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2018 temperatures set to be among hottest on record: UN
Environment
November 29, 2018
2018 temperatures set to be among hottest on record: UN
Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be the fourth highest on record, the UN said Thursday, stressing the urgent…
Cabinet info center denies sewage discharged in Matrouh sea
Egypt
November 22, 2018
Cabinet info center denies sewage discharged in Matrouh sea
The Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) denied what was raised about the discharge of sewage into the…
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
Middle East
November 21, 2018
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since…
Egypt’s HCWW produces 25.5 million cubic meters of water
Egypt
November 21, 2018
Egypt’s HCWW produces 25.5 million cubic meters of water
The Holding Company for Water and Waste Water (HCWW) produces 25.5 million cubic meters of water per day through…
GERD to collapse within years: int’l dam expert
Egypt
November 1, 2018
GERD to collapse within years: int’l dam expert
Ex-head of the Water Resources Research Center and international dam expert Ahmed Al-Shennawi has predicted the collapse of the Grand…
Perilous times for Australia wildlife amid severe drought
Environment
November 1, 2018
Perilous times for Australia wildlife amid severe drought
From abandoned baby kangaroos to wallabies being blinded by the sun and koalas having to go walkabout to look for…
EU-Egyptian water conference aims to help ‘12.5 million Egyptians’
Environment
October 18, 2018
EU-Egyptian water conference aims to help ‘12.5 million Egyptians’
Amid an approaching freshwater crisis, the first “EU-Egypt Water Cooperation Days” conference was inaugurated on Wednesday, by the European…
President Sisi calls on countries not to politicize water issues
Egypt
October 15, 2018
President Sisi calls on countries not to politicize water issues
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on countries not to politicize water issues, saying that “Egypt firmly believes in trans-border…
Egypt’s parliament discuss important water resources draft law
Egypt
September 17, 2018
Egypt’s parliament discuss important water resources draft law
Parliament member Hisham al-Hosary, deputy of the Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation, said that a draft law regarding water…
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
Middle East
August 2, 2018
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to…