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Saudi Arabia, Iran agree to resume diplomatic relations following talks in Beijing

Saudi Arabia, Iran agree to resume diplomatic relations following talks in Beijing

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to resume their diplomatic relations severed in January 2016. The two countries have also agreed to reopen their embassies within two months, thus ending years of tensions between the two countries. “In response to the noble initiative of His Excellency President Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic […]

World Poetry Movement First Asian Congress on Feb. 25-26

World Poetry Movement First Asian Congress on Feb. 25-26

Cairo Correspondent: The coordinating committee of the World Poetry Movement (WPM – Asia) announced that the First Asian Congress of the World Poetry Movement (WPM) will be held online this month. The 1st WPM Asian Congress will be held on February 25-26, 2023, starting at 05.00 GMT to explore and celebrate poetry in Asia, to picture […]

UAE news agency calls for media partnership to tackle information vacuum on climate change

UAE news agency calls for media partnership to tackle information vacuum on climate change

Al Rayssi explains how WAM is keen on filling information vacuum on climate change through media partnership (WAM) DUBAI: The head of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) news agency WAM has called for the establishment of a media partnership to craft media content that will enlighten the public in diverse societies on climate change challenges. “Climate […]

The Eurasian Cultural Spaces: An Interview

The Eurasian Cultural Spaces: An Interview

  Sameh Hussein & Nermin Amer CAIRO: On January 24, the days of the E began in Urasian Peoples’ Assembly and the VI Eurasian Literary Festival LIffTEgypt, which are held by the International Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly and the Foundation for the Promotion of Literary Projects of the Eurasian Peoples “LIffT” and […]

Korea’s first woman foreign minister to highlight women’s leadership in Bahrain lecture

Korea’s first woman foreign minister to highlight women’s leadership in Bahrain lecture

Kyung-Wha Kang MANAMA: South Korea’s first woman foreign minister will deliver a lecture on Women’s Leadership – The Case of Korea. Kyung-Wha Kang will lecture on the topic at Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture & Research, in Muharraq on Tuesday at 8 pm. Kyung-wha Kang is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Ewha […]

Bangladeshi boy playing hide-and-seek game ends up in Malaysia

Bangladeshi boy playing hide-and-seek game ends up in Malaysia

  KUALA LUMPUR: When young boys were playing hide-and-seek in Chittagong, a large port city on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh, they never thought that one of them would end up hiding in … Port Kang, Malaysia, 3,781 kilometers away! During the game near the port on January 11, Fahim opted to hide from his […]

15 African Poetry Ambassadors to attend World Poetry Movement Congress in Medellin, Caracas

15 African Poetry Ambassadors to attend World Poetry Movement Congress in Medellin, Caracas

Correspondent, CAIRO: In the crucial search for the unity of the poetic forces of Africa, and to make much more visible the immense contribution of the poetry of that continent to the world, the Virtual Congress of the World Poetry Movement (WPM) Africa was held on January 21-22, 2023. About 50 poets attended the 2 days […]

Chinese man deported after refusing to quarantine, fleeing

Chinese man deported after refusing to quarantine, fleeing

SEOUL: The government has deported a Chinese national arrested for going into hiding without entering mandatory quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in South Korea earlier this month, officials said Tuesday. The 41-year-old was deported on Jan. 13, eight days after he was arrested for refusing to quarantine and fleeing upon testing positive […]

Kazakhstan to hold early Majilis elections on March 19

Kazakhstan to hold early Majilis elections on March 19

The announcement that Kazakhstan will hold early Majilis elections on March 19 ASTANA: Kazakhstan will hold early Majilis (lower house of the bicameral parliament) elections on March 19, 2023, reports from Kazakhstan have said. On Thursday, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dissolved the Majilis and called for early elections. “In accordance with the Constitution, after consultations […]

South Korea calls in Japanese diplomat to protest UNESCO heritage bid for Sado mine

South Korea calls in Japanese diplomat to protest UNESCO heritage bid for Sado mine

SEOUL: South Korea’s foreign ministry called in a Japanese Embassy official in Seoul on Friday to lodge a formal protest against Tokyo’s move to have a mine linked to the wartime forced labor of Koreans listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The previous day, the Japanese government submitted a recommendation letter again to UNESCO […]

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