‘Jean Gentil’: First Dominican film screened at Cairo International Film Fest
The Cairo International Film Festival witnessed a rare first on Saturday at the Cairo Opera House: its first screening of a Dominican movie. The feature length film, “Jean Gentil”, is…
Defying the Garden of Eden syndrome
By Kandeh Yumkella ACCRA: When you fly into Takoradi, Ghana’s fourth largest city and an industrial and commercial center, one of the first things you notice are the oil rigs along…
In the footsteps of Gandhi, Mandela, and Havel
By Ma Jian LONDON: Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned Chinese writer and human-rights campaigner, will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10. For the first time in history, however, neither the…
What size the fire exit?
By Daniel Gros BRUSSELS: The eurozone is being thrown into turmoil by a collective rush to the exits by investors. Yields on government debt of peripheral eurozone countries are skyrocketing, because…
The lessons of Europe’s carbon trade
By Denny Ellerman FLORENCE: As the Cancún climate change summit approaches, discussions about the viability of carbon trading systems is intensifying. The world can look to Europe as a model that…
Shark attack kills German woman off Egypt’s Sharm resort
CAIRO: A shark mauled to death a German woman tourist snorkeling off Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday, in the third shark attack in Egypt's popular Red Sea resort in a week,…
Iran inflation rises on ‘psychological’ impact, says central banker
TEHRAN: Iran's official inflation rate rose for the third month running, the central bank chief said on Saturday, reflecting the government's move to slash subsidies in an economy under pressure…
Zain shareholder threatens to sue any Zain Saudi buyers
KUWAIT: Al Fawares Holding, a Zain shareholder unhappy with the telecom carrier's sale process, threatened to sue potential buyers of the firm's Saudi unit and to try to put Zain…
UAE econ min hopes to rejoin Gulf single currency, says paper
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates hopes it and Oman will rejoin a planned Gulf single currency project one day, UAE economy minister was quoted as saying by a Saudi newspaper…
World Cup hosting lifts Qatar stocks
DOHA: Qatar's stock market index surged on Sunday, the first trading day after the Gulf state won the bid to host the 2022 football World Cup and pledged to spend…
