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World
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Africa
3/20/2023 5:48:55 PM
Malawi faces increased risk of a surge in cholera cases following the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy that has destroyed water systems and toilets, the health ministry warned Monday.
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World
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International
3/20/2023 2:59:29 PM
With half the world experiencing water scarcity for at least part of the year, the huge dams being built by some countries to boost their power supplies while their neighbours go parched are a growing source of potential conflict.
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World
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International
3/20/2023 12:48:58 PM
Global stock markets sank Monday after Swiss authorities arranged the takeover of troubled Credit Suisse amid fears of a global banking crisis ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting to decide on more possible interest rate hikes.
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World
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International
3/20/2023 11:02:13 AM
With water scarce in some places, in excess elsewhere, polluted or otherwise problematic, the United Nations addresses this week a global crisis that has been long overlooked even as the welfare of billions of people is at stake.
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World
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Africa
3/20/2023 10:37:52 AM
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas Monday to disperse demonstrators gathered in Nairobi for a day of action called by the opposition to protest the country's punishing cost of living crisis, AFP correspondents said.
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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
3/19/2023 2:58:27 PM
Egypt decided to withdraw from the decades-old United Nations Grains Trade Convention (GTC) because it had not received the desired benefits from the agreement during the Ukraine-Russia crisis, announced Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi on Saturday.
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Business
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Economy
3/18/2023 1:41:16 PM
Troubled Credit Suisse has two days to reassure before the markets open Monday with the specter of a new turbulent week in global finance looming.
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Business
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Economy
3/15/2023 6:56:02 PM
Britain on Wednesday unveiled a budget aimed at tackling a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked a fresh wave of public sector strikes.
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World
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Region
3/14/2023 11:17:07 AM
The Lebanese pound sank to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market Tuesday, foreign exchange dealers said, as banks in the crisis-hit country resumed an open-ended strike.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/13/2023 9:15:37 PM
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Monday the importance of reviving the political process and settling the crisis in Syria as soon as possible in accordance with relevant international resolutions, most importantly UN Security resolution 2254.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/13/2023 2:03:33 PM
The United Nations and Russia began talks Monday on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal, which has helped ease the global food crisis triggered by Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/11/2023 4:08:26 PM
Regulators rushed Friday to seize the assets of one of Silicon Valley's top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago.
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Sports
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World
3/11/2023 3:52:52 PM
The BBC faced an escalating crisis Saturday over its suspension of former soccer star and program host Gary Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's new asylum policy.
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World
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International
3/11/2023 10:23:15 AM
Three years since the Covid pandemic began, nearly 200 prominent world figures called on Saturday for the vaccine inequity seen during the crisis to be relegated to history.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/10/2023 8:07:00 PM
Karam Said keeps up with the most recent development on the Turkish elections scene.
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Business
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Economy
3/6/2023 6:39:52 PM
Africa, which comprises 71 percent of the world's least developed countries, faces many development challenges related to food security primarily due to the geopolitical crisis facing Eastern Europe, said Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat in her speech delivered on behalf of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Monday.
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World
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Region
3/6/2023 5:05:59 PM
A Lebanese judge has summoned central bank governor Riad Salameh for questioning next week, a judicial official said Monday, as the crisis-hit country advances an embezzlement probe parallel to European investigations.
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World
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Region
3/5/2023 7:53:42 PM
A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged over 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases. The poisonings have spread further fear among parents as Iran has faced months of unrest.
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