Ministry of Social Solidarity starts distributing new ration cards
CAIRO: The Ministry of Social Solidarity started Thursday distributing the new electronic ration cards to families with an income less than LE 1,000 and those with a pension less than…
Egyptian ‘veil martyr’ commemorated in Germany
DRESDEN: A plaque commemorating a pregnant headscarved Egyptian woman whose murder in a German court shocked the Muslim world was unveiled Thursday in Dresden, in the east of the country.…
Lawyer to seek again to overturn death sentence in double homicide
CAIRO: “I will seek again to overturn the death sentence against Mahmoud Sayed Essawy,” charged with the murder of two university students back in 2008, lawyer Ahmed Gomaa told Daily…
2 officers remanded in custody in Khaled Saeid’s death
By Ingy Hassieb and Sarah Carr CAIRO: Two policemen were remanded for four days in custody on Wednesday in connection with the death of Khaled Saeid. According to the Nadeem Center…
Apple sells more than 1.7M iPhones in 3 days
NEW YORK: Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 1.7 million units of its new iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful product…
Tobacco prices surge after new tax
CAIRO: Egyptian smokers saw prices surge Thursday by as much as 100 percent as the government slapped new taxes on tobacco products in a bid to curb smoking and raise…
BP spill nears a somber record as Gulf’s biggest
NEW ORLEANS: BP's massive oil spill will become the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday based on the highest of the federal government's estimates, an ominous record…
Scientists say test could predict menopause
LONDON: Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into menopause, scientists say. In research to be presented on Monday at…
Study pushes back dawn of multicellular life on Earth
PARIS: Scientists unveiled fossils from West Africa Thursday that push back the dawn of multicellular life on Earth by at least 1.5 billion years. Just how complex the newly discovered…
Giant predatory whale named for ‘Moby Dick’ author
LONDON: Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago — and they've named it after the…