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Egypt, China Signed Deal For Flagship Industrial Zone Expansion
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Nam News Network) CAIRO, Jul 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt and China, yesterday, signed a deal, for the expansion of the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, with Chinese developer, TEDA, set to invest 100 million U.S....
Why stock market is down today: Sensex falls over 600 pts, Nifty slips below 25,000; 5 reasons behind the drop
The Economic Times
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July 18, 2025
Indian benchmark indices declined sharply on Friday, dragged by selling in financial stocks, weak earnings, and cautious global sentiment. The Sensex fell over 600 points intraday, while the Nifty50 breached the 25,000 mark amid broad-based...
Cupid makes strategic investment in GII Healthcare to enter Middle East market
Business Upturn
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July 15, 2025
Cupid Limited, a well-established Indian manufacturer of personal care and health products, has announced a strategic investment in GII Healthcare Investment Limited. The move marks Cupid’s first step into the Middle East healthcare space,...
Fire at shopping mall in Iraq kills 61
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 18, 2025
Fire at shopping mall in Iraq kills 61 A fire ripped through a shopping mall in eastern Iraq and killed at least 61 people, including children, according to local officials, who blamed the scale of the tragedy on shoddy construction and a lack of...
Customer‑experience BPO market preps for boom across Africa
Cape Business News
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July 18, 2025
The global Customer Experience and Business Process Outsourcing (CX‑BPO) sector is poised for unprecedented growth, with Africa, particularly South Africa, about to play an increasingly strategic role. A recent Global Customer Experience Business...
Pope Leo XIV condemns ‘barbarity’ of Gaza war as dozens reported killed queuing for aid
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 20, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Turkiye unveils 39-point reform plan to strengthen...
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Turkiye’s Investment Environment Improvement Council (YOIKK) has unveiled its 2025 Action Plan, setting the stage for comprehensive reforms to enhance the nation’s investment climate. The plan, comprising 39 targeted actions, focuses on key areas...
Egypt's Petroleum Minister, SLB Discuss Exploration And Production Support - Dailynewsegypt
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi, on Monday met with executives from global technology company SLB to discuss ways to support oil and gas exploration and production activities and enhance...
Liza Marcos flies to Saudi Arabia while Bongbong visits United States
Politiko
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July 18, 2025
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos won’t be joining President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on his visit to the United States as she is currently in Saudi Arabia on a working visit to meet with overseas Filipino workers there. This was how Malacañang explained...
Massive Attack Launch Alliance for Musicians Facing ‘Intimidations From Within Our Industry’ for Supporting Gaza
Rolling Stone
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July 18, 2025
Kneecap, Brian Eno, Garbage, and Fontaines D.C. are also supporting the effort Massive Attack have announced an alliance for musicians who are facing “intimidations from within” the music industry over their support of Palestine and Gaza. The band...
Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue
The Independent
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Some 140,000 non-EU workers in Romania, despite higher cost for companies
Romania Insider
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July 18, 2025
Romania has come to have over 140,000 workers from outside the European Union, attracted mainly to sectors with chronic staff shortages, such as manufacturing, construction, and trade. Companies do not choose them because they are cheaper – on the...
Flometriq Expands Global Presence With High-Demand Duplex Strainers Across Key International Markets
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Chennai, India, 18 July 2025 - Flometriq, a leader in advanced industrial filtration solutions, is proud to announce its growing international footprint with the successful export and deployment of its Duplex Strainers...
Is Israel exploiting distrust between Syria’s Druze and Damascus?
The National News
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The city of Sweida in southern Syria became a battleground this week after violence between Druze militiamen and Bedouin tribes escalated. President Ahmad Al Shara's government sent security forces to the area, ostensibly to restore order. What...
Israel 'FORCED TO ACCEPT' Hamas Demands, Compelled To Drop Its Own For Gaza Truce? 'Trump Forced...'
The Times of India
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'They Took Away My Son's...': Russian Woman Reveals Key Secrets, Her Kids' Father Tracked Down Russian national Nina Kutina, who was recently found living in a cave in Gokarna with her two young daughters, has revealed she gave birth to one of...
Cardiff council backs Plaid Cymru and Labour motion to disinvest pension fund from companies complicit in Israel’s war crimes
Nation.Cymru
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July 18, 2025
The debate took place after a petition bearing the signatures of 1,200 Cardiff residents calling for disinvestment from Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians. Photo Ted Peskett Martin Shipton Cardiff council has passed a resolution...
Drone Attacks Disrupt Kurdish Output but Tariff Fears Cap Market Reaction
Oil Price
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July 18, 2025
Oil prices were ticking up slightly but largely flat in Asian trading Friday as supply losses from Iraqi pipeline disruptions were offset by renewed demand concerns tied to U.S. tariff threats against key Asian economies. Brent crude edged up to...
Stock Market Live Updates 18 July 2025: Nifty, Sensex expected to open little changed
The Hindu Business Line
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July 18, 2025
Afcons Infrastructure: Company has secured two road construction projects as the Lowest Bidder (L1) from Croatian Motorways Ltd. (Positive) Godrej Properties: Company acquires 48-acres land parcel in Doddaballapur, Bengaluru (Positive) Indostar:...
West Bank Protests: 7 Critical Signals Marking the Gaza Humanitarian Crisis
teleSUR
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Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus demonstrate in solidarity with Gaza 20/7/2025 July 20, 2025 Hour: 8:22 am Discover how mass West Bank protests highlight the critical humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Essential context on...
Europe primed for a firmer open after S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hit record highs - Newsquawk Europe Market Open
Zero Hedge
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hit record highs, Russell 2000 outperformed for the second consecutive day. Fed's Waller says they should cut by 25bps at the July meeting and thereafter adjust meeting-by-meeting. APAC stocks predominantly higher, China...