Trump’s global trade policy faces test, hours from tariff deadline
The last-gasp scramble to strike bilateral accords came as an appeals court in Washington considered the legality behind Trump's strategy...
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UAE begins pipeline project to ease Gaza water shortage
Jerusalem, Undefined -- The United Arab Emirates has begun construction on a major pipeline to carry desalinated water from Egypt...
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Day after Istanbul explosion, Erdogan arrives at Indonesia G20
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said before he departed Turkey that the "vile attack" that killed at least six people...
- The explosion tore through a busy Istanbul shopping street on Sunday, killing six and wounding dozens
- Turkey's interior minister has blamed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for the explosion
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Climate activists at COP27 decry West’s desire for gas in Africa
European countries have been scrambling for alternative sources of gas after the continent's former top supplier, Russia, slashed exports in...
- Climate Action Tracker called the global dash for gas a "serious threat" to the Paris Agreement goals -- of keeping global warming well below two degrees Celsius
- A report said that Western investment in fossil fuels will eventually evaporate, encouraging African countries instead to seize on the potential offered by solar power
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Qatar World Cup countdown enters final week as teams arrive
The countdown to the World Cup in Qatar has begun as the first such tournament held on the Arab soil...
- Domestic leagues will pause for six weeks to allow the tournament to take place, but preparation time is short
- Qatar, a country of barely three million people, one of the world's biggest producers of natural gas, has spent lavishly as FIFA World Cup
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Janet Yellen says ending war in Ukraine can mend global economy
Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine that has fueled food and fuel prices, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...
- Yellen will hope to build diplomatic pressure for an end to the war by blaming Russia
- The summit is also expected to discuss the need to extend a Turkish and UN-brokered agreement allowing vital Ukrainian grain and fertilizer exports to transit via the Black Sea
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Lawyer of Egypt’s jailed activist denied access for second time
Cairo, Egypt— The lawyer for Egypt's jailed hunger-striker Alaa Abdel Fattah said Sunday he had been denied access to his client...
- Alaa Abdel Fattah's family says they fear for his life, and have made appeals to the international community, particularly Britain, where Abdel Fattah gained citizenship this year
- A few world leaders have raised his case with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in bilateral meetings during the climate talks
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High Qatar costs dampen MENA football fervor
Passion for football in the Middle East runs deep, but a week before the start of the World Cup, the...
- According to football historian Paul Dietschy, world cups have traditionally attracted more affluent supporters than weekly club football, whose fanbase is often working-class
- Even in oil-rich Saudi Arabia, which has the Arab world's largest economy and shares a land border with Qatar, fans said the costs were prohibitive
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Israeli president asks Netanyahu to form government
Israel's veteran ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu secured a mandate to form a new government, paving the way for his comeback at...
- The 73-year-old right-wing politician widely known as "Bibi" vowed to serve all Israelis.
- Netanyahu, who is fighting corruption allegations in court, will have at least 28 days to build a coalition with his allies.
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Desert rally a rare tranquil escape in Libya
At the launch in 2013, organizers of the Al-Hamada rally had envisioned an annual event, yet this year's episode is...
- The contest sends a message that the country can pull off "a great sporting event, far from the politics and divisions" that perennially buffet it, organizer Khaled Drera said.
- The rally's name stems from the vast territory at the heart of Libya's portion of the Sahara, a stretch of tranquillity in a nation repeatedly engulfed by chaos.
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Mozambique has begun exporting LNG, says President
Mozambique has started exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the country's restive north, President Filipe Nyusi said. The first...
- Mozambique has set high hopes on vast natural gas deposits - the largest ever found south of the Sahara.
- Estimates have shown that once all the gas deposits were tapped, Mozambique could become one of the world's 10 biggest exporters.
Business
Musk decides to give Indonesia G20 business meet a miss
Musk, who also owns electric car maker Tesla, was due to speak at the so-called B20 business conference on the...
- Elon Musk's office said the world's richest person would instead take part in an hour-long virtual discussion onfuture disruption of global technological innovation at the B20
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo travelled to Texas to meet Musk earlier this year for talks about Tesla investing in the country's nickel industry
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Deadly strikes hit Gaza as US envoy visits Israel
Israel has also fought and bombed resurgent Hamas forces in northern and central areas of the coastal territory previously considered...
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US envoy touts ‘potential’ of Israel-Saudi deal in Netanyahu talks
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says there is a potential of Israel-Saudi normalization deal if Netanyahu alters his political...
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Saudi fashionistas attempt beach rebrand
The setting for Red Sea Fashion Week, the St Regis Red Sea Resort on Ummahat Alshaikh island, is part of...
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Moroccan enterprises give jobs, hope to people with disabilities
Rabat, Morocco -- Fadoua Lamrani was elated when she was hired as a waitress at a restaurant in Morocco which employs people...
- CIAT aims to overcome social and cultural constraints to help people with disabilities into jobs they would usually find hard to obtain.
- Six other centers for people with disabilities have been launched since 2016, providing apprenticeships for 228 people.
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UN aid chief warns of ‘apocalyptic’ consequences of Gaza shortages
"If fuel runs out, aid doesn't get to the people where they need it, that famine, which we have talked...
- An Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, launched in the face of international outcry, has deepened an already perilous humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
- The UN said on Saturday that 800,000 people had been "forced to flee" Israel's assault in Rafah.
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Iraq father begins legal action against BP over son’s cancer death
Rumaylah, Iraq - Hussein Julood is taking legal action against British energy giant BP after he lost his son to...
- The bereaved father, who lives near the Rumaila field in the southern province of Basra, is demanding that the firm compensate him for his son Ali's medical expenses
- He said no amount of money would make up for his son's death. But "what I am claiming is my right", added the 55-year-old father of seven, from his modest home