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Egypt expects to raise its allocation for food subsidies by 20 percent and for petroleum products by 24 percent in the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to a draft budget approved by the cabinet on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The budget…
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McDonald’s will increase the price of its cheeseburger by 20 percent in Britain, in the first price hike for the popular item in 14 years as it responds to soaring inflation. The cheeseburger’s price will now rise to 1.19 pounds from 99…
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Rihanna is reportedly planing to raise her baby boy in Barbados. The 34-year-old star recently gave birth to her first child with ASAP Rocky, and she's now planning to raise her baby in her home country. A source told the Sunday…
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A young Egyptian woman has sparked an online donation frenzy for a charity dedicated to caring for premature babies by starting a bidding war for a Vodafone Egypt top-up card. Around $1 million were raised for the charity after a…
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Gold prices eased on Thursday as a rebound in US Treasury yields tempered bullion’s safe-haven demand stemming from the Ukraine crisis and its potential impact on the global economy. Spot gold was down 0.4 percent at $1,950.61 per ounce,…
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MG Motor India, which is owned by China’s SAIC Motor, plans to raise funds to develop its Indian electric mobility business, three sources told Reuters, as Chinese investments face increased scrutiny by the government in New Delhi. MG…
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The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said, today, Sunday, that it has increased the fees for the passage of laden and ballast ships by up to 10%, as of March 1. This comes in line with the significant growth in global trade, the improvement of…
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The death toll from a fire at a major oil refinery in Kuwait has been raised to four after two critically injured workers died of their wounds, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company said in a statement Wednesday. The fire, which erupted…
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Last year, on a midsummer day in Cluj-Napoca in northern Romania, tennis player Mayar Sherif made history by becoming the first Egyptian woman to reach a WTA final. On the same day, thousands of miles to the east in Tokyo, Feryal…
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Indian state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. will lift 45 percent more oil from Iraq this year to meet its expanded refining capacity, sources familiar with the matter said. The refiner will buy 3.2 million tons or about 64,000 barrels…
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