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Rabat - Emirati astronaut Sultan Al-Neyadi, on a 6-month mission in space, recently shared on Twitter his awe of Morocco after observing the Kingdom from the International Space Station (ISS).

Meknes - Nearly 700 journalists accredited in Morocco and internationally are covering the 15th edition of the International Agricultural Exhibition in Morocco (SIAM), organized from 2 to 7 May in Meknes, on the theme "Generation Green: For a sustainable food sovereignty".

Rabat - The pre-event of the Pan-African young leaders at the African Ministerial Conference on Youth kicked off, Monday in Rabat, with the aim of taking stock of Africa's commitment to youth, 17 years after the adoption of the African Youth Charter and its declarations.

Rabat - Access to the right to education is still confronted with the duplicity of the education system and the imbalance between the public and private sectors, notes the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in its latest report.

Lisbon - The governments of Morocco and Portugal have welcomed the tripartite bid with Spain to host the 2030 Football World Cup.

Lisbon - - The joint bid of Morocco, Portugal and Spain for the organization of the 2030 World Cup carries symbolic messages of cultural and human rapprochement between these countries, stressed Friday in Lisbon, the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch.

Madrid - Morocco's ambassador to Spain. Karima Benyaich received, on Tuesday at the Spanish Congress of Deputies in Madrid, the Menina NetWorkWoman-2023 "Almudena Grandes" Award from the Transnational Women's Network, an international NGO working in the field of migration from a gender perspective.

Lisbon - Portugal is "proud" of its joint bid with Morocco and Spain to host the 2030 World Cup, Portuguese Foreign Minister Joao Gomez Carvinho said Friday.

Lisbon - The Portuguese Minister of Environment and Climate Action, Duarte Cordeiro, stressed the importance of cooperation between Rabat and Lisbon in energy and water management, noting that the two countries, which are keen to strengthen their cooperation in this area, are facing the same challenges, including the energy transition and increasing the share of renewable energy in electricity production.

Rabat - The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reinsertion (DGAPR) said Friday that the prisoner T.B, incarcerated in the local prison El Arjat 2 in Salé, benefits from the necessary health care both within the penitentiary establishment and in external hospitals.