Opinion: Germany’s Green Card was ahead of its time
Germany's complicated and unattractive Green Card opened the national labor market to foreign IT specialists 15 years ago. The country has managed to learn quite a bit from this experience,…
Notes from America: Watermelon’s summer tales
Mark Twain once said: “When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.” And most likely, that angel was an Egyptian. Egyptians were the first to discover watermelons…
Barclays says its activities in Africa strengthened
Bank gained half a million new customers in retail banking
Egypt’s economy grows 4.7% in first 9 months of FY 2014/2015
Tourism sector grows 34.6% in first 9 months of last fiscal year
Al Jazeera re-trial further postponed to 29 August
Disappointed Mohamed says he wanted this over with, Al Jazeera manager calls delay “very frustrating”
Al-Azhar Grand Imam sends condolences to bin Laden family
Sister and step-mother of deceased Al-Qaeda leader were killed in plane crash
Three Turkish soldiers killed in attacks blamed on PKK
Three Turkish soldiers have been killed in two attacks blamed on Kurdish PKK rebels. The incidents come as Ankara continues a bombing campaign in northern Iraq directed at PKK positions.
Obama releases climate video ahead of clean power plan release
US President Obama has released a video highlighting the problems of climate change as he prepares to unveil a major plan to fight global warming. Opponents have said they will…
Why is Russia afraid of NGOs?
Why is Russia so concerned about the state of its constitution? Can NGO activity really undermine a country or are other factors required? Fiona Clark in Moscow goes in search…
Wolfsburg win Supercup on penalties
Wolfsburg have served notice that they're capable of competing with Bayern Munich, beating the league champs 5-4 on penalties to take the Supercup. Key to the win was a last-minute…
