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Cash-strapped Egypt offers citizenship to foreigners investors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 07:35 AM

One can become a citizen of Egypt by making a non-refundable $250,000 deposit in direct revenues in foreign currency into the state's public treasury. Read more »

Suez Canal traffic 'normal' after ship refloated: chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 05:12 PM

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie said Monday traffic was "normal" in the vital waterway after a grounded Norwegian cargo ship had been refloated. Read more »

Chicken feet alternative angers Egyptians amid soaring food prices

Mona Salem and Sarah Benhaida, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 10:13 PM

As families have struggled to purchase household staples, an Egyptian government agency praised chicken feet as an alternative, cheap protein. Read more »

Egypt retrieves looted sarcophagus lid from US

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Jan 03 04:21 PM

The artifact was stolen from a necropolis south of Cairo in 2008 and displayed at a museum in the US. Read more »

Brazil's Lula, world leaders bolster UN climate talks

Alvaro Villalobos, Kelly Macnamara and Laurent Thomet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 03:25 PM

UN climate talks got a boost after Brazilian president-elect Lula vowed to fight Amazon deforestation and global leaders reaffirmed key pledges. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 11, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 11:49 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 9, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 11:51 PM

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COP27: UN climate summit gets underway in Egypt

Khaled Elfiqi, EPA-EFE
Posted at Nov 09 09:37 PM

COP27 runs from November 6 to 18, and is expected to host one of the largest number of participants in the annual global climate conference. Read more »

Envoys from Australia, 3 other countries visit VP Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 02:10 AM

Envoys from Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Israel separately visited Vice-President Sara Duterte, the Office of the Vice President said Monday. Read more »

PH delegate calls for bolder climate action in COP27

Jasmine Romero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 09:35 PM

The Philippine delegation to the COP27 vows to 'call for bolder climate action and demand the delivery of what is due for the developing countries'. Read more »

Sunak to urge world leaders to go 'further, faster' on climate emergency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 09:13 AM

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will urge world leaders to move "further and faster" in transitioning away from damaging fossil fuels in a speech Monday to the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, his office said. Read more »

Tutankhamun tomb discovery is 100 years old

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 04 11:32 PM

A chance find on Nov. 4, 1922, meant British archeologist Howard Carter was able to unearth the boy pharaoh's tomb. Read more »

Old Testament battles confirmed in new study

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 01 05:32 AM

Geomagnetic data can pinpoint the dates of biblical military campaigns. WIll it solve or start debates? Read more »

LOOK: Jugs Jugueta, wife tour Egypt

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 02:33 PM

Musician and host Jugs Jugueta and his wife Andie Aguierre took to social media to share photos from their trip to Egypt. Read more »

Egypt records its first monkeypox case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 08:04 AM

Egypt has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus, in a man who traveled regularly to Europe, the country's health ministry said Wednesday. Read more »

Shark kills 1 Austrian, 1 Romanian tourist in Egypt's Red Sea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 07:37 AM

Two women, one Austrian and the other Romanian, were killed in a shark attack this week off the coast of Egypt. Read more »

Egyptian ambassador invites Marcos to attend COP27

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 12:49 PM

Egyptian Ambassador to the Philippines Ahmed Shehabeldin Ibrahim on Monday invited President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to attend the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). Read more »

Shanon Tampon wins 1st runner up in Miss Elite 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 06:17 PM

Shanon Tampon proudly raised the country’s flag in Egypt as she went home to win first runner up at the Miss Elite 2022 Saturday (Manila time). Read more »

Egypt court sentences ex-presidential candidate to 15 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 11:14 PM

An Egyptian emergency court on Sunday sentenced former presidential candidate Abdelmoneim Aboul Fotouh to 15 years in prison for "spreading false news" and "incitement against state institutions", judiciary sources said. Read more »

Egypt composer's star rises with 'Moon Knight' fame

Bassem Aboualabass, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 01:39 PM

For nearly 30 years, his music has made its way to every young Egyptian's ringtone -- but it's the country's ancient history that recently propelled composer Hesham Nazih to the realm of superheroes. Read more »