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Madrid - The Moroccan ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich, held on Wednesday in Madrid a working meeting with Santiago Iniguez, president of IE University, a higher education institution specializing in "training influential leaders".

Rabat - The outline of a database of European case law on competition law was presented Thursday at the headquarters of the High Council of the Judiciary in Rabat, at the initiative of the Competition Council.

Geneva - Ambassador Omar Zniber, Permanent Representative of Morocco in Geneva, in his capacity as Chairman of the working group on the accession of the Union of Comoros to the World Trade Organization (WTO), chaired, on Thursday, the eighth meeting of the said group.

Rabat - Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, will be, next Tuesday, the guest of Maroc Radar Forum, which will be held under the theme "Penal code: the challenges of the reform".

Rabat - Morocco and Senegal signed, on Wednesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in the fields of water and sanitation.

Rabat - Morocco recorded 26 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection said on Wednesday, adding that 32 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the same period.

Washington - The early universe contained a wide variety of galaxies, according to a team of researchers who compared images of hundreds of galaxies taken by the James Webb Telescope.

Jeddah - The Saudi Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Abdulfattah bin Suleiman Mashat signed, on the sidelines of the "Hajj Expo" conference and exhibition, a number of Hajj agreements with 15 delegations from several Islamic countries including Morocco.

Rabat - A framework agreement was signed Friday in Rabat between the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication and the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development to protect geological heritage sites.

Casablanca - The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has strongly denounced and condemned the "malicious acts" and "abject maneuvers" that marred the opening of the African Nations Championship for local players (CHAN), Friday in Algeria.