Ahram Online Prosecutors from the US state of New York seized five Egyptian artefacts worth more than $3 Million from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The decision is part of an investigation into international trafficking involving the Louvre Museum in France. “The artefacts include a group of painted linen fragments …
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In the dusk of neoliberalism, a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times. Piergiuseppe Fortunato* On May 4th 1979, Margaret Thatcher entered 10 Downing Street in London as a British prime minister. The time had finally come to put into practice her political …
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Egypt Today President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held military and security cooperation discussions with Lt. Gen. Michael E. Corella, the commander of US Central Command in the Middle East (CENTCOM) on Monday. “The meeting tackled cooperation in counterterrorism, joint training programs, border security and the latest developments in the region, especially …
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James Zogby discusses the intricacies of supporting Ukraine in the light of the world order’s moral duplicity James Zogby* The battle brewing among some US liberals in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine recalls debates that occurred in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait. Back …
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The wealthy are the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, Jayati Ghosh writes, yet carbon taxes hit the poor hardest. Jayati Ghosh* It should be obvious: natural processes—and the ‘anthropocene’ effects on them—do not observe national boundaries. The atmosphere and the oceans do not rely on visas to cross borders, and the impact …
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London – Times of Egypt In his speech at the brink of dawn on Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced conducting a “special military operation” against the Ukrainian regime in Kyiv. Immediately afterwards, Ukraine sounded its raid sirens all over the country, following Russian air raids and missile attacks …
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Three months after the Biden-Xi summit, the two sides’ divergent framings of the bilateral relationship are hindering progress. Paul Haenle* and Sam Bresnick* Fifty years ago this week, former US President Richard Nixon flew to China, setting the stage for a dramatic shift in relations between the two countries. Much …
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Ahram Online Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry launched the ‘US-Egypt climate working group’, at a joint press conference in Cairo on Monday. The group is a joint endeavour to advance bilateral and multilateral climate goals ahead of the upcoming …
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Egypt Today Egyptian Minister of Defence and Military Production Mohamed Zaki discussed cooperation with commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) Kenneth McZenzie in Cairo on Wednesday. “The meeting tackled several matters of mutual interest, which include military cooperation and joint exercises”, the Egyptian Armed Forces indicated in a statement. …
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James Zogby* This past month, we were treated to a few classic examples of how Israel deals with criticism and how it may be finding it increasingly difficult to dodge challenges to its abusive behaviours. Example 1 On 12 January 2022, Omar Abdulmajeed Assad died at the hands of the …
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