World
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Region
3/23/2023 11:43:57 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Thursday to restore unity in Israel where divisions have widened over his government's judicial reform programme and police fired water cannon at protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/23/2023 11:05:07 PM
Food production consumes more than 85 percent of the water in developing countries and about 70 percent of the water worldwide, Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sweilam said on Thursday at the UN 2023 Water Conference.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/23/2023 7:55:41 PM
The continuation of Ethiopia's unilateral practices in the operation of its “oversized dam” poses an existential threat to 150 million citizens and could lead to the “exacerbation of irregular migration,” said Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/23/2023 12:57:50 PM
The Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reiterated its rejection of measures that would prejudice Egypt or Sudan’s rights to Nile water, read a statement by the GCC’s Ministerial Council following its 155th session on Wednesday.
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World
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International
3/23/2023 11:50:57 AM
The Chinese military said it warned a US warship to "leave" waters in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday, claims swiftly denied as "false" by American forces.
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World
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International
3/22/2023 2:20:08 PM
A report issued on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% lacks access to basic sanitation.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Entre nous
3/21/2023 10:07:08 PM
Fasting combined with healthy food can help improve the metabolism and the overall quality of life. However, going for long periods without food or water can cause fatigue, stress, and dehydration.
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World
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Region
3/21/2023 8:38:02 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to step up the flow of water along the Tigris River to drought-stricken Iraq for one month.
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World
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Region
3/21/2023 3:32:44 PM
Israel which holds a monopoly of over 85 percent of Palestinian water is forcing Palestinian to purchase their water from the Israeli water company, known as Mekorot, a joint press release from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) said Tuesday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
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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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Egypt
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Society
3/20/2023 12:17:11 PM
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam headed to the United States on Monday to participate in the UN Conference for the Midterm Review of the Water Decade, which is scheduled to be held in New York City 22 to 24 March.
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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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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/13/2023 6:16:28 PM
The European Union (EU) has provided Egypt with more than €550 million in grants since 2007 to help it overcome its water challenges, head of the EU delegation to Egypt Christian Berger said on Sunday at a celebration organised by the EU and Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources on the occasion of World Water Day
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Business
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Economy
3/13/2023 5:40:24 PM
With the aim of improving agricultural productivity for food security in Egypt, Ambassador of Japan in Egypt Oka Hiroshi has recently signed a financing agreement with Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt Nasredin Hag El-amin to provide a $3.8 million grant aid.
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Business
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Economy
3/12/2023 8:55:02 PM
The Egyptian government announced on Sunday that it would begin listing two military-affiliated National Petroleum Company (NPC) and National Co. for Natural Water in Siwa (Safi) to investors.
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World
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Region
3/1/2023 4:24:06 PM
Weeks of anti-government protests in Israel turned violent on Wednesday for the first time as police fired stun grenades and a water cannon at demonstrators who blocked a Tel Aviv highway. The crackdown came shortly after Israel's hard-line security minister urged a tough response to what he said were "anarchists."
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/26/2023 10:48:00 PM
The murky water oh so slowly trickles from the filthy drainpipe into her grimy container — the ticking seconds ramping up the risk that Emilia Budskaya could lose life or limb to Russian artillery strikes torturing her front-line town in eastern Ukraine.
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World
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International
2/25/2023 1:49:39 PM
G20 finance ministers struggled Saturday to agree on a joint statement on the global economy at talks in India, with China seeking to water down any reference to the Ukraine war, officials said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/23/2023 4:47:14 PM
Egypt took over the two-year presidency of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) for 2023/2024, succeeding Namibia, during the fourth Extra-Ordinary Session of the Executive Committee of AMCOW held virtually on Thursday.
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