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World
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International
6/5/2023 10:54:22 AM
Prince Harry’s battle with the British press is headed for a showdown in a London courtroom this week with the publisher of the Daily Mirror.
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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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Culture
5/30/2023 10:40:54 PM
The British forensic scientist Sir Sydney Smith spent much of his career in Egypt and recorded his impressions in a set of revealing memoirs, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/27/2023 10:24:25 AM
Popular Egyptian singer Hamza Namira set to embark on European tour in June, which includes Berlin and London, alongside his Cairo-based ensemble.
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World
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International
5/24/2023 1:14:43 PM
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has condemned the handling of fresh allegations of Covid lockdown rule-breaking as "bizarre and unacceptable", as he faces a further possible probe into the "Partygate" scandal that helped push him from office.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
5/23/2023 8:04:24 PM
An exhibition of archival material relating to the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun is being held at the the British Embassy in Cairo
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Business
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Economy
5/23/2023 4:19:09 PM
The British economy will avoid falling into recession this year, according to upgraded growth forecasts Tuesday from the International Monetary Fund.
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Books
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News
5/23/2023 4:04:36 PM
British author Salman Rushdie said Tuesday he was back at his writing desk after being repeatedly stabbed at an event last year in the United States.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/23/2023 10:43:48 AM
US troops stage an airborne assault. British marines conduct a nighttime beach landing. French paratroopers drop from the skies after flying across Europe.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/22/2023 7:43:12 PM
Jude Law has become an immediate awards contender for his demonic performance as English King Henry VIII in Firebrand which premiered at Cannes, but he told reporters on Monday that he sees the current British monarchy as "theatre".
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World
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Region
5/19/2023 6:21:43 PM
The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S., British and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on Friday aboard an American warship, a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial waterway open after Iran seized two oil tankers.
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Sports
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World
5/17/2023 3:33:00 PM
Major League Soccer will announce a new team in San Diego on Thursday after British-Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour paid a record expansion fee of around $500 million, a person with knowledge of the plans has told AFP.
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Egypt
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Health
5/17/2023 2:37:16 PM
Egypt's Health Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar signed an MoU with the British biopharmaceutical company GSK plc to enhance healthcare in the country, the health ministry announced on Wednesday.
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World
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International
5/17/2023 9:49:04 AM
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss warned of the economic and political threats to the West posed by China during a visit Wednesday to Beijing's democratic rival Taiwan.
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World
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International
5/16/2023 2:26:44 PM
Voters in Northern Ireland head to the polls in local elections on Thursday, with the British province politically paralysed due to a boycott by the biggest pro-UK party.
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Business
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Tech
5/15/2023 9:32:22 PM
The EU on Monday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard, just weeks after the British competition regulator put the deal at risk by blocking it.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/15/2023 1:19:49 PM
To those who still remember him, today, his name is synonymous with the bitter taste of defeat: of hope deferred, then disappointed. But he was a hero, then, the man who would liberate Palestine
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World
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Region
5/15/2023 12:21:01 PM
For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate on Monday the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians known as “Nakba " or “catastrophe,” that led to displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel – an action stemming from the UN’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/11/2023 7:47:21 PM
The British government announced Thursday it was giving long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine to help drive out Russia’s occupying forces, just as Kyiv delayed a possible counteroffensive as it awaits the delivery of more Western weapons.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/7/2023 4:57:15 PM
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed his gratitude to Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly for participating in the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday.
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