
The installation of paid resource waste collection machines on the outskirts of Cairo has sparked backlash among Coptic Christians, a minority group traditionally engaged in waste collection.
Egypt's first paid recyclable garbage collection machine has been installed on the outskirts of Cairo, and while expectations are high that it will beautify the area and help supplement living expenses, there is growing opposition and a sense of crisis among the Christian minority, who have long made a living by sorting garbage.
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In Egypt, Coptic Christians, a Christian denomination, have been solely responsible for waste collection and processing since the 1950s.
【カイロ時事】エジプトの首都カイロ郊外に8月下旬、同国初の有償資源ごみ回収機が設置された。空き缶や空き瓶を投入すると買い物などに利用可能なポイントがたまる仕組みで、街の美化につながると期待を集める。しかし、長年ごみ回収に従事し、分別した資源を換金し生活してきた少数派キリスト教徒からは反発の声が上がっている。
カイロ郊外ギザの大通り沿いに設置された回収機には、市民が連日、資源ごみを持ってくる。瓶を投入した無職サミーラ・アインさん(85)は「回収機が増えれば、道路にごみを投げ捨てる悪習がなくなるのではないか」と語った。景気が停滞する中、「ごみ」を生活費に変えられる点も支持を集めており、段ボールいっぱいのペットボトルを持ち込む人もいる。
エジプトでは1950年代ごろから、キリスト教の一派コプト教徒がごみの収集・処理を一手に引き受けてきた。ごみと共に回収した残飯で豚を飼育し肉を販売するサイクルが定着。豚が禁忌の多数派イスラム教徒は手を出せない独自の利権を手にした。
カイロ首都圏のごみ収集組合トップ、シャハータ・ムアッディス氏(65)は、街路清掃やごみの回収、資源選別で生活する人が「約100万人いる」と説明。回収機の設置に伴い、「路上や住宅から集められる資源ごみの量が目に見えて減った」と危機感を募らせる。
同氏は「先進国ではごみ収集で給料をもらうはずだ。われわれは給料も年金もなく働き、仕分けた資源を換金し生活してきた」と指摘。回収機設置を許可した環境省の当局者らと妥協案の協議を続けているが、納得できる回答は得られていないという。

Many trees have been cut down at a public golf course in Washington, D.C. that President Trump plans to renovate, raising concerns about the impact on the cherry blossoms, a symbol of friendship between Japan and the United States. While the Interior Department describes it as routine maintenance, Democratic lawmakers are calling for safeguards.

Responding to a question about the "attack" on the International Criminal Court (ICC), UN General Assembly President Beerbock said on the 3rd that the founding member states must now stand up to protect the ICC and called on them to show their support. He emphasized the importance of the rule of law in response to the United States' designation of the ICC director and others as targets for sanctions.

Two male engineers who were trapped in a hydroelectric power plant tunnel due to a debris flow disaster in the Nepal-China border area have been rescued for the first time in nine days. Nepali authorities say the death toll has reached at least 1,287 people, with more than 5,600 missing in both countries. The Japanese government has dispatched the International Disaster Relief Team to assist with identification.

Two engineers have been rescued from a hydroelectric power plant tunnel buried by a debris flow in central Nepal's Rasuwa district, nine days after the accident. There were cheers at the scene, and the families were happy to be reunited. More than 1,300 people have died from debris flows in the country.

Two male engineers have been rescued for the first time in nine days from inside a hydroelectric power plant tunnel following a debris flow disaster in the Nepal-China border area. The confirmed death toll in the country has reached at least 1,287, with a total of 1,308 victims and more than 5,600 missing.

According to Nepali media, two survivors were rescued on the 4th, nine days after the debris flow occurred inside a tunnel at a hydroelectric power plant near the Chinese border. Nepal's disaster response authorities announced on the 3rd that at least 1,259 people died on the Nepali side, and 1,280 people including 21 on the Chinese side. More than 5,600 people are missing in both countries. On the 4th, the Japanese government will dispatch a team of experts from the Japan Disaster Relief Team to Nepal to assist in identifying the severely damaged bodies.