Vulnerable nations welcome ‘historic’ climate damages fund from polluters
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt—Vulnerable nations least responsible for planet-heating emissions have been battling for three decades for wealthy polluters to ...
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Environmentalists in Action
Environmental advocates, in a press conference in Quezon City, call on governments of developed nations to address the climate and ...
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As COP27 closes in Egypt, US says polls won’t disrupt climate plan
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt—The United States sought to reassure the UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday that it will ...
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Biden to raise human rights in Egypt, Cambodia: US officials
US President Joe Biden plans to discuss human rights in Egypt, where he will travel for a climate conference, and ...
Read moreEgypt dissident on ‘water strike’; UK vows support
Cairo—Jailed Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family said Sunday, escalating his hunger strike as world ...
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UN climate conference opens in Egypt in hopes to turn finance pledges into action
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt -- The 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) ...
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Sinking Alexandria faces up to coming catastrophe
"Destruction and rebuilding is nothing new to a city that once was home to the Library of Alexandria, the world’s ...
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Egypt considers bid to host 2036 Olympics
Egypt is planning to apply to host the 2036 Olympic Games, sports minister Ashraf Sobhi said on Saturday during a ...
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Egyptians mourn 41 killed in Cairo Coptic church fire
By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped ...
Read moreEgypt’s small farms play big role but struggle to survive
Egyptian smallholders grow nearly half of the country's crops, a lifeline role increasingly important after grain imports were stalled by war ...
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