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Month: March 2022

Boris Johnson in talks with Sisi on Ukraine, other things

5 months ago
 During a phone call from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed “Egypt’s readiness to make any possible efforts to maintain peace and stability around the world.” According to a presidential statement, the phone call touched upon “a review of ways of coordinating efforts between Egypt and Britain regarding various international files,” […]
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France to replace Ukraine wheat imports for Egypt

5 months ago
France will ensure that Egypt gets the wheat it needs in the coming months as the war in Ukraine creates supply risks for grain importing countries, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday. Egypt, among the world's biggest wheat importers, is heavily reliant on shipments from Ukraine and Russia and its government has […]
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Oscars stand with Ukraine for 30 seconds

5 months ago
For 30 seconds, the Oscars went silent for Ukraine. A tribute that started with words from the Ukrainian-born Mila Kunis ended with the Academy Awards fading to black about midway through Sunday's show from Los Angeles, with a plea for anyone watching to do whatever possible to send help to those in the war-torn nation. […]
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Ericsson in trouble over Iraq corruption probe

5 months ago
Ericsson Chief Executive Borje Ekholm said on Tuesday he had told staff in 2019 to disclose to the U.S. Department of Justice all information on an investigation the company carried out that year into suspect payments in Iraq. The Swedish telecoms equipment maker has been under scrutiny over possible payments to Islamic State after Ericsson […]
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Saudi oil minister insists global supply must say steady

5 months ago
Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Tuesday that if the security of oil supplies is threatened the world economy will suffer. The minister told an industry event that security of supplies is a priority now and some countries are forgetting about the affordability of energy. Source: National Post
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Jordan king sets foot in West Bank to meet Abbas

5 months ago
Jordan's King Abdullah II met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah on Monday, in his first trip to the Israeli-occupied West Bank since 2017, Abbas's office said.  Abdullah's visit came as foreign ministers from four Arab countries and the U.S. wrapped up a meeting which host Israel hailed as "historic", following a series of normalization […]
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Germany, France, Luxembourg freeze 120 million euros in Lebanese assets

5 months ago
France, Germany and Luxembourg have seized properties and frozen assets worth 120 million euros ($130 million) in a major operation linked to money laundering in Lebanon, the EU's justice agency said Monday. "Five properties in Germany and France were seized as well as several bank accounts," were frozen, the Hague-based Eurojust said in a statement. […]
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Riad Salameh lets Lebanese civil servants withdraw their salaries

5 months ago
Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh issued Monday a decree that allows public sector workers to withdraw their entire salaries from the banks, with no restrictions. The statement said that all banks must secure the needed liquidity to allow public sector workers to withdraw their entire monthly salaries, additional compensations, social assistance, and payments from their […]
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Iraqi Kurds offer to compensate Europe for Russian energy shortfall

5 months ago
The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has the capacity to make up for at least some of the energy shortfall in Europe, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Monday. Barzani told an industry conference in Dubai that Kurdistan would soon become an important source of energy that would meet global demand and it would […]
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US fears Blinken infected with Covid after Bennett summit

5 months ago
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will test for COVID-19 on Monday after having met Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem the previous day, a State Department spokesperson said. Bennett is isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday. "Upon learning of Prime Minister Bennett's positive test result, we […]
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Join the Global Watch Party to change Lebanon

5 months ago
Lebanese-born Australian journalist and filmmaker Daizy Gedeon (57) is a woman with a mission. In her award-winning latest film Enough: Lebanon’s Darkest Hour she names and shames the corrupt ruling class in Lebanon. “It is not a movie, it is a movement. I want to unite the diaspora starting with a Global Watch Party in […]
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Sanctions on Iran revolutionary guards to remain, says US

5 months ago
The U.S. and Israel are committed to ensure Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday, as the allies acknowledged differences over negotiations with Tehran. "When it comes to the most important element, we see eye to eye. We are both committed, both determined, that Iran will never acquire […]
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Azerbaijan now worried about Russia over Nagorno-Karabakh

5 months ago
Russia and Azerbaijan on Sunday traded barbs over the movement of Azeri forces in Nagorno-Karabakh where a simmering dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared into a six-week war in 2020. Azeri troops in 2020 drove ethnic Armenian forces out of swathes of territory they had controlled since the 1990s in and around Nagorno-Karabakh before Russia […]
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Food crisis in Lebanon mounts as Ukraine war continues

5 months ago
Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon's devastating two-year economic collapse. Now, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine sends food and energy prices soaring even further, she finds herself struggling to put food on the table for her family of four. "Even bread is not something we take for granted anymore," said the 48-year-old housewife, standing […]
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ISIS claims attacks within Israel

5 months ago
The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two people and wounded four in central Israel before they were killed by police. The two killed in the Sunday night attack were Israeli police officers, authorities said. It was the second deadly attack carried out by Arab assailants […]
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