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Egypt’s Health Ministry said 919 new coronavirus cases were detected on Thursday, upping the total number of infections since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country to 360,435.

Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek, Egypt’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, participated in the second session of the Conference on the establishment of the nuclear-weapon-free zone and all other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East held in New York.

Student union elections began at universities across the country on Tuesday, with the nationwide Students for Egypt bloc running unopposed for the majority of seats.

In a move that sparked the outrage of artistic freedom advocates, the parliament’s culture and media committee approved Tuesday a law amendment that gives the three syndicates the right to crack down on artistry they described as “substandard”.

United Nations’ rights experts yesterday called for the release of detained Egyptian opposition activists, citing the government’s recent counter-terrorism measures.

Egypt has announced that it is in negotiations with South Korea to co-produce the K2 Black Panther battle tank.