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Lloyd Austin uses Middle East visit to stress Washington’s commitment to the region
Rare visit by Cairo’s foreign minister is latest signal that regional leaders are moving beyond policy of isolation
Sixty per cent of population deemed poor or vulnerable as inflation and currency crisis bite
Cairo’s agreement with the IMF commits it to reducing the presence of the state in numerous sectors
Safwan and Seif el-Din Thabet had been held for about two years without charge
Sisi needs to shrink the role of the state and military-owned companies
Country has shifted to more flexible exchange rate as part of $3bn IMF rescue deal
Al-Sisi regime agrees to reforms over state ownership in the face of financial crisis
North African country agreed to let its currency fluctuate as part of $3bn IMF deal
Cairo says banks will soon be able to help importers clear backlog of goods at ports worth $9.5bn
Free-spending governments are being punished if they don’t abandon unorthodox policy
Climate change summit turned into a ‘trade fair’
Hill+Knowlton Strategies draws ire from scientists for ‘incompatible’ representations
Pungent compound could be an unlikely decarbonisation hero
Western capitals should use diplomatic and economic leverage with President Sisi
Eighty-five years since its publication, ‘Death on the Nile’ is still in print — and the ship that inspired it is back in service
Farmers struggle to make ends meet in unpredictable weather that has become the ‘new normal’
Climate conference gives Egypt’s human rights activists unprecedented global platform
Egyptian hosts plan to stress the interests of the developing world at climate change summit
Activists hope western leaders will use climate conference to put pressure on Cairo’s autocratic rulers
Rich countries’ willingness to pay poorer nations to ditch fossil fuels is being put to the test
The global crisis has magnified the fragility of the country’s state-driven economic model and forced it to take out new multilateral loans
Prime minister may U-turn on decision not to go to COP27 following criticism by Tory MPs
Egyptian pound plunges 14.5% after Cairo moves to flexible exchange rate demanded by fund
The country’s ancient wonders still hold us spellbound, but its pulsing, intense present is just as intoxicating
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