Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession.
Share prices were on track for the worst week since the (...)
While the gates of culture open widely in Saudi Arabia during the era of Mohammed Bin Salman's vision, the art of film, music, and theatre are experiencing a never-before-seen freedom. As the first international film festival to ever take place in (...)
تسلمت المخرجة وصانعة الأفلام الألمانية المرموقة أولريك أوتينجر، جائزة "كاميرا البرليناليه" خلال حفل خاص أقيم أمس السبت، على هامش فعاليات النسخة ال70 لمهرجان برلين السينمائي الدولي.
وقام كل من المديرين التنفيذي والفني مارييت ريسينبيك وكارلو شاتريان، (...)
أعلن مهرجان برلين السينمائى الدولى، الذى يرأس لجنة تحكيمه جيريمى آيرونز عن تكريم الممثلة الإنجليزية هيلين ميرين، ومنحها جائزة الدب الذهبى الفخرى، لإنجازاتها مدى الحياة.. وذلك يوم 27 من الشهر الحالى فى قصر برليناله.. وكذلك تم اختيار المخرجة والكاتبة (...)
The Red Sea International Film Festival has announced the details of its programme, competition lineup, and industry initiatives for its first edition at a press conference held at Bait Qabil in historic downtown Al-Balad, Jeddah.
Set to take place (...)
Fitch Ratings said on Thursday Hong Kong and Mongolia are most exposed to the economic fallout from the coronavirus.
Hong Kong and Mongolia's "economic linkages to China are most pronounced.", the rating agency said in its press release.
In Hong (...)
Mongolia has decided to suspend deliveries of coal across its southern border into China until March 2, a move aimed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the country's National Emergency Commission announced on Monday.
The commission also (...)
Egyptian national circus artists Walid and Ahmed Yassin won prestigious awards at the Ha Long Bay International Circus Festival in Vietnam, which took place between 11 and 17 November.
The artists were awarded for their acrobatic performance.
The (...)
Fabio Cannavaro cast an envious glance at the strength of Japanese football as he picked over the bones of Guangzhou Evergrande's Asian Champions League semi-final exit on Wednesday evening, after Chinese clubs again fell short in the continental (...)
Belgium's 46th Film Fest Gent has announced its awards on Friday. Film Öndög by director Wang Quan'an was awarded with the Grand Prix for Best Film. Meanwhile, director Alejandro Landes' mysterious thriller Monos, has scooped up the Georges Delerue (...)
Infrastructure sector makes up about 35 percent of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's portfolio in Egypt, said deputy head of EBRD's Egypt office on Sunday.
Around 25 percent of EBRD's portfolio was dedicated to Egypt's financial (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Thursday it aims to open two more offices in Egypt as part of its planned expansion in the country.
EBRD's managing director for the southern and eastern Mediterranean, Janet (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects to keep investments in Egypt at over 1 billion euros this year, boosting its equity portfolio through a delayed privatisation programme, its regional director said.
The bank intends (...)
North Korea and South Korea have been drawn together in an Asian qualifying group for soccer's 2022 World Cup.
The Korean neighbors will play each other home and away in the five-nation Group H that includes Lebanon, Turkmenistan and Sri (...)
Asian markets traded mixed on Tuesday afternoon, as minutes from a recent meeting by the Reserve Bank of Australia showed the central bank's willingness to move on monetary policy if necessary.
In China, the Shanghai composite slipped 0.11% by the (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has earmarked €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) for new investments in Egypt for 2019, principal economist Rafik Selim said on Tuesday.
Between 2012 until 2018, EBRD invested over €5 billion in (...)
Manchester City pair Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gündogan are up against the likes of Toni Kroos and Anja Mittag for the German Football Ambassador public award. In the coaches category, Jürgen Klopp faces stiff competition.When German football (...)
Kaspersky Lab continued to deliver stable growth in 2018 and increased its global unaudited IFRS revenue to a total of $ 726 million, representing a 4 percent YOY revenue increase.
During a year of evolving market conditions and continuous (...)
This week, Euromaxx wanted to know: Which peaks have you scaled?We've received tons of pictures from our viewers and their hiking companions in the mountains! We loved the inspiration and say thank you for all your submissions!
One of you has now (...)
The death this week of Chant Avedissian robs Egypt of one of its best known artists. Though his international reputation had grown steadily over the last two decades in his homeland, his best known work remains a handful of images from the extensive (...)
There is a kind of doubt that keeps striking me when trying a new Chinese restaurant: a fear that hits, however carefully I read the menu, however much I plot and asses the various deliciously-looking dishes against each other, I'm still going to (...)
Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday close to its border with China, mobilising 300,000 troops in a show of force that will include joint exercises with the Chinese army.
China and Russia have staged joint (...)
A bomb exploded outside the US embassy in Beijing on Thursday, wounding the lone assailant, the embassy said in a statement, but police described the weapon merely as a "firework device".
The explosion happened on the street outside southeast corner (...)
A fresh study looking at the innovativeness of 126 different countries sees Switzerland coming out on top again. Out of the top-25 creative pioneers, Israel, China and Iceland have the biggest upward momentum.In its annual global ranking of (...)
Companies across Germany are getting more nervous and not just sitting idle waiting for Brexit, but are already preparing by looking for individual solutions and expensive work-arounds.The clock is ticking and Brexit is only nine months away. With (...)
