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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/24/2022 8:59:00 PM
President Joe Biden and Western allies pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid on Thursday in response to Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine, but their offers fell short of the more robust military assistance that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for in a pair of live-video appearances.
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World
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International
3/24/2022 8:39:00 PM
In an interview with Al-Ahram, Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University, warns of a new iron curtain that Europe will witness and anticipates the dimensions of the economic crisis that has begun to afflict the world, the future of the dollar, and the impact of sanctions on Russia and the West.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/24/2022 7:26:00 PM
The West has not signalled that it is ready to engage Russia diplomatically to end the war in Ukraine, instead turning the conflict into an all-out confrontation.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/24/2022 6:37:50 PM
Germany's foreign minister says Europe needs to beware of Russian efforts to destabilize the Western Balkans against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.
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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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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/24/2022 3:22:13 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden and world leaders opened a trio of emergency summits on Thursday with a sober warning from NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that the alliance must boost its defenses to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine and "respond to a new security reality in Europe.''
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Sports
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World
3/24/2022 11:38:51 AM
The British government will allow Chelsea to sell some tickets again after easing the terms of its sanctioning license, ensuring the Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid is not played at an empty Stamford Bridge while denying the west London club the ability to gain financially.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/24/2022 9:08:21 AM
As the war in Ukraine grinds into a second month, President Joe Biden and Western allies are gathering to chart a path to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin while tending to the economic and security fallout that's spreading across Europe and the world.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/23/2022 10:05:35 PM
A top US official said Wednesday that new sanctions will be announced against Russian "political figures" and wealthy elites close to President Vladimir Putin known as oligarchs.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/23/2022 2:03:47 PM
Even before Air Force One touches down in Brussels to bring President Joe Biden to three Ukraine summits on Thursday, Western allies have already found what they are looking for _ that all too rare sense of unity.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/21/2022 7:40:27 PM
Amazon plans to expand its investments in Egypt in 2022 and beyond, targeting to construct new warehouses in west and east Cairo, Alexandria and Banha, and to open a new customer service centre in Cairo, Amazon Egypt’s General Manager Omar Elsahy told Ahram Online on Monday during an online press briefing.
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World
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Africa
3/21/2022 12:47:21 PM
Thirteen soldiers have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in eastern Burkina Faso, the armed forces said Monday, amid a surge of violence.
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Sports
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World
3/20/2022 9:45:32 PM
Son Heung-min fired Tottenham to a crucial 3-1 win against West Ham as the South Korean's double lifted his side within three points of the Premier League's top four on Sunday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/20/2022 3:02:00 PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday urged China to join Western nations in condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/20/2022 9:52:37 AM
Ukraine's southern port city of Mariupol was again the site of intense combat on Saturday as Russian forces bombarded the city, damaging a major steel plant. One local police officer pleaded to the West for help, saying Mariupol has been ``wiped off the face of the earth.''
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/19/2022 10:39:38 PM
At least two people were killed and 15 others were injured after a truck collided with a microbus on the Cairo-Assiut Western Desert road in the north of the Fayoum governorate Saturday, according to local reports.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/19/2022 10:20:12 PM
Ukraine on Saturday called on China to join the West in condemning "Russian barbarism", after the US warned Beijing of consequences if it backed Moscow's attack on the country.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/19/2022 7:51:12 PM
Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine's besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western help.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/19/2022 10:28:28 AM
Russia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine on Friday to destroy a weapons storage site in the country's west, the defence ministry said.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/18/2022 2:01:30 PM
Russian forces struck Ukrainian cities from a distance again on Friday, hitting sites in the capital Kyiv and the country's west as their ground offensive inched forward under fierce Ukrainian resistance.
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