coronavirus
How risky is dining out during the COVID-19 pandemic?
World
July 7, 2020
How risky is dining out during the COVID-19 pandemic?
How risky is dining out during the COVID-19 pandemic? There is some risk, but health officials say there are precautions…
Jean-Claude Van Damme mourns Egyptian star Ragaa al-Geddawy
Culture
July 6, 2020
Jean-Claude Van Damme mourns Egyptian star Ragaa al-Geddawy
Global film star Jean-Claude Van Damme mourned veteran Egyptian actress Ragaa al-Geddawy on Monday through his Instagram page, following her…
2020 Watch: Has Trump surrendered to the coronavirus?
World
July 6, 2020
2020 Watch: Has Trump surrendered to the coronavirus?
Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to next set…
Africa starts opening airspace even as COVID-19 cases climb
World
July 6, 2020
Africa starts opening airspace even as COVID-19 cases climb
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was…
Hundreds of scientists say coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise recommendations: NYT
World
July 6, 2020
Hundreds of scientists say coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise recommendations: NYT
(Reuters) – Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that the novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can…
Egypt plans to manufacture plasma derivatives
Science
July 6, 2020
Egypt plans to manufacture plasma derivatives
Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced Saturday that it has begun following up on a national project to manufacture plasma derivatives,…
Oldest person in Egypt’s isolation hospitals dies of coronavirus
Egypt
July 6, 2020
Oldest person in Egypt’s isolation hospitals dies of coronavirus
The oldest person in Egypt’s quarantine hospitals, 106-year-old Ibrahim al-Attar, has passed away from a blood clot caused by a…
Trump’s bluster doesn’t beat a virus, calm a restive nation
World
July 6, 2020
Trump’s bluster doesn’t beat a virus, calm a restive nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after noon on Feb. 6, President Donald Trump strode into the elegant East Room of…
Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open
World
July 6, 2020
Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — School districts across America are in the midst of making wrenching decisions over how to resume…
EgyptAir announces aircraft occupancy rate 75% since flight resumption
Travel
July 5, 2020
EgyptAir announces aircraft occupancy rate 75% since flight resumption
EgyptAir Holding Company Chairman Mohamed Roshdy Zakaria announced Saturday that aircraft occupancy rates are at 75 percent since flights resumed…