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CAIRO: Water resources are a priority subject at COP27, said the head of the EU delegation in Cairo as Egypt prepared to host the UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh next month. Christian Berger’s comments came during his visit to Cairo Water Week, where experts discussed the effects of climate change on an essential natural resource. Berger noted that the subject

By Dr. Paige Marie Morse, Sustainability Advisor and Lawrence Ng, Vice President of APJ Sales, Aspen Technology, Inc.

Despite Pakistan's struggling economy, its finance minister will consider renegotiating debt with other countries

The evidence is clear: North Korea is responsible for the torpedo attack that sank the South Korean naval frigate Cheonan. Now that North Korea’s culpability for this heinous act of aggression has been proven, South Korea and the United States must respond resolutely by imposing a comprehensive package of unilateral and multilateral actions. These sanctions should include severing inter-Korean economic relations, augmenting U.S.–South Korean naval forces and detection capabilities in the Wes...

Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said he would not approach China any differently than he would other countries as his government seeks to reschedule debt, and he expressed confidence in Pakistan's ability to repay loans despite a struggling economy ravaged by devastating rains and floods. Dar was in Washington to participate in annual meetings of…

Nearly 51M people fell below poverty line in 1st 3 months of Moscow-Kyiv war which started in February.

Some 71 million people have faced poverty due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to the UN Development Program (UNDP). The impact of the war o

Stepping Up: Male leaders who are closing the gender gap in Armenia's IT industry...

DUBAI: As one of Arab cinema’s leading ladies, superstar Egyptian actress Yousra has worn many hats since her onscreen debut in the 1970s. The multi-hyphenate, who has starred in more than 80 films and numerous popular Ramadan TV series, is also a singer, a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (making her an Oscars voter), a United Nations goodwill

NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defenders in league history, is being treated for a brain tumor. The 56-year-old from Congo is notoriously politically engaged on his wartorn home country's behalf.