Egyptians are getting gloomier about their country's future more than two years after an uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak, but most retain a favorable view of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, according to a poll released on Thursday.
Egypt's economy has been hammered by political turmoil and spasms of (...)
Egyptians are getting gloomier about their country's future more than two years after an uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak, but most retain a favorable view of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, according to a poll released on Thursday.
Egypt's economy has been hammered by political turmoil and spasms of (...)
Washington: Samsung Electronics has claimed that it has found a revolutionary way to transmit data swiftly through a fifth generation network, or 5G, which will transform current mobile and internet technology.
According to Samsung, 5G technology will make large volumes of data transfer easy and (...)
قام الفنان تامر حسنى بنشر فيديوهات له داخل صالة الجيم، وهو يمارس تدريبات رياضية، وأعلن خلال صفحته على "فيس بوك"، أنه يجرى استعدادات بدنية لفيلمه الجديد الذى يحضر له حالياً. وفسر جمهور "فيس بوك" أن ما قام به حسنى مجرد "تقليد" للنجم عمرو دياب، الذى اعتاد منذ فترة على نشر فيديوهات له داخل الجيم، (...)
قام الفنان تامر حسنى بنشر فيديوهات له داخل صالة الجيم، وهو يمارس تدريبات رياضية، وأعلن خلال صفحته على "فيس بوك"، أنه يجرى استعدادات بدنية لفيلمه الجديد الذى يحضر له حالياً.
وفسر جمهور "فيس بوك" أن ما قام به حسنى مجرد "تقليد" للنجم عمرو دياب، الذى اعتاد منذ فترة على نشر فيديوهات له داخل الجيم، (...)
The Development Committee on Saturday endorsed the World Bank Group's goal to end extreme poverty within a generation as “ambitious”, saying that this endeavor by the Bank was a “historic opportunity” to make a difference. The Committee equally confirmed the Group's vision to promote shared (...)
As the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty convened this week in Washington, DC, The World Bank Group issued the following statement:
By 2050, the world will have two billion more people to feed. To do that, global agricultural production will need to increase by 70 percent. That (...)
President Barack Obama will offer cuts to Social Security and other benefit programs in a budget proposal next week aimed at winning over enough congressional Republicans to pass a broad deal to reduce the deficit.
While Obama's previous budgets have largely been ignored in Congress, the White (...)
After Colorado and Washington passed referendums to legalize marijuana, it could soon be a national trend, according to a new public opinion poll that shows the majority of Americans believe making marijuana legal would be the right thing to do.
For the first time in four decades of polling on the (...)
Hindus have lauded White House for including yoga in “135th White House Easter Egg Roll" held in the South Lawn of White House in Washington DC on April 1.
A “Yoga Garden" was listed under annual Easter Egg Roll “Events" on the White House website. “Come enjoy a session of yoga from professional (...)
تراجعت أسعار المعادن يوم الأربعاء بعد أن قرر المستثمرون في إيطاليا عدم أهمية الأحداث الجارية.
وانخفضت عقود الذهب الآجلة تسليم شهر أبريل بمعدل 19.80 دولار أمريكي أو بنسبة 1.2%, ليصل إلى 1,595.70 دولار أمريكي للأوقية.
وقد فشلت الإنتخابات الإيطالية يوم الإثنين فى تحقيق الاغلبية، مما تسبب في حالة قلق (...)
US political leaders are to meet for last-ditch talks at the White House, amid the prospect of steep budget cuts.
Cuts worth $85bn (£56bn), originally tabled in an effort to force Congress to strike a budget deal, are due become law by the end of Friday.
President Barack Obama will host Democratic (...)
Is this what Michelle Obama looks like untethered to the pressure of a campaign? Is she free to follow her whims without worries about political backlash?
The first lady became the buzz of the weekend when she beamed into the Academy Awards from the White House to present the award for best picture (...)
Less than a week before billions of dollars of U.S. spending cuts are set to begin, governors meeting in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama to find an alternative to the reductions and give states more say in bringing down the federal debt.
"I certainly join (...)
Google will lobby Washington in 2013 to make it harder for law enforcement authorities to gain access to emails and other digital messages.
In a blog post on Monday, linked to Data Privacy Day, Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, said the tech giant, in coalition with many other powerful (...)
Four years after making history by becoming the first African-American president, Barack Obama will kick off his second term on Monday with a scaled-back inauguration that reflects the tempered expectations for his next four years in office.
Lingering high unemployment, bitter political battles and (...)
As politicians bickered and companies refrained from investing much of their cash horde on new equipment or employees, U.S. consumers kept spending.
That trend is credited with helping keep the U.S. economy on an expansion track last year, albeit a slow one, and is an often-cited factor in the (...)
The dollar strengthened against most currencies Tuesday on risk aversion in the absence of a resolution of the debt-ceiling impasse, but it fell against the yen after a Japanese minister warned about the effect from a currency that is too weak.
The ICE dollar index , which measures the greenback (...)
Google unit Motorola Mobility has asked a trade panel to drop two key patents from an infringement complaint that it filed against Microsoft, according to a filing at the International Trade Commission.
The ITC has been considering accusations by Motorola Mobility, which has since been purchased by (...)
U.S. stock futures rose Monday evening, keying off a day-session rally after lawmakers in Washington reached a deal on tax rates for the new year.
Futures for the S&P 500 Index climbed 3.5 points, or 0.3%, and those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 16 points or 0.1%.
The moves came in the (...)
President Barack Obama says the "fiscal cliff" agreement reached by the Senate is "the right thing to do for our country" and is encouraging the House to "pass it without delay."
The Senate voted 89-8 early Tuesday to pass legislation to block the impact of across-the-board tax increases and (...)
The US Senate has approved a deal to avert general tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff".
The bill, which raises taxes for the wealthy, came after lengthy talks between Vice-President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans.
The House is due to consider it later. Spending cuts have been (...)
After a decades-long campaign to legalize marijuana hit a high mark in 2012 with victories in Washington state and Colorado, its energized and deep-pocketed backers are mapping out a strategy for the next round of ballot-box battles.
They have their sights set on ballot measures in 2014 or 2016 in (...)
Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama pledged to put his "full weight" behind legislation aimed at preventing gun violence.
Obama voiced skepticism about the National Rifle Association's proposal to put armed guards in (...)
The first gay and lesbian couples to wed under Maine's new same-sex marriage law exchanged vows early on Saturday in a series of spare but joyous civil ceremonies held shortly after midnight in the only state to welcome such nuptials solely by popular vote.
"We finally feel equal and happy to be (...)