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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/30/2021 10:52:52 PM
Ongoing fuel shortages will mean a cold winter for many in Lebanon, with imports of diesel by the Shia group Hizbullah unlikely to remedy the situation,
writes Rita Boulos Chahwan
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
11/22/2021 9:03:26 PM
Egypt and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has been named among the shortlist for the FIFA Best Player of the Year Award 2021 in a list published by the World governing body on Monday.
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Sports
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World
11/20/2021 11:01:56 AM
Concerns about two cryptocurrency companies led to two of Europe's leading soccer clubs, Barcelona and Manchester City, dropping short-lived sponsorship agreements on Friday.
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World
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Region
11/19/2021 3:44:17 PM
More than 28,000 Afghans have applied for temporary admission into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons since shortly before the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan and sparked a chaotic U.S. withdrawal, but only about 100 of them have been approved, according to federal officials.
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World
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International
11/17/2021 11:46:23 AM
The United States and China have agreed to ease restrictions on journalist visas shortly after a long-awaited virtual summit between its two leaders, with Beijing on Wednesday calling the move a "hard-won" achievement.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Entre nous
11/16/2021 9:26:35 PM
Though vacuum bags can save a huge amount of space, they are damaging to items made from natural fibres such as silk or wool. Vacuum bags are good only for short period storing.
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Sports
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World
11/15/2021 10:08:39 PM
Former Liverpool and England striker Andy Carroll joined Championship club Reading on a short-term contract on Monday.
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World
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International
11/15/2021 7:12:33 PM
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged Russia on Monday to be more transparent about its military activities near Ukraine but he stopped short of suggesting that Moscow might be preparing to invade its former Soviet neighbor.
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World
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Region
11/13/2021 11:31:53 PM
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the world was still on the precipice of "catastrophe" after nations reached a global climate deal Saturday that fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous warming.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
11/13/2021 3:38:45 PM
A film by Omar Abo screens at the inaugural edition of Blink Film Festival run by Action for Hope running under the umbrella of Culture Resource.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/9/2021 8:39:39 PM
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party has been playing on hostility to Syrian refugees as a way of directing attention away from its own shortcomings,
writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
11/2/2021 10:54:54 PM
Sea freight prices have been reaching new highs, leading to shortages or increased prices of commodities, reports
Khaled El-Ghamry
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Business
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Economy
11/2/2021 12:10:00 PM
China said it has increased daily coal production by over one million tonnes, easing its energy shortage as world leaders gather in Britain for climate talks billed as one of the last chances to avert catastrophic global warming.
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World
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International
10/31/2021 4:02:15 PM
G20 leaders meeting in Rome on Sunday committed to the key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and pledged action on the use of coal, but fell short on a target of zero emissions, according to a final draft communique.
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World
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Region
10/28/2021 6:59:24 PM
China on Thursday submitted a renewed emissions cutting plan that promised to peak carbon pollution before 2030 but which experts said stopped short of the radical decarbonisation required of the world's largest polluter.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
10/27/2021 6:19:52 PM
A Moscow-bound EgyptAir flight returned to the Egyptian capital shortly after takeoff Wednesday after a threatening message was found onboard, authorities said.
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World
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Region
10/20/2021 7:01:04 PM
A rare bombing of an army bus in Damascus and government shelling shortly after of a town in rebel-held northwest Syria killed at least 27 people Wednesday, in the deadliest flare-up in months.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/20/2021 5:49:43 PM
Tehran's International Short Film Festival opened this week, for the first time as an Oscar-qualifying event, giving winning entries a shot at an Academy Award.
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Business
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Energy
10/19/2021 11:55:00 AM
Power shortages are turning out streetlights and shutting down factories in China. The poor in Brazil are choosing between paying for food or electricity. German corn and wheat farmers can't find fertilizer, made using natural gas. And fears are rising that Europe will have to ration electricity if it's a cold winter.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
10/13/2021 12:36:26 AM
A global shortage of microchips has caused a swerve in Egypt’s auto industry, reports Khaled El-Ghamry
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