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International
11/28/2023 9:58:53 PM
Pope Francis has cancelled his upcoming trip to Dubai for the COP28 climate talks after advice from doctors concerned about his recent flu-like symptoms, the Vatican said Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
11/27/2023 6:39:26 PM
Egypt doesn’t collect the value-added tax (VAT) in foreign currency on imports but on goods and services that are typically paid for in foreign currency, said Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait on Monday, according to a Cabinet statement.
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World
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International
11/25/2023 12:48:19 PM
Pope Francis canceled his scheduled activities Saturday due to "light flu symptoms" a week ahead of a key climate address he is due to make in Dubai.
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Egypt
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Health
10/30/2023 10:36:55 AM
Egypt’s parliament – the House of Representatives – approved on Sunday a government-drafted amendment to the 2016 VAT law to impose a tax of EGP 0.50 on tobacco products sold on the local market.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/27/2023 9:05:05 PM
Amid the latest bloodshed in the Middle East, Pope Francis led special Friday evening prayers in St. Peter’s Basilica for a world “in a dark hour” and in “great danger” from what he described as the folly of war.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/26/2023 5:06:11 PM
Pope Francis spoke to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday about the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, emphasising the importance of a two-state solution, the Vatican said.
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Business
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Economy
10/11/2023 3:03:47 PM
Egypt's elevated debt in FY2023/2024 is the result of several factors, including high spending on interest rates, Ruud De Mooij, deputy director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told Ahram Online.
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World
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International
10/2/2023 9:54:44 AM
Five conservative cardinals from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas have challenged Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination ahead of a big Vatican meeting where such hot-button issues are up for debate.
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World
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International
9/30/2023 1:01:39 PM
Pope Francis presided over a ceremony Saturday to create 21 new cardinals, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/18/2023 8:04:57 PM
Pope Francis met on Monday with the new Russian ambassador to the Vatican, who said they discussed the pontiff's efforts to bring peace to Ukraine.
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World
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International
9/1/2023 2:27:40 PM
Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities.
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Business
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Economy
8/6/2023 11:00:27 PM
Travelers to Egypt have brought around 600 kilograms of gold from abroad under a national decree exempting gold from customs duties and other fees except for value-added tax (VAT), an advisor to the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/29/2023 5:26:00 PM
New head of the Egyptian Tax Authority Fayez Al-Dabaani explains plans to achieve Egypt’s targeted tax revenues.
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Business
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Economy
6/25/2023 5:51:03 PM
The Gold Division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce announced on Sunday raising the gold processing fees for gold jewellery by 10 percent as of 1 July.
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World
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International
6/25/2023 3:26:44 PM
Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the family of a teenager who went missing 40 years ago this week, an intervention her brother hailed as a sign the Vatican was finally engaging seriously with its most famous cold case.
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World
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International
6/14/2023 3:00:47 PM
Pope Francis, who has been recovering from abdominal surgery in a Rome hospital, will be discharged "in the next few days", the Vatican said Wednesday.
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World
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International
6/13/2023 2:05:37 PM
Two climate protesters who glued themselves to the base of an ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums have been ordered to pay damages of 28,000 euros ($30,250), activists said Tuesday.
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World
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International
6/8/2023 10:09:56 PM
Pope Francis drank liquids, received the Eucharist and even made a brief phone call Thursday on his first full day recovering from a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the Vatican said.
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World
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International
6/7/2023 7:56:59 PM
Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital for abdominal surgery on Wednesday afternoon after developing a painful hernia linked to a 2021 operation to remove a significant portion of his large intestine, the Vatican said.
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World
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International
6/7/2023 2:44:12 PM
Pope Francis will undergo an operation for an abdominal hernia on Wednesday at a Rome hospital, where he is expected to stay for "several days", the Vatican said.
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