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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/30/2023 11:37:44 AM
Asian and European markets mostly rose Thursday following a recent run-up, with banking sector worries easing and traders weighing central banks' interest rate plans in the wake of the recent turmoil.
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Sports
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World
3/29/2023 6:42:58 PM
Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men's Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday amid political turmoil regarding Israel's participation.
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World
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International
3/28/2023 11:26:19 PM
Pakistan announced Tuesday it will not participate in this week's US-led Summit for Democracy, a move seen in part as an effort by the impoverished Islamic nation to assuage longtime ally China, which was not invited.
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World
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Region
3/27/2023 3:17:29 PM
Months of turmoil in Israel over controversial judicial reforms that have sparked massive anti-government protests deepened on Monday as unions declared a strike and flights were suspended.
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Business
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Economy
3/26/2023 6:00:56 PM
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Sunday that risks to financial stability had increased and stressed "the need for vigilance" following the recent turmoil in the banking sector.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/23/2023 2:21:47 PM
Europe's stock markets opened lower Thursday before interest rate calls in Britain, Norway and Switzerland, after the US Federal Reserve hiked borrowing costs despite banking-sector turmoil.
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Business
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Economy
3/23/2023 12:59:36 PM
The Bank of England has focused on fighting inflation with an 11th consecutive interest rate increase despite concerns about the economic fallout from troubles in the global financial system
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Business
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Economy
3/21/2023 2:23:31 PM
The US banking sector is "stabilizing" after the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank rattled the industry, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will tell a summit Tuesday, according to prepared remarks.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/20/2023 10:20:50 AM
UBS is set to take over its troubled Swiss rival Credit Suisse for $3.25 billion following weekend crunch talks aimed at preventing a wider international banking crisis, but Asian equities sank Monday on lingering worries about the sector.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/19/2023 8:23:22 PM
Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking, Swiss President Alain Berset announced on Sunday night.
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Business
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Economy
3/16/2023 9:56:08 PM
Saudi finance officials on Thursday downplayed risks to the global banking sector after days of market turmoil fuelled by the implosion of two tech industry lenders and pressures on Credit Suisse.
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Business
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Energy
2/13/2023 5:58:32 PM
Russia said Monday its gas exports plummeted by 25 percent in 2022 after the Ukraine conflict brought turmoil to Moscow's ties with key buyers in Europe.
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World
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International
12/21/2022 11:36:47 PM
The UN Security Council called for Myanmar's junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday as it adopted its first ever resolution on the situation in the turmoil-ridden Southeast Asian country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/13/2022 8:35:17 PM
For several years, turmoil and unrest in West African countries has resulted from security breakdowns, political vacuums, domestic conflicts and deteriorating economic conditions.
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World
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Region
11/14/2022 9:53:40 PM
The European Union signed off Monday on a 100-million-euro ($103 million) grant to cash-strapped Tunisia, whose economy has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic and political turmoil.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/8/2022 9:17:28 PM
The government of new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is repeating the mistakes of earlier ones, adding to calls for early general elections, writes Ahmed Mustafa
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World
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International
11/7/2022 10:59:15 PM
An election year weighted by economic turmoil, elimination of federal abortion rights and broad concerns about the future of democracy concluded with a final full day of campaigning Monday by leaders of both parties urgently appealing to their supporters.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/6/2022 10:13:52 AM
The COP27 summit kicks off Sunday in Egypt with nearly 200 countries struggling to outpace increasingly dire climate impacts in a world upended by war and economic turmoil.
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World
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International
11/3/2022 9:17:33 PM
A French parliament session was thrown into turmoil Thursday after a far-right MP was accused of yelling "back to Africa" to a black colleague posing a question on migrant arrivals to the government.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
10/25/2022 8:19:07 PM
For several years, turmoil and unrest in West African countries has resulted from security breakdowns, political vacuums, domestic conflicts and deteriorating economic conditions.
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