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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the specific action taken by the Commerce Department. The Department of Commerce added computer networking company Sandvine to its blacklist earlier this week, alleging the company supplied equipment “to the Government of Egypt” and engaged in censorship. The department announced Tuesday that it would ban the company from obtaining U.S. technology because of national security concerns. The “Entity List,” which now has seven entries, identifies…

The Menkaure pyramid, pictured in February 2023, was originally encased in granite but over time lost part of its covering. A video showing renovation work at Egypt's Menkaure pyramid at Giza has triggered social media criticism, with one expert decrying its "absurdity". Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has in contrast dubbed it…

Updated Jan. 12, 2024 7:11 am ETBERLIN—Tesla plans to halt production at its biggest factory in Europe for two weeks as the conflict in the Red Sea continues to disrupt transport ships, raising the specter of a new supply-chain crisis for European manufacturers dependent on parts from China and other Asian countries.Tesla said in a statement Friday that it would stop nearly all production at its factory near Berlin from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12 because of a lack of components.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All…

Christmas is supposed to be a day of peace, especially in the Holy Land. Not this year. Hamas and Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad rejected on Monday a proposal for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza, Egyptian security sources told Reuters. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip Monday to continue with their offensive there. “We are not stopping,” Netanyahu said, according to an Israeli government statement. “Whoever talks about stopping – there is no…

A container ship sails through the new section of the Suez Canal in the Egyptian port city of Ismailia, 135 kms northeast of the capital Cairo on October 10, 2019.Khaled Desouki | AFP | Getty ImagesAttacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants on ships in the Red Sea have already rocked global trade. And there could be more disruptions and price increases to come for shipments of goods and fuel.Several major shipping lines and oil transporters have suspended their services through the Red Sea as more than a dozen vessels have…

Egypt and Northeast Africa in Antiquity, with Modern Geographical Boundaries. Credit: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2023). DOI: 10.1162/jinh_a_01977 Many reports from antiquity about outbreaks of plague mention Egypt as the source of pestilences that reached the Mediterranean. But was this really the case? Researchers from the University of Basel are conducting a critical analysis of the ancient written and…

Egyptian online auto parts marketplace Mtor has raised $2.8 million in pre-seed investment led by MENA-focused venture capital firm Algebra Ventures. Other investors that participated in the round include Dutch Founders Fund (DFF), Aditum Ventures, LoftyInc Capital and other local and global angel investors, the startup said in a statement. Mtor’s founder and CEO, Mohamed Maged, established the startup in April 2022. His inspiration for the venture emerged from years spent in Germany, where he gained valuable…

Quirks and Quarks54:01Cat facts — the latest science on our feline companionsCats have lived alongside humans for millennia, but there's still much we don't know about our companions. How do cats purr? Why do they look so annoyed all the time? And when and where did cats begin sharing homes with humans? Part of the issue with finding the answers to these questions is the notoriously secretive nature of domestic cats and their unwillingness to do what they're told — something that makes studying cats in a laboratory…

The sun has set on Travis Scott’s plans to bring his “Utopia” concert to the Egyptian pyramids.Live Nation Middle East, which had previously assured ticket-holders that the show would go on in the wake of controversy, confirmed Wednesday that the “Sicko Mode” rapper’s July 28 concert had been canceled and cited construction issues as the cause.“Unfortunately, despite highest efforts, complex production issues meant that the show could not be constructed in the desert,” the concert promoter tweeted in a Wednesday…

One week after Live Nation insisted that Travis Scott’s Utopia concert at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt had not been canceled — despite numerous local news outlets reporting otherwise — Live Nation Middle East has confirmed that the July 28 show is, in fact, canceled.  “We regret to inform you that the UTOPIA show, originally scheduled for July 28th at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt is cancelled,” the concert promoter said in a statement on Twitter. “Unfortunately, despite highest efforts, complex production issues…