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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
4/23/2024 11:00:00 PM
The price of bread is falling thanks to government moves and global and local factors, reports Amira Hisham
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
4/23/2024 10:33:09 PM
How can high-income and developing countries alike become more effective in implementing the IMF Spring Agenda to successfully address global and national economic challenges, asks Khaled Sakr
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World
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International
4/23/2024 5:36:07 PM
Britain will raise defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030 in a "most dangerous" world, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday during a visit to Poland.
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World
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International
4/22/2024 10:55:17 AM
Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching an all-time high of $2.4 trillion as wars and rising tensions fuelled spending across the world, researchers said Monday.
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World
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International
4/21/2024 8:50:15 PM
An AFP journalist observed that several hundred women surrounded Sweden's parliament with a giant knitted red scarf on Sunday to protest political inaction over global warming.
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World
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International
4/20/2024 4:05:15 PM
Hearings in the money-laundering trial of the heads of the now-defunct law firm Mossack Fonseca, the epicenter of the global "Panama Papers" scandal, concluded on Friday in the Panamanian capital.
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Business
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Economy
4/19/2024 7:00:51 PM
Reports Israel had carried out strikes against Iran rattled markets on Friday, with prices of oil, gold and equities seesawing during the trading session.
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Business
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Economy
4/18/2024 6:04:11 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved $46.4 billion for 18 member countries since November 2023, the IMF’s Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda 2024 revealed on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
4/17/2024 3:12:29 PM
Global debt is projected to increase to close to 100 percent of GDP by 2029, driven mainly by the increasing debt levels in the large economies, including China, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the US, with policy action needed to address fundamental imbalances between spending and revenues, according to the Fiscal Monitor Report released on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/17/2024 2:00:17 PM
Renowned diplomat Amr Moussa, Egypt’s former foreign minister and former secretary-general of the Arab League, charts the current global political landscape with the Palestinian cause at its core.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/16/2024 9:51:00 PM
The United Nations on Wednesday will launch a $2.8 billion appeal for donations this year to help the war-ravaged population of the Gaza Strip as well as West Bank Palestinians, a senior agency official said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
4/16/2024 7:56:49 PM
This year’s World Heritage Day is being celebrated under the theme of Disaster and Conflict Resilient Heritage – Preparedness, Response and Recovery, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Sports
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Omni sports
4/16/2024 11:59:34 AM
The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics was lit Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Games, in a ceremony inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid multiple global crises.
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World
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International
4/10/2024 7:00:25 PM
UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and they must overcome geopolitical divisions to tackle global warming.
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Business
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Economy
4/10/2024 4:40:47 PM
The World Trade Organization said Wednesday that global trade should rebound this year from an unexpected slump in 2023, but warned that regional conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and economic policy uncertainty risked darkening the picture.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/10/2024 2:33:22 PM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned Wednesday that Israel's "disproportionate response" in the Gaza war with Hamas risks "destabilizing the Middle East, and as a consequence, the entire world".
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Business
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Markets & Companies
4/9/2024 3:36:59 PM
European equities dipped in early trading Tuesday while Asian stocks closed mostly higher, as investors mainly focused on a U.S. inflation report and what it means for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
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World
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International
4/8/2024 12:11:53 PM
The United States "will not accept" a situation where underpriced Chinese goods flood the global market, battering industries elsewhere, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday as she wrapped up high-level talks in China.
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Sports
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National Teams
4/4/2024 12:44:02 PM
The Egyptian national team dropped one place to 37th in April's FIFA global rankings due to their failure to secure the Egypt Capital Cup title in late March.
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Business
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Economy
4/2/2024 4:50:35 PM
Experts say that Egyptian exports now have an opportunity to grow and compete globally due to the depreciation of the pound against the dollar.
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