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The European Union will provide Egypt with a funding package of €7.4 billion ($8.06 billion) from 2024-2027, the EU Commission announced on Sunday. The funding is intended to assist Egypt in stabilizing its economy while reducing its dependence on Russian gas. It includes a grant to help address the flow of migrants from the region into Europe. The deal includes €5 billion of macro-financial assistance, €1.8 billion of investments and €600 million in grants over the next three years to support Egypt's faltering economy. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen headed a delegation of several European leaders meeting President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo. Egypt's strategic importance The agreement lifts the EU's relationship with Egypt to a "strategic partnership" aimed at boosting cooperation in renewable energy, trade, and security. "With Egypt’s political and economic weight and its strategic location in a very troubled neighborhood, the importance of our relations will only increase over time," von der Leyen wrote on X, formerly Twitter." El-Sissi's office said in a statement that the deal aims to achieve "a significant leap in cooperation and coordination between the two sides and to achieve common interests." Egypt's economy, which is focused on expensive infrastructure mega-projects, has been hit hard by recent economic shocks. The country is under political and economic pressure due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Fighting there has meant important income earners for Egypt, like tourism and shipping through the Suez Canal, have been throttled. Earlier this month the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to an $8 billion loan package after Cairo implemented a flexible exchange rate and raised interest rates. That followed an announcement in February by Egyptian leaders that the United Arab Emirates would be investing €32 billion directly into the Egyptian economy, mostly via a construction project at Ras al-Hikma, a Mediterranean peninsula near the city of Alexandria. EU concerned by migration flows European governments have long been worried about the risk of instability in Egypt where economic adversity has pushed increasing numbers to migrate. This is in addition to the 9 million migrants and refugees that the UN's International Organization for Migration has residing in the country. A senior European Commission official said the deal includes steps on "security, counter-terrorism cooperation, and protection of borders, in particular the southern one" with Sudan. It follows other controversial deals the EU has sealed in North Africa, including Libya, Tunisia and Mauritania, to stem https://www.dw.com/en/eu-to-provide-egypt-74-billion-funding-package/a-68594823

SILIGURI: Calcutta HC bench in Jalpaiguri on Thursday said the name of Sita, the lioness in Siliguri's Bengal Safari Park - which has been in the eye of a stir after VHP filed a petition alleging that it has hurt religious sentiments - should be changed "to avoid controversy." "Direct authorities to avoid controversy, discontinue with present names and give separate names to animals," Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya told Bengal additional advocate general. "A zoo officer can give any name to a pet dog. But in a welfare state, why should one invite controversy by naming animals in a zoo after a revered individual - be it a God, a mythological figure, a freedom fighter or a Nobel laureate?" Justice Bhattacharyya asked the additional advocate general. Observing that naming the lioness Sita had needlessly invited controversy, the judge said he was also against the lion in the safari being named Akbar, after a Mughal emperor, who was both successful and secular. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/high-court-rename-lioness-to-avoid-controversy/articleshow/107923799.cms

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have joined Arsenal and Manchester United in showing an interest in Borussia Dortmund's Netherlands winger Donyell Malen, 25. (Bild - in German) West Ham boss David Moyes is planning a new bid for Manchester United's England centre-half Harry Maguire, 31, in the summer. (Sun) England forward Marcus Rashford, 26, is set to snub a potential move to Paris St-Germain and stay at Manchester United. (Sun) Atletico Madrid have enquired about a summer move for English forward Mason Greenwood, 22, but Manchester United have set a £50m asking price. (Football Transfers) Greenwood's Manchester United team-mates have backed him to play again for the Red Devils after his loan spell at Getafe. (Sun) Chelsea target Leny Yoro wants to join Real Madrid, although Lille are asking for 100m euros (£85.6m) for the French defender, 18. (Marca - in Spanish) A mystery player Can you name the Premier League player? Try naming this current or former footballer from these clues Newcastle United will be forced to sell one of their key players this summer in an effort to balance their books. (Football Insider) Christian Eriksen will leave Manchester United at the end of the season if a suitable offer comes in for the 32-year-old Denmark midfielder. (Football Transfers) Brighton are keeping tabs on Arsenal's English winger Reiss Nelson, 24, before a potential summer move. (Football Insider) Brighton also maintain an interest in Leicester City's Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall after failing with a January bid for the English midfielder, 25. (Talksport) Inter Milan are confident that Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, 26, will sign a new contract. (Fabrizio Romano) France striker Olivier Giroud, 37, wants a Major League Soccer move to either Los Angeles or New York when his contract with AC Milan expires at the end of the season. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian) Liverpool are closely monitoring Ajax's 18-year-old Netherlands defender Jorrel Hato. (Football Insider) Manchester City are in advanced talks to sign 14-year-old USA youth forward Cavan Sullivan, who is part of the academy at Philadelphia Union but is yet to sign a professional contract https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/gossip

or a few weeks in 2022, Vladimir Putin’s world was unravelling fast. Russian troops had failed to take Kyiv and the west was coalescing around Volodymyr Zelenskiy, freezing Russian assets abroad and imposing unprecedented sanctions. Putin himself appeared unhinged, railing against Lenin or appealing to Ukrainians to overthrow their “gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis”. As Russians go to the polls on Friday in an election with only one possible result, the Kremlin will claim a mandate for that war, enshrining Putin’s bloodiest gamble as the country’s finest moment. The Russian leader has often succeeded by presenting his opponents with only bad and worse options; these elections are no different. Now convinced that he can outlast the west, Putin is seeking to wed Russia’s future, including an elite and a society that appear resigned to his lifelong rule, to the fate of his long war in Ukraine.“You are dealing with the person who started this war; he’s already made a mistake of such a scale that he can’t ever admit it to himself,” a former senior Russian official told the Guardian. “And he can’t lose that war either. For him that would be the end of the world.“We all – thanks to Putin – have been led into such a shitshow that there is no good outcome. The only options go from very bad to catastrophic,” he added. And if Putin begins to lose, the person added, then “we may all see the stars in the sky” – suggesting a potential nuclear war. Putin’s re-election campaign, which has included a more than £1bn propaganda push, according to leaked documents obtained by the Estonian outlet Delfi and reviewed by the Guardian, has put the war front and centre, as he envisages a militarised society stripped of its liberal trimmings. Insiders said that while his team had insisted that he focus on a positive agenda of social spending or cultural achievements he instead chose to declare his candidacy while speaking with veterans of the war, whom he has said should help form a new “management class” to replace the old, disgraced elite. And he has appeared confident on TV as he suggests he is ready to continue fighting until victory. “It would be ridiculous for us to start negotiating with Ukraine just because it’s running out of ammunition,” Putin said in an interview this week with the propagandist Dmitry Kiselev. One of Putin’s goals in these elections is to “deprive most Russians of the ability to imagine a future without him”, wrote Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman in Foreign Affairs. And the prospects for his next term, or even two terms until 2036, appear clear: a forever war, an increasingly militarised society, and an economy dominated by the state and military spending. Consolidated elite In May 2022, Boris Bondarev, a counsellor at the Russian mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva, resigned in protest against the war. At the time, he accused the foreign ministry of “warmongering, lies and hatred” and wrote: “never have I been so ashamed of my country”. Two years later, Bondarev remains the only Russian diplomat to have publicly defected to the west since February 2022. Asked why, he said: “Because I am the only one maybe without a sound mind,” adding: “All the others are sitting at home, probably feeling pretty good, even better now. They are getting their salaries, can still travel and are not mobilised for the war. They now think, soon we will win and we will be able to travel to the west again once sanctions are lifted.” He said he had been looking for a job since defecting. Only a handful of top businessmen, including the billionaire banker Oleg Tinkov and Yandex’s Arkady Volozh, have spoken out against the war, and they have done so from relative safety outside the country. Both no longer have businesses in Russia. There was a moment when others could have been peeled away from the Kremlin, observers believe. But as Russia has stabilised its battlefield position and its economy, and western support for Ukraine has become mired in political infighting, the shifting balance of power has discouraged further defections. “I don’t talk with people still in Russia about their futures,” one major businessman who has had sanctions imposed on him told the Guardian. “That is a stupid question. Everyone has already made their choice.” At the same time, the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the crackdown on all opposition politics in the country have raised the stakes for any perceived opposition to Putin. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the ex-oligarch who was imprisoned under Putin and is now a member of the exiled opposition, said that the moment for a schism among the elite “has been missed.” “Without suffering an obvious military defeat,” he said, conflicts among the elite would not provoke “serious change, at least while Putin is alive”. Increasingly, Russia has sought to lure back the more than half-a-million people who fled the country after the war began, including some of its most educated and wealthiest citizens. “I don’t believe there will be any public defections,” said the businessman who has received sanctions. “And what for? Clearly, it hasn’t worked out very well for those who left. Those who say it should be easy to speak out [against the war] don’t understand the realities and the consequences.” Forever war footing Although Putin’s war planners envisaged a lightning attack that would take Kyiv in a matter of days, diplomats, insiders, observers and activists largely believe that Putin is now ready for a far longer conflict that could take years, if not decades. “Putin appears to have dug in; he will not stop the war unless he is forced to do it,” said a senior western diplomat in Moscow. “We do not believe he is serious about any peace talks and it would be up to Ukraine anyway to decide them. From my rare meetings with Russian diplomats, I get a sense that they are feeling more self-assured than after the start of the war.” Russia is devoting an estimated 7.5% of its GDP to military spending, the highest proportion since the cold war, and the government’s lavish spending has meant that factories making weapons, ammunition and military equipment are working double or triple-shift patterns, and welders collecting overtime can make as much as white-collar workers. A defence insider predicted that levels of spending would only continue to increase, he said, calling the change a “new permanent phase” that could last “many years”. On the home front, restaurants in Moscow and St Petersburg remain full, projecting an image of normality, “parallel imports” – importing of western goods via third countries – and other new schemes have sought to prevent Russians from noticing a loss of creature comforts and luxury products. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to This is Europe Free weekly newsletter The most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment Enter your email address Sign up Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion “The Kremlin wants to cosplay the Soviet Union but without the food and product deficits,” said a well-connected source in Moscow media circles. “Their generation remembers the consumer goods deficits really well and wants to prevent them at all costs.” Publicly, Putin has played down the potential for an all-out war with the west, saying this week he did not believe that the United States was planning on nuclear war by modernising its strategic forces. But, he added, “If they want to, what is there to do? We are ready.” And while Putin claimed he is “ready to negotiate” with Ukraine this week, he also dismissed “wishful thinking” and smeared Zelenskiy as a drug user. “I don’t want to say this, but I don’t trust anyone,” he told Kiselev of potential security guarantees from the west. “I believe any signals that Putin might be sending about wanting peace are just a way for him to delay western weapon deliveries to Ukraine,” said Bondarev. Even anti-war Russians regularly parrot views that the west bears some culpability for propping up the Ukrainian side, either by deterring possible moments to conclude a peace or prolonging a conflict that they believe Putin will never allow himself to lose. “It’s clear that this war isn’t going to end with a victory for either of the sides,” said the former senior Russian official. “It won’t end. It will end as a frozen conflict. And that frozen conflict is going to continue for 100 years.” If Donald Trump is re-elected US president in November, it will put pressure on Ukraine to concede territory as he has vowed to end the war “in one day”. Societal transformation Speaking before Russia’s legislature last month, Putin announced an initiative called the Time of Heroes, a programme meant to bring veterans of the invasion of Ukraine into the upper ranks of government. But the announcement was also clearly targeted at Russia’s liberal elite, whom Putin said had disgraced themselves through insufficient patriotism since the outbreak of the war. “You know that the word ‘elite’ has lost much of its credibility,” he said. “Those who have done nothing for society and consider themselves a caste endowed with special rights and privileges – especially those who took advantage of all kinds of economic processes in the 1990s to line their pockets – are definitely not the elite.” Even senior members of the pro-Kremlin cultural elite, who often mingle with senior Russian officials and meet Putin, now find their positions are no longer secure. In a crackdown that highlighted Russia’s conservative shift, household names like pop icon Philipp Kirkorov were forced to make tearful apologises after footage spread of them attending a raunchy “almost naked” celebrity party in Moscow. “For many of the elites, the naked scandal backlash was the most alarming event of the year; it shook them even more than Prigozhin’s rebellion,” said the Moscow media source. “Many realised that their private lives would no longer be off-limits.” Putin’s recent rhetoric could summon images of a Mao Zedong-style restructuring of Russian society reminiscent of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, although most observers played down that comparison. “The government is clearly worried about the loyalty and morale of the military, and the defence industry,” said the person close to that industry. “They know that they need to at least choose some examples of people who fought in the war who are now in positions of power.” But the programme is part of a larger issue that will trouble the Russian state for coming years and has been lobbied for by the country’s loudest war hawks: how to manage the influx and return of tens of thousands of soldiers, many with serious injuries or post-traumatic stress syndrome, thousands of whom were recruited from Russian prisons. “Now our guys, fighters, are returning from their training, many of them are very smart people with education and experience, of course, they should get their place in the management apparatus,” Anastasia Kashevarova, a former assistant to State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and one of the most vocal pro-war bloggers, told the Guardian. Under constitutional changes he orchestrated in 2020, Putin could remain in power until 2036, when he will be 83 years old. For young Russians, often referred to as Generation Putin, another decade looms under the increasingly authoritarian rule of the only president they have ever known. “I am pessimistic about the long-term prospects of Russia,” said the businessman living under sanctions. “I would advise young people with a good education to leave and build a new future abroad. Russia is not going to run out of money … It will just be a stagnant, militaristic nation.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/a-forever-war-more-repression-vladimir-putin-for-life-russias-bleak-post-election-outlook

The new Cairo City Break program is aimed at transforming the capital into a dynamic, must-visit long weekend destination. The visitors will have the opportunity to explore many tourist and archaeological sites by offering diverse and varied tourist experiences encompassing various historical and cultural places, whether Pharaonic, Coptic, or Islamic. This will contribute to increasing the number of tourist nights spent in Cairo from an average of three to four days to 12 days. “There is no other city that can offer visitors monuments from every great civilization starting from 3500 B.C. We are dedicated to turning Cairo into a destination that can be enjoyed over the span of multiple visits or a long weekend,” stated the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, H.E. Ahmed Issa. Egypt has also been actively developing emerging destinations and elevating traveler's experience at archaeological sites by introducing new destinations and improved, faster, and environmentally friendly ways of commute to key destinations such as Luxor. For instance, in Q4 2025/Q1 2026 Hurghada and Luxor will be connected by a high-speed train. A Transformative Reform and Infrastructure Development Egypt's tourism industry is undergoing a transformative reform towards deregulation, paving the way for new investors, and redefining the relationship between the government and the private sector. In tandem with the reform, Egypt’s strategic deregulation efforts and the allocation of 22% of GDP to infrastructure development over the past seven years are paying off, demonstrating a strong commitment to boosting the country's global tourism reputation. The aim is to double Egypt's hotel capacity to 60,000 rooms within the next five years. Record-Breaking Tourism Results and Main Travel Trends Egypt witnessed an extraordinary surge in tourism during 2023, with a record 14.906 million visitors gracing its shores — an exponential increase from the 4.9 million recorded in 2021. This upward trend is expected to continue in 2024, with a remarkable 8% year-on-year growth in the first 50 days of the year. Most visitors come from Germany, with 1.6 million tourists recorded last year, followed by Russia, Saudi Arabia, Italy, and the United Kingdom. About the Egyptian Tourism Authority Established in 1981, the Egyptian Tourism Authority is dedicated to promoting Egypt's vast historical assets and diverse destinations, fostering domestic tourism, and connecting Egyptians with their rich heritage. Under the leadership of the Minister of Tourism, the Egyptian Tourism Authority spearheads marketing strategies, supports tourism development, and sponsors various events to enhance Egypt's tourism industry. For more information, visit Experience Egypt. View source version on businesswire.com: Maria Linul – Senior Account Manager Media consulta International Holding AG Tel: +49 30 65000-410 E-Mail: m.linul@mcgroup.com; egypttourism@mcgroup.com © Business Wire, Inc. Disclaimer: This press release is not a document produced by AFP. AFP shall not bear responsibility for its content. In case you have any questions about this press release, please refer to the contact person/entity mentioned in the text of the press release. https://www.afp.com/en/news/1314/itb-berlin-2024-cairo-city-break-become-new-egypt-travel-trend-202403061259561

See-through screens, phones that wrap around your wrist and expandable displays — these are all concept tech that gadget makers showed off this week, in a bid to stand out from competitors in a cut-throat hardware market. At the world’s largest mobile trade show, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, some of the biggest companies in the world showed off some unusual screen technology. While electronics firms have continually improved certain aspects of devices, such as battery life and cameras, the focus in recent years has shifted more toward innovations in displays, especially with the advent of foldable phones. Screens have also become a focal point, given the increase in the amount of things on our devices. Many of the MWC displays have also come from companies looking to create a buzz around their products and challenge the likes of Apple and Samsung. “The sheer dominance of Apple and Samsung in connected devices means that other companies are having to go to great lengths to differentiate their products in an effort to turn consumers’ heads,” Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, told CNBC. “As a result we are seeing a proliferation of weird and wonderful new designs such as wrist worn phones, rollable screens, virtual 3D displays and more.” Here’s some of the screen tech on display at MWC: Tecno expandable phone Tecno, a brand under the umbrella of Chinese firm Transsion that is now one of the biggest smartphone players in the world, showed off a handset with an expandable screen. After pressing a button on the top of the device, the screen enlarges sideways. Called the Tecno Phantom Ultimate, this is so far a concept device, and there has been no word on whether it will go on sale. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/28/mwc-2024-gadget-makers-show-off-bendable-and-expandable-screens.html

Russian state-backed hackers gained access to some of Microsoft’s core software systems in a hack first disclosed in January, the company said Friday, revealing a more extensive and serious intrusion into Microsoft’s systems than previously known. Microsoft believes that the hackers have in recent weeks used information stolen from Microsoft’s corporate email systems to access “some of the company’s source code repositories and internal systems,” the tech firm said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Source code is coveted by corporations — and spies trying to breach them — because it is the secret nuts and bolts of a software program that make it function. Hackers with access to source code can use it for follow-on attacks on other systems. Microsoft first revealed the breach in January, days before another Big Tech company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said the same hackers had breached its cloud-based email systems. The full extent and exact purpose of the hacking activity isn’t clear, but experts say the group responsible has a history of wide-ranging intelligence gathering campaigns in support of the Kremlin. The hacking group was behind the infamous breach of several US agency email systems using software made by US contractor SolarWinds, which was revealed in 2020. The hackers had access for months to the unclassified email accounts at the departments of Homeland Security and Justice, among other agencies, before the spying operation was discovered. US officials have attributed the hacking group to Russia’s foreign intelligence service. Russia denied involvement in the operation. In the years since the 2020 hack, the Russian hackers have continued to break into widely used tech firms as part of their espionage campaigns, according to US officials and private experts. In the activity described Friday, the hackers may be using the information it stole from Microsoft “to accumulate a picture of areas to attack and enhance its ability to do so,” the company said in a blog post that accompanied the SEC filing. “To date we have found no evidence that Microsoft-hosted customer-facing systems have been compromised,” Microsoft said. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/08/tech/microsoft-russia-hack/index.html

The latest video game sales data has come through for the United States from sales tracker Circana for the month of January. Sony’s PlayStation 5 proved to be the best-selling video game system, though the Nintendo Switch performed well, as it was the second best-selling system. The top-selling video game was Activision-Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and was followed by Tekken 8 at No.2. It should be noted that Nintendo doesn’t provide digital sales figures, so all we have are the physical sales. Here’s the top ten best-selling games in the United States during the month of January: https://mynintendonews.com/2024/02/23/us-switch-2nd-best-selling-hardware-in-january-2024/

If you’re anything like us, your time is already stretched trying to play all the great games out right now, and the year isn’t slowing down any time soon. Hope and anticipation, agony and elation – the endless cycle of emotions we go through during the annual PC release schedule. Year in, year out, games are produced in such varying degrees of quality that not a single one of them is destined for certain success. Some of the best PC games of all time are released alongside utter disasters, series are born while others dwindle, and occasionally a game actually lives up to our expectations. Below you’ll find all the upcoming PC games you should keep on your radar, and it’s wildly varied. There are horror games, racing games, story games, and more, plus all of their expected release dates. Keeping the era of the remake going strong, Pieces Interactive brings the 1992 classic horror Alone in the Dark up to date with this Hollywood adventure through Derceto Manor. Like the original, choose to play as either Edward Carnby or Emily Hartwood, only this time they are played by David Harbour and Jodie Comer, respectively. Between you, you must uncover the dark and thrilling secrets of the manor as you try to find out what happened to Hartwood’s Uncle by completing puzzles, defeating monsters, and surviving with minimal resources. It’s been over a decade in the making, but Dragon’s Dogma 2 finally lets us step back into the boots of the Arisen. A pesky dragon’s only gone and stolen our heart, and it’s up to us to save the kingdom and slay the beast once and for all. While we didn’t get to experience any of the plot in our Dragon’s Dogma 2 preview, we did get to grips with the combat, and quite literally so with the larger monsters as you climb on top of them to drive a sword into their skulls. The returning pawns back up the player with a mixture of ranged weapons, spells, and swift melee strikes to fell all kinds of beasts, from minotaurs to harpies. We even chased a griffon, which went as badly as one expects. Everything we’ve seen so far has been promising, and with a much-improved engine running the RPG, it has every potential to be one of the best of 2024. https://www.pcgamesn.com/upcoming-pc-games

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At the event, Tomac argued that having a Commissioner whose portfolio focuses on disinformation is especially critical as disinformation, primarily emanating from Russia, erodes democracy on a daily basis. Legislation is currently “very fragile” in all member states, Tomac said, arguing that a proactive approach is needed to halt the rise of anti-EU sentiment fuelled by politicians aligned with Kremlin interests. Speaking at the event organised HotNews, the Romanian MEP stressed the ease with which extremist political entities use disinformation tactics, while governments remain “powerless due to the lack of immediate response mechanisms”. In contrast, MEP Ramona Strugariu, of the pro-EU Renewing Romania’s European Project party said that the EU has the necessary tools to fight disinformation – noting, however, that they need to be used effectively and in accordance with the democratic principles that govern the EU. “If we imagine that we will fight disinformation with the same anti-democratic means that they use, we are mistaken,” she said. Strugariu points to existing legal instruments, such as the Digital Market Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), as well as the forthcoming European Press Freedom Act, which can be used to combat disinformation. At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, disinformation and propaganda – referred to in the report as “foreign information mani[CENSORED]tion and interference” (FIMI) – was identified as “the second biggest risk facing the world this year”. The EU report examined more than 750 disinformation attacks between December 2022 and November last year, involving the strategic dissemination of false stories and the harassment of legitimate sources to undermine the trust in public institutions and sow hatred against nations and groups of people. (Cătălina Mihai | Euractiv.ro) https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eus-next-commission-needs-disinformation-portfolio-says-romanian-mep/

Born in a Ukrainian zoo, Tsar and Jamil were taken from their mother as tiny cubs and sold to a farm where they were exploited as a ‘tourist attraction’. Kept in utterly unsuitable conditions, fed a poor-quality diet and without specialist care, the young lions became malnourished and sickly. Thankfully, following pressure from local animal protection organisations, the lions were handed over to a wildlife rescue centre in Kyiv. Here, the full extent of their suffering became apparent. Veterinary examinations revealed both lions had calcium deficiencies and Tsar had bone fractures. However, with proper care and nutrition, Tsar and Jamil began to recover from their ordeal – until further hardship came their way. In early 2022, the outbreak of war in Ukraine presented a fresh threat to the lions’ future. Despite appalling conditions and the devastating human hardship faced by the country, an incredible team at the Ukrainian rescue centre worked alongside a Polish zoo and Natuurhulpcentrum (NHC) to evacuate the cats, via a brief stay in Poland, to the safety of NHC’s wildlife rescue centre in Belgium. Since March 2022, Tsar and Jamil have been cared for by experts at Natuurhulpcentrum. Thanks to a caring and dedicated team, this half-way house has served as a haven for the lions while we meticulously crafted plans for their re-homing in South Africa. That epic re-homing journey began on Friday night, when the brothers were gently loaded into their custom-made travel crates. The lions first travelled by road to Luxembourg airport, before departing for Johannesburg on a specialist flight, kindly provided free of charge by our air transport partner Cargolux. After 10 hours in the air, the lions touched down in South Africa. After being met and checked over by Born Free’s vet, Tsar and Jamil’s overland road trip to South Africa’s Eastern Cape began; every step under the watchful eye of our expert animal care team. The lions covered over 1,000 kilometres on their journey from Johannesburg, every step under the watchful eye of Born Free’s expert animal care team, who stopped regularly to check on the lions and to ensure they had adequate water. When they reached their destination, Born Free’s Big Cat Sanctuary at Shamwari, the team were delighted to see both lions dash straight out of their crates into the natural bush of their 2.5 acre enclosure. Half an hour later, the Born Free Animal Care team located the lions reunited, lying together in the night house of their enclosure. This probably felt like the safest place, with shade from the South African sun. Tsar and Jamil will take time to adjust to the sights, sounds and smells of the bush, and the space of their expansive new home. The Born Free team will be monitoring the lions closely, and are hopeful they will start exploring their new ‘forever home’ soon, perhaps after being fed lunch in the early afternoon. As can happen after a long transfer, both lions had small bruises and scrapes on their face, which were not of concern to the onsite vet, and should heal quickly in the African sun. Born Free’s Co-Founder and Patron, Dame Virginia McKenna said, “It was with a sense of joy that I learned of the safe arrival of these beautiful lion brothers at wonderful Shamwari in South Africa. After enduring such misery and hardship in their early years, they can now live the rest of their lives as free as possible, just as nature intended. Grass beneath their feet, sun on their backs, and the shade of trees where they can rest whenever they wish. No longer exploited, but respected and cherished. For 40 years our charity, Born Free, has worked tirelessly for individual wild animals like Tsar and Jamil. Their story is the story of Born Free, one of perseverance, hope and change.” Tsar and Jamil are now part of a proud heritage of 50 big cats given new lives in the sanctuary of Shamwari, by Born Free. The logistical feat of re-locating two young lions cannot be underestimated. Many hundreds of hours of planning, evaluation and care has been undertaken by Born Free’s experts and specialists, together with our valued partners Natuurhulpcentrum, Shamwari Private Game Reserve, Cargolux, and British Airways Holidays, to ensure the safety, comfort and security of the lions at every stage of their journey. We would also like to thank the many generous supporters and wonderful corporate partners who’ve ensured the success of this incredible relocation and made this rehoming a reality. In particular, our key partner British Airways Holidays which has generously donated funds to cover three years’ care for Tsar and Jamil, as well as the cost of the custom-built, specially designed crates used for the lions’ relocation. Also, our air transport partner, Cargolux, for their expert services and for transporting the lions free of charge from Luxembourg to Johannesburg. This truly team effort means these beautiful animals have now found solace in South Africa. Tsar and Jamil’s rehoming is especially poignant for Born Free as it coincides with our 40th anniversary. We have a long and proud history of rescuing wild creatures from abuse, exploitation, and incarceration and the lion brothers are the 58th and 59th lions to be rehomed since our charity was founded in 1984. https://www.bornfree.org.uk/news/from-the-frontline-to-freedom-tsar-jamil-arrive-at-shamwari/

The stunning Cadillac Celestiq will hit the road in 2024. With a higher-than-expected price of $340,000, the luxury EV should make around 600 horsepower with a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive setup, giving it an estimated 0-60 mph time of 3.8 seconds. Expect the total driving range to be just over 300 miles. https://www.motor1.com/features/678450/2024-new-models-guide/

The 'Fussballliebe' uses Adidas' connected ball technology to send data in real time to officials. Uefa says the ball will offer "unprecedented insight into every element of the movement of the ball, contributing to the video assistant referee (VAR) decision-making process". The technology knows when a touch has taken place, but not where on the body. Officials will then use images from cameras, as they do now, to decide whether a handball has taken place. Uefa believes it should speed up that process for such decisions, along with providing more accurate offside calls. "Combining player position data with artificial intelligence (AI), the innovation contributes to Uefa's semi-automated offside technology and will be key to supporting faster in-match decisions," said Uefa. "The technology can also help VAR officials to identify every individual touch of the ball, further reducing time spent resolving handball and penalty incidents." There has been criticism of VAR across Europe, especially in the Premier League, with many managers speaking out about how the technology is used. The Premier League opted against using semi-automated offsides this season, with its sponsor Nike yet to produce a ball the top-flight clubs are happy with. Euro 2024 takes place in Germany from 14 June to 14 July. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67630722

is back. After the rumour mill gained momentum in February as hers and Prince Harry’s joined website soft-launched its re-brand, yesterday the former Duchess of Sussex officially announced her return to the lifestyle realm with the announcement of her brand, American Riviera Orchard. The Instagram page for American Riviera Orchard simply reads, 'by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex' and 'Established 2024'. The brand's quiet luxury-inflected branding boasts an almost royal-esque logo with 'Montecito' - the neighbourhood where she and Prince Harry relocated to after stepping down as senior royals in 2020 - written under it. In a sepia-filtered video released to accompany the brand's launch, which was soundtracked by Nancy Wilson's 'I Wish You Love', Markle can be faintly seen moving around a kitchen filled with copper pans. The song is a subtle nod to Prince Harry too, as the song that concluded their Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan, was Wilson's '(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am.' It is believed that the name American Riviera Orchard takes inspiration from Markle's new home in California's wealthy enclave of Santa Barbara, which is often referred to as the 'American Riviera' owing to its winding landscapes, temperate climate and fresh and high-quality food and wine offering. Despite launching less than 24 hours ago, the lifestyle brand already has amassed an Instagram following of 329,000. According to Page Six, American Riviera Orchard will focus on home, garden, food, and general lifestyle content and will eventually branch into selling a variety of home goods, such as cookbooks, foods, and kitchenware. A trademark application obtained by the American publication further revealed that American Riviera Orchard will sell an array of home goods, including cookbooks, jams and spreads and tableware staples such as cutlery, table linens and glassware. A second, international registration application includes stationery, textiles, string bags, yoga gear and a range of pet-related items such as leashes, collars, feeding mats and bird seed. 'She’s been working on this for over a year and it’s all the things that are close to her heart — all the things she’s passionate about,' a source told the outlet. Of course, this isn't Markle's first foray into the lifestyle space. Prior to her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry, the former Suits actor operated The Tig, a lifestyle blog she once described as a 'conversation between girlfriends'. The Tig was created in 2014 before it was shuttered in 2017 as the news broke about hers and Prince Harry's relationship. It was reported in 2022 that Markle had applied to trademark The Tig, which led many to speculate her return to lifestyle-related content. After parting ways with Spotify in 2023, Markle also recently inked a podcast deal with female-founded company, Lemonada Media, which it is believed will also distribute her old Spotify podcast Archetypes. ‘I’m proud to now be able to share that I am joining the brilliant team at Lemonada to continue my love of podcasting,’ Markle said in a statement. ‘Being able to support a female founded company with a roster of thought provoking and highly entertaining podcasts is a fantastic way to kick off 2024. Our plan to re-release Archetypes so that more people can now have access to it, as well as launching a dynamic new podcast are well in the works. I’m so eager to be able to share it soon and am overjoyed to be joining the Lemonada family.’ ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a60208840/meghan-markle-american-riviera-orchard/

"A book has become a luxury item here in Egypt. It's not a basic commodity like food and people are saving on luxuries," says Mohammed El-Baaly of Sefsafa Publishing House. He was speaking as the Cairo International Book Fair, which last year attracted two million people, opens to the public. With book prices more than doubling, some Egyptian authors say they have cut back on characters and descriptions to be more economical in their writing. "The cost of paper and ink has gone up tremendously," Mr El-Baaly says. "The cost of a tonne of paper is now nearly four times higher than at the start of the year!" He says he has turned to printing books overseas and is producing fewer copies, as he expects falling demand. It was the fear of a drop in numbers of shoppers at this year's book fair - the oldest and largest of its kind in the Arab world and a major event for the publishing industry - which led to the idea of paying in instalments.The Egyptian Publishers Association says customers can now choose to take up to nine months to buy a book, paying 1.5% interest. Author Dina Afifi, who writes po[CENSORED]r fiction for teens, is hoping the scheme will boost flagging sales. She says the appearance of her latest book about pharaohs was changed to lower the cost of production. "My book's been downsized, slimmed down to just 60 pages from around 100, because of the rising printing costs," she told the BBC. Some Egyptian novelists have described ways they have stripped back their writing to produce shorter books - simplifying storylines by introducing fewer minor characters and limiting the amount of description. They complain that more Egyptian readers are now buying counterfeit copies of books of low quality. These are sold at stalls on the streets for prices ranging between 50 and 100 Egyptian pounds ($1.67-3.35; £1.36-2.70). In recent months, accelerating inflation has slashed the spending power of Egyptians who had already endured years of austerity and recurring economic shocks. Egypt - which relies heavily on foreign imports - has suffered from a currency crisis. After successive devaluations, money is worth half of what it was a year ago.The government says it is doing what it can to bring down prices and blames the strain on external factors linked to the war in Ukraine. One Egyptian poet said it was unsurprising that this year, ordinary people were more worried about putting food on the table than buying books, which would nourish their minds. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64387130

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