was ruled out of the Egyptian squad for games against Kenya on Thursday and Comoros on Monday.
The Nile river flowing through Egypt could be six times as old as previously thought, according to a study which estimated it to have originated at least 30 million years ago.
British flights to Sharm el-Sheik had been suspended after an Islamic State bombing brought down a Russian passenger plane in October 2015, leaving 224 tourists killed.
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