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Up to 13K-15K visitors expected daily at Grand Egyptian Museum after full inauguration: Minister

Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy met, during his current visit to the Japanese capital Tokyo, with the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tanaka Akihiko, to discuss ways to enhance future cooperation in tourism and antiquities. Fathy expressed his full appreciation for the fruitful cooperation between the Egyptian and Japanese …

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Egypt Independent March 10, 2025

Xi and Putin hail tightening ties in call hours after Trump inauguration

Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country’s ties with Russia to a new level this year in a video conference with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. The two leaders have made it an annual tradition to speak around the new …

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Egypt Independent January 23, 2025

Ukraine and Russia launch major strikes on each other with Trump’s inauguration days away

CNN — Ukraine and Russia have been exchanging major drone and missile strikes, with each seeking to gain an advantage as US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration nears. The incoming US leader has pledged to bring a quick end to the fighting, but with few details available on how he would achieve this his arrival at …

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Egypt Independent January 16, 2025

Trump warns ‘all hell will break out’ if Gaza hostages aren’t released before his inauguration

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump warned that if the hostages whom Hamas is still holding in Gaza are not released by his inauguration on January 20, “all hell will break out in the Middle East” – offering one more stark indication of how much the incoming president would prefer to avoid inheriting the Israel-Hamas war …

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Egypt Independent January 9, 2025

Israel considering limiting humanitarian aid to Gaza after Trump’s inauguration

CNN — Israel is considering limiting humanitarian aid to Gaza after Donald Trump comes into office later this month in a bid to deprive Hamas of resources, according to an Israeli official familiar with the matter. Since October 7, Israel has been waging war in Gaza trying to dismantle Hamas militarily, but says the militants …

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Egypt Independent January 5, 2025

No love lost between Trump and Biden as inauguration looms

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the email about US politics for global readers. CNN — Things could be a little frosty inside the president’s armored limo on the morning of January 20. President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor, have never been friendly. The current …

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Egypt Independent January 5, 2025