President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi directed the development of local manufacturing in the black sand industry and related value-added products, as well as fertilizers and rare earth elements. This came during President Sisi’s meeting in New Alamein on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat, and…
Debates on the left are typically framed as a division between moderates and progressives, with the two sides wrestling over how best to form a governing coalition. Yet, in many ways, this divide obscures a much bigger fault line: the class divide. The fact is, many of the Democratic party’s ideological factions consist almost exclusively…
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have confirmed a three-match T20I series between the two teams in September 2026. The series will be played at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi, with all three matches scheduled at the same venue. The upcoming contest will add…
Ghana’s senior women’s national team, the Black Queens, have released a statement on the eve of their crucial World Cup qualifying game. The Black Queens lost to Malawi in the quarter-finals in a game that would have helped them secure an automatic qualification spot for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil. In the…
Shakur Stevenson delivered a performance of the year candidate in January, and now one reigning world champion has called for a shot at the pound-for-pound star, hoping to hand the Newark southpaw a first career defeat. Stevenson schooled Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden at the beginning of the 2026 calendar, but the WBO super-lightweight…
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 6 seconds ago Avengers: Endgame was a genuine triumph that showcased Marvel at its finest hour. It was genuinely thrilling seeing all of our favorite heroes come together to defeat Thanos once and for all. However, their ultimate victory came at a very high cost: Tony Stark sacrificed his life…
A “massive” Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia’s port of Novorossiysk has damaged two major grain export terminals and hit the last big Russian naval base on the Black Sea, reports say. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and another 24 injured in the overnight attack, local officials said. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr…
يعود الفنان تامر هجرس إلى شاشة السينما من جديد بعد غياب سنوات عن المشاركة في الأعمال السينمائية، وذلك من خلال فيلم «محمود التاني»، الذي يصفه هجرس بأنه عمل مختلف ومميز، يقدم قصة جديدة في إطار كوميدي مبهج. وأعرب تامر هجرس عن سعادته الكبيرة بالعودة إلى السينما، مؤكداً حماسه للتعاون مع أبطال وصناع الفيلم، ومشيراً إلى…
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially since the middle of the week is upon us. After all, we have made it this far so we are determined to hang on for another couple of days. And why not? The alternatives — at least those we can…
Money has one face, the face of the boss: In this case, Cyrus McCormick, a strike at whose Reaper Works led to the Haymarket protests that gave us May Day. I apologize for lack of content on this blog-slash-newsletter lately. Among other excuses, I’ve just been elected chair of the John Jay Economics Department. Many…
