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Egypt & Pakistan Discuss Strengthening Bilateral Ties & Health Sector Cooperation
Sada Elbalad
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July 8, 2025
Tue 08 Jul 2025 | 10:10 PM Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, received Ambassador Amer Shaukat, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Cairo, at the Ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative...
Egyptian exports jump nearly 20% in April, narrowing trade gap
Daily News Egypt
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July 8, 2025
Egypt’s trade deficit narrowed by 9.5% in April 2025 to $3.42bn, compared with $3.78bn in the same month a year earlier, as the value of exports surged, the state statistics agency CAPMAS said on Tuesday. The value of exports increased by 19.8% to...
Cairo telecom building fire kills 4, injures 26; limited flight delays after blaze sparks outage
Gulf Today
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July 8, 2025
Gulf Today, Staff Reporter/Associated Press Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation announced that the country’s airports experienced minor delays in some flight departures due to a sudden and temporary disruption in communication and internet...
Four Dead, Over 20 Injured In Cairo Data Centre Fire As Egypt Battles Major Telecom Disruption
Arise News
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July 8, 2025
A fire at a major Telecom Egypt facility in Cairo on Monday has left four workers dead and at least 22 others injured, plunging parts of the capital into a communications crisis. According to Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesperson for Egypt’s Health...
Four feared dead and several injured in Cairo Telecom company blaze
Africanews
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July 8, 2025
Egyptian officials reported on Tuesday that a fire engulfing a major telecom company building in downtown Cairo the previous day resulted in four fatalities and over two dozen injuries. The significant blaze, which erupted at the iconic 10-story...
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Massive fire at Telecom Egypt building kills 4, injures over two dozen
Firstpost
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July 8, 2025
Egyptian officials said Tuesday a fire that engulfed a main telecom company building in downtown Cairo a day earlier left four people dead and over two dozen injured. The large blaze, which broke out at the landmark 10-story Telecom Egypt building...
Fire at Telecom Egypt building injures 14, disrupts internet and mobile services
Saudi Gazette
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July 8, 2025
CAIRO — A major fire erupted at the headquarters of Telecom Egypt in downtown Cairo on Monday, injuring at least 14 people and causing widespread disruptions to internet and mobile phone services across the country. According to the Health...
Watch: Fire breaks out at telecoms building in Cairo; millions affected by internet disruptions
Khaleej Times
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A massive fire erupted on Monday at a major telecommunications building in Downtown Cairo, causing widespread disruption to internet and phone services that affected millions of users for several hours. The fire, which engulfed Ramses Central...
Fire outbreak at Cairo telecommunications’ data centre kills 4, disrupts internet
Technext
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July 8, 2025
Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out yesterday at a key data centre in a 10-story Telecom Egypt building in Cairo. Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, said...
Electrical Blaze at Ramses Exchange Cuts Cairo’s Connectivity
Media Line
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July 8, 2025
An electrical fire ripped through the Ramses Central Exchange, Egypt’s largest telecommunications hub, on Monday morning, injuring 14 workers and knocking out phone and internet connections across the Greater Cairo area. Health Ministry officials...
UNODC report warns of alarming rise in drug use among Moroccan youth, particularly pharmaceuticals and cocaine
Hespress
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July 8, 2025
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has flagged concerning shifts in drug use patterns in Morocco, particularly among minors, in its 2025 World Drug Report. Based on 2023 data, the report highlights a troubling surge in drug...
Blaze at Cairo Telecom Building Kills 4 and Disrupts Internet, Phone
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 8, 2025
Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday at a key data center in Cairo, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesperson at Egypt's Health Ministry, told Reuters on Tuesday. The blaze at a Telecom Egypt...
Four dead, dozens injured in Cairo telecoms centre fire
The Express Tribune
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July 8, 2025
Listen to article At least four people were killed and 27 injured in a fire at a major telecomms centre in Egypt's capital that caused widespread disruptions, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Internet and phone connections were still heavily...
Four dead in fire at major Cairo telecomms hub, internet disrupted
The Peninsula
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July 8, 2025
A firefighter douses the flames after a fire broke out in the Telephones landline exchanging station and Ministry of Communications building in the heart of Cairo on July 7, 2025. Photo by AFP Cairo: At least four people were killed and 27 injured...
Fire erupts at Egypt's Ramses Central building, 4 killed
Al Bawaba
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ALBAWABA - A massive fire broke out Monday evening at the Ramses Central Exchange in downtown Cairo, temporarily disrupting telecommunications and internet services in several areas. The Egyptian Ministry of Health posted a statement that the...
Fire hits Cairo telecom hub
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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AFP | Cairo Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com A major fire erupted at a key telecommunications hub in the Egyptian capital yesterday, the Cairo governorate said in a statement, causing significant phone and internet disruption. The health ministry...
BRICS summit ends on health issues and role of global south countries
Africanews
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July 8, 2025
Leaders from the bloc's 11 member countries and invited partners gathered for the last session to discuss global health, climate challenges, and COP30, set to take place in Brazil in November. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened...
World AFP Four dead in fire at major Cairo telecomms hub, internet disrupted
Yahoo News
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At least four people were killed and 27 injured in a fire at a major telecomms centre in Egypt's capital that caused widespread disruptions, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Internet and phone connections were still heavily disrupted in Cairo...
Blaze at Cairo telecommunications building kills 4
BDNews24
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Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday at a key data centre in Cairo, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesperson at Egypt's Health Ministry, told Reuters on Tuesday. The blaze at a Telecom Egypt...
4 killed, 27 injured in Cairo telecom building fire
Xinhua News Agency
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CAIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and 27 others injured in a massive fire that broke out Monday at a central telecommunications building in downtown Cairo, Egypt's Health Ministry said Tuesday. The injured were transferred...