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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
9/2/2023 9:40:00 AM
In spite of the economic, fiscal, and financial reforms that the country has embarked on since signing the loan deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in October last year, Egypt is still muddling through a myriad of economic challenges.
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World
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International
8/29/2023 6:17:49 PM
With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own.
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World
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International
8/25/2023 5:36:03 PM
The United Nations children’s agency on Friday warned that a year on from Pakistan's devastating floods, an estimated 4 million children continue to need humanitarian assistance and access to essential services as a shortage of funds remains a hurdle in recovery.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/24/2023 7:30:00 PM
Despite adopting various unconventional means to attract dollar funds, these may be insufficient to cover Egypt’s needs for hard currency.
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Business
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Economy
8/24/2023 3:49:04 PM
Global fossil fuel subsidies reached $7 trillion in 2022, or 7.1 percent of the global GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/24/2023 12:05:55 AM
Egypt’s Assistant Minister of Justice for Media Affairs Mahmoud El-Sherif has emphasized that the ministry is committed to offering comprehensive support and assistance for the execution of the rulings made by the investigative judge in the 2011 “foreign funding case”.
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Business
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Economy
8/23/2023 7:29:36 PM
Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at survival, are pushing for a recovery that would sidestep tough reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/22/2023 7:50:56 PM
A judge investigating the 2011 case on foreign funding of civil society organizations has dropped charges against 75 NGOs, ending travel bans and asset freezes, Egypt’s Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
8/21/2023 3:41:00 PM
The crisis in Niger, whose president was overthrown on July 26, is amplifying risks for millions of vulnerable youngsters, the UN's children's fund said.
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Business
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Economy
8/21/2023 3:33:08 PM
Companies in Egypt can now issue multiple sukuk with single approval from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), according to the recent amendments to the Capital Market Law (CML) by the Egyptian Cabinet.
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Business
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Economy
8/20/2023 2:09:59 PM
The Egyptian government has increased allocations to special funds and accounts in governorates, except for Cairo, by 32 percent for the fiscal year 2023/2024, in order to make payroll for state employees, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said Sunday.
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COP27
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Climate change
8/19/2023 9:54:09 AM
Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, has stressed the importance of blended finance for climate and development action that combines domestic, external, public and private sources of funding.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/17/2023 3:24:00 PM
Israel is worried about understandings between the US and Iran that recently resulted in an agreement on the exchange of prisoners and the release of frozen funds from Iranian oil revenues.
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Business
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Economy
8/15/2023 2:45:02 PM
The Ministry of Finance has inked a $500 million five-year financing agreement with the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX), a financial arm of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), to finance wheat imports.
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World
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Region
8/12/2023 10:13:06 AM
The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement this week that will eventually see five detained Americans in Iran and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the US released from custody after billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets are transferred from banks in South Korea to Qatar.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
8/7/2023 8:20:26 PM
Azimut Egypt is considering launching an investment fund for Egyptian expats to attract subscriptions in foreign currency, Ahmed Abou El-Saad, CEO & Managing Director of Azimut Egypt, said in a statement on Monday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/6/2023 9:43:00 AM
In this column and elsewhere, I have spoken frequently about reform in the Arab region and how it was a response to the violence, anarchy and terrorist fundamentalism ushered in by the so-called Arab Spring.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
8/5/2023 5:32:00 PM
The conflict in Sudan has left 24 million people — half the country’s population — in need of food and other assistance, but only 2.5 million have received aid because of vicious fighting and a lack of funding, two senior U.N. officials said Friday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/2/2023 6:13:00 PM
Palestinian factions meeting in Egypt earlier this week reaffirmed the fundamental principles of the Palestinian cause.
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Egypt
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Society
8/1/2023 5:19:07 PM
Nile University has announced that it will offer fully-funded scholarships to 70 outstanding Egypt's Thanaweya Amma students – high school students – during the 2023-2024 academic year, the university President Wael Akl said on Tuesday.
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