Business
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Economy
3/27/2024 1:54:36 PM
The General Authority for the Economic Zone of the Suez Canal and the French-owned Saint-Gobain Egypt Glass Companies Alliance signed a framework agreement to build a flat glass factory in the industrial zone of Ain Sokhna, the cabinet said on Wednesday.
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Business
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Economy
3/26/2024 10:34:57 PM
The state’s general budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2024/25, which begins in July, will increase allocations for health and education by 30 percent, the Egyptian presidency announced on Tuesday.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
3/26/2024 10:02:42 PM
A US envoy voiced hope Tuesday that Sudan's warring generals will resume talks after Ramadan and work to prevent a broader regional war, despite the failure of previous negotiations.
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Business
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Economy
3/26/2024 6:57:56 PM
Hossam Heiba, executive director of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), granted on Tuesday golden licenses to six companies implementing projects worth EGP 5.6 billion (just over $117 million), bringing the total number of projects receiving golden licenses to 29.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/26/2024 4:44:31 PM
Last week saw US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s sixth visit to the Middle East since last October along with a visit to the Rafah Crossing by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, writes
Hussein Haridy
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/26/2024 2:00:49 PM
Head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) Abbas Kamel reaffirmed, in a meeting with Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, Egypt's unwavering support for presidential and parliamentary elections to achieve stability in Libya.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/24/2024 9:51:27 PM
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb said the international community's response to the aggression on Gaza has been disappointing and frustrating, unlike that of the people in Western societies in Europe and the US.
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World
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Region
3/24/2024 7:15:04 PM
Turks will vote next Sunday in local polls as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/24/2024 4:06:00 PM
In a press conference in Cairo on Sunday with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that delivering the necessary aid to famine-threatened Gaza requires Israel to "remove the remaining obstacles and chokepoints to relief."
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/24/2024 2:18:29 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced their “complete and categorical” rejection of the displacement of Palestinians from their lands as well as of any military operation in the Palestinian border city of Rafah.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/23/2024 4:10:00 PM
There is no justification for collective punishment of the Palestinian people, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on Saturday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/23/2024 11:21:17 AM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to visit Egypt's border with Gaza on Saturday, after Israel said it would send in troops in the nearby city of Rafah, even without US support.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/20/2024 9:58:46 PM
A senior Lebanon-based Hamas official said Wednesday that Israel's response to the latest proposal from the Palestinian group for a six-week truce in Gaza was "generally negative", as talks continued in Qatar.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/18/2024 6:36:00 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry has blamed Israeli authorities for refusing to allow the entry of Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, to Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday.
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World
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International
3/18/2024 2:27:38 PM
From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in general elections. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4.
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World
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International
3/17/2024 10:39:29 PM
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday stressed the need to fight global warming, and called climate change a "crisis multiplier" with implications for global security.
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World
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International
3/16/2024 3:01:20 PM
India on Saturday announced its 6-week-long general elections will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/14/2024 8:16:00 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has appointed Mohamed Ismail Khaled as the new secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
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World
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Africa
3/12/2024 5:46:34 PM
A US general and top officials visited Niger on Tuesday to see the ruling junta, renewing contact after the coup leaders ousted the elected leader, booted out French forces and moved closer to Russia.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/11/2024 7:11:05 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he was "appalled" by the war continuing in Gaza despite the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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