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AL chief calls for seizing UN initiative to stem blood in Yemen
Date: 2020-04-12 14:53:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:8392646
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit underlined the importance of seizing any opportunity to end the conflict in Yemen. During a phone call with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths on Sunday, Abul Gheit was briefed on a ....
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SCC judges donate April salary for supporting irregular workers
Date: 2020-04-12 14:52:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:8392645
Judges of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on Sunday announced that they will donate the salary of April to support irregular workers, whose living conditions worsened due to the coronavirus outbreak. The donation comes in light of the ....
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Egypt's economy expected to achieve highest growth rates in MENA: Int'l outlooks
Date: 2020-04-12 14:51:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:8392643
Egypt is expected to see the highest economic growth rates in the region despite the coronavirus crisis, which took its toll on world economy, the cabinet media center said, citing international economic outlooks for 2020. In an infograph ....
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Sisi extends Easter greetings to all Christians
Date: 2020-04-12 14:49:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:8392637
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday sent a cable of greetings to Bishop Krikor Augustine Kusa, the bishop of Alexandria for Catholic Armenians in Egypt, on Easter. In a similar cable, Sisi also extended his Easter greetings to Bishop Ashod ....
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Antiquities ministry sterilizes archaeological sites nationwide
Date: 2020-04-12 13:15:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8392501
The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry sterilized on Sunday several ancient Islamic, Coptic and Jewish sites across the nation. The disinfection process comes as part of precautionary measures taken to combat the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Head ....
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UAE carries out 95 cloud seeding operations in Q1 2020
Date: 2020-04-12 11:57:29 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8392349
The National Center of Meteorology, NCM, said it has carried out 95 cloud seeding operations across the country in the first quarter of 2020, using a total of 2,171 flares produced by NCM's Emirates Weather Enhancement Factory, said WAM news ....
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Protocol between military production ministry, African bank for establishing solar plants
Date: 2020-04-12 11:38:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:8392321
Minister of State For Military Production Mohamed Saeed El Assar attended on Sunday a ceremony for signing a cooperation protocol between Benha Electronic Co (Military plant 144) and the Arab African International Bank for establishing solar energy ....
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Nigeria seeks around 7 billion dollars in loans to face coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-12 11:36:26 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:5 - ID:8392318
Nigeria plans to raise as much as $6.9 billion from multilateral lenders to help fund efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus and counter its impact on Africa’s largest economy. The government will seek $3.4 billion from the International ....
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COVID-19 crisis likely to propel social protection reforms: Mashaat
Date: 2020-04-12 11:05:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:8392270
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis is likely to accelerate the structural reforms as regards the social protection and the irregular workers alongside activating the financial inclusion as per the policies of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), ....
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Sulaymaniyah bracing for lifting curfew
Date: 2020-04-12 11:00:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8392264
The first stage of lifting the curfew in Sulaymaniy governorate began on Sunday. Some shops and restaurants were allowed to open in the governorate from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ....