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Business
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Markets & Companies
4/4/2022 3:36:20 PM
Elon Musk has taken a major stake in Twitter, regulatory filings showed Monday, sending the social media network's stock soaring and igniting speculation he could seek an active role in its operations.
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Egypt
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Society
4/2/2022 4:18:36 PM
Ibrahim Hisham, a 64-year old environmental consultant, was preparing free takeaways as fast-breaking meals for the less fortunate in his Giza neighbourhood, as he has done over the past two years in lieu of the suspended Ramadan Iftar banquets due to the coronavirus related precautions.
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Sports
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World
4/1/2022 7:47:19 PM
The 2022 World Cup draw has Spain facing Germany, England taking on the USA and reigning champions France meeting Denmark in the group stage as the focus turned to the football after a number of off-field issues dominated the leadup to the awarding of the tournament.
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Egypt
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Society
4/1/2022 6:30:00 PM
It is the time of the year where Ramadan merchandise from lanterns to decorations invade Egypt’s streets; despite overcoming the coronavirus pandemic, the recent surge in prices nationwide is taking its toll.
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World
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Region
3/29/2022 3:15:55 PM
Gulf Arab states were to gather for a summit Tuesday about the yearslong war in Yemen, which the country's Houthi rebels are boycotting because it's taking place in Saudi Arabia, their adversary in the conflict.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/28/2022 5:48:07 PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson affirmed on Monday in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi the UK’s keenness to continue cooperating with Egypt in its efforts to confront climate change and any measures it takes to boost the economy.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/28/2022 9:57:54 AM
Producers of the Oscars, arguably the most prestigious prizes of the entertainment awards circuit, on Sunday turned to music's top names including Beyonce, Billie Eilish and Megan Thee Stallion to drum up ailing ratings.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
3/27/2022 4:51:06 PM
Newly formed Egyptian band Takht El-Sellem are gearing up for a Ramadan vibes event with a performance at Room Art Space Garden City on Saturday 9 April.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/25/2022 12:09:00 PM
International interest in Lebanon has waned due to the Russian war in Ukraine, with this taking an economic and political toll as elections approach in May, writes Al-Ahram Weekly
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/24/2022 9:27:40 PM
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said Thursday that forces from his Russian region had taken control of the city hall in Ukraine's besieged southeastern port of Mariupol and hoisted the Russian flag.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/24/2022 7:24:01 PM
A White House official says the U.S. is trying to help its Eastern European allies by taking in up to 100,000 of the 3.5 million Ukrainians refugees who have fled Russia's invasion of their country.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/24/2022 5:52:01 PM
Ukraine's car parts industry, which supplies many vehicle manufacturers in western European, has taken a battering since the Russian invasion one month ago.
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Egypt
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Society
3/23/2022 2:10:46 PM
Women constitute 74 percent of the total beneficiaries of the Takaful and Karama (‘Solidarity and Dignity’) Programme, said Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine El-Qabbaj, adding that the programme has been able to issue identification papers for 850,000 mothers and daughters and double compensation for the mothers of martyrs.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/22/2022 8:07:35 PM
The establishment of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights was a watershed moment in the protection of human rights in the country, writes Laila Takla
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
3/22/2022 7:42:07 PM
Key encounters in the Ukraine war are taking place in cyberspace, with major technology companies around the world taking up positions on the Russian military operations, writes
Abdel-Meguid Abul-Ela
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/21/2022 10:38:13 PM
The new US ambassador to Germany on Monday accused China of taking President Vladimir Putin's side in the Ukraine conflict as Beijing refuses to condemn Russia over the crisis.
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World
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Africa
3/21/2022 5:07:09 PM
More than 80 percent of Sudan's wheat imports are at risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an aid group warns, exacerbating economic and humanitarian crises that deepened after last year's military takeover.
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Sports
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World
3/21/2022 11:12:17 AM
Socceroos head coach Graham Arnold has been fined 25,000 Australian dollars ($18,500) for taking a walk on a Sydney beach while he was supposed to be self isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/20/2022 6:26:16 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday renewed his plea for talks with his Russian counterpart, taking to US television to say negotiations were the only way to "end this war."
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/20/2022 6:18:07 PM
The Mariupol City Council has issued a statement claiming that its residents are being evacuated to Russia against their will and one Ukrainian lawmaker says those people are being taken for forced labor in remote parts of Russia.
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