Tag: Egypt

  • WTA roundup: Top seed Elise Mertens falls in Bogota

    WTA roundup: Top seed Elise Mertens falls in Bogota

    Mirjam Bjorklund of Sweden upset No. 1 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (3) in the first round at the Copa Colsanitas on Tuesday in Bogota, Colombia. Björklund took advantage of Mertens’ 19 double faults and broke her serve five times in eight situations. Elina Avanesyan of Russia demolished fifth seed Sara Errani…

  • Why India is placed near the bottom of this Global Startup Index

    Why India is placed near the bottom of this Global Startup Index

    By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, April 3 (ANI): In a recent study by AI website Business Name Generator (BNG), India was ranked among the most challenging country to launch a startup. To create this global startup index, the AI-powered website analyzed 50 countries taking into account, among other things, corporate tax rates, GDP growth and the…

  • The suburban guy who became a Nobel laureate

    The suburban guy who became a Nobel laureate

    Indiana Jones in Egypt Svante Pääbo knew very early on that he wanted to devote himself to the history of mankind, even though at first he thought he would be like Indiana Jones in Egypt. And he always had the support of his mother, who encouraged him to go his own way. By surreptitiously, in…

  • ÖB on Sweden’s defense capability, raggar cars on electricity and more difficult Ramadan in the wake of the economic crisis

    ÖB on Sweden’s defense capability, raggar cars on electricity and more difficult Ramadan in the wake of the economic crisis

    HOUR 1 Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén on Sweden’s defense capabilities and the Aurora military exercise Report on the purpose of large military exercises Reportage from subdued Ramadan celebrations in economically troubled Egypt Chronicle by Göran Rosenberg The panel: Olof Ehrenkrona, SvD, Frida Park, Dagen, Zina Al-Dewany, Aftonbladet HOUR 2 Will the raggars survive the electric car…

  • Copenhagen is to host an important climate meeting before COP28

    To stay on the same path that COP27 has createdCopenhagen’s meeting of climate ministers is a key point for the next COP. Although no commitment was made to phase out fossil fuels in Egypt last November, there are still achievable targets to follow up on. Keeping the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees…

  • New report: Denmark’s air quality worst in the Nordics

    Not bad in comparison, thoughTo be fair, only six countries in the world – Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland and New Zealand – have air quality that meets WHO standards. The silver lining is that Denmark is in 11th place in Europe and in the top 25 in the world, so it scores better than…

  • Prime Minister travels to North Africa to smear the Egyptians

    Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has flown to Egypt to discuss climate, migration and the war in Ukraine, DR reports. In a change of policy, however, she will not officially bring up the North African country’s shaky relationship with human rights and democracy. Although Egypt is a dictatorship, the government considers it an invaluable business partner…

  • Jaishankar holds bilateral meeting with foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Sweden

    Jaishankar holds bilateral meeting with foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Sweden

    New Delhi [India]March 3 (ANI): Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held bilateral meetings with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Saudi Arabia’s counterpart Faisal bin Farhan and Sweden’s Tobias Billström on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue. “Happy to meet FM Sameh Shoukry from Egypt. Welcomed his participation in the G20 meeting yesterday. Our discussions…

  • Support for Ukraine largely limited to Europe, the US and allies

    Support for Ukraine largely limited to Europe, the US and allies

    In October 2022, about eight months after the war in Ukraine started, the University of Cambridge in the UK harmonized surveys conducted in 137 countries on their attitudes to the West and to Russia and China. The results in the studywhile not free from margin of error, are robust enough to be taken seriously. These…

  • Denmark is among the best countries to launch a startup

    Pretty vanilla in ManilaDenmark’s cost of living was also the highest among the countries in the top 10, while its quality of life score was second only to the Netherlands. Other metrics considered in compiling the index included population, GDP per capita. population, economic growth and business taxes. The top of the index was the…

  • Tarik Saleh – wants to “drill into the real”

    Tarik Saleh – wants to “drill into the real”

    Tarik Saleh has been acclaimed for his films and they have taken him to the world. At the Cannes Film Festival last summer, his “Boy from Heaven” won the award for best screenplay, which is “hard to top”, according to himself. But now he has a chance to win at another French film gala, having…

  • Finnair will stop selling flights on all flights at the end of February

    Finnair will stop selling flights on all flights at the end of February

    “Vehicle and advance purchases have become a less important service among our customers” explained Valtteri halfDirector of Finnair’s product offering. Halve reminded that the airline announced its decision to end in-flight sales on its intra-EU flights almost three years ago. The purpose of the decision was to reduce the total weight of the aircraft and…

  • Right now: Sweden’s quarter-final in the Handball World Cup against Egypt

    Right now: Sweden’s quarter-final in the Handball World Cup against Egypt

    The Swedish handball men step into the finals of the Handball World Cup with a quarter-final against Egypt. Follow the match with returns at 20.30. Radiosport’s referees: Per Kahl and Magnus Wislander.

  • The Egyptian al-Azhar University calls for a boycott of Sweden

    The Egyptian al-Azhar University calls for a boycott of Sweden

    Now al-Azhar University, the highest institution of learning for Sunni Muslims, is calling for a global boycott against Sweden after Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning outside the Turkish embassy, ​​AP reports. In the same vein that anti-Islam Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Koran at the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, a far-right leader tore up…

  • Denmark advances to the world handball quarter on the back of a record unbeaten streak

    Denmark advances to the world handball quarter on the back of a record unbeaten streak

    The defending champions are in the quarterfinals. Denmark, who won the men’s handball world championships in 2019 and 2021, advanced to the round of 16 with a 30-25 win against Egypt on Monday night. The Danes managed a game in which they were never behind the North African champions. Simon Pytlick, the player of the…

  • Why can’t the West agree on how much military aid to send to Ukraine?

    Why can’t the West agree on how much military aid to send to Ukraine?

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been under enormous pressure to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The government in Kyiv has long argued it desperately needs them to retake territory seized by Russia in its 2022 invasion, and to protect the rest of Ukraine from the Kremlin’s looming spring offensive. So far, Berlin has refused, and…

  • 10 world events that marked the year 2022

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the protest movement in Iran, the abortion issue in the United States – 2022 was rich in different events. AFP offered a list of the 10 events that, according to the agency, marked the world this year. Putin invaded Ukraine On February 24, Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine,…

  • Olof Wretling

    Olof Wretling

    Audience favorite Olof Wretling makes his tenth Winter Program. Touring with the show “Kaffet”, which like “Diagnosersna i mitt liv” is based on his script from Winter in P1. Part of the Umeå-based comedy group Klungan and has created and participated in the radio program “Mamma’s new guy”. Has also been seen in “Bäst i…

  • The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas

    The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas

    Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried pine needles, the risk of fire and impossibly tangled strings of lights? When I attach a Christmas tree to the hood of my car and worry about the strength of the twine, I sometimes wonder if I should just buy an artificial tree…

  • Xinhua World News Roundup at 0130 GMT, 11 December

    STOCKHOLM – The Nobel Prize ceremony was held last Saturday in the Swedish capital. This year’s award winners received their awards in the Concert Hall. This year’s laureates include: Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger (Physics); Carolyn R. Bertozzi, K. Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal (Chemistry); Svante Paabo (physiology or medicine); Annie Ernaux…

  • 5 Dutchmen who nobly served Russia

    5 Dutchmen who nobly served Russia

    As born sailors and shipbuilders, the Dutch made a huge contribution to the creation of the regular Russian navy. As captains they gave that honor on more than one occasion with their victories in battle. 1. Franz Timmerman Franz Timmerman. Adriaan Schoonebeek At the end of the 1680s, Tsar Peter I, who in the following…

  • Iran will compete at the IBSA Goalball World Championships

    Iran will compete at the IBSA Goalball World Championships

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Six para-athletes representing Iran will travel to Portugal on Sunday for the 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships. – Sports News – Brazil are the reigning men’s champions and Russia the current women’s world champions, after victories at the recent World Goalball Championship in Malmö, Sweden in 2018. Iran have been drawn in…

  • Hatshepsut – the queen who became pharaoh

    Hatshepsut – the queen who became pharaoh

    The editorial staff for this section consists of: Cecilia Düringer – presenter and script Mårten Andersson – screenplay Erik Laquist – producer Pablo Leiva Wenger – stage narrator Peter Jonason – sound design and final mix Also participating is Sofia Häggman, Egyptologist and curator at the Mediterranean Museum in Stockholm Want to know more about…

  • Mosquitoes bite some of us more than others, here’s why

    Mosquitoes bite some of us more than others, here’s why

    Vosshall and Maria Elena De Obaldiaa former postdoc in the lab, decided to investigate the leading theory that explains the variable attractiveness of mosquitoes: individual odor variations associated with skin microbiota. According to the study published in the article, “Differential mosquito attraction to humans is associated with skin-derived carboxylic acid levels.” They recently showed that…

  • COP27 breakthrough underlines Denmark’s status as a green pioneer

    COP27 breakthrough underlines Denmark’s status as a green pioneer

    Ahead of the UN climate conference in 2022 hosted by Egypt in Sharm El Sheikh from 7-18 November, the example of Denmark and Scotland – with their pledges to donate ‘Loss and Damage’ funds to the developing countries most affected by climate change – was always going to play heavily on the delegates’ minds. And…

  • Cop27’s lack of ambition exacerbated the breakthrough in loss and damage

    Cop27’s lack of ambition exacerbated the breakthrough in loss and damage

    While the agreement was hailed as a step towards climate justice, and a major achievement on loss and damage was not even on the agenda at the start of the conference, many reminded that the fund needs to be designed, financed and deployed before it can help countries bearing the brunt of the crisis. stress…

  • The EU threatens to leave the climate talks

    The EU threatens to leave the climate talks

    The vice president of the European Commission responsible for climate issues, Frans Timmermans, threatens that the EU will leave the climate talks in Egypt, if the countries cannot agree on a “satisfactory result”. Hear our climate reporter Annika Digréus directly from Sharm e-Sheikh.

  • The climate meeting in Egypt: “chaotic” and “Sweden has lost as a leading country”.  The globe directly from COP27

    The climate meeting in Egypt: “chaotic” and “Sweden has lost as a leading country”. The globe directly from COP27

    The world is heading for a temperature increase of at least 2.5 degrees Celsius unless emissions are reduced quickly. According to the Paris Agreement, for example, Sweden must reduce its emissions by 63 percent from the 1990 level by 2030. With the current budget, the Swedish government will not reach the emission reduction targets. Climate…

  • Vetenskapsradion Klotet directly from the climate meeting in Egypt

    Vetenskapsradion Klotet directly from the climate meeting in Egypt

    The world is heading for a temperature increase of at least 2.5 degrees Celsius unless emissions are reduced quickly. According to the Paris Agreement, for example, Sweden must reduce its emissions by 63 percent from the 1990 level by 2030. Klotet meets Sweden’s climate minister at the UN climate meeting in Egypt and brings together…

  • Today, the world’s population reaches 8 billion people

    Today, the world’s population reaches 8 billion people

    The annual World Population Prospects report, released on Monday to coincide with World Population Day, also says the world’s population will grow at its slowest rate since 1950, falling to less than 1 percent in 2020. While it took 12 years for the world’s population to grow from 7 billion to 8 billion, it will…

  • Cherson freed, spies in our midst, and Alexandria about to perish

    Cherson freed, spies in our midst, and Alexandria about to perish

    Kherson is liberated People danced in the street and the Ukrainian flag flies in Kherson. The Russian army has retreated across the Dnipro River, in chaotic fashion, it has been reported. In Russia, the mood is depressed and people are afraid. Conversation with correspondent Maria Persson Löfgren who has just been in Moscow and TV4’s…

  • According to scientists, global warming of more than 1.5 degrees is likely

    According to scientists, global warming of more than 1.5 degrees is likely

    Countries can reduce the amount of time they spend in a warming world by making more ambitious climate commitments and cutting carbon emissions faster, according to a new study led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of Maryland and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. . They warn that…

  • Screaming protesters disrupt Biden speech

    Screaming protesters disrupt Biden speech

    The howling activists demonstrated against fossil fuels as the US president spoke at a climate conference in Egypt US President Joe Biden was interrupted by screaming protesters during a speech at the UN climate conference COP27 in Egypt on Friday. While Biden boasted about his green policies, the protesters demanded an end to the use…