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Ukrainian Revolution

AfD lawmaker to travel to Crimea despite international protest

Lawmaker Waldemar Herdt with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has no qualms spending money out of his own pocket to attend an economic conference this week in the Crimean Peninsula though doing so ignores official German policy and is considered an…

bubmagApril 17, 2019

Panda

19-yr-old male giant panda arrives at Vienna zoo

bubmagApril 17, 2019

Huawei

Huawei CFO gets bail; China detains ex-Canadian diplomat

A Canadian court granted bail on Tuesday to a top Chinese executive arrested at the United States’ request in a case that has set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries and complicated high-stakes US-China trade talks. Hours before the bail hearing in Vancouver, China detained a former Canadian…

bubmagDecember 12, 2018

Jerusalem Controversy

Australian government discusses moving Israel embassy to Jerusalem

Sydney - Egypt Today Australia's government met on Tuesday to discuss whether to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, two sources familiar with the matter said, a decision that would break with decades of policy and risk angering Asian neighbours. "Cabinet met today and the issue…

bubmagDecember 12, 2018

Jerusalem Controversy

23 Palestinians arrested in West Bank

Ramallah - Petra Israeli occupation forces early Monday detained 23 Palestinians from various West Bank cities and transferred them to detention centers, according to a Palestinian source. A statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Israeli army stormed the cities of Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus and a number of…

bubmagDecember 10, 2018

Syria

Lebanon’s property market ‘on the brink of collapse’

Beirut - Egypt Today Lebanon’s once soaring property market is on the brink of collapse amid plunging prices and a construction standstill. A boom that began in 2008 fueled by sales to Gulf state citizens and Lebanese expatriates was halted by war in Syria in 2011 and the oil-price slump…

bubmagDecember 10, 2018

Brexit

Britain’s May says Brexit deal defeat could topple government

Prime Minister Theresa May warned on Sunday if parliament rejects her Brexit deal, it could leave Britain in the European Union and bring the opposition Labour Party to power. The embattled leader’s message came with her government fearing a heavy defeat in Tuesday’s parliamentary vote on the draft withdrawal agreement…

bubmagDecember 10, 2018

Syria

Syria media says no attack on airport after reported air defense fire

Damascus - Egypt Today Syrian state media said Sunday that air defenses had opened fire near Damascus airport, before withdrawing the report after what appeared to be a false alarm. “Our air defenses engaged hostile aerial targets in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport,” the official SANA news agency said,…

bubmagDecember 10, 2018

Huawei

Canada’s detention of Huawei exec ‘vile in nature’

Beijing - Egypt Today China has summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest the detention of a top executive of leading Chinese tech giant Huawei, calling it “unreasonable, unconscionable, and vile in nature” and warning of “grave consequences” if she is not released. A report by the official Xinhua News Agency…

bubmagDecember 9, 2018

Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan says Turkey will hold Kanal Istanbul tender next year

Ankara - Egypt Today Turkey will hold a tender for the construction of a 45-km shipping canal running parallel to the Bosphorus, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, despite a government freeze on new investments as it reins in spending. “The Kanal Istanbul has been delayed too much. We will…

bubmagDecember 6, 2018

AfD lawmaker to travel to Crimea despite international protest

19-yr-old male giant panda arrives at Vienna zoo

Huawei CFO gets bail; China detains ex-Canadian diplomat

Australian government discusses moving Israel embassy to Jerusalem

23 Palestinians arrested in West Bank

Lebanon’s property market ‘on the brink of collapse’

Britain’s May says Brexit deal defeat could topple government

Syria media says no attack on airport after reported air defense fire

Canada’s detention of Huawei exec ‘vile in nature’

Erdogan says Turkey will hold Kanal Istanbul tender next year

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