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On this day, July 4: 'Megatoad' shovels down 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes, pro football starts in SA, and Ulundi burnt to the ground
Daily News
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July 4, 2025
1776 The US Congress proclaims independence from Great Britain. It is celebrated annually. 1862 Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. 1879 The Zulu capital of Ulundi is...
Egyptian President, Zelensky discuss regional issues on phone
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone call on Wednesday to discuss ongoing global tensions, particularly the Russia-Ukraine conflict, along with developments in the Middle East....
Careem Pay makes money fly in latest campaign
Campaign Middle East
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July 4, 2025
Careem Pay has launched a 360-degree campaign to mark the expansion of its international remittance service to more than 30 corridors. Aiming to be a bold departure from traditional financial advertising, the campaign’s design deviates from...
Egypt, Syria discuss future cooperation following US sanctions lift
Al Mayadeen
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July 3, 2025
Egypt and Syria held talks on post-sanctions developments, condemning Israeli violations and affirming support for a Syrian-owned political process that preserves the country’s unity and stability. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a...
Extremely Hot, Humid Weather Continues in Egypt on Friday, Cairo 36°C
Sada Elbalad
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July 4, 2025
Fri 04 Jul 2025 | 08:15 AM The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) predicts hot to extremely hot, humid weather will prevail across the country during Friday's daylight hours. The weather will seem hotter due to the high humidity levels, which...
First genome sequenced from ancient Egypt reveals surprising ancestry, scientists say
The Rising Nepal
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By Ashley Strickland, July 3: In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first pyramids were...
Egyptian & French FMs Discuss Bilateral Ties, Regional Stability
Sada Elbalad
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July 3, 2025
Thu 03 Jul 2025 | 05:28 PM Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a telephone conversation on Thursday with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot to discuss key regional developments and ways to strengthen the strategic partnership...
Egypt completes 2 subsea cable landings, with 126 TeraBits per second capacity
Technext
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July 3, 2025
Telecom Egypt, in partnership with SubCom, has completed two landings of the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE-6) subsea cable system in Egypt. The landings, announced on July 2, 2025, took place in Port Said on the...
Egyptian DNA from 4,800 years ago reveals secrets from the age of the pyramids
Indy100
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July 3, 2025
Ancient Egypt is a period of time that elicits great fascination and, even today, secrets from that era are continuing to be uncovered. For the first time, scientists have now been able to sequence DNA from the complete genome of someone who lived...
Egypt braces for intense heatwave and humidity through the coming few days
Egypt Independent
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July 3, 2025
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) has released its weather forecast for Thursday through next Tuesday, warning of extremely hot and humid conditions during the day across most regions. Nights and early mornings will remain warm and...
Chinese Glassware Manufacturer Deli To Invest 70 Million USD In Egypt
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Nam News Network) CAIRO, Jul 4 (NNN-MENA) – Chinese glassware manufacturer, Deli Glass Group, will invest 70 million U.S. dollars in Egypt, to produce household glassware, the company's chairperson announced. Shi Weidong, chairman of the...
"Laowai" in China | Egyptian youth learns new energy vehicle technology in Tianjin
Xinhua News Agency
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Mostafa Salah walks into the library at Tianjin Transportation Technical College in Tianjin, north China, June 27, 2025. 20-year-old Mostafa Salah, whose Chinese name is Guo Zhenkai, is one of the first batch of Egyptian Luban Workshop graduates...
Ancient Egyptian man’s genome reveals his society’s cross-cultural ties
WKZO - Michigan
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July 2, 2025
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, with a fifth of his genetic...
Egypt: Khalda Petroleum reduces oil well drilling time, saves $18mln expenditure
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Khalda Petroleum Company has managed to reduce oil well drilling time and save $18 million in a year and a half, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced. In cooperation with Apache, Khalda Petroleum achieved a...
IMF to combine reviews of Egypt's $8bln loan program
Zawya
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WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it would combine the fifth and sixth reviews of Egypt's $8 billion support program this fall to give authorities more time to meet critical objectives of its economic reform program. IMF...
Yarra Junction kids embrace worldly cultures on Global Day
Upper Yarra Star Mail
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July 4, 2025
By Oliver Winn The Yarra Junction Primary School took its students on a trip around the world for its Global Day event where they embraced worldly cultures. The event marked the end of the school’s cross-curricular Global Unit where students...
Science Reuters Ancient Egyptian man's genome reveals his society's cross-cultural ties
Yahoo News
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, with a fifth of his genetic...
First babies born via mobile IVF lab from UHasselt in South Africa
Belga News Agency
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July 3, 2025
Two babies have been born in South Africa as a result of a simplified, low-cost IVF treatment carried out in a mobile laboratory. That is a global first, according to Hasselt University (UHasselt). The pilot project, in collaboration with the...
Egypt: Orascom- ENGIE-TTC-Eurus consortium begins full commercial operation of 650-MW Ras Ghareb wind farm
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The Red Sea Wind Energy consortium, comprising ENGIE, Orascom Construction, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Eurus Energy, has announced the full commercial operation of its 650-megawatt wind farm near Ras Ghareb, Egypt, four months...
Brazil To Prioritize Agreements As Mercosur Leader
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – Upon assuming the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur at a summit on Thursday (3) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that one of Brazil's priorities...