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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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Business
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Markets & Companies
6/22/2023 9:58:32 PM
Telecommunication companies in Egypt have asked National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) to approve raising prices for their services in order to deal with rising operational costs, according to reports in local media.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/21/2023 6:03:00 PM
The fourth week of the National Dialogue saw sessions on laws regulating civil society organisations and the performance of local councils.
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Sports
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World
6/19/2023 1:11:23 PM
Thibaut Courtois has left Belgium's training camp ahead of a qualifying match for next year's European championships, amid reports in local media that the Real Madrid goalkeeper was frustrated not to be handed the captain's armband in the previous game.
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World
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Africa
6/17/2023 10:17:37 AM
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 farmers in northeast Nigeria, the latest attacks in the conflict-wracked region, local militias told AFP on Friday.
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World
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Region
6/15/2023 12:39:28 PM
A Palestinian was killed and a house was demolished Thursday in an Israeli army assault on the northern West Bank city of Nablus, WAFA reported citing medical and local sources.
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World
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Africa
6/14/2023 12:02:02 PM
More than 100 people have drowned in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said.
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Egypt
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Society
6/13/2023 5:47:20 PM
Renowned economist Gouda Abdel-Khalek has urged the government to end the policy of requisitioning portions of crops at "unfair prices" in order to encourage farmers to produce more and sell to the state.
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