COP27
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Climate change
3/14/2023 9:55:38 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister and President of the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday that the UN climate conference, hosted at the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh last November, was a key step toward shifting from pledges to implementation of actual measures to tackle the issue of climate change.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/14/2023 9:37:58 PM
The Beijing-brokered agreement, widely welcomed, for Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic ties, which had been severed for more than seven years, is surprising in many ways.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/14/2023 9:34:18 PM
The deal between Riyadh and Tehran might be a symbolic breakthrough, but does it really mean the end of America’s moment in the Middle East, asks Ahmed Mustafa
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
2/27/2023 6:05:35 PM
The success of urban development and the shift towards smart green cities requires investment in human capital and advanced technology, in addition to localising development and the good management of the wealth of data of smart cities, said Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN climate change high level champion for Egypt and UN special envoy on financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/16/2023 7:50:28 PM
Moldova's new government led by pro-Western economist Dorin Recean was sworn in Thursday after winning Parliament's approval, as the small former Soviet republic signaled a shift to security concerns amid Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine.
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World
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Region
2/13/2023 5:32:17 PM
The toll from last week's earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless.
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Business
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Economy
1/31/2023 10:54:58 PM
Lebanon from Wednesday will shift its long-standing official exchange rate to 15,000 pounds against the dollar, a central bank source said -- an almost 90 percent devaluation amid a years-long economic crisis.a
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World
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Region
1/31/2023 11:47:26 AM
Cypriots are voting Sunday for a new president who they'll expect to decisively steer the small island nation through shifting geopolitical sands and uncertain economic times that have become people's overriding concern, eclipsing stalemated efforts to remedy the country's ethnic division.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/28/2023 1:01:40 PM
The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a new study that counters concerns about the supply of such minerals.
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World
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International
12/30/2022 6:15:48 PM
Sweden takes over the EU's rotating presidency from January 1 vowing to maintain unity on Ukraine and uphold free trade in the face of calls for a tougher response to US green subsidies.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/22/2022 1:45:00 PM
This month’s Sino-Arab summit meeting in Saudi Arabia signals a shift in the Gulf attitude to the competition between the West and China,.
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Business
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Economy
12/20/2022 6:08:36 PM
The IMF will be looking for "a shift by Egypt to a flexible exchange rate" once the letter of credit system for financing imports is phased out by the end of December, Vladkova Hollar, the IMF mission chief for Egypt, said in an interview with Reuters on Monday.
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World
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International
12/14/2022 8:33:41 PM
China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country's departure from some of the world's strictest antivirus policies.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
11/30/2022 6:27:28 PM
Digital transformation is no longer an option for the “consumer credit” industry. It has become a necessity due to the current shifts to reduce costs, enhance competitiveness between companies, and improve efficiency, said Ahmed Osama, managing director of Drive Finance.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/17/2022 10:59:12 PM
Steffi Lemke, the German federal minister for the environment, nature conservation, nuclear safety and consumer protection asserted on Tuesday the commitment of Germany and the European Union to shifting away from fossil fuel and reducing emissions as fast as possible.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/15/2022 11:23:18 PM
The FAST initiative was launched at COP27 to accelerate the shift from food and agricultural systems to sustainable schemes that benefit people and the environment, reports Mahmoud Bakr
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/9/2022 11:19:04 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden is coming to international climate talks in Egypt this week with a message that historic American action to fight climate change won't shift into reverse, as happened twice before when Democrats lost power.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/8/2022 5:25:21 PM
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hinted at the possibility of peace talks with Russia, a shift from his earlier refusal to negotiate with President Vladimir Putin that came on the eve of crucial elections in the United States.
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COP27
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Focus
11/4/2022 7:27:50 PM
The upcoming COP27 climate summit in Egypt must mark a leap from the long process of hammering out a treaty to ensuring that its goals are met, the UN's climate chief said Friday.
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World
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International
11/1/2022 5:04:28 PM
Wall Street stocks rose early Tuesday as solid earnings and hopes for a shift away from China's zero-tolerance Covid-19 policy added to positive momentum for equities.
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