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World
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Region
8/23/2022 3:00:16 PM
Telecom price hikes in Lebanon have slashed the number of emergency callers to aid hotlines, limiting access to relief services at a time of unprecedented economic crisis, Mercy Corps said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Politics
8/18/2022 11:24:56 PM
In a meeting with Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mahmoud Mohieldin and newly-appoint acting governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Hassan Abdallah, Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that the main priorities of the government currently are to guarantee the stability of the economy and reduce the negative impact of the global economic crisis.
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World
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Region
8/11/2022 9:20:29 PM
Iraq has agreed to renew a one-year deal to provide Lebanon with fuel for its power plants in exchange for in-kind services, Lebanon's Prime Minister said in a statement Thursday.
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World
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International
8/5/2022 6:37:50 PM
A British cabinet member admitted Friday "I don't know where Boris is" as the prime minister checked out on holiday, in a week that saw the Bank of England warn a year-long recession is coming.
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World
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Region
8/4/2022 9:38:50 AM
Lebanon marks two years Thursday since an apocalyptic blast in Beirut port killed over 200 people, destroyed a large chunk of the city and deepened a painful economic crisis.
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World
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International
7/31/2022 10:40:47 AM
Pakistan's powerful army chief has contacted Washington, seeking U.S. help in securing an early release of a crucial $1.7 billion installment from the International Monetary Fund to his country, struggling with a deepening economic crisis, Pakistani officials said Saturday.
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Egypt
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Society
7/28/2022 1:06:52 PM
Egypt’s National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW) has allocated around EGP 2.4 billion to support 400,000 impoverished families on a monthly basis over one year amid the current global economic crisis, a statement by the alliance read on Wednesday.
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World
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International
7/17/2022 11:56:49 AM
Sri Lanka's protest movement reached its 100th day Sunday having forced one president from office and now turning its sights on his successor as the country's economic crisis continues.
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World
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International
7/11/2022 1:52:55 PM
Millions of rupees in cash left behind by Sri Lanka's president when he fled his official residence was handed over to a court Monday after being turned in by protesters, police said as a succession battle got under way.
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World
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International
7/10/2022 12:51:28 PM
Sri Lanka's opposition political parties will meet Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country's president and prime minister offered to resign in the most dramatic day of months long political turmoil, with protesters storming both leaders' homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the economic crisis.
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World
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International
7/9/2022 4:04:04 PM
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president's residence and office.
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World
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International
7/9/2022 12:55:16 PM
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, stormed and overran the compound.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
7/6/2022 2:01:57 PM
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said Wednesday that he had a telephone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to request credit support to import fuel for the island nation that is facing its worst economic crisis in memory.
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World
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Region
6/30/2022 11:11:15 AM
Activists in Sudan have called for mass rallies Thursday to demand the reversal of an October military takeover that prompted foreign governments to slash aid, deepening a chronic economic crisis.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/27/2022 9:45:49 PM
Cairo University’s Faculty of Economy and Political Studies (FEPS) launched on Monday a three-day conference on the impacts of the global economic crisis on Egypt, the country’s sustainable development, structural transformation, and young people empowerment.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/25/2022 3:14:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi emphasised that addressing the repercussions of the current economic crisis must not be at the expense of supporting the achievement of sustainable development in developing and least developed countries.
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World
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Region
6/20/2022 10:56:37 PM
Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday said Lebanon was ready to expel Syrian refugees living in the country if the international community does not work to repatriate them.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/15/2022 4:30:00 PM
National political dialogue is needed now more than ever to withstand a perfect maelstrom of economic and political challenges.
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Business
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Economy
6/4/2022 11:17:49 AM
Egypt’s Finance Minister Mohamed Maait and his Qatari counterpart Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kawary affirmed the importance of boosting bilateral cooperation amid the current global economic crisis in order to mitigate its impact on citizens.
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World
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International
5/16/2022 6:53:46 PM
Sri Lanka's new prime minister on Monday proposed privatizing the country's loss-making national airline as part of reforms aimed at solving the country worst economic crisis in decades.
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