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September 7, 2024

FAO Food Price Index dips slightly in August

Rome: The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined marginally in August, as decreases in quotations for sugar, meat and cereals outweighed increases in those for vegetable oils and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the…

Egypt condoles with Kenya over death of 17 students

Egypt expressed on Saturday 7/9/2024 heartfelt condolences to Kenya over the death of 17 students in a fire that broke out in a boys’ dormitory at a school in Nyeri County.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry expressed Egyptian people and government…

Algerians head to polling stations to choose upcoming Pres.

More than 24 million Algerian voters are heading to polling stations on Saturday to cast their votes and choose their upcoming president for a five-year term.

Voters are to choose from among three candidates: the candidate of the Socialist Forces Fro…

New high-speed railway starts operation in east China’s Zhejiang

Hangzhou: A new high-speed railway linking Hangzhou and Wenzhou in east China’s Zhejiang Province began operations on Friday, Xinhu reported.

The 276-km line, with a designed speed of 350 km per hour, has nine stations. Its operation offers a rapid t…

WH demands probe into death of American woman in W. Bank

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed dismay at the death of Aysenur Eygi, a Turkish-US dual national, during a pro-Palestinian protest in the occupied West Bank on Friday.

“We are deeply disturbed by the tragic death of an America…

ADB approves ambitious new road map to combat climate change

Manila: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an ambitious new road map to guide its evolution and scale up its support on key challenges facing Asia and the Pacific, including accelerated efforts to combat climate change and expand private se…