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Egypt
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Society
8/26/2022 2:16:24 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced that the country's newly introduced social protection package to help Egyptians cope with the global repercussions of Russian-Ukraine war will go into effect in September.
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World
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International
8/25/2022 12:12:57 PM
A Pakistani court on Thursday extended former premier Imran Khan's protection from arrest through the end of the month, officials said, after police filed terrorism charges against the country's popular opposition leader.
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World
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International
8/16/2022 2:13:13 PM
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on Tuesday implored the United Nations rights chief for protection after recent murders that have again left members of the stateless minority fearful for their safety.
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World
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Region
8/9/2022 11:40:48 AM
Tarek Younes was once solidly middle class and felt he helped contribute to society as an inspector in the Lebanese government's consumer protection agency. But the country's economic free-fall has eroded his income and civic pride.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/8/2022 2:05:29 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned on Sunday the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli police, calling it a violation of the sanctity of the mosque and a provocation against Muslims.
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Business
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Economy
8/7/2022 6:17:48 PM
Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad signed a cooperation agreement with the European Union (EU) to obtain a grant of 4 million euros within the framework of joint and continuous cooperation between the ministry and the EU in the field of environmental protection and in support of the Egyptian industry ahead of UN Climate Change Conference (COP27).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/4/2022 9:51:00 AM
The government has launched a further set of measures to help vulnerable families face up to increasing economic challenges.
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Egypt
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Politics
8/3/2022 11:12:30 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ordered on Wednesday allocating an additional EGP 1 billion in government support to the National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW), raising the total funding provided by the state to the alliance to EGP 10 billion.
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Business
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Economy
7/30/2022 2:17:35 PM
Tens of thousands of Egyptians who work as home delivery couriers – known in Arabic as tayareen, or pilots – face hard working conditions and enjoy minimal social protections.
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Business
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Economy
7/29/2022 7:31:16 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday that Egypt is including social protection programs worth over EGP 490 billion -- roughly $26 billion - in the country's 2022/2023 budget that started in July.
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Egypt
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Society
7/28/2022 1:06:52 PM
Egypt’s National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW) has allocated around EGP 2.4 billion to support 400,000 impoverished families on a monthly basis over one year amid the current global economic crisis, a statement by the alliance read on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/11/2022 6:55:08 PM
The season for shark mating and egg laying is the reason behind the recent shark attacks in the Red Sea, which killed two female swimmers off the coast of the resort town of Sahl Hashish, according to a committee of specialists from the Red Sea protectorates and Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association.
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Business
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Economy
7/10/2022 5:33:24 PM
Egyptian Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said on Sunday that EGP 356 billion of the fiscal year (FY) 2022/23 budget has been allocated for social protection and subsidization, while another EGP 400 billion will go for improving conditions of public employees including wages and compensations.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/4/2022 8:02:27 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi instructed the Ministry of Finance on Monday to work on rationalising government spending and focusing on the enhancement of social protection programmes in the coming period.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/3/2022 3:18:45 PM
A joint committee of specialists in Red Sea protectorates and Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) is investigating the deaths of two female swimmers after a shark attack off the Red Sea resort Sahl Hashish south of Hurghada city, Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said on Sunday.
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World
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International
6/30/2022 5:01:08 PM
President Joe Biden said Thursday that the Supreme Court's decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is ``destabilizing'' and that he supports changing Senate rules to codify nationwide abortion protections.
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Egypt
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Tourism
6/29/2022 3:54:07 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has installed a collection of replicas of the ancient Egyptian protection goddess Selket at the airports of seven touristic cities to promote tourism.
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Business
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Economy
6/29/2022 11:55:38 AM
The World Bank’s (WB) Board of Executive Directors announced its approval on Wednesday of a $500-million-loan to back Egypt’s social protection net and food security in the face of the impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian War.
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World
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International
6/28/2022 12:36:29 PM
Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure.
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World
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International
6/25/2022 12:24:00 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans’ lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
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