Business
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Markets & Companies
7/25/2023 2:30:10 PM
The National Service Projects Organization (NSPO), an army entity, acquired a 20% stake in local energy company TAQA Arabia for EGP 1.63 billion ($52.75 million) Egypt's bourse announced on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
7/24/2023 3:42:44 PM
Yazaki, a Japanese car parts supplier, has signed an agreement with the Governor of Fayoum to allocate land for a new factory that will be constructed by the company's local subsidiary using 30 million euros ($33.27 million) in investments, according to a statement by the Egyptian cabinet on Monday.
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World
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Region
7/24/2023 1:52:21 PM
13 Palestinians were injured during an Israeli army raid Monday on Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported citing the Ministry of Health and local sources.
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World
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Africa
7/23/2023 7:16:43 PM
At least 80,000 people have been displaced in three months of intercommunal violence in a north central Nigerian state, a local official said, as the army reinforced security to end the clashes.
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World
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International
7/23/2023 6:18:44 PM
Locals and tourists fled hotspots on the Greek island of Rhodes on Sunday, as firefighters battled a blaze that had sparked the country's largest-ever fire evacuation.
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Business
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Economy
7/22/2023 11:05:43 PM
Sri Lanka is considering the possibility of allowing the use of the Indian rupee for local transactions, as the island nation struggles to build its depleted foreign reserves and to emerge from last year’s unprecedented economic crisis.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
7/22/2023 2:29:04 PM
At least 16 civilians have been killed by rocket fire that hit their houses in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, a local lawyers' union said Saturday.
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World
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Region
7/19/2023 7:01:10 PM
A court in Iran has given a prominent actress a suspended two-year prison sentence for failing to wear the compulsory hijab headscarf in public, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Business
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Economy
7/17/2023 9:53:55 PM
Regional fintech event Seamless North Africa has kicked off in Egypt's New Cairo with the participation of over 4,000 from international, regional, and local financial and banking institutions, according to an official statement on Monday.
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World
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Region
7/17/2023 8:40:37 PM
A Lebanon judge on Monday ordered the seizure of embattled central bank governor Riad Salameh's properties pending a local investigation into his wealth, a judicial official told AFP.
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World
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Region
7/16/2023 2:00:46 PM
Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 10 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, on Saturday night and Sunday, according to local sources and witnesses cited by Palestinian News Agency WAFA.
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Sports
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Africa
7/12/2023 12:42:00 PM
Former Arsenal and Nigeria forward Nwankwo Kanu has been appointed chairman of Nigerian league champions Enyimba, a local government official said.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
7/9/2023 6:48:22 PM
The Egyptian Exchange's indices (EGX) sharply declined on Sunday, following the listing of local energy giant TAQA Arabia, whose stock value surged by 83.591 percent in the first session. Meanwhile, gold exhibited marginal signs of recovery.
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World
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Region
7/8/2023 12:50:30 PM
A grenade attack and gun battle in Iran's southeast near Pakistan left four assailants and two Iranian policemen dead on Saturday, local media said.
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World
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Region
7/6/2023 12:12:56 PM
Two explosions were heard in a disputed area of southern Lebanon where the borders of Syria, Lebanon and Israel meet, but the nature of Thursday's blasts or if rockets fired from Lebanon caused them was not immediately clear, local media and security officials said.
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World
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International
7/5/2023 1:35:57 PM
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog tried to reassure local residents and representatives on Wednesday that the planned release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant is safe.
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World
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International
7/3/2023 7:01:12 PM
Crowds gathered at town halls across France Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of violence touched off by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in suburban Paris.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/28/2023 5:55:38 PM
Ukrainian authorities arrested on Wednesday a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 10 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in east Ukraine.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/25/2023 12:16:47 PM
Wagner fighters were leaving Russia's southern Voronezh region Sunday, the local governor said, after the group halted a dramatic rebellion to bring down Russia's top brass and U-turned on a march to Moscow.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
6/24/2023 3:31:40 PM
Egypt’s steel production has slowed since the beginning of the year as a result of a foreign currency shortage and a decline in local demand, two board members from the Chamber of Metallurgical Industries (CMI) at the Federation of Egyptian Industries told Ahram Online.
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