World
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International
11/29/2021 12:20:31 PM
The World Health Organization warned Monday the new Covid-19 Omicron variant poses a "very high" risk globally, despite uncertainties about the danger and contagion levels of the new strain.
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Business
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Energy
11/24/2021 8:16:38 PM
The current total investments to achieve net zero emissions globally amount to $1.5 trillion, while $5 trillion is needed to reach this goal by 2030, according to Katarina Uherova Hasbani, Partner and Global Director of Strategy and Advisory at the British engineering and advisory firm AESG.
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Egypt
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Society
11/15/2021 11:07:00 PM
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb said on Monday that Al-Azhar is exerting a great effort to bring together of followers of different religions and to combat extremism locally and globally.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/11/2021 7:41:00 PM
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, hailed on Thursday Egypt’s efforts to face the impacts of climate change locally and globally while taking into consideration African countries’ interests.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
11/10/2021 4:49:06 PM
The European Investment Bank (EIB) launched on Tuesday an Adaptation Plan to support projects around the world to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
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World
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International
11/6/2021 11:50:08 AM
What if a simple pill could help heal from Covid-19?
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World
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International
10/26/2021 1:03:39 PM
Police around the world arrested 150 suspects, including several high-profile targets, involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings targeting the dark web, Europol said Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
10/14/2021 1:55:00 PM
On the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group board of directors, Deputy Division Chief in the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Paulo Medas explained how the world is handling coronavirus-induced debt to Al-Ahram Weekly.
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Business
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Energy
10/4/2021 2:46:40 PM
Achieving net-zero carbon emissions globally by 2050 requires additional global investments in the range of 0.6 to 1 percent of the annual global GDP over the next two decades, amounting to a cumulative $12 to $20 trillion, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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World
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Africa
9/23/2021 12:03:27 PM
'In Africa, fewer than 1 in 20 people are fully vaccinated. In Europe, one in two are fully vaccinated. This inequity is clearly unfair'
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Business
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Economy
9/16/2021 5:52:33 PM
The task force expressed concerns that without urgent steps the world is unlikely to achieve the target of vaccinating at least 40 percent of the population globally by end of 2021
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Business
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Economy
9/15/2021 3:24:22 PM
The MPC makes its decision according to the performance of the macroeconomic indices in the domestic market and globally, particularly the inflation readings
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Business
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Economy
9/13/2021 5:22:15 PM
The report comes in the wake of an announcement by the Bank of International Settlements and the central banks of Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and South Africa that they had started testing CBDCs for cross-border settlements
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Business
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Economy
9/5/2021 6:42:08 PM
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World
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International
8/30/2021 10:06:00 PM
Infections rates are ticking up globally again, as the highly transmissible Delta variant takes hold -- especially among the unvaccinated -- preying on populations where anti-virus measures have been relaxed
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Business
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Economy
8/19/2021 5:38:10 PM
Mastercard has pledged $250 million and committed to connect 50 million micro, small, and medium-sized businesses globally to the digital economy by 2025 using its technology, network, expertise, and resources
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World
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International
8/14/2021 5:57:46 PM
In late June, COVAX sent more than 530,000 doses to Britain - more than double the amount sent that month to Africa, where fewer than 2% of the population is immunized
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Business
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Economy
8/10/2021 5:29:22 PM
WBG said the support included $4.7 billion in newly approved financing for rolling out and distributing vaccines benefiting 54 countries
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World
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International
8/3/2021 3:21:04 PM
The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia
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World
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International
8/2/2021 10:31:46 AM
For months the WHO urged countries to prioritize immunizing refugees, placing them in the second priority group for at-risk people, alongside those with serious health conditions
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