Egypt
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Politics
2/7/2024 10:51:06 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed on Wednesday the government to take several urgent social measures to alleviate the cost of living pressures on citizens, including raising minimum wages for all government workers and raising pensions starting in March.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 7:31:20 PM
Indonesia is gearing up for its general elections on 14 February against a backdrop marked by political alliances and the prominence of three major political blocs. Some 205 million voters are eligible to cast their votes and choose the president, vice president, and members of the People’s Shura Council, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 12:14:31 PM
Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in a snap election almost certain to give incumbent President Ilham Aliyev another seven-year term, following his government’s swift reclaiming of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/7/2024 11:36:21 AM
At least three people were killed in a "massive" wave of Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine early on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
2/6/2024 11:18:49 PM
A Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced on Tuesday Ahmed Tantawy, a former presidential hopeful, to one year in prison for printing and circulating “unauthorized” endorsement forms.
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World
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Africa
2/6/2024 10:51:09 PM
Senegal's opposition on Tuesday denounced a "constitutional coup" after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the country into its worst crisis in decades.
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World
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International
2/6/2024 8:52:28 PM
US President Joe Biden confused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron with France's long-dead former leader Francois Mitterrand, in a campaign speech shared on social media.
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Egypt
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Defence
2/6/2024 6:45:07 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi received on Tuesday a delegation from the French aircraft manufacturer, Dassault Aviation, in Cairo, where they discussed means of cooperation in the field of military manufacturing.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/6/2024 4:50:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Cairo today, where they discussed the ongoing intensified efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.
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World
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Africa
2/6/2024 2:01:13 PM
Senegalese lawmakers voted late Monday to delay this month's presidential election until December, an unprecedented move that has sparked international concern over a country normally seen as a beacon of stability in West Africa.
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Sports
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Africa
2/6/2024 11:31:25 AM
Samuel Eto’o tendered his resignation as president of the Cameroon Football Federation on Monday only to have it rejected by its executive committee.
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Egypt
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Health
2/5/2024 9:43:43 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi praised on Monday the key role of the Egyptian healthcare sector in alleviating the severe humanitarian suffering endured by Palestinians in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the strip.
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World
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Africa
2/4/2024 10:21:34 PM
Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday, a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
2/4/2024 9:15:19 PM
Egypt's renowned theatre academic and former president of Cairo Int'l Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET) died on Sunday.
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Sports
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Egyptian Football
2/4/2024 3:14:08 PM
Ittihad of Alexandria President Mohamed Moselhi announced that Angola striker Mabululu had already signed a three-year contract extension with the club, amid international interest in the player for his impressive performances in the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/3/2024 9:23:38 PM
Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Alaa Moussa headed the Egyptian delegation participating in the meeting of the five-nation group on Lebanon, which comprises Egypt, the US, France, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, along with the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/3/2024 9:40:33 AM
Marwan Barghouti is viewed by some Palestinians as their Nelson Mandela, and he's a prime candidate to become their president in the future. He's also the highest-profile prisoner held by Israel.
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World
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International
2/2/2024 3:10:35 PM
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never directed anyone on his staff not to tell the White House he'd been hospitalized and takes full responsibility for keeping President Joe Biden in the dark for weeks that he'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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Sports
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World
2/2/2024 1:27:10 PM
Barcelona president Joan Laporta said Friday that a European Super League project could begin as soon as next season, adding that he does not care if English clubs join or not.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/1/2024 7:09:51 PM
US President Joe Biden travels Thursday to the crucial swing state of Michigan, which is also the crucible of growing Arab American anger at his pro-Israel policies.
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