Injaz aims to create a new generation of entrepreneurs
CAIRO: While partnerships between the private and public sector towards a developmental objective is common, mobilizing the private sector and education ministries across the Arab world is quite a feat.…
Thai film 'Boonmee' wins top honor at Cannes fest
The hypnotic Thai film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, while Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and…
Cannes winner Apichatpong: an outspoken Thai outsider
Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the surprise winner of the top prize at Cannes, has built a career with dream-like movies that shun traditional storytelling. The 39-year-old is also a staunch critic…
Kefaya freezes ex-general coordinator's membership
CAIRO: The Kefaya Movement for Change froze the membership of its former general coordinator for participating in a conference held in the US, Kefaya co-founder Mohamed El-Ashqar told Daily News…
Air Arabia Egypt flights to begin in June
CAIRO: UAE-based low cost airline Air Arabia will begin flights on its new Egypt-based carrier in June after it received an operating certificate from Egyptian authorities, the company said on…
Mubarak wades into Nile water issue
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak waded into the Nile water sharing issue Sunday when he hosted the Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Congolese President Joseph Kabila, two countries that have…
World Cup draw lends Africa no favors
JOHANNESBURG: Boasts that Africa would finally deliver World Cup champions this July have given way to a realization that surviving the first round is a massive challenge for almost all…
Security clash with Amonsito workers, disperse parliament sit-ins
CAIRO: Security bodies forced protesters to break-up their sit-ins outside parliament on Sunday, “under threat of arrest”, according to the Hisham Mubarak Law Center (HMLC). This followed clashes earlier in…
57 ancient tombs with mummies unearthed in Egypt
CAIRO: Archeologists have unearthed 57 ancient Egyptian tombs, most of which hold an ornately painted wooden sarcophagus with a mummy inside, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said Sunday. The oldest…
The end of fiscal sovereignty in Europe
MILAN: The late Milton Friedman said that a common currency — that is, a monetary union — cannot be sustained without a deep form of economic and political union. By…