<p>Week after week we bring you the&nbsp;latest and greatest music on your favorite radio station 104.2 NileFM, and while you send in your requests as well as your selections for your favorite songs, you shape Egypt's biggest chart,&nbsp;NileFM's "Hit 30 Egypt"!</p>
<p>If you want to stay ahead of the game and always be up to date on what's going to happen on the show, not to mention the charts, check out this week's hits below!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>30. Ellie Goulding - Power</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hKtP8GMM7Bg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>29. Billie Eilish - No Time To Die<br /></strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GB_S2qFh5lU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>28.&nbsp;BLACKPINK - How You Like That</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ioNng23DkIM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>2</strong><strong>7. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Nj2U6rhnucI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>26. Selena Gomez - Boyfriend</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tSIk1QvIM2E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>25. Sia - Together</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vnfGni4_RlI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>24. Mabes - Might As Well<br /></strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/E0ITBB_T5kE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>23. Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - Rain On Me</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/AoAm4om0wTs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>22.&nbsp;John Legend - Bigger Love&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/W9adnF9d0Dc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>21. Dua Lipa - Love Again</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LAdxhHz6Tu4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>20. SAINt JHN - Roses</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XHA-QM-q-3E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>19.&nbsp;Regard, RAYE - Secrets&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6soSrZBI78c" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>18.Charlie Puth - Girlfriend</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LXRI0vr_zPQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>17. twenty one pilots - Level of Concern</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/loOWKm8GW6A" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>16.&nbsp;Doja Cat - Say So</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pok8H_KF1FA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>15.The Weeknd - In Your Eyes&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dqRZDebPIGs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>14. Megan Thee Stallion Feat. Beyonc&eacute;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lEIqjoO0-Bs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>13. Benee&nbsp;ft. Gus Dapperton - Supalonely</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rb6Scz-5YOs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>12.&nbsp;Marshmello, Halsey - Be Kind</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/n7eq3E9zE2Y" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>11. Lil Mosey - Blueberry Faygo</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/V_jHc_n0p9c" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>10. Trevor Daniel &ndash; Past life</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Vk1q0WF6pEA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>9.&nbsp;THE SCOTTS, Travis Scott, Kid Cudi - THE SCOTTS</span></strong></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sw4r0k8WWqU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>8. Ariana Grande &amp; Justin Bieber - Stuck with U&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pE49WK-oNjU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>7. Drake - Toosie Slide&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xWggTb45brM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>6.&nbsp;Surfaces - Sunday Best</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_83KqwEEGw4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>5.&nbsp;Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/E07s5ZYygMg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>4.&nbsp;6ix9ine with Nicki Minaj -&nbsp;TROLLZ</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-wts5viH28E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>3.&nbsp;Powfu - death bed</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jJPMnTXl63E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>2. R3HAB x HRVY - Be Okay&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IIMAAbArwJU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>1. DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch - Rockstar</strong></span></p>
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Check out the list of the hottest music on NileFM's Hit 30

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<p>Post Malone&rsquo;s &ldquo;Circles&rdquo; is one of biggest hits ever, breaking some impressive records along the way, and now it has broken yet another record as it ties for the most weeks spent on Billboard's Pop Songs Chart.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Circles&rdquo; became the first hit by a solo male artist with no accompanying acts to log double-digit weeks at the top of the chart with 10 weeks, and now it's celebrating its 45th week on the charts tying it with "Eastside" by Benny Blanco, Halsey, and Khalid, "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani, and finally "New Rules" by Dua Lipa.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wXhTHyIgQ_U" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The rest of the list includes "I Like Me Better" by Lauv with 42 weeks, "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain with 41 weeks, and then "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer, "Slide" &amp; "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, and finally "Another Night," Real McCoy all of which spent 39 weeks on the charts.</p>
<p>"For me, the staying power of 'Circles' is due to an absolutely addicting, fun, emotional and, at the same time, non-fatiguing hook, combined with relatable lyrics," R Dub, director of programming for Pop Songs reporter XHTZ San Diego, told Billboard earlier this year.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Circles&rdquo; reached the top spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks back in 2019, and was marked as Malone&rsquo;s fourth chart-topping song, breaking another record when it stayed a whopping 39 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100&rsquo;s top 10 chart.</p>

Post Malone's Circles ties for the most weeks on the Billboard Pop songs chart with 4 weeks

Post Malone’s “Circles” Ties For Most Weeks Ever Spent On Billboard’s Pop Songs Chart

<p>Almost two months ago singer Sam Smith performed a snippet of a cover for the song &ldquo;Fix You&rdquo; originally by Coldplay as part of the &ldquo;iHeartRadio Living Room&rdquo; series where they ("they" is Smith's preferred gender pronoun) captured the hearts of many with their rendition offering an emotional take on the song, now we&rsquo;re finally getting the full song.</p>
<p>"I love this song, and as soon as I heard it I was just reminded again of how much of a classic it is, I've never actually seen Chris Martin perform this live, but I really want to, because I've fallen in love with this song after singing it. [I] really weirdly fallen in love with singing again. I've been singing so many different songs, songs that aren't my own," said the singer back then.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VfiYkcUyOjc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The &ldquo;Writings On The Wall&rdquo; singer took to social media where they posted that they released the full song on different outlets and thanked Coldplay for writing such a &ldquo;beautiful&rdquo; song. They were supposed to come out with an album back in March which was later pushed back to May, and now delayed even further, with no release date in sight, as Smith stated that they wanted to make important additions and changes to the album along with changing its original title &ldquo;To Die For". But the thing we are sure about is that a new album is coming this year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the full song below:</strong></span></p>
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Sam Smith finally releases the full version for their cover of Coldplay's song "Fix You" which we got a glimpse of last May.

Sam Smith Finally Releases Full Cover Of Coldplay’s “Fix You”

<p>YouTube has heaps upon heaps of videos on it, and while there are is everything from piano tutorials to cats playing the piano, music videos hold a special place on the platform and they rack-up views due to their popularity. But while many videos have reached a million views, reaching a billion views is something else entirely and definitely a cause for celebration. The latest music video to hit the legendary milestone is Linkin Park&rsquo;s &ldquo;In The End&rdquo;, which is quite a feat.</p>
<p>Linkin Park is one of the few Rock bands to achieve that milestone, with others like Guns N&rsquo; Roses&rsquo; &ldquo;November Rain&rdquo; doing it back in 2018, becoming the first 1990s video to reach that goal, and it&rsquo;s from a rock band too.</p>
<p>The video was originally posted back in 2009 and has been one of their most prolific songs to date, still being played today all over the world. "In The End" is considered one of the main driving forces of the Album &ldquo;Hybrid Theory&rsquo;s&rdquo; success, due to its circulation and popularity on radio stations when it was released in 2000.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eVTXPUF4Oz4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Late vocalist Chester Bennington didn&rsquo;t seem to like the song so much, according to Loudwire, he said in an interview that he wanted the song out of the album, but after its success, he said he would leave the song picking to the people talented enough to do it.</p>
<p>What&rsquo;s even more remarkable is that Linkin Park while being in the select few Rock bands who were able to reach the one billion mark, they're also one of the very rare few who were able to do it twice, as this isn&rsquo;t their first time to accomplish 1 billion views, with their song &ldquo;Numb&rdquo; reaching that impressive benchmark back in 2018 and it stands at a solid 1.4 billion views as of writing this article.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kXYiU_JCYtU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Other Rock bands to reach the one-billion-views milestone include Queen with &ldquo;Bohemian Rhapsody&rdquo; in July 2019, Nirvana with &ldquo;Smells Like Teen Spirit&rdquo; in December 2019, and The Cranberries and their song &ldquo;Zombie&rdquo; earlier this year in April.</p>
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Linkin Park's massive hit "In The End" reaches one billion views on YouTube.

Linkin Park’s “In The End” Reaches 1 Billion Views On YouTube

<p>One of Bob Marley's most iconic songs &ldquo;No Woman, No Cry&rdquo; has gotten a fresh music video and it&rsquo;s in celebration of International Reggae Day and the year in which Marley he would have turned 75 years old.</p>
<p>The video which was directed by Kristian Mercado Figueroa focuses on two sides of the same coin, as a mother is struggling to raise her children on her own in her home country of Jamaica, while at the same time her husband is in New York working as a Taxi cab driver trying to make money so he can send it back home to help provide for them while he is away.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s a well-known story that many families have and are still going through all over the world in the hopes of providing a better life for their children as they grow up, and the video completely encapsulates that.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the new music video below</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IT8XvzIfi4U" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The Marley estate however didn&rsquo;t stop there as they also released a documentary on their official YouTube channel that talks about the late artist, as well as releasing a new six-song EP titled &ldquo;Why Should I/Exodus&rdquo; which features remixes of the artist&rsquo;s songs.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VnZ6rTb1_1o" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Earlier last month, the estate also streamed the full &ldquo;Live at the Rainbow&rdquo; concert from 1977, where Marley was on tour and performed in London.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the full concert below:</strong></span></p>
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A new music video of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" has been released in celebration of International Reggae Day.

Bob Marley's “No Woman, No Cry” Gets A Brand New Music Video In Honor Of International Reggae Day

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<p>Katy Perry got quite the surprise of her life when she called into the U.K.'s Capital FM on Friday for an interview she thought would be mostly about her upcoming album.</p>
<p>When hosts of the radio program brought up a well-researched theory that Katy Perry is related to Taylor Swift, the Teenage Dream singer thought that they were joking, or wanted her to talk about their history of drama.</p>
<p>However, her dismissiveness turned into shock when she realized it was more than just a fan fantasy, and based on some pretty good tracing of the Swift-Perry family trees.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1sI5KKjExa8" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>During the radio interview for Perry's upcoming album Smile, host Sian Welby presented a well-researched fan theory to the pop star: that she could be ninth cousins with none other than Taylor Swift.</p>
<p>"Well, we fight like cousins," Perry joked at first referencing the pair's famous "Bad Blood"-era feud &nbsp;before incredulously joking that the theory was nothing more than "fan fic."</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594549411-rs_1024x759-190717050020-1024-taylor-emd-07131.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="459" />However, the singer was stunned to discover Welby and her fellow hosts were being dead serious about the connection to her fellow superstar, which one fan apparently put together on the family history platform My Heritage.</p>
<p>"Wow, I'm gonna have to ask her if this true, or if we should, like, get blood tests together...It's cool because you can just, like, spit in a tube." Perry said.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594549441-singers-taylor-swift-and-katy-perry-arrive-at-the-2011-news-photo-1594500990.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="310" />During the chat, the pop star also opened up about releasing the title track to her upcoming fifth studio album, "Smile."</p>
<p>"What it is, is it says in the lyrics kind of everything the album embodies," she dished of the upbeat tune. "Which is, like, hopefulness, resilience, joy, love and that whole journey. And so that's why it's kind of the opus of the record. That's why the record is called&nbsp;Smile, because it's as simple as the fact that I had lost my smile and couldn't get it back. And I got it back, obviously...It's just a simple emotional, physical signal that speaks volumes and so it really is the definition of the journey that I had to go through."</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nNk1KIaoOAk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Smile&nbsp;is set to be released Aug. 14 via Capitol Records.</p>
<p>My Heritage has linked some other celebrities to each other, revealing their interlocking generational trees. Other famous family members include Kevin Bacon and Ellen DeGeneres, Reece Witherspoon and Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep and Kelly Clarkson, Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou, Madonna and Celine Dion, Meghan Markle and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Kim Kardashian West and former President George W. Bush who are 11th cousins.</p>

Katy perry shocked to discover former nemesis swift is her cousin

Katy Perry Just Found Out Taylor Swift Is Her Cousin

<p>Singer/actor Will Smith and his wife actress Jada Pinkett-Smith sat down together on her show &ldquo;Red Table Talk&rdquo; and discussed recent allegations that Pinkett-Smith cheated on Smith with singer August Alsina, rumors that turned out to be true.</p>
<p>The couple started the sit-down to clear up the long-standing rumors that they have an open marriage and urged their fans to not listen to any other sources of information since this was to be the first time they actually discussed the whole situation and the problems they went through during their marriage.</p>
<p>"I felt like it was important to come to the table to really clear the air," said Pinkett Smith.</p>
<p>&ldquo;One of the reasons why I wanted to come to the table is the media, the headlines &mdash; we specifically never said anything," responded Smith.</p>
<p>"We were purposely not saying anything, any headline that says 'Jada said' or 'Will said' or 'the Smiths said' is not true, we specifically never said anything. So coming to the table was like it just felt like it got to the point where you got to say something," he continued.</p>
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<p>The actress went on to explain that the whole situation started four and a half years ago when they were going through a rough patch and their marriage was on the verge of collapse. The pair explained that they had basically broken up and separated but were still married on paper, and trying to find ways to heal and find what makes them happy.</p>
<p>Pinkett-Smith explained during the episode that it&rsquo;s at that time that Alsina came into their lives. The couple explain that they wanted to help him because he was in a bad state of health both physically and mentally, and during that time she got into a &ldquo;friendship&rdquo; with him, a friendship that would lead to an &ldquo;entanglement&rdquo; later on.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594547839-https___hypebeast.com_image_2019_07_will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-launch-westbrook-inc-multimedia-company-1.jpg" alt="" />Smith, on the other hand, put Pinkett-Smith on the spot stating that she would need to clarify what she meant by &ldquo;entanglement&rdquo; and that she did in fact mean &ldquo;relationship&rdquo;.</p>
<p>"Yes, it was a relationship, absolutely. I was in a lot of pain and I was very broken. Now in the process of that relationship, I definitely realized that you can't find happiness outside of yourself," said Pinkett Smith.&nbsp;</p>
<p>After asking what she was looking for, Pinkett-Smith stated that she was hoping to feel good, because at that time it had been a very long time since she had had that feeling. This fact coupled with the joy of helping Alsina with his struggles resulted in the aforementioned entanglement.</p>
<p>"That whole process with Aug really showed me that and taught me that. And I'm really grateful for that lesson." Pinkett Smith added.</p>
<p>The &ldquo;Matrix Reloaded&rdquo; actress also revealed that Alsina broke all communications at one point and that she hasn&rsquo;t spoken to him since, so it was really weird for the whole situation to come up again in the media.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the full video below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fredtabletalk%2Fvideos%2F718425758995043%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560" width="560" height="426" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> The episode brought in record numbers of viewers with 15 million views in the first 24 hours breaking the previous record on Facbook which was held by another episode of &ldquo;Red Table Talk&rdquo; with guest Jordyn Woods.</p>
<p>People in the comments shared that they felt that Smith looked hurt even though he was seen laughing and smiling in the episode, and that they were not at all happy with the situation, with some people stating that the &ldquo;Fresh Prince&rdquo; deserved better than to be cheated on by his wife.</p>
<p>The pair's marriage is back on track, however, and they are back to being the power couple we all know and love.</p>

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith "clear the air" about her previous relationship with singer August Alsina while she was still married to Smith.

Will & Jada Pinkett Smith Confirm She Cheated On Him As They Address Longstanding "Open Marriage" Rumors

<p>Even though life is a bit grim with the spread of covid-19, there are specks of happiness that show up from time to time as David and Victoria Beckham&rsquo;s son Brooklyn just got engaged to his girlfriend actress Nicola Peltz.</p>
<p>The couple shared their engagement news with the world through their social media accounts on Saturday after rumors started circulating about it over the interwebs.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Two weeks ago I asked my soulmate to marry me and she said yes xx I am the luckiest man in the world. I promise to be the best husband and the best daddy one day I love you baby xx,&rdquo; wrote Brooklyn on his Instagram post as he shared a photo of them together, him in a navy suit, and Peltz in a flowy yellow dress.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgN-Vel63f/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Two weeks ago I asked my soulmate to marry me and she said yes xx I am the luckiest man in the world. I promise to be the best husband and the best daddy one day __ I love you baby xx</a></p>
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<p>Peltz shared the same photo but with the caption: &ldquo;you&rsquo;ve made me the luckiest girl in the world. I can&rsquo;t wait to spend the rest of my life by your side. your love is the most precious gift. I love you so so much baby and thank you Harper for this pic&rdquo;.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgOGKNBXWa/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">you've made me the luckiest girl in the world. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life by your side. your love is the most precious gift. I love you so so much baby and thank you harper for this pic _</a></p>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolaannepeltz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> nicola</a> (@nicolaannepeltz) on <time style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;" datetime="2020-07-11T13:27:08+00:00">Jul 11, 2020 at 6:27am PDT</time></p>
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<p>Obviously the lovebirds got a lot of messages of love and support from friends, family, and fans.</p>
<p>Beckham&rsquo;s mom Victoria also shared the photo on her account with a caption stating how happy she was with the announcement and that she wished the couple a life full of happiness.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The MOST exciting news!! We could not be happier that Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola-Anne Peltz are getting married! Wishing you so much love and a lifetime of happiness We all love you both so much x,&rdquo; wrote Victoria.</p>
<p>The couple kept their relationship on the hush-hush for some time, and only made it public earlier this year when Beckham wished Peltz a happy birthday back in January, then clearing everything up even further in May, when Peltz wrote that she was dating her best friend.</p>
<p>Congrats to the lovely couple!</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgUVrOhw56/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">i'm dating my best friend and that makes me so happy</a></p>
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Victoria Beckham congratualtes Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz on their engagment.

Brooklyn Beckham Got Engaged To Actress Nicola Peltz & Mommy Posh Spice “Couldn’t Be Happier”

<p>The first trailer for the upcoming Nikola Tesla biopic &ldquo;Tesla&rdquo; dropped and it features actor Ethan Hawke playing the famous inventor.</p>
<p>The movie will see the rise of the eccentric inventor as well as his rivalry against Thomas Edison played by actor Kyle MacLachlan, as well as the development of their forms of electrical currents Alternative Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) respectively.</p>
<p>The trailer for the upcoming film dropped on what would have been Nikola Tesla&rsquo;s 164th birthday marking it as the perfect day to celebrate the famed inventor, however, it seems like the biopic will not take a traditional route as it has scenes where actors can be see holding iPhones, and even laptops which has left many people scratching their heads.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/e4U-23TOKms" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;The film tracks Tesla&rsquo;s uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison (MacLachlan) and his patron George Westinghouse (Gaffigan), Another thread traces Tesla&rsquo;s sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan (Donnie Keshawarz), whose daughter Anne (Hewson) takes a more than casual interest in the inventor. Anne analyzes and presents the story as it unfolds, offering a modern voice to this scientific period drama which, like its subject, defies convention,&rdquo; reads the film&rsquo;s synopsis.</p>
<p>The film is set to release on August 21, 2020.</p>
<p>This isn&rsquo;t the first time we&rsquo;ve seen several films that takes a look at Tesla over the years, with &ldquo;The Current War&rdquo; being one of the most recent ones, however, while it had a lot of big names attached to it, it was both a critical and financial flop, so hopefully this one will do a better job of exploring Tesla's rich back story.</p>
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A new biopic about inventor Nikola Tesla is in the works and actor Ethan Hawke is playing the leading role.

Ethan Hawke To Play Nikola Tesla In Upcoming Biopic

<p>They&rsquo;ve raced all over the world, they&rsquo;ve stolen a vault and smashed the streets of Brazil, they&rsquo;ve jumped out of a plane with their cars, and now the gang from the &ldquo;Fast &amp; Furious&rdquo; films might be heading to space next.</p>
<p>This little tease came from the one and only Ludacris who was being interviewed on SiriusXM by Julia Cunningham, where he addressed how each movie in the franchise elevates the level of excitement a little bit more each time. Cunningham comments that maybe in the future the franchise should take their shenanigans to space.</p>
<p>"I will say that you are very intuitive because you said something right, but I'm not going to give it away" responded the rapper.</p>
<p>After a little pushing and prodding, Ludacris hints that indeed the gang might be taking on the final frontier next. The rapper jokingly &ldquo;acted&rdquo; as if he didn&rsquo;t know what she meant, and proceeded to feign surprise and covered his mouth with his hands saying&nbsp; "I don't know. I don't know what you said."</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check it out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eC023sTZC_o" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>So that means that there is a possibility we might see some of the characters going into space in &ldquo;F9&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The upcoming film stars Vin Diesel joined by Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris &ldquo;Ludacris&rdquo; Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron who are making a return along with fresh faces John Cena, Finn Cole, Cardi B and Michael Rooker. It&rsquo;s directed by Justin Lin and was set to release May 22, 2020 but was pushed back to 2021 due to covid-19.</p>
<p>The film will see the return of the gang as they try, find, and stop a master thief and assassin, who just happens to be Dom&rsquo;s (Diesel's character) brother Jacob.</p>
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Ludacris might have revealed that the gang is going to space in upcoming entry of Fast and furious

The Gang Might Be Heading To Space In Upcoming “Fast & Furious” Film

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<p>The Chinese consul-general in Alexandria, Jiao Li Ying, has confirmed that China has promised that Egypt will be the first African country to benefit from a Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine once it is ready.</p>
<p>The pledge is in response to Egypt&rsquo;s early support for China when the nation faced a peak of COVID-19 cases, and was increasingly being isolated internationally. Egypt sent tons of medical supplies and equipment early on when China was facing a major shortage of protective equipment. The Egyptian government was also one of the few nations that did not directly blame China for the pandemic.</p>
<p>However, the announcement has raised some accusations of using African countries as testing grounds for experimental drugs, a legacy of colonialism and a disregard for the health concerns of individuals on the continent.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594554766-chinesemask.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="469" />The comments made by Jiao Li Ying come after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to support African nations through the pandemic during a virtual meeting with African leaders, including Egypt&rsquo;s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.</p>
<p>The Chinese consul in Alexandria added in a press statement; &ldquo;A few days ago, the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19 was held online in the presence of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, other leaders of African countries, and international organizations to discuss cooperation plans against the epidemic and to promote brotherly relations between China and Africa, and this summit has far-reaching significance.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594554803-30DFCC96-EBAB-4E02-80DB-237826C02CC4.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="388" />The meeting also discussed China&rsquo;s trillion dollar infrastructure project, the Belt and Road project which aims to create a modern silk road connecting China to Europe, Africa, and Western Asia with a massive expansion in roads, rails, and ports, in which many East African nations are taking part.</p>
<p>The massive amounts of funding for infrastructure development have already straddled many nations like Kenya, Djibouti, Tonga, the Maldives, and the Republic of the Congo with crippling debt repayment obligations. &nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594555549-BRI-1600px.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="383" />Xi stated in the meeting that there would be debt relief for some of the loans, and the recent comments about COVID-19 assistance has been linked to China&rsquo;s efforts at balancing the profitability of the new Silk Road, with the needs of African nations.</p>
<p>China has been on a campaign to regain its lost prestige that came as a result of the virus. With US President Donald Trump stating that the development of a US vaccine will see priority go to US citizens, China has seen an easy way to score points with less developed nations by promising assistance as soon as it is available.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594555629-755ff60d70234b5695d0f3c65bc4a817.png" alt="" width="620" height="349" />However, the announcement has sparked controversy that China will use Africans as testing specimens for a new vaccine before using it en masse on its own population, despite China stating the first institution to receive the vaccine with be the Chinese military.</p>
<p>Previously, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), condemned what he termed &ldquo;racist remarks&rdquo; made on French television by a pair of scientists who said new vaccines should be tested in Africa.</p>
<p>The WHO director said back on April 6 that he was &ldquo;appalled&rdquo; and &ldquo;these kinds of racist remarks&rdquo; did not help at a time when the world needed solidarity.</p>
<p>Both French doctors were accused of racism on social media.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">It is totally inconceivable we keep on cautioning this.<br />Africa isn't a testing lab.<br />I would like to vividly denounce those demeaning, false and most of all deeply racists words.<br /><br />Helps us save Africa with the current ongoing Covid 19 and flatten the curve. <a href="https://t.co/41GIpXaIYv">pic.twitter.com/41GIpXaIYv</a></p>
&mdash; Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) <a href="https://twitter.com/didierdrogba/status/1245798251720314880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>Egypt was the first country to experiment with mass vaccinations while under British colonial rule when the UK mandated that all Egyptians receive vaccinations for smallpox. Across Africa, individuals were compelled to get forced vaccinations so that they did not spread diseases to Europeans.</p>
<p>The scars of that colonial legacy have made vaccinations a contentious issue in the African continent, and like the Europeans, China might use providing COVID-19 vaccinations to Africans to show how good it is to Africa, while piling on debt that will be difficult for many countries to pay back in the long run.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594555970-843839-63153-xivmfsnkck-1500042352.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="326" />While Egypt&rsquo;s debt to China is relatively small, it has begun to increase in the last five years. However, only 6% of Egypt&rsquo;s external debt is held by Chinese banks and investors, while 80% of Djibouti&rsquo;s external debt is held by Chinese banks.</p>
<p>Russia is the first country to test a COVID-19 vaccine, which they undertook on volunteers from the university that developed the vaccine.</p>
<p>How the vaccine is administered, distributed, and used has become the center of international controversy as nations rush to secure vaccinations for their people as fast as possible so that the economy may start up earlier than competitors.</p>

Egypt Will Be The First African Nation To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine From China

<p>Although 2020 hasn&rsquo;t been a productive year for a lot of people especially with the spread of covid-19, it turned out to be one of the biggest for Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, as he shoots past business tycoon Warren Buffet and becomes the seventh richest man in the world.</p>
<p>Musk&rsquo;s fortune increased to a whopping $6.1 billion on Friday launching him into the top ten richest men in the world list, and it&rsquo;s all thanks to Tesla&rsquo;s recent rise on the stock market as it&rsquo;s share hit $1,400 making it the most valuable car company in the world.</p>
<p>"[Musk] owns about a fifth of Tesla&rsquo;s outstanding stock, which comprises the bulk of his $70.5 billion fortune. His majority ownership of closely held SpaceX accounts for about $15 billion. The company&rsquo;s booming valuation helped Musk land a $595 million payday, making him the highest-paid CEO in the U.S.,&rdquo; stated Bloomberg.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TxBj8R7XKe4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The list is still topped by the juggernaut that is Jeff Bazos with an impressive fortune of $189 billion followed by Microsoft&rsquo;s Bill Gates with $116 billion, then the ever-in-trouble Mark Zuckerberg and his company Facebook with $93 billion, unfortunately for Zuckerberg LVMH owner Bernard Arnault is catching up significantly with $92.6 billion, followed by Steve Ballmer at the number five spot with $76 billion.</p>
<p>Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin take the sixth and eighth spot with $72.7 and $70.4 billion respectively, sandwiching Elon Musk at the seventh spot with $70.5 billion, the richest man in Asia Mukesh Ambani takes the ninth spot with $70.2 billion just over Warren Buffet with $69.2 billion.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594549535-f2e32ea26fe6994d362d3a961566c8ef.png" alt="" width="620" height="416" />Musk has been fighting for that spot for some time now, and it&rsquo;s interesting to see where he goes from here, the eccentric billionaire has been focusing on several aspects of his companies like SpaceX and Tesla, and we can&rsquo;t wait to see what he has in store for the world in the future.</p>

Elon Musk becomes the 7th richest man in the world, surpassing Warren Buffett.

Elon Musk Rises Past Warren Buffet, Becomes 7th Richest Person In The World

<p>European ambassadors from several nations have confirmed that there are currently no travel restrictions being imposed on European nationals who want to travel to Egypt.</p>
<p>In a video conference meeting with Egypt&rsquo;s Minister of Tourism &amp; Antiquities Khaled El-Anany, several heads of European missions discussed their citizens&rsquo; return to Egypt&rsquo;s resort cities which opened to international tourism at the start of this month, following three months of closures due to the spread of COVID-19.</p>
<p>The video conference meeting saw 24 out of 27 European ambassadors in Egypt in attendance to discuss the resumption of travel to Egypt, revealing that current travel restrictions in the EU are reserved for European nationals travelling between EU member states and not to/from international destinations.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmoantiquities%2Fposts%2F3208093432569618&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=767&amp;appId" width="552" height="767" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>In the conference call, El-Anany confirmed that Egypt&rsquo;s Red Sea and South Sinai resort cities (where most European tourists coming to Egypt are heading at the moment) have lower COVID-19 infection rates than most European nations, meaning they are safe for travellers.</p>
<p>During the virtual meeting, which was held via Webinar, a video conferencing platform, El-Anany went over all the precautionary measures that Egypt has taken to ensure the safety of its travellers, and many of the EU officials in attendance also praised Egypt&rsquo;s preventive measures so far. The Swedish ambassador confirmed that he recently visited the Red Sea, South Sinai and the North Coast areas of Egypt to inspect the preventive measures himself, expressing that he is impressed with the measures that the Egyptian government has implemented in those areas to keep tourists safe while they visit Egypt.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qIDcAoWiAoo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The French ambassador, who was in attendance during the conference call confirmed that he will personally issue a message to French tourists to assure them that Egypt is safe for European visitors to return, lauding the measures that Egypt has put in place to protect international tourists in the nation&rsquo;s ongoing efforts to restore tourism, following the slump that Egypt witnessed in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, the EU released a list of countries whose citizens are currently allowed to visit member states, but Egyptian nationals have not yet been given the green light to return to European territories.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/M9_X4eZSlWQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The list of countries whose citizens are currently allowed to visit the EU are Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, and China, but only if China agrees to allow EU travelers to visit as well.</p>
<p>The list of allowed nations will be reviewed every two weeks by the EU and amended according to changes in COVID-19 infection rates from foreign countries.</p>
<p>Since Egypt eased its lockdown measures earlier this month, tourists from several European destinations have landed in the Red Sea and South Sinai, and the Ministry of Tourism &amp; Antiquities announced last week that over 4,200 tourists had visited Egypt&rsquo;s resort cities in the first week of July, with more flights arriving each day.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F197325568484730&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=431&amp;appId" width="552" height="431" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Egypt&rsquo;s official COVID-19 case count is now at 81,158 after the Ministry of Health disclosed another 923 new cases yesterday. The national COVID-19 death toll is currently at 3769 after another 63 patients passed away from the infection yesterday. 23,876 individuals have recovered and been released from isolation hospitals nationwide since the pandemic kicked off in Egypt.</p>

EU ambassadors in Egypt have confirmed that there are currently no official restrictions on their citizens travelling to Egypt.

EU Officials Announce There Are No Restrictions For Europeans Who Want To Travel To Egypt

<p>A proposal to bring back the statue of French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, the colonial administrator behind the idea to build the Suez Canal has stirred controversy in Egypt.</p>
<p>Critics say it would be a capitulation of colonial domination and a &ldquo;humiliation&rdquo; to the memory of tens of thousands of Egyptian laborers who died building the waterway in the 1860s, and the soldiers who died to reclaim the canal in 1956.</p>
<p>The debate started when Egyptian daily Al-Shorouk reported last month that local authorities in the governorate of Port Said were thinking of returning the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps to where it once stood, at the northern entrance of the canal.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594298319-the_statue_of_ferdinand_de_lesseps_seen_at_the_entrance_of_the_suez_canal_in_1899._afp.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="346" />De Lesseps, who came to Cairo in 1833 as a consul and was later posted to Alexandria, had been inspired by the idea of joining the Red Sea and the Mediterranean after reading that Ancient Egypt had a similar canal.</p>
<p>He persuaded the Ottoman governor Said Pasha of Egypt to build the canal and in 1859, he symbolically swung a pickax to launch the construction, which took 10 years. The canal was officially opened on Nov. 17, 1869.</p>
<p>A 33-foot bronze statue of de Lesseps by French sculptor Emmanuel Fr&eacute;miet, was erected in Nov. 1899 at Port Said, showing the diplomat with his right hand extended to welcome visitors entering the Suez Canal, his left holding a map of the canal.</p>
<p>The statue was destroyed by Egyptian fighters amid the 1956 Tripartite Aggression. It was later restored by the Paris-based Association des Amis du Canal de Suez, and is now housed at a shipyard in Port Fouad. The Egyptian government registered the statue as an artifact in 2019.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594298284-800.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="866" />Al-Shorouk's report said that along with the return of the de Lesseps statue, another statue would be erected next to it, showing an Egyptian farmer, symbolizing the workers who had dug the canal.</p>
<p>A local official in Port Said, speaking on condition of anonymity to Associated Press because he was not authorized to talk to reporters, said that no decision has yet been made and that more &ldquo;public debate&rdquo; is needed before the statue can be returned.</p>
<p>Lawmaker Mustafa Bakry on Monday condemned the proposal. Abdallah el-Senawy, a columnist for Al-Shorouk, said the deaths of forced laborers during the canal&rsquo;s construction was a &ldquo;racist crime that requires accountability, condemnation, and an apology.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594298414-66569_c5b9398f636ba12e36b4aa32df1200fb_1573827403073.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="308" />De Lesseps was pivotal in the colonization of Algeria, a process which entailed 15% of Algerians to be exterminated. De Lesseps was also pivotal in manipulating Mohamed Ali Pasha to work for French interests against the British.</p>
<p>When Mohamed Ali called on his French allies to diplomatically assist him in the war against the Ottomans, a major British ally, de Lesseps counseled the French to abandon him in favor of his more pliable son, Said, who was interested in the idea of the Suez Canal while his father was hesitant to provide Europeans with more of a pretext to dominate the country.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594298567-640px-Gill-Lesseps.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="946" />1.5 million Egyptians were forced into laboring on the canal, this lead to a major famine as most of the laborers will pulled from Egypt&rsquo;s farm land. At least 30,000 died from diseases like malaria while laboring with hand tools on digging the canal. Finances for its construction was taken directly from Egypt&rsquo;s treasury, money Egypt was expected to pay back to the French. A treaty gave the French and British joint control over the Suez Canal till 2003.</p>
<p>Ferdinand de Lesseps also undertook a similar project in Panama, though it was a complete failure. An outbreak of yellow fever resulted in more than 40,000 Panamanians, forced prison laborers, and Chinese migrants' deaths in the first year of Panama&rsquo;s construction.</p>
<p>In 1956, President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal in a military operation which saw Egyptian Special Forces seize the canal by force. The operation was undertaken while Nasser gave a speech to a large crowd, the signal for the operation to begin was marked for when Nasser said de Lesseps' name three times.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594298650-2016-636133400161913404-191.gif" alt="" width="620" height="371" />The operation was quickly undertaken, and while Nasser spoke he received word that the operation was a success and Egypt was in full control of the canal. Nasser finished the speech by announcing Egypt&rsquo;s control of Suez which was met by overwhelming emotion. The move was hailed as a break from Egypt&rsquo;s history of foreign domination.</p>
<p>The operation sparked the Tripartite Aggression in which the French and British encouraged the Israelis to invade Sinai. While the war was a colossal failure, and marked the end of French and British power in the world, the French and British continued to apply pressure on Egypt. Nasser retaliated with a wave of nationalizations of foreign companies and banks, expelled Egypt&rsquo;s Jewish population, and fostered increased relations with the Soviet Union.</p>
<p>Around 10% of the world&rsquo;s trade flows through the waterway, which is one of Egypt&rsquo;s top foreign currency earners. In 2015, the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi completed a major expansion of the canal, allowing it to accommodate the world&rsquo;s largest vessels.</p>

Proposals to return de lesseps statue sparks controversy

Proposals To Restore Colonial-Era Statue Of Ferdinand De Lesseps To Port Said Spark Outrage In Egypt

<p>A young woman named Aishah may have been the target of Islamophobia in the US, as she received her Starbucks coffee order with &ldquo;ISIS&rdquo; written on it instead of her name.</p>
<p>The veiled teen was ordering her coffee from a Starbucks inside a Target store and when she received her coffee cup, instead of finding her name or at least an abbreviation of it like most Starbucks coffee shops do for efficiency, she found the name of a terrorist group on it instead.</p>
<p>The 19-year-old did not stay quiet about it, and complained to the barista on the spot who claimed that they didn&rsquo;t hear her name correctly. Aishah responded that when baristas don&rsquo;t know the name they usually ask for its spelling or ask for it again at least, leading Aishah to call the explanation &ldquo;not credible or acceptable.&rdquo;</p>
<p>To make matters worse she was approached by a manager at that point offering her a free drink and a $25 gift card for her trouble and was later escorted by security off the premises.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594290743-33.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="826" />"When she asked for my name, I slowly repeated it multiple times. There is absolutely no way she could have heard it as ISIS. Aishah is not an unknown name and I repeated it multiple times," Aishah told CNN.</p>
<p>"The moment I saw it, I was overwhelmed with a lot of emotions. I felt belittled and so humiliated. This is a word that shatters the Muslim reputation all over the world. I cannot believe that in this day and age, something like this can be considered acceptable. It isn't okay," she continued.</p>
<p>Target told Buzzfeed in a statement that it is "very sorry for this guest's experience at our store and immediately apologized to her when she made our store leaders aware of the situation," and a spokesperson stated that &ldquo;it was not a deliberate act but an unfortunate mistake."</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594290826-cair-popup-logo.png" alt="" />Aisha later reported the incident to the Council on American&ndash;Islamic Relations (CAIR) who helped her file a complaint at the Minnesota Department of Human Rights the same day.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This is a reminder that Islamophobia is alive and present in our communities,&rdquo; said Mohamed Ibrahim, deputy director of the Minnesota chapter of CAIR in a press conference about the situation.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We are hoping that bringing light to this incident will actually transform how Target and Starbucks and many other companies deal with such incidents,&rdquo; said Jaylani Hussein, CAIR executive director.</p>
<p>Hussein also stated to reporters stated that CAIR is looking into getting the manager and the barista fired for their actions and taking the situation lightly.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kgJSu9it1Ok" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Apparently this isn&rsquo;t the first time a situation like this happened, as last year a man named Aziz had the same issue.</p>

A Musilm teen is filing a complaint against a Starbucks after a barista wrote ISIS instead of her name on her cup.

Starbucks Comes Under Fire When A Muslim Woman Receives Her Coffee Cup With "ISIS" Written On It

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<p>New research published in Psychology of Popular Media casts doubt on the accusation that those who love to take selfies are self-obsessed narcissists.</p>
<p>The study found that college students who scored low on a measure of narcissism tended to post just as many selfies as those who scored high.</p>
<p>So, next time anyone accuses you of vanity for all those selfies, just send them a selfie with this peer-reviewed research study behind you.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593953995-Com-position-Ellen-DeGeneres-group-Oscar-selfie-2014.png" alt="" width="620" height="348" />
<figcaption><em>C'mon, there has to be atleast one narcissist in there.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>&ldquo;I am interested in studying selfies and their links to psychological functioning because they have become a central feature in our society, but research has lagged behind in trying to understand why people take them and what functions they might serve,&rdquo; said study author Erin A. Koterba, an associate professor at the University of Tampa.</p>
<p>The relatively small study of 276 college students found that there was no significant difference between how many selfies were posted by those who scored high with regards to narcissistic tendencies, and those who scored low.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fb2J5eDoFko" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Narcissism did, however, appear to influence the type of selfie being taken. Students high in narcissism were more likely to take selfies that featured only themselves.</p>
<p>While many students offered narcissistic reasons for posting selfies, the researchers found that the longing to share and connect with others was the overarching reason for selfies. Many students also said that posting selfies was part of their job, such as for sponsorship, or was used to boost their self-esteem.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593954435-3.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />&ldquo;People tend to take selfies frequently, and lots of different people take them. Some have suggested that people who take selfies might be more narcissistic, but our research suggests that&rsquo;s not necessarily the whole story,&rdquo; Koterba told PsyPost.</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people don&rsquo;t score high on tests for narcissism, they still take selfies. Interestingly, even those people are likely to list narcissistic motives for taking selfies when asked for example &lsquo;I take selfies because I want to show off how I look&rsquo; sounds pretty narcissistic. My interpretation is that selfies are simply a new cultural phenomenon, and that they may be a mechanism to facilitate self-exploration. That doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean it&rsquo;s a bad or maladaptive way to focus on the self.&rdquo;</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593954182-170710-men-women-selfies-feature.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />
<figcaption><em>Some other gender differences in selfies are that men take pictures from below, while women post pictures from above.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The researchers also found some gender differences; &ldquo;females are much more likely to take selfies as part of a group rather than alone (and men were more likely to take them alone). We believe this most likely reflects deeply ingrained gender roles,&rdquo; Koterba said.</p>
<p>So, narcissism, gender roles, or social connections? The study&rsquo;s size does not conclusively state that those who take selfies are not self-obsessed, nor does it explore the different kinds of selfies and how they pertain to underlying psychological factors, not to mention the inclusion of people who would not normally take selfies but do so as a part of their job and obligations; these factors could result in a limited study.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Portions of this project were exploratory in nature, including the investigations of individuals&rsquo; motives for taking selfies. As such, I&rsquo;d say that aspect needs particular follow-up attention. Further unpacking the gender differences mentioned above would also be an important line of study to pursue,&rdquo; Koterba said.</p>
<p>However, the study does seem to indicate that taking selfies cannot be perfectly framed in a small box of vanity and narcissism. The reasons for selfies are wide-ranging and cannot be generalized so easily.</p>

New study shows selfies are not just about narcissism

 A Recent Study Explores The Link Between Taking Selfies & Narcissism

<p>Burgers usually take center stage when it comes to fast food, but when it comes to appetizers the Chili Cheese Fries dish is king. With a simple mix of ingredients on top of some delightful potatoey goodness, we wouldn't be surprised if you are craving one right now.</p>
<p>We got our favorite Chili Cheese Fries and their variations from several locations that will definitely satisfy that savory itch:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check them out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Texas Cheese Fries</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Restaurant:</strong> Chili&rsquo;s&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Components:</strong> French fries, topped with smoked bacon, jalapenos, green onion, chili, and melted cheese, served with ranch sauce.</p>
<p><strong>Price:</strong> 94 EGP</p>
<p><strong>Why We Love It:</strong> it&rsquo;s gooey, it&rsquo;s spicy and bursting with flavor! The French fries are cut perfectly and compliment the sharp taste coming from the cheese that mixes well with the tanginess of the jalapenos, and the umami taste from the chili making it one amazingly well-rounded dish.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594297373-Chilis_1.jpg" alt="" />Sloppy Fries</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Restaurant:</strong> Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings</p>
<p><strong>Components:</strong> Curly crispy Fries topped with BWR chili, cheddar and Mozarella cheese, and some sour cream.</p>
<p><strong>Price:</strong> 66 EGP</p>
<p><strong>Why We Love It:</strong> Simple and to the point, this dish has the slight advantage of having curly fries as they&rsquo;re crunchier and tastier than you&rsquo;re average run-of-the-mill french fry. The beans and beef-filled chili is the cherry on top of a truly scrumptious and decadent snack.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594297358-52905262_310490429660797_198767985492492288_n.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="557" />Chili Cheese Fries</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Restaurant:</strong> Fuddruckers</p>
<p><strong>Components:</strong> Fries/wedges topped with signature chili cheese sauce, and served with some ranch sauce on the side.</p>
<p><strong>Price:</strong> 67 EGP</p>
<p><strong>Why We Love It:</strong> The most basic one on the list and the one that sticks to the formula, Fuddruckers&rsquo; has the three elements made to perfection and jam-packed with flavor, and if you need some extra cheese, there always more at the condiments station, talk about cheesy!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594297329-Fuddruckers.jpg" alt="" />Crunchy Bacon Mountain</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Restaurant:</strong> Daddy&rsquo;s Burger</p>
<p><strong>Components:</strong> French fries, Beef Bacon, Cheeeeeeeeeeese.</p>
<p><strong>Price:</strong> 45 EGP</p>
<p><strong>Why We Love It:</strong> While there is the normal chili cheese fries, we picked this one, yes, it&rsquo;s kind of a cheat as the chili is replaced with crunchy beef bacon, the dish itself is massive, and with the huge amount of cheese on that mountain of fries, you&rsquo;ll definitely want a breather before you eat anything else.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594297309-Daddys_Burger.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="465" />Chili Minced Meat &amp; Cheese Fries</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Restaurant:</strong> TGI Fridays&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Components:</strong> French fries, topped with Chili, Cheese, and pico de gallo.</p>
<p><strong>Price:</strong> 39 EGP</p>
<p><strong>Why We Love It:</strong> Another case of what you read is what you get, the dish is on point when it comes to quality because that&rsquo;s its main focus. The savoriness coming from the cheese in this dish is unlike any other on this list, no fancy tricks just good flavors and good food, we recommend each person getting their own plate though so as not to start a fight.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594297271-Fridays.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="465" /></strong></span><em><strong>(Disclaimer:</strong> Tastes are subjective and prices are subject to change according to taxes and service charges)</em></p>

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<p>The Egyptian National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries has announced that two locations in the Red Sea have been chosen for an artificial coral reef.</p>
<p>Equipment like old boats, metal parts, and other large objects will be sunk to the bottom of the Red Sea's coast, so that coral may start to develop around the sunken equipment.</p>
<p>The move is designed to take some pressure off Egypt's natural coral reefs (which are visited by three million divers annually) and to create fish nurseries so that the Red Sea's fish population can develop and grow.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594126844-20150905-DSC02395.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="414" />Tourists make about six to nine million dives annually along Egypt's Red Sea, and with the significant rise in tourism, conversationists are concerned that this will put the existing coral reefs in danger as the number of tourist continues to rise.</p>
<p>Experts from the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, the Red Sea Protected Areas, and the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA), have teamed up to address the issue, and have announced two spots to sink old equipment into to be used as artificial reefs for diving, and to re-populate destroyed coral reefs.</p>
<p>The institute&rsquo;s dean, Mahmoud Abdel-Rady Dar, explained that experts are undertaking environmental studies and preparations for the sinking.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594126978-artificial_reef_ship_1050x700.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />Dar said that the move aims to create artificial reefs and new diving areas to reduce the increasing pressure on current diving areas in the Red Sea, and to collect the remnants of the destroyed reefs and re-cultivate them to become an underwater tourist attraction, as well as a location where baby fish can grow up safely.</p>
<p>In statements to Al-Masry Al-Youm, Dar said that the two chosen sites are near Magawish Island, off the coast of Hurghada.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594127002-article-2487699-1934281800000578-897_634x381.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="373" />He said that there is a study in progress to establish a third site in front of the beaches of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, which lies north of Hurghada. This spot is unique, and is near the institute, so that follow up on the reefs will be a tourist attraction and a major research and environmental science location.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594126913-000_1FD8FO-640x400.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="388" />Dar explained that this project is the first of its kind in Egypt. Its aim is to attract a large number of tourists, and it is part of the tourism's sector's conservation plan to develop tourism by using the seas, beaches and surrounding islands.</p>
<p>He pointed out that these tourist sites were chosen with regard to the highest standards of marine environmental protection, to ensure that the place is safe for divers.</p>
<p>Dar added that the sites will have many benefits, as the equipment will be covered by sand, while fish prefer to lay eggs in rocky or hard areas.</p>
<p>Egypt has undertaken efforts to conserve and develop the Red Sea, both to attract tourists, promote fisheries and to protect the coast line from erosion. Last year HEPCA announced the planting of hundreds of mangrove trees along to coast to protect the region, and reverse the rapidly declining fish population.&nbsp;</p>

Egypt is creating two artificial coral reefs in Red Sea to conserve the ecosystem and promote biodiversity.

Egypt To Create Two Artificial Coral Reefs Off Red Sea Coast

<p>After two years of renovations, the Baron Empain Palace Museum will open its doors to visitors today, after it was inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi yesterday, just in time for the opening of Egypt&rsquo;s airways and the imminent return of tourists to the country.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Tourism &amp; Antiquities announced that tickets for the new museum that aims to explore the rich history of the Cairene neighborhood of Heliopolis will be EGP 20 for Egyptian nationals and EGP 10 for Egyptian students. For foreigners, tickets will sell at a price of EGP 100 for adults and EGP 50 for students.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593502490-22163feb-2020_6_29_10_37_2_63.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="422" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593502565-a1a88059-2020_6_29_10_37_22_16.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593502577-efbdb1de-2020_6_29_10_37_26_329.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />Egyptian nationals above the age of 60 can visit the museum free of charge just by showing their national ID cards at the door.</p>
<p>The museum has two main areas that visitors can enjoy, the interior and the exterior. The interior area includes the inside of the palace, the impressive architecture and the various exhibits on display inside in addition to the panorama display on the roof of the palace.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593502507-18b90201-2020_6_29_10_37_38_48.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="401" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593502515-f914e14a-2020_6_29_10_37_16_970.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="395" />As for the exterior area, that includes the grounds and gardens of the palace, which include a wide range of impressive artifacts, including a tram car from the early 20th century that is one of the centerpieces of the new museum&rsquo;s exhibits.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VtIBF3PvxSY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Mostafa Waziri, the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities gave President El-Sisi a televised tour of the museum yesterday, where he walked him through the premises and recounted the storied history of the palace and its cultural significance.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Waziri also announced that visitors of the museum will be required to adhere to the nation&rsquo;s strict COVID-19 preventive measures which mainly entail them wearing face masks and maintaining a safe distance from other visitors while inside the museum. Waziri also asserted that the museum will only be allowing a limited number of visitors in at any one time to make sure there isn&rsquo;t crowding inside the premises.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593502531-303ded36-2020_6_29_10_36_51_798.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="930" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593502549-a8dc82e7-2020_6_29_10_36_57_579.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="428" />The premises of the museum has been equipped with sanitizers all over the place as a precautionary measure to ensure visitors are staying as safe as possible while visiting the museum.</p>
<p>The palace was built in 1910 by Belgian businessman, industrialist, and amateur Egyptologist, Baron &Eacute;douard Empain and is also known as "Le Palais Hindoo" or "The Indian Palace" because of the architectural references used in building the palace which were derived from Indian turn-of-the-century architecture. It was Empain's primary residence in Egypt.</p>

President El-Sisi inaugurates the Baron Empain Palace Museum which opens its doors for visitors today.

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<p>It looks like an Apple trackpad but it's made by Sony. The tech giant released a new wearable air conditioner to keep people cool while they make their daily commutes in hot weather, and considering summer in Cairo is nearing its peak, we can't say we're too mad about this announcement.</p>
<p>The original release was supposed to coincide with the Summer Olympics in Japan, however, with the spread of covid-19 everything got delayed, but it's finally here. The new device named is called &ldquo;Reon Pocket&rdquo; and is much smaller than you might think.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594288077-sony-reon-pocket-1-1280x720.jpg" alt="" />The device slides into a pocket on a custom shirt made and sold for the device, the pocket-sized air conditioner is turned on via a mobile application through which the user can control the intensity and power of the fan to cool the wearer&rsquo;s back by letting the warmth out through a vent placed on the user&rsquo;s upper back.</p>
<p>The device also has sensors for both temperature and motion to that help it figure out what the wearer is doing and adjust the coolness level accordingly.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the product video below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/C56zONHJryk" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The Reon Pocket isn&rsquo;t just for the summer months only, as the device also offers a heating system that can keep people warm for short periods of time, that works the same way as the cooling system.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594288306-img_w07_01_pc.png" alt="" />According to how much each user is using the device, it&rsquo;s supposed to work for two to four hours, which is not that much but enough for people to reach a fully air-conditioned area for the rest of the day. It takes two hours to fully charge the device so users might need to stay put for a while. But it's not too shabby for sure!</p>
<p>The device is expected to sell for $120 to $160, with the custom shirt to put the device going for $20.</p>

Sony launches the Reon Pocket, a wearable air conditioner.

Sony Launches The World's First Wearable Air Conditioner

<p>TikTok is in a lot of trouble in the USA as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed that the government is &ldquo;looking at&rdquo; banning the app along with other Chinese social media platforms in the country.</p>
<p>This comes after the app was banned in India right after conflicts between India and China broke out at their borders, followed by Australia&rsquo;s announcement that it&rsquo;s also considering a ban on the app.</p>
<p>Pompeo appeared on Fox News and was interviewed by host Laura Ingraham where he discussed Chinese interference with privacy in the USA and probably around the world with its social media applications including TikTok, explaining that the US government is taking the situation very seriously.</p>
<p>When asked about a ban on apps like TikTok, Pompeo responded: "With respect to Chinese apps on people's cell phones, I can assure you the United States will get this one right too, Laura. I don't want to get out in front of the President [Donald Trump], but it's something we're looking at."</p>
<p>Ingraham asked if he would recommend people downloading TikTok on their phones, Pompeo simply replied that they would do so if they wanted their &ldquo;private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party."</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EIBPqXODJOM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>TikTok, on the other hand, responded to the Pompeo&rsquo;s claims stating that the company has an American CEO and hundreds of American employees and that they had no higher priority than to promote a safe and secure experience for their app users, and that they do not provide information to the Chinese government and would not if asked.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TikTok is led by an American CEO, with hundreds of employees and key leaders across safety, security, product, and public policy here in the U.S. We have no higher priority than promoting a safe and secure app experience for our users. We have never provided user data to the Chinese government, nor would we do so if asked,&rdquo; wrote a TikTok spokesperson in a statement.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594208697-2020-07-07-image-28.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="329" />A similar statement was released to the Australian government when accusations arose claiming that user information is given to foreign governments, especially China.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TikTok does not share information of our users in Australia with any foreign government, including the Chinese government, and would not do so if asked. We place the highest importance on user privacy and integrity,&rdquo; TikTok Australia&rsquo;s general manager Lee Hunter said in a statement provided to Business Insider Australia.</p>

The US Government is considering banning TikTok in the country.

The U.S. Government Is Considering Banning TikTok Over Security Concerns

<p>With the Black Lives Matter movement and protests in full swing in the USA, everybody from celebrities to fashion brands is trying to get involved, including video game developers, one of which was Epic Games through its widely popular game &ldquo;Fortnite&rdquo;.</p>
<p>The company decided to broadcast a showing of &ldquo;We The People&rdquo; in the game to open conversations about race and a foster discussions about systemic racism in media, culture, and entertainment as a whole.</p>
<p>The whole experience was held at the separate non-violent social space part of the game where the big screen is located, the same place that offered concerts by Deadmau5, Young Thug, Diplo, Noah Cyrus, among other events for things like &ldquo;Star Wars&rdquo; and so on.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thanks to everyone that joined us at the Big Screen for OPUS United presents We The People.<br /><br />Catch a rebroadcast every other hour until July 5 at 8:00am ET. <a href="https://t.co/V33le0D0dl">pic.twitter.com/V33le0D0dl</a></p>
&mdash; Fortnite (@FortniteGame) <a href="https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1279429765850468359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>The whole 47-minute show which includes Van Jones of CNN, journalists Elaine Welteroth and Jemele Hill, and musicians Killer Mike and Lil Baby was streamed for players to educate themselves, and hopefully, learn something new and better themselves.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the full show below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WIS9HVfH93w" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>While the idea was praised by several people in the gaming and BLM community, there were others who thought that it was propaganda or spreading an agenda to a younger audience who don&rsquo;t understand what&rsquo;s going on, but others countered that narrative with that racism is learned and not something you&rsquo;re born with, so planting the seed of equality early is a good and important thing.</p>

Fortnite plays "We the people" in-game so it would open a discusssion about racism, and race.

“Fortnite” Opens Up Conversations About Race With New In-Game Broadcast “We The People”

<p>Couples usually share a lot, and since music can play a significant role in a lot of couples&rsquo; lives Spotify is trying to capitalize on that by launching a new Subscription Plan and tier titled &ldquo;Spotify Premium Duo&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Essentially, Spotify is looking at how couples can build memories together around music, and how most of them can get stuck in the car together fighting over what gets played (even though it should be NileFM), so it&rsquo;s offering a cheaper tier that can accommodate both, offering them the ability to share their music with each other, or stay separate, or even have playlists for the music they both love on &ldquo;Duo Mix&rdquo;.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593688634-spotify-duo-mix.jpg" alt="" />Apparently, Spotify has conducted a user study which found that &ldquo;73% of couples say they listen to music together as a way of remembering happy memories,&rdquo; and that &ldquo;63% say they listen to music together as a way of building their identity or creating memorable moments,&rdquo; and that&rsquo;s exactly what they&rsquo;re aiming for.</p>
<p>The company has been testing it in several countries including Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Ireland, and Poland since March, but it has finally been rolled out internationally to 55 markets including Egypt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;With the newly rolled-out Premium Duo, each fan gets their own individual Premium account so they can both fully enjoy the benefits of Spotify Premium. This includes ad-free, on-demand listening, and our catalog of more than 50 million tracks, as well as access to over 1 million podcast titles. What&rsquo;s more, Premium Duo subscribers can listen to their own playlists anytime, individually, uninterrupted, and get access to the exclusive&nbsp;Duo Mix, a regularly updated playlist made just for the two of them to discover audio they both love,&rdquo; wrote Spotify in their press release.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593688668-44.jpg" alt="" />&ldquo;Today we are proud to launch Spotify Premium Duo, a first-of-its-kind audio offering for just two people in the same household. Premium Duo includes our extensive music and podcast catalog and everything users love about Spotify Premium. With two individual Premium accounts, you can both listen independently, uninterrupted, and get all of your personalized playlists and features tailored just for you. We are thrilled to bring this unique Spotify Premium plan to even more markets around the world,&rdquo;&nbsp;stated says&nbsp;Alex&nbsp;Norstr&ouml;m, Spotify&rsquo;s Chief Freemium Business Officer.</p>
<p>So basically you get all the premium features like unlimited skips, no ads, and downloadable music, along with the new Duo Mix feature, for 65 EGP a month, but there&rsquo;s one catch that both members of the couple have to be living together, and according to Spotify, they are going to verify that as per the FAQ on the website, but we don&rsquo;t know how.</p>

Spotify adds a new subscription plan for couples called "Duo", with a catch they have to be living together.

Spotify Launches “Duo” In Egypt, A New Subscription Plan Exclusively For Couples

<p>Facebook has been finding itself in the spotlight almost daily these days, with companies halting their ad campaigns on the social media platform, and businesses boycotting them due to racism and misinformation running rampant on the platform. But this time an old enemy is rearing its ugly head again and that old enemy is user information getting leaked.</p>
<p>In a blog post by the company, Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, VP of Platform Partnerships revealed that the company has improperly given user information to third-party developers without the permission of its users and in some cases against their users' wishes, communicated through their privacy settings.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593683491-Facebook-data-breach-2019.jpg" alt="" />Titled &ldquo;Improving Data Limits for Infrequently Used Apps, Simplifying Platform Terms and Developer Policies&rdquo; the blog post explained that about five thousand third party developers have had access to a large unspecified amount of users&rsquo; un-public information including things like language or gender before the issues were found and fixed.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We discovered that in some instances apps continued to receive the data that people had previously authorized, even if it appeared they hadn&rsquo;t used the app in the last 90 days. For example, this could happen if someone used a fitness app to invite their friends from their hometown to a workout, but we didn&rsquo;t recognize that some of their friends had been inactive for many months,&rdquo; wrote Papamiltiadis.</p>
<p>&ldquo;From the last several months of data we have available, we currently estimate this issue enabled approximately 5,000 developers to continue receiving information &mdash; for example, language or gender &mdash; beyond 90 days of inactivity as recognized by our systems. We haven&rsquo;t seen evidence that this issue resulted in sharing information that was inconsistent with the permissions people gave when they logged in using Facebook.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We fixed the issue the day after we found it. We&rsquo;ll keep investigating and will continue to prioritize transparency around any major updates,&rdquo; he explained,</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593683500-facebook-data-privacy.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />Papamiltiadis also explained that as part of the company&rsquo;s effort to have a clear guide around data usage and sharing they&rsquo;re introducing new &ldquo;Platform Terms and Developer Policies&rdquo; to make sure that businesses and developers understand their responsibility of handling people&rsquo;s privacy, essentially limiting the developers&rsquo; ability to share user information to third parties without the absolute consent of the user in question, they also stated that this move would &ldquo;strengthen data security requirements and clarify when developers must delete data.&rdquo;</p>
<p>This has been a recurring issue that the company and Papamiltiadis himself has had to admit and face the public about for a couple of years now, with the VP of Platform Partnerships himself writing about it in previous blogs and explaining why this happened in 2018, and again in 2019.</p>
<p>Will this issue ever stop, not likely, as new attacks and leaks are bound to happen in the future either by accident or intentionally, and in the end, it will be up to the users to protect themselves and the data they disclose to any social media website for that matter. Or maybe users will decide they have had enough of the corporate intrigue and delete their Facebook accounts altogether.</p>

Facebook admits that user data has been leaked to thrid-party apps and developers due to an issue that has allegedly been fixed.

Facebook Admits That Your Personal Information Was Leaked To 3rd Party Developers...Again

<p>Video games have always been an escape for gamers to leave the real world behind and enter an entirely new one where they have be creative, and solve problems thereby improving their thinking, and mental skills in many ways, and it seems like Poland has taken notice of that and decided to apply it in their school programs.</p>
<p>Poland became the first country in the world to add a video game to their school curriculum, with the game &ldquo;This War of Mine&rdquo; becoming the first game students will play as part of their learning experience.</p>
<p>The game itself was developed by the Polish development company 11 Bit Studios back in 2014, and it lets gamers play as civilians trying to survive in a shelter in a war-torn country. The game throws several problems at the player to try and figure out.</p>
<p>They will need to balance their characters&rsquo; health, both physically and mentally, as well as their hunger, players will also need to strategize on when to let the characters leave the safety of their shelter to gather food and material for upgrading their shelter and crafting tools, and finally, players will also need to make moral decisions as their characters might meet NPCs (non-playable characters) while scavenging and they will be given the choice to either help them or rob them.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BALBUyoTxQM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>ISFE (Interactive Software Federation of Europe) member Spidor, representing the video games industry in Poland made the announcement that the game will be available starting from the next academic year, and that it will be in the official reading list for high school students to &ldquo;support the teaching of sociology, ethics, philosophy, and history.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;For the first time in history, a video game has been included on the recommended reading list for schools. We are pleased that the Ministry of Education and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki support and recognize the role of the video games sector in culture, creativity, innovation, and even education. This is a great example of how video games can support education by telling stories and raising important ethical issues." Said Dr. Dominika Urbanska-Galanciak, Head of Spidor.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It is extremely exciting to see a European government recognize the value of video games to education in this way. Video games are an intrinsic part of 21st-century society and bring enormous benefits especially when used appropriately in a school setting where they are proven to increase student engagement and learning outcomes, develop team-building, problem-solving and mental agility" said Simon Little, CEO of ISFE.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Hxf1seOpijE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Poland has always been proud of their gaming developers with CD Projekt Red being one of the biggest developers not only in Poland but in the world, as they&rsquo;re famous for their &ldquo;Witcher&rdquo; games which have garnered worldwide acclaim, especially &ldquo;The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt&rdquo; that received more than 200 awards and is considered by many to be one of the best games ever made.</p>
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Poland became the first country in the world to add a videogame to their school curriculum

Poland Becomes The First Country Ever To Add A Video Game To Its National School Curriculum 

<p>Facebook is currently in a very bad spot due to recent boycotts conducted under the "Stop Hate For Profit" campaign which aims to pressure the company's to change its policy of profiting from advertisement revenue made off of posts deemed racially insensitive and on content that pushes misinformation and fake news.</p>
<p>Companies like Verizon, Hershey Co., Honda, Coca Cola, and Unilever have suspended their ad work with Facebook, Unilever, owner of brands such as Heinz, Lux, and Axe, is one of the biggest advertisers in the world. The move has led to the loss of $7.2 billion in ad revenues, and a drop of 8.3% in the value of Facebook's shares on the stock market.</p>
<p>The last stock market drop alone, according to the New York Post, is worth $56 billion of the company&rsquo;s value, leading to Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s loss of a position in the world billionaire rankings, and he is now the fourth richest person instead of the third, superseded by LVMH Moet Hennessy boss Bernard Arnault, Microsoft&rsquo;s Bill Gates, and Amazon&rsquo;s Jeff Bezos.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593336761-unnamed.jpg" alt="" />The boycotts came after Facebook was accused by outdoor brands such as Patagonia, REI, and North Face of profiting off racism and hate speech. Pretty soon, more brands began to join in the boycotts leading to the reported losses.</p>
<p>The "Stop Hate For Profit" campaign was coordinated by the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP, Color of Change, Free Press, and Sleeping Giants, an organization behind many successful ad boycott pressure campaigns in recent years.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"A handful of times a year, we leave up content that would otherwise violate our policies if the public interest value outweighs the risk of harm. Often, seeing speech from politicians is in the public interest, and in the same way that news outlets will report what a politician says, we think people should generally be able to see it for themselves on our platforms. We will soon start labeling some of the content we leave up because it is deemed newsworthy, so people can know when this is the case,"&nbsp;wrote Zuckerberg in a statement on the website.</p>
<p>"We'll allow people to share this content to condemn it, just like we do with other problematic content, because this is an important part of how we discuss what's acceptable in our society, but we'll add a prompt to tell people that the content they're sharing may violate our policies," he continued.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593336796-Facebook-clear-history-tool.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="347" />After Facebook was accused of assisting President Donald Trump in voter suppression after comments made by the President indicated that going to vote was dangerous, these comments were flagged by sites such a Twitter, leading for calls on Facebook to do the same.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Zuckerberg then stated that his company would label all voting-related posts with a link encouraging users to look at its new voter information resource, which would include further information citizens would need to be well-informed.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593342791-trump-twitter-0-irish-post.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />The company also announced that it would prohibit &ldquo;claims that people from a specific race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, gender identity or immigration status are a threat to the physical safety, health or survival of others.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Zuckerberg's defense so far has been to state that such posts are a form of free speech, however, detractors contend that Facebook does not support the free speech of opposition groups that do not generate profit. Facebook has moved to ban some African-American groups that call out racism for being racist themselves, and inciting hate, while maintaining the rights of news websites like Breitbart, the center of extremist hate groups in the US.[article id=5922]Many have also questioned the intentions of the brands that have been critical of Facebook, with the boycotts coming from a group of outdoor companies that were under criticism themselves for marketing products solely to white people, and maintaining an image of white straight men engaging in outdoor adventure.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593342888-105600099-1543514388338gettyimages-812838428.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />Unilever has been at the center of criticism for the last four years due to their products being sourced from work camps using forced labor, as well a child labor, in C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire and Indonesia. Unilever has also been increasingly targeted by Greenpeace for being one of the world largest contributors to plastic waste and deforestation.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7P078b7UPVI" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The company, as well as brands Lux, Dove, and Vim, have theirs origins in the colonization of Africa, particularly in the plantations of Belgian Congo where laborers arms were cut off when they did not meet the expected quota of production. With the targeting of past racism from protesters and consumers, Unilever has sought to avoid boycotts with a changed image. Their brand, Ben &amp; Jerry's Ice Cream has been one of the biggest vocal supporters of racial justice in the current political climate.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593343197-Pecan-resist.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="310" />Facebook proved a convenient scapegoat for multinational corporations and other brands who are less dependent on companies like Facebook for sales than Google. Facebook and Instagram are considered platforms to small producers and manufacturers, big corporations are more dependent on Google, and see Facebook as a platform that is assisting its competitors.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Facebook has been under criticism from the US government and society since 2016, when it was revealed that Facebook illegally used the information of millions of its users to sell to third party organizations. While this information is generally used to craft targeted advertising, in 2016 it was used by right-wing political groups to craft individualized propaganda, extremist opinions, and inflammatory fake news.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n8Dd5aVXLCc" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>In what would become known as the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, it was reviewed that the Russian government used much of this information mined by Facebook to not only incite extremist violence in the US in order to destabilize the political system, but also used the data to hack the computer database of the Democratic Party. It was considered a decisive moment for Hilary Clinton's failed election bid.</p>
<p>Since then, Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google have become the political battle ground between Democrats and Republicans, who seek to influence the company's direction with threats of regulation, fines, taxes, and oversight. Zuckerberg has sought to walk a tight rope between the right and the left, appealing to both kind of users of the social media giant by not favoring one side over the other.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1593343386-maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />Twitter has already had to pay for its moves against President Donald Trump, after Twitter started to include a fact checking program attached to Trump's tweets, the President signed an executive order removing Twitters legal protection, allowing the company to face increased lawsuits.</p>
<p>Facebook will likely face increased opposition as their middle road approach illicits criticism from both sides. However, with Republican law makers moving against Google, the company will continue to strive for a good working relationship with the US government over the demands of users.&nbsp;</p>

Facebook lost 7.2 billion dollars because several companies removed their ad money from the website after the social media giant refused to remove posts that violated their terms of service.

Facebook Loses $7.2 Billion As Big Brands Continue Pulling Their Ads From The Platform Amid Ongoing Protests 

<p>Apple had its annual Worldwide Developer Conference this year, and it was jam-packed with announcements, all of which covered the operating systems of their upcoming devices including their phones, tablets, and watches.</p>
<p>The conference opened with a talk by Apple&rsquo;s CEO Tim Cook about the Black Lives Matter movement, and the unjustified death of George Floyd, and Apple&rsquo;s commitment to helping Black communities now and in the future.</p>
<p>It later shifted to the iPhones&rsquo; iOS, and the announcement of iOS 14, with the introduction of several new features on the new operating system including new widgets that give users information about the weather, schedule, and more.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5wPVFI1nULU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The new operating system will also feature a new app-organizing system as Apple developed the &ldquo;App Library&rdquo; which uses machine learning to organize the apps for the user making folders for similar apps to be bundled together, but users can also search for them alphabetically or in dedicated folders which are most likely to be found in, or in case of it being new the &ldquo;Recently Added&rdquo; folder.</p>
<p>Siri is also getting a big makeover. The digital assistant will pop up with a new, cartoonish icon that appears when you summon her in the new iOS. The new circle now appears over the regular UI of iOS 14, and it can even can throw up widgets when you ask for the weather.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1592920920-siri.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="340" />Siri also appears to include a new compact mode, and the assistant will now support sending audio messages. Apple is also adding improved translation support. As part of a new Translate app, Siri will help with translations that will even work completely offline. The new Translate app feels like a big competitor to Google&rsquo;s own Translate app, and it will also work in landscape mode on iPhones.</p>
<p>Users can now have a picture-in-picture, meaning that videos can continue to play even though the user has moved onto another app, it will still show the video for the user to enjoy.</p>
<p>Apple is also developing more maps dedicated to cyclists, as well as a new digital key system that will be available for certain cars in the future for a truly keyless experience.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1592906422-JGcnD9G.jpg" alt="" />Moving on to the iPadOS 14, the search engine on the tablets has been significantly enhanced to help users find whatever they want on the device, it received all the new stuff from iOS 14 as well as new exclusive additions like &ldquo;Scribble&rdquo; where users will be able to write with their pen in any entry place on the iPad and the device will automatically convert it into text.</p>
<p>While discussing the iPadOS, Apple also announced that the Airpods are getting a new Spatial Audio feature where it will provide the user with a more surround sound experience and will work on 5.1, 7.1, and Dolby Atmos formats.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1592906452-33.png" alt="" width="620" height="348" />There have been some subtle changes added to WatchOS like that the fact the Apple Watches will now know if you&rsquo;re washing your hands, and will time you the 20 seconds needed to make sure your hands are thoroughly clean, it will also track dancing as an exercise and provide information regarding it.</p>
<p>Users will be able to share watch faces and send them to each other with a level of customizability.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1592906465-8kQgAfy.png" alt="" />The last big announcement is their macOS Big Sur, which overhauls the overall look of the macs&rsquo; operating system likening it to the ones on the iPhones and iPads making all the devices have a harmonious look to them, as well as adding overall improvements to iMessage, and new additions widgets.&nbsp;</p>

Apple made a bunch on announcements at it's annual WWDC 2020, and here are some of the highlights.

Apple Unveils iOS 14, New And Improved Siri & Much More At WWDC 2020

<p>&ldquo;Crash Bandicoot&rdquo; is one of PlayStation&rsquo;s most beloved mascots, that started way back in the 1990s. However, ever since the main trilogy ended the quality of all subsequent games has been subpar at best, but it seems like they&rsquo;re refreshing everything because a new entry has just been announced.</p>
<p>Titled &ldquo;Crash Bandicoot 4: It&rsquo;s About Time&rdquo;, the game is washing away all the previous entries in the franchise except for the original three and announcing this as its next canonical game in the timeline.</p>
<p>Speaking of timeline, from the title, we can assume that the game is going to be focusing on time travel and time manipulation, as it offers a storyline that has Crash and friends fight Doctor Neo Cortex who escaped from Space-time prison to run amok, and it will take all of them with the help of masks that offer new magical powers to stop him.</p>
<p>The game still offers the fast-paced platforming everybody knows and loves from the originals, however, it sports a new look and design, that is both refreshing and modern yet familiar to returning gamers.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5qF5JrciMnU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;Crash Bandicoot 4: It&rsquo;s About Time&rdquo; is set to come out later this year on October 2, much to the excitement of fans.</p>
<p>Players got the chance to rekindle their memories of the character after the release of the &ldquo;Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy&rdquo; which had the three main games remastered for the PlayStation Four, bringing back some nostalgia for older gamers and introducing new fans to the character and games.</p>
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Crash Bandicoot returns with a new entry in the franchise it's first officially cannon game since 1998's "Crash Bandicoot: Warped"

“Crash Bandicoot” Finally Returns With 4th Official Entry In The Video Game Franchise

<p>With all of the world stuck at home trying to slow the spread of covid-19 people are getting restless, and while most took to TV for entertainment others look to gaming, so in order to help out, gaming developers have been making some games free for people to enjoy, and Ubisoft isn&rsquo;t any different.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago, the company made one of their flagship &ldquo;Rayman&rdquo; games free for people to enjoy on PC, and this weekend, the company is doing that again, releasing their Ancient Egypt-themed game &ldquo;Assassin&rsquo;s Creed: Origins&rdquo; free for PC users for the weekend from June 19 to 21.</p>
<p>This one specifically is a big deal, because many consider &ldquo;Origins&rdquo; to be one of the most important entries in the franchise as it revitalized it after years of repetitive gameplay and a bogged down storyline.</p>
<p>The game takes place during the reign of Cleopatra, as players play as Bayek, an Egyptian Medjay, on a mission of revenge when his son is murdered by a religious cult controlling the politics in the land behind the scenes.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eVScm-7O8qE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The game is colorful, beautiful, and entertaining, as players get to know the origins of the assassins and their order&rsquo;s formation to fight injustice and tyranny.</p>
<p>It also features a lot of historical figures and paints Egypt in a beautiful light, and paves the way for other entries in the franchise.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Origins&rdquo; also has the &ldquo;Discovery Mode&rdquo; feature where players are able to visit actual landmarks in the game and learn more about ancient Egypt's culture and its rich history.</p>
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Ubisoft is making “Assassin’s Creed: Origins” for free for PC users to play over this weekend.

Ancient Egypt-Themed “Assassin’s Creed: Origins” Will Be Free To Play Over This Weekend

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<p>Have you&rsquo;ve had a long, tiresome week that&rsquo;s consumed all of the energy that you need to do the things you actually want to do over the weekend? It&rsquo;s all good. All you have to do is join Sally on Happy Weekends! She&rsquo;ll have the music, the chitchat and all the quirkiness you&rsquo;ll need to get you back on track to have an awesome couple of days off! Weekends from 1 PM - 3 PM.</p>

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<p>Each weekday from 3-4 PM and again from 9 PM Feedo delivers you Egypt&rsquo;s hit music, but with a slight difference. In the mix, non stop! All the biggest current songs mixed back to back. If it were food it would be delicious, so we couldn&rsquo;t think of any better name than &ndash; Mix A Licious!</p>

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<p>Tune in every weekday morning from 11 to the On Demand with Mickey and Basma! You&rsquo;ll be in complete control of the music, along with something a little different every day. Spill your heart out on Sunday Secrets!</p>

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<p>Its 2020 and Zeinab has a whole new show with all kinds of fun and games just for you!</p>

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<p>Three hours of non-stop feel good anthems to get you pumped for the weekend. Whether you're getting ready for a fun night out or heading home for a cozy night in, this upbeat soundtrack is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Turn up the music and sing along to all your favorite happy tunes, every Thursday at 9 pm.</p>

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<p>Highlighting the best and greatest from the world of Rock. The Rock Show is the perfect blend of current, modern, and old-school classics. Join Omar on Mondays to hear about some of the best emerging artists, and local bands too!&nbsp;</p>

The Rock Show

<p>Some say &ldquo;They don't make them like they used to", and we certainly agree.</p>
<p><br />For a full hour, we spin out all your favorite classic hits from the 60s through the 90s that bring back good memories. Every day at 7 am, it's time for some serious nostalgia.</p>

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<p>Egypt's most talented Trance duo shine weekly on NileFM.</p>
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<p>Join Ali &amp; Fila every Thursday night at 12AM as they redefine the future sound of Egypt, and enjoy an hour of the latest banging melodic Trance tunes.</p>

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<p>The world's premier radio show comes to NileFM.</p>
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<p>With over 30 Million listeners turning in each week around the world, NileFM joins the elite rank of stations putting their listeners in 'a state of trance'.</p>
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<p>Join one of the World's top DJs Armin Van Buuren&nbsp;for 2 hours of the best Trance tracks &amp; sets known to mankind!</p>

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<p>It's your weekly dose of Hip-Hop &amp; R'n'B with DJ Feedo.</p>
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<p>All the newest Hip-Hop releases, the best old school jams, East Coast/West Coast, Shacktown, the dirty South, the Middle East and beyond.</p>
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<p>There's also Jam IT or Slam IT, where you decide the playlist and an EXCLUSIVE DJ Feedo Mix.</p>
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<p>Friday at 7pm.</p>

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<p>Sit back and enjoy the chill-out sounds of oriental-inspired music; the perfect setting for a drive in your car, or just an escape from the stress of the day.</p>
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<p>It's the show that brings a little dose of local flavor.</p>
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<p>American Top 40 - or AT40 - is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs.</p>
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<p>The program is hosted by Ryan Seacrest, and features the current Top 40 songs in America, in addition to celebrity interviews, song breakout predictions and many other features and segments.</p>
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<p>AT40 currently broadcasts in Egypt and the Middle East only on your #1 Hit Music radio station, NileFM.</p>

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<p>Come hang with Mohannad as he showcases the #Hottest7Tunes of the day, a few of his bizarre thoughts with a daily #MoeMessage, get to test your luck with LIVE games; &ldquo;Would you Rather?" and "Mohannad or Google?&rdquo;, and so much more. He may also talk about food. A lot.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Egypt&rsquo;s roads are about to get a lot smarter than we are used to as the government moves to implement the first phase of the nation&rsquo;s first intelligent transportation system (ITS).</p>
<p>A meeting was held yesterday by the Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir and attended by the President&rsquo;s advisor for Urban Planning Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed, President of the National Road Company Major General Magdy Anwar and several other government officials to discuss the mechanisms of implementing the new ITS on several of Egypt&rsquo;s most prominent roads and highways.</p>
<p>The meeting was held at the behest of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for the express purpose of increasing road safety in Egypt.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_JeHIwCuqGQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The government&rsquo;s plan is to install smart cameras on 6 of the nation&rsquo;s most prominent and frequently travelled roads that will monitor drivers&rsquo; speeds and overall behavior to make the roads more safe and under control, with the aim of reducing traffic accidents and curtailing the number of road violations committed by drivers in Egypt.</p>
<p>The first phase of the project will transform 6 of the nation&rsquo;s most important roads to make them safer, a number that is set to increase to 20 roads when the second phase of the new project is completed.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The new ITS project will kick off with the Cairo-Suez road, the Cairo-Ismailia-Port Said road, the Regional Ring Road, the Katameya-Ain Sokhna road, the Shoubra-Benha freeway and the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, according to the Transport Ministry&rsquo;s statement.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eu5eBvpnSGc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The new smart system will connect all cameras on these roads to one surveillance network that will record various kinds of traffic infractions, from increased speeds to all around reckless driving and will ensure that the necessary fines are dolled out fairly to anyone not following the rules.</p>
<p>Wednesday&rsquo;s meeting was held to discuss the financing model for the new ITS project as well as to decide the most appropriate time frame for the completion of the project.</p>
<p>According to Masrawy, President El-Sisi urged the Transport Ministry last month to begin looking into implementing smart solutions and technology to make Egypt&rsquo;s roads safer and less congested overall.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a6PZX8kqxls" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The new system will promptly notify drivers of any infractions they may have committed via an SMS service that will send them messages to make sure they are adhering to road laws and are not needlessly endangering their lives or the lives of other drivers on the roads they share.</p>
<p>President El-Sisi announced back in 2014 that a national project to upgrade 7000 km of the nation&rsquo;s roads was underway and at the time EGP 175 billion were earmarked for the project's completion. In the years since he announced the project, 4500 km of Egypt&rsquo;s roads have been renovated.</p>
<p>Egypt&rsquo;s government has been moving increasingly to implement technological solutions to stay up to date with the information age and improve the nation&rsquo;s infrastructure overall.&nbsp;</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594279892-car_accidents.png" alt="" width="620" height="422" />
<figcaption><em>CAPMAS data reveals that car accidents in Egypt have been on a steady decline since the early 2000s</em></figcaption>
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<p>According to figures revealed by CAPMAS and reported by Ahram Online, road accidents in Egypt saw a decrease of 30% in the rate of road accidents in 2019 compared to previous years. In 2019, there were 9,992 road accidents compared to 14,700 in 2016.</p>

Egypt announces phase 1 of its new intelligent transportation system (ITS), set to kick off with 6 of the nation's most vital highways. 

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<p>Egypt&rsquo;s cabinet approved yesterday a new draft law to protect the identities of sexual assault victims who report their cases to law enforcement personnel.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly headed the cabinet&rsquo;s weekly video conference meeting yesterday that saw the amendment of the nation&rsquo;s penal code to reflect recent controversies regarding sexual assault in Egypt.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Under the new draft law, the identities of victims of sexual crimes in Egypt will be kept in a separate file that will remain confidential, and can only be revealed to members of the judiciary involved in a specific case, as well as to defendants in sexual assault crimes (should they request to know the identity of their accusers).</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEgyptianCabinet%2Fphotos%2Fa.825570437621323%2F1650921868419505%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=491&amp;appId" width="552" height="491" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>The new amendment was implemented to protect the reputations of sexual assault victims in Egypt, who don&rsquo;t usually come forward and report such crimes for fear that their names and their families might be dragged into the public eye, which only serves to keep people silent about sexual assault and does nothing to either punish the perpetrator or empower and protect the victim.[article id=6028]The new draft law comes in light of legislators&rsquo; wanting to &ldquo;keep abreast of developments that occur in society, and to monitor the practical reality in such cases that effectively prevents the detection of such crimes and bring their perpetrators to justice,&rdquo; reads the cabinet&rsquo;s official statement released via their official Facebook page.</p>
<p>Any individual that discloses the identities of victims of sexual assault will be subject to legal punishment under the new draft law.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Any party that discloses confidential information about the victims shall be punished under Article 310 of the penal code,&rdquo; the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/k1hN4uieUY0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The new bill comes at a pretty opportune time as hundreds of Egyptian women have come forward to report stories of their sexual abuse on social media following the recent case of serial rapist Ahmed Bassam Zaki which shone a spotlight on the nature of sexual assault and harassment in Egypt, once again elevating the controversial topic into the national debate.</p>
<p>Head of Egypt&rsquo;s National Council of Women (NCW) Maya Mursi was interviewed on &ldquo;Masaa DMC&rdquo; with Ramy Radwan yesterday where she lauded the government&rsquo;s decision to pass this draft law, calling it a &ldquo;historic&rdquo; decision for Egypt and definite win for victims of sexual assault nationwide.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/y0Z1dkauM9c" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;I would like to thank the cabinet, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Justice Omar Marwan for this historic amendment to the country&rsquo;s penal code,&rdquo; said Mursi during her televised statement, &ldquo;This ruling sends a message to everyone in the nation to not stay quiet about such crimes because often this silence is a lot more damaging than the crime itself&rdquo;</p>
<p>Zaki was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, blackmail and intimidation this week and the prosecutor-general has not revealed a single piece of information regarding the identities of the women who have come forward with their stories, which many are lauding as a much needed change of pace, particularly when it comes to Egypt&rsquo;s past in dealing with crimes of sexual assault and harassment.</p>
<p>The newly amended draft law will be brought before parliament in the coming period before it is fully enforced on the ground.</p>

Egypt amends its penal code to protect the identities of sexual assault victims who choose to come forward with their stories.

Egypt's Govt. Approves "Historic" Draft Law To Protect The Identities Of Sexual Assault Victims Nationwide

<p>A Brooklyn native was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of Egyptian artifacts stuffed inside dirty suitcases through JFK Airport, including some nearly 4,000-year-old relics, U.S. federal prosecutors announced Monday.</p>
<p>Smuggling of Egyptian artifacts became widespread after the Arab Spring, which saw the Cairo Museum, and archaeological digs raided and looted during the instability. Syria, Iraq, and Yemen have also seen a wave of looting as artifacts are a convenient source of finance for terrorist activity.</p>
<p>Since 2015, the Egyptian government has been pursuing the return of artifacts looted or illegally exported over the decades, imposing stricter measures for their export, and seeking the return of cultural heritage.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594117341-Artifact1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="414" />Ashraf Omar Eldarir was caught at NYC's JFK airport carrying three suitcases filled with 590 antiquities covered in foam and bubble wrap, federal prosecutors said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;These cultural treasures traveled across centuries and millennia, only to end up unceremoniously stuffed in a dirt-caked suitcase at JFK,&rdquo; said Richard P. Donoghue, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594117369-14JEH1_0PX7RLYD00.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />When US Customs and Border Protection agents opened the packages, sand and dirt spilled out, and some of the items smelled of wet earth, raising authorities' suspicion about the origins of the artifacts.</p>
<p>Among the relics were objects made to be buried in the funerary pyramids of Egyptian royalty, such as gold amulets and wooden tomb models &mdash; including one that dated back to around 1900 BC, prosecutors claim.</p>
<p>There was also two funerary stelae, or stone monuments to the deceased, dating from the Roman period.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594117390-EgyptAnchor.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />Officials also found a portrait of a Ptolemaic king carved on a tablet, that had originally been part of a royal building or temple.</p>
<p>Prosecutors said Eldarir did not have any official documents from Egypt authorizing the export of the artifacts.</p>
<p>He is charged with one count of smuggling from this incident, and another stemming from an earlier trip in which he allegedly smuggled an ancient Egyptian polychrome relief.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594117410-hdsauh-660x330.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="310" />&ldquo;Eldarir&rsquo;s alleged smuggling of 590 artifacts pillaged from Egypt is yet another example of an individual seeking to profit by stealing history from another nation,&rdquo; said Homeland Security Investigation Special Agent-in-Charge Peter C. Fitzhugh.</p>
<p>If convicted, Eldarir faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail for each count. A date for his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court has not yet been set.</p>
<p>The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) have been working together in the last five years to crack down on antiquities smuggling, both to reclaim lost artifacts looted during periods of instability, and to cut off terrorist financing.&nbsp;</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594116192-b5ea4647-471c-4540-a112-ecefeebe85d0_16x9_600x338.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />
<figcaption><em>While Islamic State members destroyed many artifacts for propaganda, most were taken to sell abroad.</em></figcaption>
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<p>Last week, the former curator of the Lourve Museum in Paris, as well an employee in France&rsquo;s biggest art auction house Pierre Berge &amp;&nbsp;Associ&eacute;s were arrested for smuggling Egyptian and Iraqi artifacts that were looted by the Islamic State during their occupation of Iraq and Syria, as well as many artifacts from Yemen.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Buyers in the US, France, and UK can easily find groups that smuggle artifacts from websites like Ebay and Facebook. In 2019 the Althar Project documented 95 Facebook groups marketing artifacts from Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq to buyers in the West. The Althar project alleges that Facebook even profits from the artifact sale, as they are often sold digitally on Facebook&rsquo;s marketplace.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594117045-Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-8.25.47-AM.png" alt="" width="620" height="322" />While one third of all artifacts smuggled are sold from conflict countries, almost half come from bordering countries like Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. So far, only Egypt has cracked down on sellers on its borders.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1i-38AWATok" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Egypt has launched a broad international campaign to repatriate any artifact stolen, neglected, or mishandled in the last few years. The motives for the campaign include reclaiming cultural heritage, ending terrorist financing, and signaling the government&rsquo;s dedication to Egypt&rsquo;s culture.</p>
<p>From 1982 until 2013, there was no law that explicitly forbade the sales of artifacts from dealers who had access to archeological sites. In 2013, the government removed Mubarak-era legislation that liberalized the sale of antiquities.</p>
<p>Motives also include reclaiming Egypt&rsquo;s place as a protector of Egyptian civilization and culture, to this effect they have called out western government for their disrespect of some of the monuments either stolen or given as gifts in the past. In 2019, Egypt demanded the repatriation of an Egyptian temple in Madrid that was vandalized.</p>

US man caught with a dirty suitcase full of egyptian artifacts

Man Caught Smuggling Hundreds Of Egyptian Artifacts Into The U.S. Gets Arrested At JFK

<p>Business activity, sales, and growth in Egypt sharply increased in June with the winding down of lockdown measures, hitting a four-month high, according to a monthly report released by IHS Markit.</p>
<p>Despite the increase in private-sector growth, job losses continued at an increased pace as the Egyptian economy reels from months of low sales, disrupted international trade, and major shutdowns.</p>
<p>Egypt recently lifted the lockdown measures imposed to stop the spread of COVID-19 in order for the economy to see growth again, after suffering through the lockdown.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594042275-Covid-19-contagion-1600px.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />IHS Markit report surveys businesses across the non-oil private sector. The report found that business activity bounced back after a sharp downturn as a result of COVID-19.</p>
<p>The index score of 44.6, up from 40.7 in May, and 29.9 in April indicates that Egypt&rsquo;s economy is charging back from the pandemic-induced downturn. &nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594042228-GettyImages-1209074253-870.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />However, the score is still below 50, which is the minimum amount indicating growth. This means that Egyptian businesses are still suffering losses, albeit at a much slower pace.</p>
<p>&ldquo;June&rsquo;s PMI data gave some promising signs that the Egyptian economy is beginning to stabilize,&rdquo; David Owen, economist at IHS Markit, said in a report on Monday.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594041909-women-eat-at-a-cafe-on-talaat-harb-square-in-cairo-egypt-on-march-31-2018-egyptian-president-abdel-fattah-el-sisi-was-set-to-sweep-to-victory-with-more-than-90-percent-of-the-vote-in-this-week-s-election-.png" alt="" width="620" height="349" />A turnaround from April&rsquo;s record low is gaining momentum in Egypt, with many restrictions recently lifted as the COVID-19 outbreak shows signs of peaking. Still, rising costs and low sales have put pressure on Egyptian businesses, forcing them to reduce employment at the quickest rate in nearly four years, according to IHS Markit.</p>
<p>While firms cut wages for the third month in a row, optimism for future growth reached the highest point since the beginning of the pandemic; all the past contracts, jobs, and projects have begun to resume, and work is speeding up steadily.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594042199-csm_figure2_4e05405a55.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="486" />&ldquo;Employment numbers still fell at an accelerated rate in June, although multiple signals suggest this will soon change,&rdquo; Owen said, &ldquo;Higher demand at some companies, increased backlogs and sentiment rising to a six-month high all point to firms hopefully restarting hiring in the near future.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Curfew hours and delays at port customs put pressure on delivery times, which grew longer for the fourth month in a row and at the quickest pace since October 2017.</p>
<p>The pandemic caused Egypt&rsquo;s Markit index score to fall to the lowest levels ever recorded by IHS in its history of analyzing the Egyptian economy. Before the pandemic, Egypt&rsquo;s Markit index score was between 49 and 52 for the last year.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594042111-unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="371" />Experts expect Egypt to be one of the few countries to grow this year, after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank released its growth forecast for 2020.</p>
<p>Egypt&rsquo;s reforms have helped it weather the pandemic better than many other countries who saw their currency plummet. High demand for the Egyptian Pound has kept it at even levels compared to the U.S. Dollar.</p>

Private sector businesses record four-month high after lockdown measures ease.

Egypt's Economy Is Witnessing A Sharp Recovery After Lockdown Measures Ease

<p>Due to the spread of covid-19 all over the world, there has been an eye on flight resumption and a worry on how it would be impacted once everything starts to open up with an expectation that flights would have a very low occupancy rate, however, that turned out not to be the case for Egypt's national carrier.</p>
<p>It looks like people are not just coming into Egypt from other countries from around the globe, but there&rsquo;s a large number of Egyptians flying out of the country too.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vmJxlFCUERg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>EgyptAir Holding Company Chairman Mohamed Roshdy Zakaria announcing in an interview with Sada Al-Balad that flights have been witnessing a 75% occupancy rate ever since flight resumed at the beginning of the month, according to Egypt Independent.</p>
<p>Zakaria also stated that there are between 20 to 25 flights daily going to some of the most important cities in the world including Dubai, Berlin, New York, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam and more, with more flights to other cities to open mid-July according to the regulations of each country.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1594035506-MS_Egyptair_787_SUGER_C1_PAE_katie_bailey_6.jpg" alt="" />Earlier in June, Zakaria assured that there will be no increase in airline ticket prices once air traffic resumes, in fact there have been a number of discounts offered by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to get tourism back on track.</p>
<p>He had also said back in June that in the event of low attendance some flights will be merged, depending on the reservation percentage, but that it was still too early to tell. Thankfully, that didn&rsquo;t turn out to be the case as demand for flights is evidently high.[article id=5886]Egypt has been given the World Travel and Tourism Council&rsquo;s (WTTC) Safe Travels stamp back in June, announcing to tourists all over the world that our health &amp; safety measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 are up to international standards, something that the country found beneficial as Egypt has become the top tourist destination among Emirati travelers according to online travel metasearch engine Wego, and the arrival of tourists from Ukraine to Hurghada and Sharm El-Shiekh just four days ago who were received with balloons and folklore dances.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/668tE6QcwWA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Egypt saw its highest number of recoveries from COVID-19 on Sunday July 5, as well as recording its lowest number of new daily cases and deaths from the novel infection since last month when the numbers had reached a peak.</p>

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