Air raid sirens sounded in Jordan after Iranian missiles breached the country’s airspace, authorities say. A government spokesman said that all the missiles were “intercepted and dealt with.” “The valiant Jordanian Armed Forces are on high alert, ready to address any threat facing the Kingdom, and are deploying all their efforts to safeguard the nation’s …
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Paris —  Let the people decide. That was the defiant message of two of the world’s most famous populists on Tuesday, as Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen announced, within hours of each other, their intention to defy their country’s norms in order to put the same pitch to the same jury, with both French and …
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The XV International Ballet Competition has concluded with a gala concert featuring prize winners on the Historic Stage of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, following a record 362 applications from 35 countries. Following a preliminary selection, 158 ballet artists from 30 countries advanced to the XV International Ballet Competition programme, and 131 contestants from 27 countries participated […]
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is set to hold its fourth scheduled meeting of the year on Thursday to decide the future of the central bank’s key policy rates, which serve as a key indicator of the short-term direction of interest rates on the Egyptian pound. Market expectations […]
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Undoubtedly, the Suez Canal is one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints. Around 30 percent of total global container trade passes through the Canal, while each year, more than USD one trillion worth of goods pass through the narrow stretch of water connecting Asia and Europe. For Egypt, the Canal provides a vital source of foreign currency. According to the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), the waterway generated USD 40 billion in revenue from 2019 to 2024. For the 2025/2026 financial year, the SCA recently announced that revenues increased by 23 percent in relation to the previous year, despite significant regional disruption. Yet the Suez Canal is not just a maritime chokepoint. It is also a vital chokepoint of international communications, linking multiple continents via a congested highway of undersea telecommunication cables. It is these cables that provide Egypt with an invaluable opportunity to both enhance global communications, while expanding its economy. Buried beneath the world’s oceans, this network of undersea cables connects every continent except Antarctica, enabling individuals, businesses, and governments to communicate with each other. These cables are vital. According to the UN’s International Telecommunication Union, as theContinue reading "The Alternative Suez Canal: How Egypt Powers Mass Global Communication"
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For years, an imported handbag or a bottle of Korean hair serum was the reflexive marker of status for Egyptian aspiring shoppers. Nowadays, across fashion racks, skincare shelves and TikTok feeds, Egyptians are increasingly reaching for labels made a few miles from home rather than flown in from Paris or Dubai, and the shift is remaking the country’s retail economy from the ground up. By 2032, Egypt’s beauty and personal care market is projected to reach USD 1.57 billion (EGP  77.75 billion), up from USD 900 million (EGP 44.57 billion) in 2025. Domestic players like the skincare brand Nefertari reported a 35 percent growth in 2024 alone, and homegrown formulator Beesline is carving out an 8 to 10 percent share of the organic segment, according to Home & Personal Care Middle East & Africa magazine.  Meanwhile, the country’s e-commerce market is on track to hit USD 14.9 billion (EGP 740.2 billion) in 2028, the Egypt Ecommerce Market Opportunities Databook 2024 by Research and Markets, a global market analysis company, reports. The price of buying foreign The clearest driver is economic, as Egypt’s currency devaluations in recent years have made importedContinue reading "Local Brands Storm Egypt’s Retail Scene"
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The rate of change in prices of the household electricity, natural gas, and other fuels index registered a marginal 0.1% month-on-month increase in June 2026 compared to 2.0% in May, according to the monthly bulletin of the consumer price index (CPI) for June 2026 by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). This […]
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Egypt is one step closer to realizing its ambitious civilian nuclear program by installing the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for Unit 2 at the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. This installation is significant, as it follows the successful placement of the same equipment for Unit 1 just seven months earlier, according to a statement by […]
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