There is mounting evidence of the impact of climate change on human habitat and health, on plant and animal life, on water resources and shorelines. These changes are felt unevenly within – and between – nations and communities. This is due to differences in access to resources, infrastructure, social structure, and government policy. Climate change is, and will continue to be, most severely felt by the poorest people in any population, particularly those living in poorly-resourced, isolated and extreme environments. But extreme weather events, famine and epidemics are not how people most commonly experience climate change. Rather, the unprecedented peaks in temperature across the world affect the conditions of everyday life in subtle ways. This is particularly true among people with fewest resources.

Governor of Aswan, Ahmed Ibrahim announced on Sunday that the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has selected Aswan for the 2019 UNESCO Learning City Award. Ibrahim clarified that the governorate would receive the prize during 2019 International Conference of Educational Cities in Colombia. The winners of the 2019 UNESCO Learning City Award are: Aswan (Egypt), Chengdu (China), Heraklion (Greece), Ibadan (Nigeria), Medellín (Colombia), Melitopol (Ukraine), Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Santiago (Mexico), Seodaemun-gu (Republic of Korea) and Sonderborg (Denmark). General Manager of Education in Aswan Mervat al-Saman said that these cities have shown exemplary progress and commitment to promote education and lifelong learning at the local level. Saman added that Aswan also won the prize after developing a strategy that integrated a wide variety of projects, including gardening and water-conservation programmes in schools, as well as diverse entrepreneurial training opportunities for all areas of society. The UNESCO Learning City Award was established as part of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2015. It is an international biennium award and a recognition of exemplary progress made by cities in promoting inclusive education and lifelong learning in local communities.

Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers. At first blush, the explanation laid out Wednesday by 21 experts in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B seems implausible.

As a part of the vital restoration project in Khedival Cairo, Riham Arram, General Manager for Cairo Heritage Preservation General Administration has collaborated with Heliopolis district to revitalize the facades of heritage buildings, al-Ahram reported, with plans to transform several into open museums. The Heliopolis district houses about 700 heritage buildings. Brigadier Ahmed Anwar, President of Heliopolis referred to the project s importance as it will add a special value to the district itself. He said that some that while some of these buildings have already been repaired, the real challenge comes from the inappropriate appearance of the surrounding buildings.

Rami Malek won best actor for his Freddie Mercury, Emily Blunt was the upset winner for her supporting role in the horror thriller "A Quiet Place and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel swept comedy series honors at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday. Malek dedicated the award for his performance in ``Bohemian Rhapsody to Mercury, as he did at the Golden Globes. ``I get some power from him that s about stepping up and living your best life, being exactly who you want to be and accomplishing everything you so desire, said Malek.

By all accounts, Dasan and Illika should have died of poisoning. But they are back on their feet, poking their beaks through the bars of their cages, impatient to return to the skies over Colombia, which have been transformed into hostile territory for the so-called king of the Andes — the condor. Dasan, a five-year-old male, fell victim first. Locals found him in November — weak and strangely docile — in Cerrito, located about 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of the capital Bogota.

Luxor city on Thursday will celebrate the end of the Egyptian-American project seeking to restore and protect the tomb of King Tutankhamun, in the Valley of the Kings at the West Bank of Luxor. The project is the largest of its kind inside the tomb, which was discovered 96 years ago by British archaeologist Howard Carter. The restoration project has been working for the past ten years.

During excavation work carried out by an Egyptian mission in Kom El-Khelgan area in the Nile Delta, a collection of tombs and burials have been unearthed. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Ahram Online that the tombs date back to the Second Intermediate Period and include animals burials, a collection of broken burned clay pots, rounded and oval pots with holders, as well as seven amulets and scarabs carved in faience and decorated with well-known motifs of the era.

Rami Malek scored his first Best Actor Oscar nomination in a mind-blowing leading role for “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Oscar nominations were announced January 22 when all actors started to respond and express their feelings. Malek described the moment he heard about his nomination as an “emotional moment”, according to Good Morning America. He stated that the most unexpected words are the ones telling you about your Best Actor nomination. For Malek, this nomination is a distant dream that actors live wishing for, knowing it is a far away possibility.

Egyptian cinema lost Mary Mounib on 21 January 1969. Mounib wasn t an ordinary comedienne. She was the first woman to break men s monopoly on stardom in the comedy field. Definitely before her there were actresses who had the capability to play comedy roles. But none of them achieved the success Mary Mounib attained. Plays were written for her and she was cast as the leading lady the same as male comedians.

In Mission, Texas, the construction of part of a long-promised wall on the border with Mexico to stem the tide of undocumented migrants is already in progress. Among the many who will be affected? Butterflies. Mission, located in the lower Rio Grande Valley, is home to the National Butterfly Center, a private non-profit 100-acre (40-hectare) preserve dedicated to conservation of the insects in their natural habitat.

An Afghan talent show contestant’s striking resemblance to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned him into an unlikely celebrity in the war-torn country — and potentially given him the winning edge. Abdul Salam Maftoon, a wedding singer from a village in the remote and impoverished northeastern province of Badakhshan, had never even heard of his more famous doppelganger until a judge on the popular television music contest Afghan Star pointed out the uncanny likeness.

Egyptian comic star Mohamed Henedy has returned to the stage after more than 16 years absence with a smash hit, Talaat Ayam Fi El-Sahel (“Three Days on the North Coast”). The play, which is on at the newly opened Cairo Show Theatre in 6 October city, has reportedly broken Arab theatre records by earning almost EGP 1 million in just three nights.

The fiftieth annual Cairo International Book Fair opens on Wednesday and will run until 5 February, featuring 1,273 publishers from 35 countries, and for the first time is taking place in the outer suburbs of the city. The fair has moved from the fairground in Nasr City to the Egypt International Exhibition Center in the Tagamoa El-Khamis, in the suburb of New Cairo.

Two Roman tombs have been uncovered during excavation work at Beer El-Shaghala site in Mut village in Dakhla Oasis. The walls of the two uncompleted tombs are painted in bright colours with religious scenes. Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explains that the first tomb has a 20-step staircase covered with plaster, which leads to a native made of limestone.

A giant panda born in a Malaysian zoo celebrated her first birthday Monday with a cake made of ice in front of adoring visitors. The youngster looked around shyly as a zookeeper carried her to a platform in her enclosure where the cake, which had a large number "one" on top, was waiting.

During World War II, Wojciech Narebski and his fellow Polish servicemen had to lift crate after heavy metal crate of artillery. Fortunately for them, one of the soldiers had superhuman strength: Corporal Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear. “When he saw that we were struggling, hed want to help… Hed come over, grab a crate and carry it to the truck,” Narebski, now 93, told AFP of his days with Wojtek in the 22nd Artillery Supply Company. This can be heavy work, even for a bear. When Wojtek got tired, he would simply stack one crate on top of the other, “which also helped us, because we didnt have to lift the crate off the ground,” recounted the veteran who spent two and a half years with the friendly giant he considered a brother.

Egypt’s Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday that the ministry has rescued a rare wolf of the jackal family before it would have been sold at shop in Alexandria and then sent it back to Wadi al-Rayan Protectorate in Fayoum governorate, reported al-Ahram gate. Jackals are medium-sized omnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, which also includes wolves, coyotes and the domestic dog.

Luxor governorate has launched President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s campaign “Shabab fi Hob Misr” (Youth and Love in Egypt) on Wednesday to plant one million fruit trees as part of a plan to develop Luxor city. Head of Luxor City Ayman al-Sherif said that the campaign would plant the trees in al-Mattar district during the first stage and then go to the rest of Luxor city.

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities have received an antique stone carving with a cartouche of King Amenhotep I on Tuesday, after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs managed to retrieve it from an Auction Hall in London. The ministry said that it previously displayed the stone at the open museum in Luxor’s Karnak Temple before it was stolen and smuggled abroad.

More than 100 scientists, most of them in China, have condemned as “crazy” and unethical altering human genes after a geneticist claimed he had changed the genes of twin girls to create the first gene-edited babies. In an open letter circulating online, the scientists said the use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to edit the genes of human embryos was risky, unjustified and harmed the reputation and development of the biomedical community in China.