Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly visited Mahalla al-Kubra on Saturday to inspect the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company, part of the Cotton, Spinning, Weaving, and Ready-Made Garments Holding Company under the Ministry of Public Enterprise Sector. The visit underscored the government’s commitment to revitalizing Egypt’s textile industry. “Mahalla al-Kubra is a key industrial city and one of Egypt’s major hubs for spinning and textiles, renowned globally for its exceptional quality over the years,” Madbouly said. “This industry maximizes the use of Egypt’s resources and significantly bolsters the national economy, especially as it is labor-intensive.” Minister of Public Enterprise Sector Mohamed El-Shimy outlined the ambitious national project to transform the spinning and weaving industry. The initiative aims to quintuple yarn production capacity to 130,000 tonnes annually and increase textile production eightfold to 198 million meters per year. Additionally, it targets expanding textile production from 1,200 tonnes to 115,000 tonnes annually and clothing production to 40 million pieces. The development involves upgrading factories, modernizing equipment, and training workers to handle advanced technology. The project also seeks to restore Egypt’s global leadership in spinning and weaving while enhancing the competitiveness of national products in international markets. The Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla al-Kubra plays a central role, accounting for approximately 45% of the project’s investments. This includes constructing five new factories and modernizing three existing ones. Minister El-Shimy emphasized the ongoing monitoring of the project’s progress, including construction, equipment procurement from leading global manufacturers, and worker training. During the visit, Ahmed Shaker, Executive Managing Director of the Holding Company for Cotton, Spinning, and Weaving, presented the overall strategy for the national project. Covering 65 factories and service buildings nationwide, the initiative involves construction, rehabilitation, and development at seven companies. The Prime Minister’s tour included visits to rehabilitated factories where previously halted machinery has been restored, spare parts provided, and essential maintenance conducted. At the “Spinning 4” factory, which produces 13 tonnes of fine compact yarn daily, most of the output is exported. The “Spinning 1” factory—the largest globally in terms of spindles under one roof—produces 15 tonnes of fine Egyptian cotton yarn daily, primarily for export. A dedicated section produces fishing yarn at a daily output of 20 tonnes. Madbouly also visited the “Preparations 1” factory, which recycles yarn for weaving, and reviewed operations at the new power station providing energy for the factories. Spanning 7,000 square meters with a capacity of 60 MW, the station was completed in February 2023 to meet the factories’ electricity demands. Additionally, he inspected progress at other facilities, including the “Spinning 6” factory and the “Preparations 2” factory, which processes 50 tonnes of yarn daily. Concluding his visit, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of adhering to project timelines to ensure the timely completion of all phases, reaffirming the government’s dedication to revitalizing Egypt’s textile industry.
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Yet another stowaway managed to board a major airline’s plane – renewing serious questions and concerns about airport safety during the busiest travel season of the year. This time, a stowaway tried to hitch a ride on Delta Air Lines Flight 487 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Christmas Eve. The unticketed passenger was discovered while the plane was still taxiing out for takeoff to Honolulu, Delta Air Lines told CNN. The Transportation Security Administration and the Port of Seattle confirmed the incident to CNN. The incident came less than a month after another stowaway boarded a Delta airplane Thanksgiving week. That unticketed passenger made it all the way from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Paris before she was eventually arrested . Delta Air Lines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024, in Seattle, Washington. And on Christmas Eve, a body was found in a wheel well of a United Airlines plane shortly after it traveled from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and landed in Maui. Hiding in a plane’s wheel well is the most common method used by stowaways , the Federal Aviation Administration said. Stowaways often get crushed when the landing gear retracts, and oxygen levels plummet as a plane reaches higher altitudes. In the Seattle incident, the stowaway went through a TSA security checkpoint the evening before the flight but wasn’t holding a boarding pass, an airport spokesperson told CNN. The next day, the person “gained access to the loading bridge without a scanned ticket at the gate,” airport media relations manager Perry Cooper said. Once the person was discovered, the Airbus A321neo returned to the gate to remove the unticketed passenger, Delta said. Port of Seattle police officers were dispatched to gate B1 at the airport around 1:05 p.m. for “a report of a suspicious circumstance” on the Delta flight. The person “ran out” of the aircraft before officers arrived, Cooper told CNN Friday. “The aircraft returned to the terminal and the subject departed the aircraft,” the Port of Seattle said. “With the help of video surveillance, POSPD were able to locate the subject in a terminal restroom. The subject was arrested for criminal trespass.” The unticketed passenger didn’t have any prohibited items, the TSA told CNN. “The aircraft was swept by K9 as well as all areas in the terminal accessed by the subject,” the Port of Seattle said. “The aircraft was deplaned and all passengers were escorted by TSA to return to the security checkpoint for rescreening.” CNN has reached out to the Port of Seattle for additional comment. Delta said the flight was delayed by two hours and 15 minutes. After the rescreening, it continued to Honolulu at 3 p.m. “As there are no matters more important than safety and security, Delta people followed procedures to have an unticketed passenger removed from the flight and then apprehended,” the Atlanta-based airline said in a statement. “We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels and thank them for their patience and cooperation.” TSA said it “takes any incidents that occur at any of our checkpoints nationwide seriously. TSA will independently review the circumstances of this incident at our travel document checker station at Seattle/Tacoma International.” How the person got through airport security is a question many want answered. There are a number of factors at play, according to former commercial airline pilot and aviation analyst, John Nance. “There are multiple causes that come into this, and they probably involve not only a bit of lackadaisical inattention,” Nance told CNN affiliate KING . “It may be training, it may be compliance, but it’s probably all of that.” It’s “embarrassing” for this situation to happen twice to the same airline and TSA, according to former Department of Homeland Security official Keith Jeffries, who was federal security director when he left the DHS in 2022. In his 20 years working with DHS and the TSA, Jeffries said he’s seen these situations multiple times. “It has happened before. It will happen again until they continue to strengthen that vulnerability,” Jeffries said. “The fact that it happened to the same airline, of course, couldn’t be more embarrassing, especially back-to-back, and during the holiday season, when there’s an extra alertness associated with the large holiday season,” Jeffries added. During the holidays, Jeffries explained, there’s typically more staffing at the airports being “extra vigilant.” TSA, airlines and airports have even more people present to ensure things like this don’t fall through the cracks, making these cases “even more concerning,” he said. If there is a “silver lining,” Jeffries said, it’s that Delta did catch the stowaway during the taxi, and they didn’t make it to Hawaii. The stowaway also didn’t have prohibited items when scanned through TSA, which is another plus, he said. “Everybody’s going to have to work together; TSA and the airlines on how they can strengthen both of those vulnerabilities, and in some cases, even work with the airport,” he said. Congress will likely scrutinize these incidents, Nance added. “But there will be no one paying more attention than the airlines themselves,” he said. ___ CNN’s Holly Yan, Pete Muntean, Amanda Musa and Nicole Chavez contributed to this report. Elise Mertens, of Belgium, serves against Naomi Osaka, of Japan, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, on March 11, 2024, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Fans interfere with a foul ball caught by Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts during the first inning in Game 4 of the baseball World Series against the New York Yankees, on Oct. 29, 2024, in New York. 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WORTHINGTON — Approximately two dozen Nobles County Homeschoolers students will host a Maker’s Market from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Phileo’s in downtown Worthington. The students, which range from kindergarteners through 12th graders, have made a variety of items that they are offering for sale. ADVERTISEMENT Sally Enderson, who has two children participating in the event, said shoppers will find everything from sourdough bread and homebaked goods to bird feeders and bird baths made of wood, candles, blankets and more. “Some of them are a bit more experienced entrepreneurs and there are brand new entrepreneurs,” she said of the students. “There will be an extreme variety of things that people can use for gifts or for their house, stocking stuffers and also food items.” This is the first time the Nobles County Homeschoolers have planned a Maker’s Market. Enderson said the state of Minnesota has a Venture Upward program available to homeschool families to provide students with different opportunities for learning experiences. The online platform can be done as part of homeschooling or to supplement homeschooling education. “This year we had enough kids to actually join the program to start a Venture School, which meets on Thursdays,” Enderson said. The nationwide program incorporates different educational sessions throughout the year. In communities where there is a larger homeschool population, students come together to learn about business, becoming an entrepreneur and developing marketable products. Katie Kouba is Nobles County Homeschoolers’ point person. Thursday’s Makers Market was open to all Nobles County homeschoolers but Venture Upward provided the platform for what it should look like, Enderson said. ADVERTISEMENT She and fellow home educators taught students about creativity and coming up with their own ideas on how to be an entrepreneur. “It’s fun to see their creativity,” Enderson shared, noting that students came up with their own ideas, determined how much they should sell their creations for by considering fair pricing, how to display their goods in a booth, and more. Enderson said her 7-year-old son had an idea to recycle crayons. He peels the paper wrapping off broken crayons, breaks the crayons down further and puts them in molds. His finished product — animal shaped crayons that are ready to be reused. “He has been truly on his own,” Enderson said. “He’s even woken up early in the morning (to work on his business).” Enderson’s 13-year-old, meanwhile, is building wooden bird feeders and bird houses to sell. “There’s a wide range of creativity and it’s exciting,” she said. “We’re asking the community to come and stop by and encourage all of the hard work that these kids have done.” The Maker’s Market will be set up inside Phileo’s Coffee & Eatery, 212 10th St., Worthington, in the back room and/or upstairs. Signs will direct people on where to find the student booths. ADVERTISEMENT Enderson said each student participating will decide what to do with the money they earn on Thursday. Some may donate it, others will use it to buy Christmas gifts or to simply cover their costs involved in making the items.‘Real mess’: Investment expert explains why Victoria ranked worst business state
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A former stock car racer and self-proclaimed paranormal investigator has posted footage to YouTube he said shows drones flying off the New Jersey coast in “deliberate formations” over the Atlantic Ocean. CJ Faison, a Delaware YouTuber with 600,000 subscribers, rented himself a boat, grabbed his night vision video camera, and ventured from the Pine Barrens to the ocean 26 miles east. Faison claimed in the 45-minute video to be “doing something no YouTuber or news outlet has done.” He teased in the footage “we think we uncovered the truth” about the recent sightings of mysterious unmanned aircraft hovering over the Garden State. Sightings of unidentified drones emitting strange light patterns started back in mid-November, and reached a fever pitch around Dec. 8. The debate over what the drones actually are and who is controlling them rages on, with the feds providing little more than assurances they pose no threat to the public. Like most of the purported drone footage online, Faison’s footage from the rented boat fails to provide clear images of what he claimed were drones that emerged from the ocean. A series of blinking lights was caught by Faison’s camera. He noted the lights blinked in a pattern similar to the lights of commercial aircraft. “They’re blending in,” the YouTuber said. “Hidden in plain sight!” Some of the alleged drones Faison filmed moved quickly, darting across the horizon. “It’s wild,” he proclaimed. “It’s eerie.” “This is only the beginning,” Faison further warned. “I have so many questions. What’s launching these drones? How are they staying airborne for hours? What’s their energy source? And why here? Why New Jersey?” New Jersey officials said this week the number of sightings had dropped, with very little activity reported around Christmas. The drop-off follows FAA-imposed restrictions on New York and New Jersey airspace. The FBI said it has investigated approximately 5,000 of the various reports it received from the public, with about 100 deemed credible.
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