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Despite the missiles flying overhead, this Lenexa medical aid group kept caring for refugees in Jordan
Prairie Village Post - Kansas
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June 27, 2025
Even though missiles began flying overhead, a volunteer group based in Lenexa said they successfully completed their mission in Jordan to serve residents and refugees without access to medical care. What volunteers for Global Care Force had...
Cautious optimism in UK on progress to secure British-Egyptian dissident’s release
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
The family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah have expressed cautious optimism that progress is being made to secure the British-Egyptian dissident’s release after Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, managed to secure a long-delayed phone call with the...
Egypt launches initiative to renovate 80,000 homes in rural villages
Daily News Egypt
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June 22, 2025
Egypt has launched a corporate social responsibility initiative to renovate and upgrade 80,661 homes for vulnerable families in villages targeted by the first phase of the presidential “Decent Life” initiative. The “Decent Housing for a Decent...
world First indirect Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks ended inconclusively, Palestinian sources say
Asiaone
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July 7, 2025
CAIRO — The first session of indirect Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks in Qatar ended inconclusively, two Palestinian sources familiar with the matter said early on Monday (July 7), adding that the Israeli delegation didn't have a sufficient mandate...
EVA Pharma & Porton Advanced Solutions ink MoU to expand CAR T-cell therapy access in Middle East and Africa
Pharmabiz.com
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EVA Pharma, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies driving healthcare innovation and access across the Middle East and Africa, and Porton Advanced Solutions, a global leading cell and gene therapy CDMO service provider, have announced the...
Palestinians watch Doha talks with cautious hope amid Gaza ruins
The New Arab
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July 7, 2025
"We are waiting, desperately, for the ceasefire to come through. We're tired of death, of displacement, of waking up to find everything gone. Israel used every means to kill us, even forbidden weapons," Samir Saidam, a father of five, told TNA....
Porton Advanced And EVA Pharma Sign MOU To Expand CAR T-Cell Therapy Access In The Middle East And Africa
Outsourced Pharma
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A new era of personalized gene therapy for Leukemia patients in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and beyond. Suzhou, China and Cairo /PRNewswire/ - Porton Advanced Solutions, a global leading cell and gene therapy CDMO service provider, and EVA Pharma, one of...
Regional Dietary Patterns Tied to Global Prevalence, Severity of IBS
HCPLive
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June 26, 2025
New research is shedding light on a significant association between dietary patterns and the global prevalence and severity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).1 Findings from the analysis of Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study (RFGES) data...
Egypt's Culture Min. Welcomes Sir Magdi Yacoub Ahead of Tribute Ceremony, Statue Unveiling
Sada Elbalad
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June 22, 2025
Sun 22 Jun 2025 | 05:44 PM Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Ahmed Fouad Hennou, welcomed world-renowned heart surgeon Sir Dr. Magdi Yacoub ahead of a special ceremony organized by the Ministry to honor him and unveil the details of a commemorative...
Saudia Airlines tragedy: Crew member dies aboard Jeddah to London flight, diverted to Cairo
The Times of India
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Despite swift medical aid, Cabin Manager Mohsen bin Saeed Alzahrani was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA) after the emergency landing in Cairo./ Image: (File) A routine international flight turned tragic on Thursday, June 26, when Mohsen bin Saeed...
BRICS leaders gather in Rio to challenge Western dominance
BNE Intellinews
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Leaders from the BRICS group of developing nations have convened at Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art for their 17th annual summit, touting the recently expanded bloc as a counterweight to Western institutions whilst grappling with internal...
Saudi plane makes emergency landing in Cairo after cabin manager dies mid-flight
Egypt Independent
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June 27, 2025
Cairo International Airport witnessed an emergency landing Thursday by a Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, flight en route from Jeddah to London. The diversion occurred after the cabin manager suffered a sudden heart attack, which...
EFG Hermes leads Specialized Medical Company’s debut on Tadawul
Zawya
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Egypt - EFG Hermes, an EFG Holding Company, closed its advisory on the $500 million initial public offering (IPO) of Specialized Medical Company (SMC), marking its third IPO in the healthcare sector over the past 12 months. The company began...
NDB expands to 11 members, raises $16.1bn in 2024, says Rousseff
Daily News Egypt
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July 7, 2025
The New Development Bank (NDB) has approved Colombia and Uzbekistan as new members, its president Dilma Rousseff said, as the lender focuses on expanding its membership and increasing financing in local currencies for sustainable development in...
Israel, Hamas hold indirect talks ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meet
Floyd County Chronicle & Times - Kentucky
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Israel and Hamas held indirect talks in Qatar on Monday, according to a Palestinian official, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump, who is pushing for a deal on Gaza. The latest round of...
Porton Advanced and EVA Pharma collaborate for CAR T-cell therapies
Pharmaceutical Technology
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June 27, 2025
Porton Advanced Solutions and EVA Pharma have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance the development and manufacturing capabilities for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies at the latter’s facilities. The collaboration...
A mother’s ‘strength and perseverance paid off’
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. People have been depicting mother and child in art and imagery for almost as long as art and imagery have existed. Carved figurines of women nursing babies in their arms date back...
Egypt releases Greek-tagged loggerhead turtle in Mediterranean conservation effort
Daily News Egypt
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June 21, 2025
Egyptian environmental authorities have released a tagged loggerhead sea turtle into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Alexandria, following its recovery from a head injury—part of an ongoing regional effort to protect endangered marine...
Egypt’s FM, Saudi Counterpart discuss bilateral ties, regional escalation
Egypt Today
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June 21, 2025
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty met with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, on Saturday, June 21, on the sidelines of the OIC meetings in Istanbul CAIRO – 21 June 2025 – Egyptian Minister of Foreign...
Chinese healthcare firms seek expansion at Cairo medical expo
Xinhua News Agency
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A visitor talks with an exhibitor at the booth of Chinese pharmaceutical and medical device companies during the fourth Africa Health ExCon in Cairo, Egypt, on June 26, 2025. Dozens of Chinese pharmaceutical and medical device companies are...