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Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a high-level courtesy call on Moroccan Crown Prince Moulay Hassan as he flew back to China from the G20 summit in Brazil. Photo: Xinhua

China-Africa relations

What Xi’s flying visit to Morocco means for China’s EV industry

Countries in North Africa are central to solving two major issues facing Chines electric vehicle production, experts say.

29 Nov 2024 - 5:03PMvideocam

Marine safety

5 more rescued after tourist yacht sank in Egypt’s Red Sea, 7 missing

26 Nov 2024 - 10:41PM

Tourism

Egypt says 16 people missing after tourist yacht capsizes in Red Sea

26 Nov 2024 - 1:57PM

Mohamed Al-Fayed

Who is Mohamed al-Fayed’s brother Salah, who’s also been accused of assault?

The BBC documentary alleging sexual assault by Mohamed al-Fayed – and possible connivance by Harrods – has prompted further accusations, including against his younger brother Salah.

21 Nov 2024 - 7:00PM

Nancy Reagan, the wife of former US President Ronald Reagan, with Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed and his brother Salah in 1989. Photo: Getty Images

Tourism

Egypt’s Giza strays become tourist draw after pyramid-scaling dog goes viral

Apollo the stray dog became an overnight sensation last month after viral footage captured by a paragliding enthusiast.

18 Nov 2024 - 2:18PM

Italy

Italian president tells Elon Musk to quit meddling in Italy’s domestic politics

The highly unusual statement from the Italian head of state came against growing tension between the ruling coalition and the judiciary.

14 Nov 2024 - 12:13AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Deadly strikes on Gaza, Lebanon as Netanyahu and Trump speak

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with President-elect Donald Trump three times in the past few days.

11 Nov 2024 - 4:02PM

Rescuers search for victims under the rubble of a destroyed house hit in an Israeli strike in Aalmat village, northern Lebanon on Sunday. Photo: AP

Egyptians exhume the dead as historic cemetery razed

Egypt’s government says the plan is necessary to build new housing as Cairo grapples with congestion and a growing population.

10 Nov 2024 - 10:12AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel probes leaks that appear to have bolstered Netanyahu as Gaza truce talks stalled

Leaks of classified information coincided with public anger in Israel at failed hostage talks with Hamas.

4 Nov 2024 - 12:43PMvideocam

Diplomacy

Opinion | Combined China and US pressure could get warring sides to talk peace

The US may be leading peace efforts but it’s not delivering, while China is failing without leading.

1 Nov 2024 - 6:01AMvideocam

Diplomacy

Opinion | Brics is not anti-West, it just wants a fairer world order

In championing economic inclusivity and strategic autonomy, pioneering financial innovation and promoting peace, Brics is a force for good.

29 Oct 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Egypt proposes 2-day Gaza truce, release of 4 hostages

Egypt’s president says proposal would see talks resuming within 10 days of two-day truce to forge permanent ceasefire.

28 Oct 2024 - 11:55AMvideocam

Middle East

Israeli forces kill 38 people in Khan Younis, storm north Gaza hospital

The escalation came amid new US push for a ceasefire deal, with negotiators meeting in Doha in the coming days to try and restart talks.

25 Oct 2024 - 9:10PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel and Hamas signal openness to talks on Gaza war

The war in Gaza has raged for more than a year, since Hamas fighters raided southern Israel.

25 Oct 2024 - 5:05PMvideocam

A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the destroyed Maghazi Camp Services Club building following an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP

China-Middle East relations

Amid fears of all-out Mideast war, China commits to deeper cooperation with Iran

In first meeting with Iranian President Pezeshkian on Brics sidelines, Xi says Gaza ceasefire should occur ‘at the earliest possible date’.

25 Oct 2024 - 4:22AMvideocam

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Tehran support when meeting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Business of climate change

China fuels renewables capacity in Brics nations past 50%

Rapid investments in grid infrastructure and energy storage is needed to fully harness the potential of renewables, expert says.

22 Oct 2024 - 9:54AMvideocam

US-China relations

US adds 6 more Chinese companies to export blacklist for boosting Iran, PLA

Firms acting contrary to American national security in supporting Tehran’s ‘weapons of mass destruction programme’, says Commerce Department.

22 Oct 2024 - 6:00AM

China-Africa relations

Ethiopian dam could muddy the waters of China’s position as a global leader

A long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam could force Beijing into an impossible situation, observers say.

21 Oct 2024 - 3:03PMvideocam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is continuing to cause rifts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. But China may be cautious to try to broker a deal as any involvement is likely to cause anger. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Israel kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

The militant leader has been at the top of Israel’s most wanted list since he masterminded the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war.

18 Oct 2024 - 12:49PM

Italy

Italy sends first migrants to Albania under new deal

Italy has built two reception centres in Albania, in the first scheme by a EU nation to divert migrants to a non-EU country.

16 Oct 2024 - 6:56PM

Icons and Influencers

My Style: English designer Anya Hindmarch on her favourite things

Made a dame this year by King Charles, Hindmarch’s tastes span the series Slow Horses and Turnbull & Asser dressing gowns, to London’s specialist retailers John Sandoe for books and Green & Stone for pencils

12 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM

Fashion’s Anya Hindmarch, made a dame by King Charles, stans Slow Horses and loves Turnbull & Asser dressing gowns, Westman Atelier make-up and The Carlyle in New York. Photos: Handout

Brics

Opinion | For all the high hopes, Brics is neither united nor effective

Brics is an informal coalition with no common institutions, with members that do not even share the same views on key geopolitical challenges.

9 Oct 2024 - 5:42AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Gazans in limbo awaiting Canadian visas

Immigration lawyers say the wait for Gazans entering Canada is longer than those faced by other groups fleeing conflict or disaster.

5 Oct 2024 - 6:40PM

Middle East

Opinion | How a wider Middle East war could bring a world recession

Volatile oil prices, shaky investor confidence and prospects of interest rate increases threaten a global slowdown if Israel’s war expands.

5 Oct 2024 - 5:59AMvideocam

Brics

Brics impasse: Egypt, Ethiopia reject joint statement over Security Council bid

Consensus eludes group of major emerging national economies on General Assembly sidelines as new members balk at South Africa’s candidacy.

27 Sep 2024 - 5:47AM

The Brics meeting took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump

Trump to meet Ukraine’s Zelensky, UK’s Starmer in New York

Starmer to meet former president at Trump Tower on Thursday as foreign leaders scramble for face time with Republican presidential candidate.

27 Sep 2024 - 6:40AMvideocam

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower, New York on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE

X (formerly Twitter)

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge’s orders: source

X complied with orders to block certain accounts from platform and pay fines imposed for not complying with court orders, lawyers said.

27 Sep 2024 - 2:47AM

E-commerce

Courier J&T chases shoppers pining for made-in-China goods

After expanding from Southeast Asia to China, the logistics firm has set its sights on the Middle East and South America.

23 Sep 2024 - 6:30PM

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The latest news, analysis and opinion on Egypt. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

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Head of State

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Head of Government

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly

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29 November, 2024