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World Bank commits to backing Egyptian digital economy and AI transition during Cairo talks Moravec‘s Paradox

World Bank commits to backing Egyptian digital economy and AI transition during Cairo talks

The World Bank Group has pledged to support Egypt in building a competitive digital economy and advancing artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, as officials reviewed the country’s broadband expansion and the rollout of its second national AI strategy. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat Hindi met with Paschal Donohoe, Managing…
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July 15, 2026
Planning minister discusses multidimensional poverty measurement with Oxford initiative Old-Age Poverty

Planning minister discusses multidimensional poverty measurement with Oxford initiative

Minister of Planning and Economic Development Ahmed Rostom met with Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), to discuss expanding cooperation on the development and measurement of multidimensional poverty indicators and adopting the latest international methodologies in the field. The meeting took place on the…
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July 15, 2026
‘Smaller than the tiniest scale in nature’: Physicists made a black hole out of light and used it to test Stephen Hawking’s elusive radiation theory Black Hole

‘Smaller than the tiniest scale in nature’: Physicists made a black hole out of light and used it to test Stephen Hawking’s elusive radiation theory

Physicists have coaxed a black hole's most famous glow out of a strand of optical fiber and, for the first time, watched that light react back on the simulated black hole that produced it. The result gives researchers a rare, hands-on look at Hawking radiation ‪—‬ the faint thermal emission…
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July 15, 2026
Global views of China and Xi improve as perceptions of US decline, Pew survey finds Pandemic

Global views of China and Xi improve as perceptions of US decline, Pew survey finds

China’s global image has rebounded from its pandemic-era lows, with international views of both the country and President Xi Jinping improving as confidence in the United States has declined, according to a new Pew Research Centre survey. The survey, released on Wednesday, polled more than 45,000 people across 37 countries…
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July 15, 2026