2+ hour, 58+ min ago   (550+ words) Egypt can reduce the pressure on public finances while accelerating infrastructure investment through stronger legal frameworks, better risk-sharing mechanisms, and targeted investment guarantees, Olivier Pognon, CEO of the African Legal Support Facility, tells Ahram Weekly The African Legal Support Facility…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago   (630+ words) Tadej Pogacar all but sealed a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title on Saturday as Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz won the 20th stage on Alpe d'Huez. With Sunday's 21st and final stage of the 113th edition of the Tour likely to be the usual…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (665+ words) UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for an end to Israeli violations in Syria and urged international support for the country's transition on his first visit under the new authorities following years of civil war. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1624+ words) Al Ahram Weekly explores how the digital economy can empower women while exposing them to the growing risks of informal employment with few legal or other protections Heba Mohamed, 35, could not sustain a full-time job following her divorce since she…...

6+ hour, 43+ min ago   (356+ words) Lionel Messi will not be required to play in next week's Major League Soccer All-Star Game after representing Argentina in the recent World Cup final, the US domestic league said Saturday. Inter Miami superstar Messi had been sanctioned last year…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (304+ words) Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday there was no military solution to the escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, after both sides traded attacks. "We believe that there is no military solution…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (187+ words) Egypt reaffirmed its full solidarity with Saudi Arabia on Saturday, condemning the attack on a Saudi oil tanker and all assaults targeting civilian infrastructure and means of transport or threatening the security of navigation in the Red Sea and international…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago   (198+ words) The death toll in a crash on Saturday between two passenger buses in a central-eastern desert region of Syria has risen to 35, state media said. News agency SANA, quoting a health ministry official, also said 30 others were injured in the…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1207+ words) Language is one of civilization’s most enduring archives. Institutions may disappear, political boundaries may change, and manuscripts may be dispersed, yet words continue to preserve the intellectual journeys through which knowledge passes from one society to another. This history invites…...

15+ hour, 27+ min ago   (392+ words) Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar condemned Israel's latest escalation at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, including mass settler incursions led by Israeli ministers and the raising of the Israeli flag inside the compound. In a…...