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Cannabis Sativa Beyond Contraband: Unlocking Its Scientific, Medical, and Agro-Industrial Potentials
Kashmir Reader
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August 18, 2025
From stigmatisation to innovation, India’s path towards responsible harnessing of its ancient botanical treasure for bioeconomy and medicine It is an enduring principle in nature that redundancy is rare. Wild flora, especially those with ancient...
Ancient Egyptian desert inscriptions may reveal oldest known reference to Moses, researcher says
New York Post
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August 18, 2025
A researcher may have uncovered the oldest written references to Moses, dating back 3,800 years and hidden in an Egyptian desert. The two etchings were found at Serabit el-Khadim, an ancient turquoise mining site in the Sinai Desert where Semitic...
Mamdani is a national Dem nightmare, Egypt’s anti-Christian crusade and other commentary
New York Post
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August 18, 2025
Mideast beat: Egypt’s Anti-Christian Crusade In a “a microcosm of Egypt’s broader campaign against the country’s estimated 10 to 15 million Christians in the majority Sunni Muslim nation,” Cairo “has steadily chipped away” at the autonomy of St....
Egypt’s Supreme Organ Transplant Committee strengthens oversight, standards
Daily News Egypt
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August 18, 2025
Egypt’s Supreme Committee for Organ Transplantation convened to assess the country’s transplant program, reinforce regulatory oversight, and align practices with international medical standards, the Ministry of Health announced Monday. Health...
Egypt sets ICT growth goals: 60,000 jobs, outsourcing expansion, AI adoption
ETHRWorld EMEA
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August 18, 2025
Egypt’s ICT sector is expanding, with 74 outsourcing firms committing to employ 60,000 specialists between 2022 and 2024. The country now hosts over 260 outsourcing centres, including 190 managed by global companies. Its electronics design...
Israeli controls choke Gaza relief at Egypt border, say aid workers
Tracy Press - California
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At the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, hundreds of aid trucks sat unmoving in the Egyptian desert, stuck for days with only a handful allowed through by Israel to relieve the humanitarian disaster across the border. After nearly two years of...
Over 30 countries to attend 10th Science, Technology Exchange Program
Tehran Times
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN – Participants from over 30 countries will attend the 10th Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP), scheduled to take place on September 7 at Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology. Organized by the Mustafa Science and...
Petrochemicals Market To Reach USD 956.25 Billion By 2032, Growing At A CAGR Of 5.49%: Credence Research
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) PUNE, India, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Market Outlook According to the latest market report by Credence Research, the global Petrochemicals Market , was valued at USD 623.40 billion in 2024 and is projected to expand to...
Egyptian army reportedly warned Israel against meddling with “national security”
Middle East Monitor
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August 18, 2025
The Egyptian army has reportedly warned Israel against interfering with the country’s “national security”, a senior military official revealed to RT news site. An advisor to the Egyptian Command and Staff College, Major General Osama Kabir said...
Misr Digital Innovation secures approval for Egypt’s first fully digital bank
Retail Banker International
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August 18, 2025
Banque Misr’s Misr Digital Innovation has received the green light from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to transition into onebank, marking the establishment of the country’s first fully digital bank. The launch of onebank’s products and services...
Egypt’s 1st fully digital bank, OneBank, secures CBE approval
Egypt Independent
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August 18, 2025
Misr Digital Innovation (MDI) has received official approval from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to transform into OneBank, the country’s first fully digital bank, offering all services exclusively through digital platforms. The move marks a...
Oman, Egypt sign energy agreement
Times of Oman
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Cairo: The Embassy of Oman in Cairo on Monday witnessed the signing of an Omani-Egyptian private-sector partnership agreement in the energy field. The partnership focuses on exchanging expertise, transferring technology, and developing...
34 Indian students selected for Sakura Science Programme 2025 in Japan
Silicon India
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34 Indian students selected for the 2025 Japan-Asia Youth Exchange in Science (Sakura Science Programme) from August 17-23. Delegation includes 13 boys, 21 girls, and 3 supervisors from government schools across multiple states and RIE demo...
Egypt: Capital Med plans EGX listing to raise up to $41mln in Q3
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Capital Med, the medical city project in Badr City, is preparing to list a stake on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) before the end of the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, aiming to raise as much as EGP 2 billion, unnamed sources told Al Borsa...
Egypt posts record $13bln primary surplus in FY2024/25
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Egypt achieved its highest-ever primary surplus of EGP 629 billion, equal to 3.6% of GDP, in the fiscal year (FY) 2024/2025, marking an 80% increase year on year (YoY), as per an announcement. The figures were reviewed in a meeting...
Egypt: Gemma shifts to $1.2mln net losses in H1 2025
Zawya
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Arab Finance: El Ezz Porcelain (Gemma) turned to consolidated net losses after tax amounting to EGP 59.996 million in the first half (H1) of 2025, versus net profits worth EGP 100.291 million in H1 2024. The sales dropped to EGP 1.297 billion in...
Egypt, Jordan connect via Coral Bridge submarine cable after 25 years
Zawya
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Egypt and Jordan marked the landing of the high-capacity Coral Bridge submarine cable in Taba, the first direct submarine link between the two countries in more than 25 years, as per a statement. The ceremony was attended by Egypt’s Minister of...
Egypt, China’s Ankura discuss localizing high-voltage cable industry
Zawya
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Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat met with Xiao Ling Chen, CEO of Chinese Jiangsu Ankura Intelligent Power Co., to discuss cooperation in localizing the manufacture of high- and ultra-high-voltage cable...
Egypt: Orascom Financial turns to $349,555 losses in H1 2025
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Orascom Financial Holding shifted to standalone net losses of EGP 16.906 million in the first half (H1) of 2025, against net profits worth EGP 65.917 million in H1 2024, according to the financial results. Basic loss per share hit...
Egypt: Arab Developers Holding turns profitable at $1.5mln in H1 2025
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Arab Developers Holding shifted to consolidated net profits attributable to the parent company worth EGP 72.599 million in the first half (H1) of 2025, as per the financial results. The generated profits were against net losses...