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CBE repays $406 million to Afrexim Bank
Date: 2019-06-02 18:41:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7966209
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Sunday that it repaid 406 million dollars worth of debts to the Afrexim Bank by the end of May. The CBE repaid more than 21 billion dollars in outstanding debt since the implementation of an economic reform ....
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Sisi honors winners of int'l Holy Quran contest at Laylat al Qadr ceremony
Date: 2019-06-02 18:39:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7966207
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi honored winners of the 26th international Holy Quran competition during a ceremony organized by the Awqaf Ministry at Al Azhar conference center Sunday. The ceremony was held to mark Laylat al Qadr (the night when ....
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Dollar exchange rate declines at major banks
Date: 2019-06-02 18:27:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7966199
The US dollar exchange rate recorded a marked decline during transactions at major banks on Sunday. At the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr the dollar rate went down by two piasters recording EGP 16.75 for buying and EGP 16.85 for ....
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Gov. denies repaying Suez Canal Authority debts from new budget
Date: 2019-06-02 18:11:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7966172
The Cabinet's media center has dismissed as groundless reports that the Suez Canal Authority’s debts would be repaid from the 2019/2020 budget. Some reports claimed that $600 million worth of debts would be repaid from the 2019/2020 state budget ....
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Sisi signs law on non-banking financial instruments
Date: 2019-06-01 23:25:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7965072
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday signed Law No. 71 of 2019 regulating control of markets and non-banking financial instruments. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli is scheduled to issue the law's executive regulations within six ....
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Train travels in wrong direction, injuring 20 in Japan
Date: 2019-06-01 23:23:19 GMT - Japan - International - SN:9 - ID:7965069
An automated train traveled in the wrong direction on Saturday, causing about 20 people to be injured, a local fire department was quoted by Kyodo news agency as saying Three people appeared to have suffered serious but non-life-threatening ....
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Number of people injured in Russia plant blast climbs to 79
Date: 2019-06-01 23:22:32 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:7965068
Several blasts hit the Kristall explosives plant in Dzerzhinsk in the central Russian region of Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday, Tass news agency reported. Overall, 79 people have asked for medical help so far, the Russian Health Ministry ....
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8 killed, wounded in airstrikes in northwest Syria
Date: 2019-06-01 23:21:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7965067
Three people were killed and five others were wounded on Saturday in airstrikes on Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib governorate, northwest Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. The Russian raids reached the demilitarized zone along ....
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Foreign Ministry urges citizens travelling to Tanzania not using plastic bags
Date: 2019-06-01 23:20:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7965066
The Foreign Ministry urged Saturday citizens planning to travel to Tanzania not to use any kinds of plastic bags, and abide by the Tanzanian government directions in this regard. A plastic bag ban comes into force in Tanzania on Saturday, as ....
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Salah scores as Liverpool beat Tottenham to win Champions League
Date: 2019-06-01 21:27:59 GMT - Spain - Sport - SN:5 - ID:7965038
Mohamed Salah's second-minute penalty and a late Divock Origi strike saw Liverpool claim the UEFA Champions League for a sixth time by beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Madrid's Estadio Metropolitano. Clinical finishing, coupled with an ....
