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What happened today? We make the long story short in this snappy news roundup.

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Ukraine crisis: Sholz, Putin press conference

Lava erupts from a volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands

Afghanistan attack: Kabul airport suicide bombs kill dozens

Macron gets slapped during meet-and-greet

Morocco and China Aim to Strengthen Cooperation in Nuclear Safety

In a step towards bolstering international nuclear safety standards, the Director General of the Moroccan Agency for Nuclear and Radiological Safety and Security (AMSSNuR), Saïd Mouline, met with the Chinese Vice-Minister of Ecology and Environment and head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA), Dong Baotong, in Beijing this week. The high-level meeting centered on ...

Morocco
21:26 Et July 26, 2024

Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project: High-Level Talks Convened in Rabat

Several high-level working meetings on the strategic Nigeria-Morocco African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project ...

French Newspaper: Morocco Significant Geopolitical Player, Paris Needs to Take Further Steps to Rebuild Trust with Rabat

Since the beginning of this year, France has embarked on a series of ...

Gov’t Chief Represents Morocco at Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Paris

Morocco's Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, arrived on Thursday in Paris to represent ...

France Prepares to Announce Support for Moroccan Sovereignty Over Sahara, Algeria Issues Angry Statement

France is preparing to announce its support for Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara ...

Harris tells Netanyahu ‘it is time’ to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas so that dozens of ...

Netanyahu to hold meetings with Harris and Biden amid critical US-Israel relations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make a long-awaited White House visit Thursday to meet with President Joe Biden and likely Democratic ...

Netanyahu looks to boost US support in speech to Congress, but faces protests and lawmaker boycotts

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before Congress Wednesday in hopes of bolstering U.S. support for continuing Israel’s fight against Hamas and other ...

Hamas and Fatah sign declaration in Beijing on ending yearslong rift, Chinese state media says

Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a declaration in Beijing on ending yearslong rift, Chinese state media said Tuesday, without ...

With Biden's support, Harris aims to secure her White House campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris wasted no time launching her 2024 presidential campaign, seeking the support of fellow Democrats with the ...

Morocco

Heatwave in Morocco Claims 21 Lives

A total of 21 deaths, most of them elderly or suffering from chronic illnesses, were recorded on Wednesday at the Beni-Mellal Regional Hospital Center in Morocco, following the rise in temperatures, announced the Beni-Mellal-Khenifra Regional Department of Health and Social Protection. The Regional Department reported, in a press release, 4 out-of-hospital deaths and 17 in-hospital fatalities, ...

July 25, 2024

Côte d'Ivoire Reiterates Constant Position in Favor of Moroccan Sahara

Côte d'Ivoire's Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, and Ivorians Abroad, Kacou Houadja Léon Adom, ...

Morocco Plans to Double Aeronautics Sector Jobs by 2030, Says Minister

Morocco is well on the way to doubling the number of jobs in the aeronautics ...

Morocco's Ambassador Tackles Challenges of Financing Sustainable Development in Middle-Income Countries

Morocco's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Omar Hilale outlined, on Monday in ...

By the end of June, Moroccan airports handle over 15 million passengers

Moroccan airports reached a new record of 15,104,579 passengers welcomed during the first six months ...

Tourism in Morocco

World

Blinken points to wider pledges to support Ukraine in case US backs away under Trump

Ukraine is on its way to being able to “stand on its own feet” militarily, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday, noting that more than 20 other countries have pledged to maintain ...

10:41 Et July 20, 2024

Global cyber outage grounds flights and disrupts businesses

A global tech outage was disrupting operations across multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off air and ...

Biden under new pressure from top Democrats as Covid halts campaign

President Joe Biden faces new questions over his candidacy in the November election - with his campaign events currently on ...

Vance choice heightens European fears over Trump presidency

European politicians and diplomats had already prepared for changes to their relationship with the US in the event of a ...

Middle East

Netanyahu faces delicate balancing act in US after Biden exits race

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the US this week under pressure to end the Gaza war, from both Israelis and the US administration. How might the political turbulence in Washington shape the trip and future relations? Mr Netanyahu is set to meet Joe Biden – if the president has recovered from Covid-19 – and ...

14:52 Et July 23, 2024

Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after an Israeli strike on Houthi rebels

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after ...

Top UN court says Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal

 The United Nations' highest court said on Friday that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and ...

Drone strike by Yemen’s Houthi rebels kills 1 person and wounds at least 10 in Tel Aviv

An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person ...

Far-right Israeli minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site, threatening Gaza cease-fire talks

Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, threatening to ...

Economy

Renault Group Launches Production of Morocco's First Hybrid Car

The Renault Group in Morocco has officially commenced the production of the country's first hybrid ...

Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the ...

Energy Minister: Moroccan Gov’t Efforts Helped Attract Investors to Gas Sector

The Moroccan Government’s efforts during the current mid-term have enabled the development of an ...

Tourism

The Spanish fightback against record tourism

If you can elbow your way onto one of Majorca’s sunspots this summer, you will ...

Morocco's Flag Carrier to Re-Launch Casablanca-Sao Paulo Direct Air Link on Dec. 7

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced on Friday that it will re-launch its Casablanca- Sao ...

Eiffel Tower in Paris set to reopen after six-day strike

The Eiffel Tower in Paris was expected to reopen to visitors on Sunday after ...

Sport

FIFA ranking: Morocco Falls to 14th Place

Morocco’s national football team ranked 14th in the latest FIFA rankings released Thursday. The Atlas ...

World Cup 2030: No Final Decision Has Yet Been Taken on Number of Stadiums or Their Geographical Distribution 

 The committee of the joint Morocco-Portugal-Spain bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, "YallaVamos2030", ...

Morocco Win African Beach Volleyball Championship, Secure Ticket for Paris Olympics

The Moroccan men's beach volleyball team qualified, on Sunday, for the 2024 Olympic Games ...

Technology

CrowdStrike: 'Significant Number' of Devices Repaired

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says "a significant number" of devices that were impacted by a global ...

Microsoft to release next 'Call of Duty' game on subscription service, source says

Microsoft plans to release the coming installment of the "Call of Duty" videogame to ...

TikTok to label AI-generated content from OpenAI and elsewhere

TikTok plans to start labelling images and video uploaded to its video-sharing service that ...

Africa

Nigeria's Dangote refinery in talks with Libya to secure oil

Nigeria's Dangote refinery is in talks with Libya to secure crude for the 650,000 barrels ...

AU Executive Council: Morocco Elected to AU’s Advisory Board Against Corruption

Morocco, represented by Nadia Annouz, Vice-President of the National Authority for Probity, Prevention, and ...

Kenya president unveils 'broad-based' cabinet amid crisis

Kenya's embattled president has announced a plan to form a new "broad-based government" following ...

Variety

Andrew Tate free to leave Romania but not the EU

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are free to leave Romania but not ...

Israeli government blocks Al Jazeera from broadcasting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Al Jazeera is to be shut ...

Will legalizing cannabis unleash chaos in Germany?

"Some German people drink their beer after work. We just want to smoke our ...