Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/30/2023 1:27:00 PM
Enacting two proven educational policies across the poorer half of the world now would radically improve children’s learning and bring major economic benefits.
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Business
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Economy
5/28/2023 1:02:03 PM
France is in "very close talks" with debt rating agency Standard and Poor's, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday, after a downgrade from rival Fitch reignited government finance concerns in the EU's second-largest economy.
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Life & Style
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Health
5/21/2023 10:52:18 AM
One billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera — a “pandemic killing the poor” — despite prevention and treatment being relatively straightforward, the United Nations warned .
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Life & Style
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Health
5/17/2023 10:19:54 PM
Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired growth and development, micro-nutrient deficiencies, noncommunicable and infectious diseases, and mental illness. Globally, one in ten people are affected by food-borne diseases each year.
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Business
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Economy
5/1/2023 6:00:55 PM
Standard & Poor (S&P) Global Ratings has revised its outlooks on the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Banque Misr, and Commercial International Bank (CIB) to negative from stable.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
4/30/2023 10:35:49 PM
Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting engulfed Sudan’s capital.
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Sports
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World
4/27/2023 8:02:00 PM
Borussia Dortmund travel 20 kilometres to local rivals Bochum on Friday, knowing a win will take them one step closer to a first Bundesliga title in over a decade.
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World
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International
4/27/2023 11:36:01 AM
Some 90 percent of young women and teenage girls in the world's poorest countries have no access to the internet, a United Nations report published Wednesday said.
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Business
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Economy
4/22/2023 4:36:17 PM
Egyptian Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said on Saturday that external pressures on the country’s economy are behind the recent lowering of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) economic outlook for Egypt from stable to negative.
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World
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Region
4/13/2023 10:55:26 AM
A severe drought in North Africa has left Tunisian farmers bracing for a catastrophically poor harvest, imperilling food security in the cash-strapped country.
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Business
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Economy
4/4/2023 12:41:42 PM
Egypt’s headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the non-oil private sector fell slightly in March to 46.7, down from 46.9 seen in February, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global said on Tuesday.
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Sports
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Egyptian Football
3/26/2023 11:42:25 PM
Zamalek poor results this season continue as the club slumped to a heavy 3-0 defeat to NBE Club on Sunday in the League Cup to exit the competition from the round of 16.
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World
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Region
3/22/2023 10:33:02 AM
At least 10 soldiers were killed in renewed fighting in Yemen, military sources told AFP, despite diplomatic efforts to halt the long-running war in the Arab world's poorest country.
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Sports
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Egyptian Football
3/19/2023 4:16:36 PM
Ahly has suffered a poor run in the CAF Champions’ League group stage so far, leaving them no option except to beat their host Al-Hilal of Sudan in the final round on 1 April to march on in the continental tournament.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/18/2023 6:28:52 PM
An unprecedented wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty was extended just before its expiration date, officials said Saturday.
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World
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Region
3/14/2023 8:29:26 PM
Saudi Arabia and Iran's surprise rapprochement is no "magic wand" for Yemen, analysts say, warning there are no easy solutions for the complex conflict in the Arab world's poorest country.
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World
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Region
3/9/2023 8:38:45 PM
Just $1.4 billion in new loans and grants were promised at a UN summit devoted to the world's poorest nations where UN leader Antonio Guterres had appealed for massive aid, officials said Thursday.
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World
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International
3/7/2023 11:35:42 AM
Worn down by growing debt and a barrage of crises, leaders of the world's poorest countries have stepped up calls for the rules governing handouts of billions of dollars to be rewritten.
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Business
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Economy
3/5/2023 6:53:03 PM
Egypt’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the non-oil private sector upped slightly in February to 46.9 from 45.5 seen in January, remaining below the 50 neutral mark, Standard and Poor's (S&P) Global said on Sunday.
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World
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International
3/4/2023 10:37:45 AM
UN leader Antonio Guterres on Saturday slammed the world's rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with "predatory" interest rates and crippling fuel prices.
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