The Egyptian government is seeking to provide more incentives to help the tourism and aviation sectors, which have been severely affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak. In a meeting on Tuesday, the ministers of petroleum and mineral resources, antiquities and tourism, and civil aviation discussed means to support the two sectors. The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has revealed that ... More ...

Media outlets yesterday shared photos of the damage caused by the Yemeni Houthis' cruise missile attack on a petroleum products distribution plant in the northern Saudi city of Jeddah owned by Saudi Aramco on Monday. Reuters quoted an Aramco official as saying that the plant's customers were not affected by the attack, however, he noted that the attack caused one of 13 tanks in the plant t... More ...

Turkey announced on Tuesday that it would seek to open a new page in relations with the United States under the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden in economic, political and security affairs. On Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that Ankara hopes to reconcile with the incoming administration despite problems in their bilateral ties. During his participati... More ...

A military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has officially announced running for the presidential elections, scheduled for June 2021. Iranian news agencies circulated on Tuesday a video recording in which Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan, a commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said he will run for the elections. Khamenei has repeatedly stressed the i... More ...

A South Korean agency for protecting personal information on Wednesday fined Facebook Inc 6.7 billion won ($6.06 million) and sought a criminal investigation for providing users' personal information to other operators without consent. The country's Personal Information Protection Commission, launched in August this year, said in a statement it fined Facebook after a probe found that the person... More ...

Reuters reported that David Denkins, who served as Mayor of New York in the 1990s and was the first and only mayor of African descent for the city, died Monday November 23, 2020 at the age of 93. NBC New York and the New York Post quoted sources as saying that a medical assistant to Dinkins had found him in a coma in his apartment on Monday evening, and a source confirmed to Reuters the news of... More ...

Saudi banks reaffirmed that the Kingdom’s banking sector had successfully overcome the bottleneck recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic which had hit world economies. A major Saudi bank credited the recovery to prudent measures adopted by the Kingdom coupled with qualitative financial sector initiatives and the strength and durability of Saudi banking institutions. Saudi banks had... More ...

A boat with 35 migrants from the Maghreb region which was heading towards the Canary Islands capsized on Tuesday, emergency services said. Four people were found dead, 28 were rescued and some are still missing, they said, adding that emergency services are still looking for a second boat.   Migrant arrivals in Canary Islands have surged to 17,000 this year – ten times last year&rs... More ...

Nov 24, 2020 - Your imagination might conjure stories or pictures that you want to memorialize through writing or painting, but a lack of self-confidence might discourage you. However, it's probably a good idea to do it anyway. These ideas come from deep inside you. Giving them shape could represent a release from old traumas. Keep your work hidden in a drawer if you don't like it.... More ...

When your relationship with someone fails or you feel like you don't get along with someone, you may be quick to blame chemistry or intangibles that didn't help you agree. This may be true to some extent, because the difference between personality types may be the main reason for your inability to feel compatible with others. Personality types are more important and their influence becomes grea... More ...

Here we offer you a method of cleaning and perfuming carpet to keep it as long as possible, as follows. As soon as they fall on the carpet, it's important to clean up spills before they dry up The carpet is vacuumed weekly, with a vacuum cleaner that absorbs dirt from deep in the fibers. Note that vacuuming regularly keeps the carpet looking and smelling fresh. It is preferable to protect the... More ...

Movie director Kambuzia Partovi, who scripted the only Iranian film to win a Golden Lion in Venice, died on Tuesday of the novel coronavirus, the country’s film body said. Partovi, one of the "most influential filmmakers of Iranian children's cinema", died in Tehran's Dey hospital aged 64, the Farabi Foundation said in a message of condolence on its website. Born in Rasht in northern Ira... More ...

France is expected to loosen its coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday as the boss of a major airline said proof of vaccination will likely become the only way people can fly in a post-pandemic world. Hopes over Covid-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient. French President Emmanue... More ...

South Korean boy band BTS on Tuesday snagged the first ever Grammy nomination for a K-pop band, taking the worldwide sensation a step closer to winning the music award. Since their debut in 2013, the seven-member band has been at the forefront of South Korean pop music, recently notching their first ever Number One hit single on the Billboard charts in the United States with “Dynamite&rdq... More ...

Juventus, Barcelona, Chelsea and Sevilla all reached the knockout stage of the Champions League with two matches to spare on Tuesday. Alvaro Morata scored in injury time to send Juventus through with a 2-1 win at home over Hungarian team Ferencváros, ensuring the Italian champions finished at least second in Group G. Barcelona tops the group and booked its spot in the last 16 for the 17... More ...

They were on a mission to count sheep when they found something they had not counted on. As a Utah helicopter crew buzzed over the southeastern part of the state looking for bighorn sheep last week, sitting beneath them in the middle of the desert was a bright shiny monolith, the stuff of sci-fi sagas. Pilot Bret Hutchings of the state Department of Public Safety recalled someone on board spot... More ...