Forgive us, but we’ll be screaming at our TV / iPad / laptop screens for the next several days. Egypt remains the top-seeded team (how often do you get to read that, ladies and gents?) after the first day of action at the 2017 World Squash Federation men’s world team championships in Marseille, France. The tourney, which kicked off yesterday, runs through Sunday, 3 December, and we’re cheering for the national team to go all the way as 24 nations compete for the title last won by the English in 2013. England is the number two seed this time around. Egypt was in fine form yesterday as the team put down Pakistan in “a confrontation between two of the giant nations of world squash,” Squash Info reports. “Egypt the No.1 seeds [were] looking to gain revenge for their surprise defeat to England in the 2013 final and win the title for a fourth time.”

Karim Abdel Gawad, Ali Farag and Marwan El Shorbagy each won their Monday matches 3-0, setting up matches today at 4:30pm CLT against Group A’s Switzerland ahead of the round of 16. We’re chuffed that our friends at CIB are the exclusive sponsors of the Egyptian national team. Check out the full tournament schedule, flip through the organizer’s gallery of match shots from yesterday, watch a 30-second teaser video for the championship or simply visit the tournament website. Pictured above: Marwan El Shorbagy, Ramy Ashour, Ali Farag, and Karim Abdel Gawad in Marseille.

Elsewhere on the interwebs this morning:

Nominee for Fed boss to stress continuity: “Jay Powell will set the stage for further increases in interest rates while stressing the need to respond flexibly to unexpected events” when he faces his confirmation hearing in the US Senate today, the Financial Times reports. The Wall Street Journal also has a deep dive.

Bitcoin is barreling toward USD 10k “after gaining more than a fifth in value over the past three days alone,” Reuters says. The digital currency is up 10x in value since the start of the year.

Bill Gates has called detained Saudi bn’aire Alwaleed bin Talal an “important partner,” Bloomberg notes.

The chief of Swiss private bank Julius Baer has unexpectedly stepped down to take the helm at Pictet, CNBC writes.

Maybe then the staff will stop stealing our iPhone charger? A new battery technology being developed by Samsung promises mobile device batteries that could charge 5x faster and have 45% more capacity. Zdnet and the FT have more.

No salt for you: If most Americans should cut back on salt for the sake of their health, then what about us here in Egypt?

Our inner Fenian is going berserk that we’re even mentioning this, but Prince Harry has proposed to Suits star Meghan Markle. Stunning monarchists everywhere, the world did not come to an end.