New York, United States – AFP President Joe Biden’s administration announced Wednesday revised pollution standards for cars and trucks meant to accelerate the US auto industry’s shift to electric to mitigate climate change. The rules set ambitious emission reductions for 2032 but are moderated somewhat compared with prelimina...
Tripoli, Libya — AFP Libya may sit on Africa’s biggest oil reserves, but many families are struggling with rapidly rising consumer prices as the festive Muslim holy month of Ramadan nears. Since a currency depreciation has driven up the cost of imported food and other goods, said self-employed Mohamad al-Weheshi, 29, “we have...
GENEVA (AA) – A new report by the UN development agency (UNCTAD) signals how attacks on Red Sea shipping are a factor reshaping the world’s trade routes and pushing up costs globally. The report — titled The Impact of Global Trade of Disruption of Shipping Routes in the Red Sea, Black Sea, and the Panama […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The money in the Cordoba Foundation’s bank accounts was blocked via “debanking,” causing a “difficult time.” “If you don’t have a bank account, you can’t rent an office, pay salaries, pay your taxes, pay your bills for electricity, for water, for gas, you can’t pay any...
ANKARA (AA) – The sign off on gas exploration rights off of Gaza’s coast to foreign corporations at a time when Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza is further evidence of Israel’s goal of total political and economic subjugation of the Palestinian people, says Susan Power, head of legal research a...
ANKARA – Israel has given exploration licenses for natural gas in locations that are considered to be within Palestine’s maritime boundary. Israel, having killed tens of thousands of civilians in attacks in the Gaza Strip, announced the results of the tender it organized for exploration in Palestinian waters in December 2022 on Oct...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The closure of border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is inflicting losses of millions of dollars on Afghan traders. The two South Asian neighbors share a 2,640-kilometer (1,640-mile) land border with 18 crossing points. The Torkham border in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province and the Spin Boldak border in ...
CAIRO, Egypt (AA) – Egypt on Tuesday launched the construction of the fourth and final reactor in the country’s first nuclear power plant. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin virtually attended the launching ceremony of the new reactor in the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (DNPP), the state-run A...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli cabinet approved a plan on Sunday to send Palestinian tax money to Norway to be transferred to the Palestinian Authority pending approval from Tel Aviv. The money, of which the share of the Gaza Strip was withheld, would only be transferred to the Ramallah-based authority with the express permission of […]
LONDON / ANKARA (AA) – Houthi attacks on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea have caused a significant decline in vessel tonnages and grain flows. Wheat flow through the Red Sea has especially been affected as shipping companies are forced to avoid the Suez Canal and reroute around the Cape of Good Hope, at the […]
