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World
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International
6/2/2023 4:32:35 PM
The British government appointed a new acting chair for the BBC on Friday, five weeks after the resignation of Richard Sharp, who was found to have failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging a loan more than two years ago for then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Sports
5/16/2023 10:52:01 PM
Alaa Abdel-Ghani of Al-Ahram Weekly recounts how he won arguably the world’s most prestigious sports writing contest, reports Salma Mohamed
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/15/2023 12:03:00 PM
Edward Said, returning to Palestine for a BBC documentary to be shown in England to coincide with Israel's 50th anniversary, finds the once small, compact city -- Jerusalem -- in which he grew up overwhelmed by continuing, unrelenting Judaisation
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/11/2023 4:00:56 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his military needs more time to prepare for a highly anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, according to an interview published by the BBC on Thursday.
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World
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International
4/28/2023 12:44:18 PM
The chairman of the BBC quit Friday after a report found he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging a 2021 loan for Boris Johnson, who was the U.K.'s prime minister at the time.
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Business
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Tech
3/20/2023 10:46:28 PM
The BBC said Monday that it had told staff to delete Chinese-owned video app TikTok unless it was needed for business reasons, with Western institutions increasingly taking a harder stance over data collection fears.
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Sports
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World
3/11/2023 3:52:52 PM
The BBC faced an escalating crisis Saturday over its suspension of former soccer star and program host Gary Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's new asylum policy.
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World
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International
11/29/2022 4:43:16 PM
Britain on Tuesday summoned the Chinese ambassador in London for a rebuke after the arrest and alleged assault of a BBC journalist covering Covid protests.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/9/2022 3:15:23 PM
The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in the English city of Liverpool, the BBC said Friday, after Britain was asked to hold the event on behalf of designated host country Ukraine.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/5/2022 12:19:00 PM
The BBC’s decision to end its Arabic radio service signals both an end and a beginning
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World
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Region
9/29/2022 10:00:00 PM
The BBC announced on Thursday its Arabic radio service will cease as part of a broader cost-cutting programme and move to digital platforms.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
7/7/2022 1:30:27 PM
The Kremlin said Thursday it hoped that "more professional people" would come to power in Britain after the BBC reported Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative party leader.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/17/2022 1:36:28 PM
The organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest said Friday that it will start talks with the BBC on possibly holding next year’s event in the U.K. after concluding that it can’t be held in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/14/2022 7:05:43 PM
Russia on Tuesday said it was blacklisting 49 UK citizens, including defence officials and prominent journalists and editors from the BBC, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
5/31/2022 5:08:57 PM
Egyptian filmmaker Hisham Fathi will remake the award winning mockumentary sitcom television series for an Arabic-language audience.
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Business
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Tech
5/26/2022 7:25:17 PM
The BBC is to axe 1,000 jobs and scrap some broadcast channels in traditional form as it prioritises digital and copes with a funding freeze, the British public service broadcaster said on Thursday.
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Sports
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World
5/24/2022 5:54:45 PM
The BBC was forced to apologise to Manchester United fans on Tuesday after a message appeared on their news ticker labelling the Premier League club as "rubbish".
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/8/2022 9:37:34 PM
Previously-unseen home movies from Queen Elizabeth II's personal archive - including footage capturing the monarch as a young mother and her beaming at her engagement ring - will be shown in a new documentary, the BBC said Sunday.
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World
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International
3/27/2022 9:58:30 PM
The BBC urged the Taliban on Sunday to reverse what it said was an order to remove international broadcasters from Afghan airwaves, which has blocked the British broadcaster's news bulletins.
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World
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International
3/17/2022 4:52:20 PM
The BBC has paid a "substantial sum" and apologised to Princess Diana's former private secretary over a 1995 interview found to have been obtained using deception, the UK broadcaster said on Thursday.
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