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Egypt – Why is Egypt building a new capital? (Mustafa Menshawy, Al Jazeera)

In Egypt, a huge “New Administrative Capital” is being built, approximately 45km (28 miles) to the east of Cairo, on a swath of desert...

Turkey – Turkey’s inflation hits two-year high with jump to 17.5 percent (Al Jazeera)

Turkish annual inflation has jumped to a two-year high of 17.53 percent in June, exceeding a forecast of 17 percent and continuing an extended...

Iran – Iran’s only nuclear plant back online after two-week shutdown (Al Jazeera)

Iran’s only nuclear power plant has been brought back online after two weeks off-grid amid conflicting reports over an apparent regular maintenance operation. Bushehr plant’s...

Suez Canal – Settlement reached to release ship that blocked Suez Canal (Al Jazeera)

The Suez Canal Authority says it has reached an agreement to settle a financial dispute with the owners of a hulking container ship that blocked...

Norway – KLP fund divests from firms linked to Israeli settlements (Al Jazeera)

Norway’s largest pension fund announced it has divested assets in 16 companies for their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including...

Cybersecurity – Kaseya ransomware attack: US launches investigation as gang demands giant $70 million payment (Liam Tung, ZD Net)

The gang who used the REvil ransomware service to attack IT firm Kaseya and its customers have offered a universal decryption key at a...

TechInnovation/USA – This simple drone mistake could cost you of thousands of dollars (Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZD Net)

The other day, I wrote about the new test that all recreational drone pilots have to take in order to fly drones legally in the US....

TechInnovation/Middle East – Smart cities to the hyperloop: This region is investing in a tech-led transport revolution (Damian Radcliffe, ZD Net)

The Middle East has already been the birthplace of a number of tech-led transport unicorns. Waze, a traffic and navigation app co-created in Israel,...

Cybersecurity – Didi barred from China appstores amidst government cybersecurity review (Eileen Yu, ZD Net)

Didi Global has been removed from appstores in China following an order from the government to do so. The move comes just days after...

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