Local wheat buying at 4.464 million tonnes in Egypt
Egypt's government has bought 4.464 million tonnes of local wheat since the start of the season on April 15, the…
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Japan’s Abe to delay sales tax hike until 2019
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to delay an increase in sales tax by two and a half years, a government…
Brent oil pushes above $50 for first time in nearly seven months
Brent oil futures climbed above $50 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in nearly seven months, boosted after…
North Sinai MPs call on government to reconsider Emergency Law
The House of Representatives called on the government to reduce the hours of the curfew imposed in North Sinai…
Google opposes South Korean mapping restrictions
Google parent Alphabet Inc. is challenging the South Korean government over restrictions to its mapping…
US Senate passes 9/11 bill despite Saudi ‘warning’
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi…
Canada wildfires: Alberta launches app for worried residents
A smartphone app has been released by the government of the Canadian province of Alberta to let people evacuated…
Mexico “unhappy” with Egypt’s response to 2015 attack on tourists
Mexico said Thursday that it was not satisfied with the Egyptian government's response to an aerial bombing in…
Malaysia’s central bank says confident government will honor debt obligations
Malaysia's new central bank governor said he was confident the government would honor all its debt obligations, as…
UK’s Cameron says leaving EU would increase risk of war
Raising the stakes in Britain's European Union membership debate, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that…