Jehan Sadat: Egypt’s first lady who transformed women’s rights
Jehan Sadat was sitting within the stands, just some meters far away from her husband, when gunmen opened fire at a military parade in Cairo. Her life partner, Anwar –…
Biden vows US action over Russian cyber
attacks President Joe Biden has told President Putin the US will take “any necessary action” to prevent cyber-attacks from Russia, the White House says. A reporter asked Mr. Biden after…
Cannes: Actress Lea Seydoux tests positive for Covid-19
French actress Lea Seydoux may miss the Cannes festival after testing positive for Covid-19. The character star – who is double-vaccinated and asymptomatic – is appearing in four films at…
Euro 2020: How Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline became an accidental football anthem
Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline, a song written over 50 years ago about the daughter of a former US president, has become the unofficial anthem of the Britain team at Euro…
panish ministers clash over a campaign to eat less meat
A Spanish minister has been roasted by members of his own coalition government over his efforts to cut back meat consumption within the country. This week consumer affairs minister, Alberto…
River Nile dam: Why Ethiopia can’t stop it being filled The long
running dispute between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over an enormous hydroelectric dam being built on the River Nile shows no sign of being resolved. On Thursday, the UN SC is…
Cairn Energy gets the right to seize Indian assets in tax row UK oil firm Cairn Energy
gained the proper to seize Indian state assets in France worth quite €20m (£17m) as a part of a long-running tax row. A French tribunal ordered a freeze on about…
Narendra Modi: India PM announces his biggest cabinet reshuffle
Narendra Modi: India PM announces his biggest cabinet reshuffle Indian PM Narendra Modi has inducted 36 new ministers into his government within the largest cabinet reshuffle since he came to…
Covid-19: Germany lifts ban on tourists from UK and Portugal
Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and 4 other variant-hit countries. The restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India, and Nepal,…
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of violating the law over a controversial
Dam Egypt has accused Ethiopia of violating the law after it received a notice saying that Ethiopia’s dam upstream on the Nile is now filling up with water for a…