World
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Africa
2/13/2024 9:12:24 PM
Senegalese authorities faced growing anger at home and renewed international pressure on Tuesday, as the government suspended mobile internet and banned a march against the delay to this month's presidential poll.
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World
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Africa
2/12/2024 10:13:24 PM
Senegalese civil society and opposition kept up the pressure on President Macky Sall on Monday, the eve of a planned march against the delay to this month's presidential election which has already unleashed deadly unrest across the country.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
2/11/2024 4:22:48 PM
Swiss police are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of an Egyptian national Mariam Magdy who was found dead near a river in Switzerland, according to a press release by police in the Swiss cantons of Schaffhausen and Zurich.
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Sports
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National Teams
2/10/2024 7:32:09 PM
Newly appointed coach Hossam Hassan received a warm welcome as he attended a press conference organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Saturday, ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in Cote d'Ivoire.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/9/2024 3:40:09 PM
During a meeting in Riyadh on Thursday, top Arab diplomats reiterated their call for "irreversible" steps toward the creation and recognition of a Palestinian state, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
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Business
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Economy
2/8/2024 9:34:16 PM
Shares in shipping giant Maersk dived on Thursday after it warned of an uncertain 2024 earnings outlook linked to an oversupply of container vessels and Israel's war on Gaza that has seen Yemen Houthis launch an offensive on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea to pressure Israel to halt its war on the Palestinians.
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Egypt
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Politics
2/7/2024 10:51:06 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed on Wednesday the government to take several urgent social measures to alleviate the cost of living pressures on citizens, including raising minimum wages for all government workers and raising pensions starting in March.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/7/2024 7:37:44 PM
French actor Judith Godreche has pressed charges against film director Benoit Jacquot 25 years her senior, accusing him of raping her when she was a teenager, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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Sports
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World
2/7/2024 5:24:33 PM
The appeals trial of Manchester United defender Harry Maguire over a nightclub brawl on the Greek island of Mykonos has been postponed for a year because of a lawyers’ strike, court officials told The Associated Press.
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Sports
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World
2/7/2024 1:12:46 PM
Jurgen Klinsmann's position as South Korea coach came under intense pressure on Wednesday after what local media called a "shameful" and "humiliating" Asian Cup semi-final defeat to Jordan.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/7/2024 10:08:32 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel on Wednesday, where he was expected to press for what he called an "essential" truce agreement as the war on Gaza entered its fifth month.
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Sports
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World
2/6/2024 7:34:28 PM
Mauricio Pochettino said on Tuesday he had received a "very good text" from Chelsea's owners as the pressure mounts on the Argentine manager following back-to-back Premier League defeats.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/5/2024 12:04:44 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed Sunday on a new crisis tour of the Middle East as he seeks to push forward a proposal to halt the devastating conflict in return for the release of captives.
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World
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Region
2/4/2024 8:17:32 PM
The United States will press on with strikes against Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday, declining to say if he ruled out strikes against Iran itself.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/4/2024 7:00:34 PM
Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s foreign minister, and his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire in Gaza and facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in the strip, during a press conference on Sunday in Cairo.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/3/2024 12:53:37 PM
Israel pressed its blistering attack on the Gaza Strip on Saturday as fears grew of a push into Rafah, the southern city teeming with civilians uprooted by the nearly four-month of deadly war.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/3/2024 12:30:06 PM
The European Union on Saturday expressed deep concern over reports that the Israeli military intends to take its war on Gaza to the town of Rafah at Gaza’s border with Egypt where more than a million people have escaped the fighting.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/2/2024 7:15:50 PM
Half of U.S. adults say Israel's 15-week-old military campaign in Gaza has “gone too far,” a finding driven mainly by growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/1/2024 9:42:23 PM
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has told The Associated Press that his country could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of what could be years-long talks between Israel and Palestinians on a two-state solution.
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Business
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Economy
2/1/2024 12:28:44 PM
The global economy is expected to grow by 3.1 percent in 2024 and edge slightly higher to 3.2 percent in 2025, with projections indicating a moderate growth trajectory and a gradual easing of inflationary pressures over the next couple of years, according to the International Monetary Fund’s 2024 World Economic Outlook Report.
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