Yearly Archives: 2024

Inflation in Europe falls below 2% and opens the way for faster rate cuts

Muhamad Yehia FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s target of 2% for the first time in more than three years as falling energy prices give consumers relief from a burst of inflation that …

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and effective participation of the Arab Organization for IndustrializationIn

  Cairo Water Week 2024 Major General Engineer “Mokhtar Abdel Latif”, Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, stressed the importance of participating in the activities of (Cairo Water Week in its seventh session under the title “Water and Climate: Building Resilient Societies” under the patronage of His Excellency President …

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Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon

Muhamad Yehia DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said Sunday, as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in the territory’s north and airstrikes destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon. The strike in Gaza late Saturday hit …

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Train crash in Egypt kills 1 and injures more than 20 people

Muhamad Yehia CAIRO (AP) — A locomotive crashed into the tail of the Cairo-bound passenger train Sunday in southern Egypt, killing at least one person and injuring multiple others, authorities said. It is the second train crash in a month in the North African country. The collision occurred in the province of …

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Kenya’s parliament overwhelmingly votes to impeach the country’s deputy president Skip carousel

Muhamad Yehia NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s lawmakers approved a motion Tuesday to impeach the country’s deputy president, following daylong discussions and after Rigathi Gachagua appeared in parliament to defend himself against several charges, including allegations that he supported anti-government protests in June. The motion was approved by a 281-44 vote in favor …

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Israel’s strikes are shifting the power balance in the Middle East, with US support

Muhamad Yehia WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed allies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and threatening Iran itself. The efforts raise the possibility of an end to two decades of Iranian ascendancy in the region, to which the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq inadvertently gave …

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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, building blocks of life

Muhamad Yehia STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for their breakthrough work predicting and even designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life. The prize was awarded to David Baker, who works at the University of Washington in Seattle, and …

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Mozambique votes for president and the ruling party could extend its 49 years in power

Muhamad Yehia MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique is voting for a new president on Wednesday in an election that is expected to extend the ruling party’s 49 years in power since the southern African nation gained independence from Portugal in 1975. Daniel Chapo, 47, is the candidate for the ruling Front for the Liberation …

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As Israel plots to strike Iran, its choices range from symbolic to severe

Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has promised to retaliate for Iran’s massive missile attack last week. How it does so involves great risk, and could have major repercussions for the archenemies, the Middle East and the world. Israel’s options range from symbolic strikes on military targets to crippling attacks on Iran’s …

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Pro-Palestinian protesters pitch encampment outside Jewish Democrat’s Ohio home

Muhamad Yehia COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators escalated their harassment of a Jewish congressman on the eve of Monday’s anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, pitching an encampment outside Ohio Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman ’s Cincinnati residence. Landsman said Monday that the protesters arrived outside his home early Sunday. By …

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