Relations between the US and China have crashed of late, turning from a trade fight and then a war of words over the origins of the Covid-19 to a more important investigation of individual companies and the global economy. Relations between the two (...)
The Holy Family's flight through Egypt at the start of the first century AD has continually inspired artists and events, including the annual Journey of the Holy Family to Egypt – founded and curatwed by artist Chadi Adib Salama – which in its fifth (...)
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated, and probably sharpened, the competition, if not the rivalry and conflict, between the United States and China. This at a time when the security and long-term stability of the international system calls for (...)
In our modern world, most of the peoples and nations living on Earth seek to live in harmony and peace. But seemingly not Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Last week, a Turkish court heard a petition seeking to convert the Hagia Sophia museum (...)
The Philippines reported its biggest single-day jump in new coronavirus cases on Sunday, adding 2,434 confirmed infections and taking the total count to 44,254, the health ministry said.
The ministry said the rise could be attributed to increased (...)
The world saw the largest daily increases yet in coronavirus cases, with infections soaring in India's rural villages after migrant workers fled major cities.
India's coronavirus caseload climbed by nearly 15,000 as of Monday to 425,282, with more (...)
The Philippines risks being included in an international "grey list" of nations falling short of global money-laundering rules if it fails to enact and effectively implement a new anti-terrorism bill, its anti-money laundering body warned on (...)
More than 1,000 Filipinos on Friday braved the threat of coronavirus infection to protest against a controversial new anti-terrorism bill, which is awaiting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's signature.
The demonstration, spearheaded by (...)
While the coronavirus pandemic is having detrimental effects on the real estate sector across the world, China's buyers continue to search the world for good deals although overall deal closings fell during the first quarter of 2020, Zawya reported (...)
Egypt has issued a joint statement with 16 countries demanding the elimination of nuclear weapons, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
The joint statement was also released to mark the (...)
ضربت الفلبين عاصفة قوية تصل لمرحلة الإعصار في شرق البلاد بالمناطق الساحلية والجبلية، وقامت السلطات بإجلاء عشرات الآلاف من الأشخاص أثناء محاولتهم تجنب مخاطر الفيروس من اكتظاظ ملاجئ الطوارئ، وعرضت شبكة ABC News الأمريكية، فيديو للإعصار وهو يضرب شمال (...)
“Art Spreads Hope” is an online exhibition organised by artist and founder of the “Euro-Arab Artoday” cultural project Shereen Badr, on the cultural website https://www.euroarabartoday.com/online/.
The exhibition is an initiative to spread hope and (...)
The presence of voices in the Gulf against the expatriate communities that make up the majority of the populations of many of the states in the region are not unprecedented, but with the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences, (...)
Japan will begin sending the anti-flu drug Avigan for free to 38 countries as early as this week for treating patients with the novel coronavirus, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced on Tuesday.
The antiviral drug, which is also known as (...)
Egypt's exports of marble and granite dropped 31 percent during first quarter of 2020 to $42 million down from $61 million in the correspondent period, according to a report by Egyptian Export Council for Building Materials.
According the report the (...)
Saudi Arabia's King Salman extended a nationwide curfew until further notice due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the interior ministry said on Sunday, after the kingdom reported more than 300 new infections on each of the last four days.
Last (...)
Indonesia on Sunday imposed curbs on public transport ahead of the annual exodus to home villages that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the world's fourth most populous country.
Still, the (...)
The Philippines recorded 50 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, its highest in a single day, taking the toll to 297.
In a bulletin, the health ministry said 220 new infections took the tally of virus cases to 4,648. But 40 more patients recovered, for a (...)
Standing alone at the altar of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Pope Francis led Easter Sunday mass for the first time in centuries without live audience, as world's 1.3 billion Catholics celebrate their holiest holiday under a coronavirus (...)
The Philippines has stopped doctors, nurses, medics and other healthcare workers from going abroad while it needs their skills to meet the threat of the coronavirus spreading at home, a foreign affairs official said.
The Philippine Overseas (...)
Australian police said on Thursday they have taken the "black box" of a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with the coronavirus in Sydney, as part of a homicide investigation into the country's deadliest infection source. (...)
Until a month ago, Diana Leticia Hernandez sold face cream door to door in Miami. Her husband painted houses. The money fed their family and at least six relatives in Honduras.
Hernandez has sold nothing since last month due to fear and (...)
The Philippines' Health Ministry on Monday reported 11 additional deaths and 414 new infections from of the coronavirus outbreak.
In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths in the Philippines had reached 163 and cases rose to 3,660, while 73 (...)
Alphabet Inc's Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going-out between Mardi Gras and St. Patrick's Day, (...)
The new coronavirus is forcing more top Israeli officials into isolation after the country's health minister, who has had frequent contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tested positive, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
The Middle East (...)
