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Vice President JD Vance on Monday declined to say whether he endorses Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection, after President Donald Trump recently threw his support behind the Israeli prime minister. “I endorse American candidates, and that’s where I’m focused on is the midterm,” Vance said in an interview with journalist…
The fact that President Donald Trump was photographed flashing a suit tag from a bargain brand of imported suits should not really be news. Any woman in politics would tell you we should not dwell on how a politician dresses. But the fact that Trump, a billionaire, was photographed wearing a suit jacket with tags …
“We have a mess on our hands, to put it bluntly,” French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday. If anything, he might be guilty of understatement. After widespread rioting at the weekend – estimated to have cost several hundred million dollars in property damage and theft – France faces a toxic mix of urban…
Masha Moskalyova has spent a quarter of her life in jeopardy or on the run because of a picture she drew when she was just 12 years old. Four years on, she and her father are living in hiding in a small village in eastern France and still worry about their safety. One of the …
Intro Investments Holding (Dubai) announced a partnership and management agreement with Mona El Helw for its real estate development arm, M squared. Under the agreement, Mona becomes a partner in M squared and takes on its management as Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 November 2026. Mona…
Seha Group has announced a strategic partnership between its technology arm, SehaTech, and Chubb Life Egypt to digitize insurance operations, alongside the launch of SehaAcademy to develop specialized talent in medical insurance and healthcare management. The announcements were made during Seha Group’s first annual…
Consumer healthcare company Opella and the World Allergy Organisation (WAO) on Monday announced a five-year global partnership running from 2027 through 2031 to improve the recognition and management of allergic diseases in everyday care settings worldwide. The partnership, announced at the 32nd World Allergy Congress…
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam discussed developing the use of desalinated water for intensive food production with Hossam El-Zayat, Deputy Director of the American University in Cairo’s Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability (CARES). Sewilam said desalination for…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty held talks in Cairo on Monday with Maxim Oreshkin, Russia’s Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and Special Representative for BRICS Financial and Economic Cooperation, to advance bilateral projects and…
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Egypt Forum 2026 aims to establish shared national priorities and develop actionable solutions with clearly defined responsibilities and measurable outcomes, as the government seeks to address citizens’ concerns and set its agenda through 2030. Speaking at the opening…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned against ongoing attempts to destroy national memory and manipulate citizens through social media, declaring that while differing views are permissible, preserving the state remains an uncrossable line. Sisi’s remarks came during his intervention on Monday morning at the…
Annual urban headline inflation decelerated to 13.9% in September 2026, down from 14.5% in August, according to the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). The decline was mainly driven by a softening in annual non-food inflation, which eased to 18% in September from 19.5% in August, coupled with a favourable base effect…
Egypt will turn clocks back by one hour at midnight on Thursday, 29 October, as daylight saving time comes to an end and the country returns to winter time on Friday, 30 October. The change will move clocks from 12:00 AM back to 11:00 PM on Thursday, giving residents an extra hour as the country transitions to…
Rome — Pope Leo XIV left hospital Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery in a swift return to his duties following the first health scare of his papacy. Leo walked out of hospital unaided, greeting well-wishers, including a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl who gave him a stuffed toy as a gift. The…
London — Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society. “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” he wrote on X on …
France’s President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Sunday evening as communities reeled from one of the most violent nights of unrest in recent years after largely peaceful anti-government protests descended into rioting, leaving government buildings torched, one police officer and one protester dead. Macron…
Jerusalem — Amid US pressure on a surge of settler violence in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police arrested at least 10 suspects in the weekend attacks on a Washington Post journalist and an entourage of European diplomats. Police said the operation to locate and arrest the suspects was called “Olive Leaf,” an…
Foreign investment in Egypt’s real estate sector rose 47.4 percent year on year to USD 2.8 billion (EGP 150 billion) in the fiscal year ended June 2026, up from USD 1.9 billion (EGP 102 billion) in the previous fiscal year. The increase of roughly USD 900 million (EGP 48 billion) comes from the latest balance of…
Egyptian farmed fish and crustaceans will be eligible for export to all 27 European Union (EU) member states starting 4 November, following Brussels approval of the country’s aquaculture monitoring plan, opening a lucrative market to Africa’s largest fish-farming nation, on 14 October by adopting Implementing…
Egypt’s National Defense Council pledged to provide Saudi Arabia with all necessary and possible support to protect its security and territorial integrity, following a meeting chaired by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday, 18 October, according to a statement by the Egyptian Presidency. The meeting, held at…
The Civil Court of Genoa in Italy has ordered on 14 October the maritime certification company RINA SpA to pay more than EUR 60 million (EGP 3 billion) in compensation to relatives and survivors of about 700 victims of the Egyptian ferry Al Salam Boccaccio 98, which sank in the Red Sea in 2006. The first-instance…
Moody’s Ratings, one of the world’s major credit-rating agencies, has upgraded Egypt’s long-term credit rating to B3 from its previous level, maintaining a positive outlook as the country makes progress on economic reforms, strengthens its foreign currency reserves, and works to reduce government debt. The Egyptian…
Egypt’s financial regulator approved six companies on Sunday, 18 October, to offer lending, investment and other financial services using financial technology, known as fintech, as it works to bring more people into the formal financial system. The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), which oversees financial…
On the Mediterranean shore, where the sea wind carries salt, the memory of a library said to have held the ancient world’s knowledge stands. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, opened in 2002 as a modern heir to that lost institution, wears its ambition on its outer wall, which is carved with letters from scripts around the…