World
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Region
9/19/2023 11:00:39 AM
As President Joe Biden prepares to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week in New York, a new poll finds that while Americans generally view Israel as a partner or ally, many question whether his far-right government shares American values.
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Business
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Economy
9/13/2023 5:05:39 PM
Egypt will begin cleaning and rehabilitating the Kitchener Drain, one of the country’s largest and most-polluted agricultural canals, within months, Minister of Local Development Hesham Amna said on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/12/2023 8:00:19 PM
The presence of the AU in G20 gatherings will be a chance to press wealthy nations, and the world’s worst polluters, to keep their word, instead of simply delivering well-crafted speeches with lots of hot air.
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World
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International
9/10/2023 11:06:48 AM
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said he was seeking allies Sunday in his bid for re-election, a day after trailing in a first round of polls without an outright winner.
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World
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International
9/9/2023 3:31:27 PM
G20 leaders meeting Saturday failed to commit to a phase-out of polluting fossil fuels, a requirement deemed "indispensable" just a day earlier by the United Nations to achieve a net-zero goal.
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World
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International
8/28/2023 4:15:41 PM
President Joe Biden is “old” and “confused,” and former President Donald Trump is “corrupt” and “dishonest.” Those are among the top terms Americans use when they’re asked to describe the Democrat in the White House and the Republican best positioned to face him in next year’s election.
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World
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Africa
8/26/2023 10:47:40 PM
Internet access was cut and a nightly curfew announced in Gabon Saturday as polling stations closed in triple election, in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that has ruled for 55 years, sought victory over a newly united opposition.
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Egypt
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Politics
8/22/2023 1:02:26 PM
The National Election Authority (NEA) has affirmed that it is finalizing the logistical groundwork to conduct Egypt's presidential elections, slated to take place by the end of this year.
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Sports
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Omni sports
8/20/2023 2:42:53 PM
The swimming stage of a triathlon in Paris's Seine River was cancelled on Sunday due to pollution, organisers announced, raising further questions about holding competitions there during the 2024 Olympics.
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Sports
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Omni sports
8/19/2023 4:23:04 PM
Pollution levels in the Seine river forced the cancellation of Saturday's test event for the para-triathlon at the Paris Olympics.
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Sports
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Omni sports
8/6/2023 2:41:07 PM
Excessive pollution in Paris' Seine River forced organisers to cancel a pre-Olympics test swimming competition due to take place on Sunday, the sport's international federation said.
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World
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International
7/30/2023 1:06:00 PM
Wildlife enthusiasts across Britain are being encouraged to log sightings of butterflies and some moths, as the world's largest annual survey of the increasingly endangered pollinating insects returns.
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World
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International
7/23/2023 10:51:25 PM
Voting closed in Spain's closely watched snap election Sunday which was expected to oust the left and bring in the right-wing Popular Party, which will likely need support from the far right to govern.
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World
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International
7/23/2023 10:51:52 AM
Spanish voters headed to the polls Sunday to decide whether to hand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or, as polls suggest, bring the right back to power with its far-right ally.
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World
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International
7/22/2023 10:42:52 AM
Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government.
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World
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International
7/20/2023 4:48:13 PM
Voters went to the polls Thursday in three electoral districts of England, with the governing Conservative Party braced for a drubbing over a cost-of-living crisis and a morale-sapping string of political scandals.
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World
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International
7/9/2023 2:33:01 PM
Polling stations opened in Uzbekistan at 8:00am (0300 GMT) Sunday for a presidential election set to hand the incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the Central Asian state.
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World
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International
7/8/2023 1:49:55 PM
Voters across Uzbekistan are preparing to exercise their democratic rights by heading to the polls Sunday in the early presidential elections, called by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev following the adoption of the new constitution through a referendum in May.
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World
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International
6/26/2023 10:35:53 AM
Forest fires in Canada left Montreal blanketed with smog on Sunday, giving it the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a pollution monitor.
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World
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International
6/25/2023 10:20:21 AM
Greek voters head to the polls again Sunday in an election where conservative front-runner Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term and an absolute parliamentary majority to form a "stable government".
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