EGYPT-QENA-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

EGYPT-QENA-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

(230520) -- QENA, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with mobile phone on May 20, 2023 shows a man standing near the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Qena, Egypt. Four people were killed and 11 others wounded on Saturday when a three-storey residential building collapsed in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, local authorities told Xinhua. (Photo by Ahmad Afyouny/Xinhua)

EGYPT-QENA-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

EGYPT-QENA-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

(230520) -- QENA, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with mobile phone on May 20, 2023 shows rescuers working at the site of a collapsed residential building in Qena, Egypt. Four people were killed and 11 others wounded on Saturday when a three-storey residential building collapsed in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, local authorities told Xinhua. (Photo by Ahmad Afyouny/Xinhua)

Roman-era sphinx, stele discovered in southern Egypt

STORY: Roman-era sphinx, stele discovered in southern Egypt DATELINE: March 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the discovered artifacts 2. various of temples STORYLINE: An Egyptian archaeological mission unveiled a lime-stone sphinx and a stele that dated back to the Roman era in Qena province, southern Egypt, the country's Antiquity Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The sphinx-shaped statue represents one of the Roman emperors wearing a Nemes headdress, which is the striped head-cloth typically worn by pharaohs, and a cobra on the forehead. "According to initial examination of its face, the statue most probably was for Claudius, the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from 41 to 54 AD," the statement said. The statement added that the archaeological team also found a stele below the statute, which was carved with texts in hieroglyphs and demotics, an ancient Egyptian writing system used from roughly 650 BC to the fifth century AD. The discoveries were mad

Egypt to invest 45.9 bln EGP in health services next fiscal year

STORY: Egypt to invest 45.9 bln EGP in health services next fiscal year DATELINE: May 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of hospitals in Egypt STORYLINE: Egyptian Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala Al-Saeed confirmed on Monday that the investments of health services in the sustainable development plan 2022/2023 amounted to 45.9 billion Egyptian pounds (around 2.48 billion U.S. dollars). She said the funds will establish and develop 94 hospitals, 480 health units, and 1,500 intensive care beds, with a focus on the governorates of Qena, Buhaira, Suez and Giza. The minister revealed that the funds will be used to complete the establishment and development of 29 hospitals, seven university hospitals, and 52 integration hospitals within the framework of the Egyptian Family Development Projects. The statement came during the plenary session of the House of Representatives chaired by Counselor Hanafi Jabali on the sustainable development plan