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The AI trained to recognise waste for recycling

There is a lot of rubbish in the world. Approximately 2.24 billion tonnes of solid waste was produced in 2020, according to the World Bank. It says ...

WFP approves $431 mln grant for Egypt's food security plan 2023-2028

The grant for Egypt's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2028 was approved during the WFP Executive Board's annual session in Rome, Italy from 26-30 June 2023. ...

Authorities search for survivors after 13-storey building collapses in Egypt

Authorities are searching for survivors trapped beneath the rubble of a 13-storey building that collapsed in Egypt’s Alexandria. ...

India, Egypt raise ties to strategic partnership on Modi’s visit to Cairo

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi signed on Sunday a strategic partnership agreement, underscoring growing ties between the two countries that experts say can spark geopolitical and economic significance.  ...

Middle East's assets under management bucked global trend to hit $1.3tn in 2022

Assets under management in the Middle East increased by $100 billion to $1.3 trillion in 2022 despite global macroeconomic headwinds, management consultancy Boston Consulting Group has said. ...

Suez Canal: Bulk carrier refloated after running aground

A ship that was grounded in the Suez Canal, has been been refloated, shipping agent Leth Agencies says. ...

Israeli air strike kills missile commander in Gaza

A pre-dawn Israeli air strike on an apartment in the Gaza Strip has killed a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander and one other person. ...

Airstrikes rock Sudan as truce talks yield no breakthrough

The Sudanese army and its rival the paramilitay Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have sent representatives to Saudi Arabia for talks on establishing a humanitarian truce in an effort also backed by the United States, but to no avail so far. ...

Egypt’s exports increase to $51.6bln in 2022

Egypt’s ranking in international trade indicators has improved, advancing 14 places to 82nd in the infrastructure and market access index in 2023 from 96th in 2013, according to an Egyptian Cabinet’s report. ...

Islamic State: Hundreds of women on hunger strike at Iraqi prison

At least 400 women are in the second week of a hunger strike in a high-security prison in Iraq's capital Baghdad, the AFP has learned. ...

Sudan’s neighbours have little to offer refugees, warns UN

The UN is in a race against time to get food supplies to Sudanese refugees crossing the border into Chad before the rainy season begins, as neighbouring countries struggle to cope with the numbers of people fleeing the civil war. ...

Sudan crisis risks becoming a nightmare for the world - former PM Hamdok

The former prime minister of Sudan has warned that the conflict in his country could become worse than those in Syria and Libya. ...

Families in Sudan divided by rival military factions

The UK is believed to have among the highest number of foreign citizens in Sudan - up to 4,000 according to Britain's international development minister. For more than a week they've been among the thousands confined to their homes, trapped by intense fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). ...