In one of his first official acts, President Joe Biden planned Wednesday to return the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming and to launch a series of climate-friendly efforts that could transform how Americans drive and get (...)
A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent (...)
Syria and close ally Russia clashed with the US and other nations Tuesday over a Western initiative to suspend Syria's voting rights in the global chemical weapons watchdog for failing to provide details of three chemical attacks in 2017 that (...)
The Brexit experiment has begun: the UK started 2021 outside the European Union, now independent of its rules and regulations after 47 years of membership.
With few celebrations on either side, both started with the job in hand, which is to see how (...)
Egyptian researcher Elham Fadaly was among an international team of researchers who won the Physics World 2020 Breakthrough of the Year for creating a silicon-based material with a direct band gap that emits light at wavelengths used for optical (...)
Oil prices tumbled more than 3% on Monday as a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain that has shut down much of Britain and led to tighter restrictions in Europe sparked worries about a slower recovery in fuel demand.
Brent crude was down $1.85, or (...)
The United States on Monday unsealed criminal charges against a third alleged conspirator in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, mostly Americans.
The suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir (...)
Egypt's stock exchange's (EGX) indexes plunged on Monday as a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain in Britain threatened to torpedo worldwide markets' optimism over a vaccine-fueled rebound in economic growth.
Benchmark EGX 30 index tumbled 2.83 (...)
Sudan will ban travellers from Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa from Dec. 23 due to the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus, the head of the civil aviation authority told Reuters on Monday.
The ban will last three weeks subject to (...)
أعلنت منظمة الصحة العالمية اليوم، الأحد، تفشي سلالة فيروس كورونا الجديدة، التي تم اكتشافها مؤخرا في بريطانيا، في 3 دول أخرى.
وأكدت ماريا فان كيرخوف، وهي مسئولة رفيعة المستوى في منظمة الصحة العالمية، أنه تم رصد حالات مصابة بالسلالة الجديدة من فيروس (...)
It has been a turbulent year all over the world, Europe included. The Covid-19 pandemic dominated everything, costing lives, decimating growth, accumulating debts, stifling investment and increasing unemployment.
Yet, there could be a lot to (...)
It is the dawn of 2011, the year of the revolution. And many new songs are coming out of the Tahrir Square demonstrations: Sout Al Horeya and Matloob Zaeem by Cairokee, followed by Aida El Ayouby joining the band for the single Ya Al Midan (“O (...)
The year will remain a turning point in the global history of theatre and performance. Where many differences had separated the various stages of the world, Covid-19 managed to unite them under the banner of danger. The danger of infection and of (...)
One by one, several European Union nations banned flights from the U.K. on Sunday and others were considering such action, all in hopes of blocking a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England from establishing a strong foothold on (...)
European countries started banning flights coming from the UK on Sunday as government in London warned that a potent new strain of the virus was "out of control".
Following the example of the Netherlands, where a ban on all UK passenger flights came (...)
Egyptian bodybuilding star Ramy Elssbiay 'Big Ramy', has claimed the 2020 Mr. Olympia title that took place in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, United States early on Sunday.
The 36-year-old, Egyptian bodybuilder snatched the (...)
Belgium has joined the Netherlands in banning flights from the U.K. and also banned rail connections in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is sweeping across southern England does not spill over on its territory.
Belgian (...)
The Best FIFA's men player
Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich)
The Best FIFA's women player
Lucy Bronze (England, Manchester City)
The Best FIFA's men coach
Jürgen Klopp (Germany, Liverpool)
The Best FIFA's women coach
Sarina Wiegman (...)
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a sister organisation of the World Bank, signed a partnership agreement with the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham) that aims to help Egyptian companies create more flexible and inclusive (...)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, signed on Tuesday a partnership agreement with the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham), aiming to help Egyptian companies create more flexible and inclusive (...)
Dutchman Bert van Marwijk is to return as head coach of the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf state's football association said on Monday, a year after he was sacked from the job.
The UAE FA tweeted that an agreement had been reached with the (...)
Draw on Monday for the last 32 in the Europa League:
First Leg
Feb. 18
* Wolfsberger (Austria) vs. Tottenham (England)
* Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium)
* Real Sociedad (Spain) vs. Manchester United (England)
* Benfica (Portugal) vs. (...)
EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms embargo on Ankara.
Merkel spoke after a summit where the bloc's 27 leaders agreed to (...)
It is clear the worldwide refugee crisis has become a preferred topic of film production companies in recent years. With both the refugee's memories of what is left behind and the difficulties they face in their new environment, the topic provides a (...)
It may be easier to find a needle in a haystack than to find justice anywhere on the globe.
Flaunted throughout history as a virtue and a pillar for a stable and secure society, it has never been given its due. Moreover, it has receded to the realm (...)