Egypt regulator plans assurance, fund rules
CAIRO: Egypt's market regulator aims to expand a limited assurance market by allowing more banks to sell life insurance products, a move that should encourage more Egyptians to get insured…
Cirque du Soleil creates quirky Canada vision for World Expo
At Canada's prism-shaped World Expo pavilion in Shanghai, dayglo-suited businessmen juggle bowling pins, royal guards march in "bearskin" hats made of flowers and hockey players zoom on roller blades. After…
COMMENTARY: Once again, Refugee Film Fest bridging divides
The Cairo Refugee Film Festival started last year as an initiative to celebrate World Refugee Day in June in a much more coherent and meaningful way. This week, the festival…
PA speaker rejects request to investigate 'abuse of power' by gov't officials
CAIRO: Parliament speaker Ahmed Fathy Sorour rejected a request by Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and independent MPs to carry out an investigation into alleged violations by current and past ministers in…
The heat age
BERLIN: This April was the hottest April on record, globally, for at least 130 years, according to the worldwide temperature records maintained by NASA and the US National Oceanic and…
#Flotilla: information that leads to change
RIYADH: The ships seized by Israeli armed forces en route to Gaza have made headline news these past weeks. Much of the coverage has focused on the ships from the…
Innovation goes full speed ahead in the Arab world
CAIRO: When it comes to the Muslim world, the media often focuses on foreign policy, terrorism and the differences between the Muslim world and the West. But in the book…
The Gaza Flotilla crisis shows that Israel must abandon the logic of violence
The whole world was shocked by the tragic consequences of the Israeli military operation conducted in international waters against the “Peace Flotilla” convoy of ships. The human cost in unacceptable.…
World Bank urges development for Mideast's poor
DUBAI: The World Bank on Tuesday urged Mideast countries to invest more in their impoverished rural areas instead of relying on subsidies and mega-projects to alleviate inequalities in the region.…
Egypt police catch man smuggling foxes, chameleons
CAIRO: Security officers at Cairo's international airport have stopped an Egyptian man trying to smuggle eight live foxes and 50 chameleons out of the country. Police say the officers stopped…
