I asked ChatGPT to predict my retirement and it helped calm my financial anxiety

Last year, while being laid off over a Slack call, I had a vision. I saw myself, greying and tired, in a white room. My theory is that the shock of the news swept clean the imagination of my entire future. That vision came on the heels of a long...

He who goes slowly, goes far: My Turkish friend's Schengen dream

"Viaggiare e vivere," as the Italian saying goes, "to travel is to live." And famous German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who journeyed extensively through Italy in the late 18th century, once wrote, “We are all pilgrims who seek Italy.” For...

Palantir Stock: 5 Risks Investors Shouldn’t Ignore

Palantir Technologies stock (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the biggest winners over the past year, surging more than 5x and recently trading near $180 per share. The rally has been fueled by surging interest in generative AI, a string of large...

UNRWA chief: Israel has blocked food entry to Gaza for over 5 months

Philip Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said the UN agency, like other non-governmental organisations (NGOs), “has also been banned from bringing in aid to Gaza for over 5 months...

Dartmouth professor argues that Egypt should temporarily take over Gaza

On July 30, distinguished fellow Ezzedine Fishere published an opinion article in The Washington Post entitled “This country should take over Gaza — for now,” in which he argued that the Egyptian government should become a temporary steward of...

Positive incentives: The link between a school experiment and the Israeli economy

A few years ago, a school principal approached me with what seemed like a straightforward but stubborn problem: how to get students to behave better. She had plenty of concerns — fewer kids wandering the halls, less litter, no graffiti on the...

Iraq PM meets bidder consortium for Baghdad Airport redevelopment PPP

Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani met on Wednesday with representatives of a six-company consortium bidding for the rehabilitation, development, and operation of Baghdad International Airport, in the presence of officials from the International...

Germany calls on Israeli government to nix new West Bank settlement plan

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou condemns an act of “antisemitic hatred” after a memorial tree planted in tribute to a young French Jewish man tortured to death in 2006 was cut down outside Paris. On January 20, 2006, 23-year-old Ilan Halimi...

Germany tells Israeli government to stop West Bank settlement construction

Israel announces settlement project; critics say may cut West Bank in two

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map that shows the E1 settlement project during a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo) MAALE ADUMIM, West...

Israeli Finance Minister to approve 3,000 E1 homes, vows to ‘bury’ Palestinian state idea

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 15 (ANI): Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday announced plans to advance tenders for the construction of over 3,000 housing units in the contentious E1 settlement area, located between Jerusalem and...

Egypt: EFG Holding generates $41mln in H1 2025 consolidated profits

Arab Finance: The consolidated net profits attributable to the owners of EFG Holding dropped by 22.91% to EGP 2 billion in the first half (H1) of 2025 from EGP 2.603 billion in H1 2024, the financial results showed. Revenues fell to EGP 11.528...

Egypt: FRA-supervised financing hit $13bln by June 2025

Arab Finance: The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) reported that total financing granted by entities under its supervision reached EGP 640.1 billion at the end of June 2025, as per a statement. These financing includes capital market and...

Egypt: Emaar Misr logs $80mln consolidated profits in H1 2025

Arab Finance: The consolidated profits after tax attributable to the parent of Emaar Misr for Development fell by 48.80% to EGP 3.914 billion in the first half (H1) of 2025, the financials indicated. The reported profits were compared with EGP...

Egypt Gas sees 24.79% higher profits in H1 2025

Arab Finance: Egypt Gas posted 24.79% year-on-year (YoY) higher net profits at EGP 209.182 million in the first half (H1) of 2025, versus EGP 167.619 million, as per the financial indicators. The operating revenues increased to EGP 363 billion in...

Egypt: EIPICO’s consolidated profits up 4.46% YoY in H1 2025

Arab Finance: The Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company (EIPICO) posted 4.46% year-on-year (YoY) higher consolidated net profits after tax attributable to the holding company in the first half (H1) of 2025, the financial...

Egypt: Palm Hills records 28.8% YoY higher consolidated profits in H1 2025

Arab Finance: Palm Hills Development Company logged net profits after tax and minority interest amounting to EGP 2.443 billion in the first half (H1) of 2025, according to the financial statements. The recorded earnings were higher by 28.8%...

Egypt: Ataqa turns profitable with $1.29mln in H1 2025

Arab Finance: Misr National Steel (Ataqa) turned to net profits valued at EGP 62.330 million in the first half (H1) of 2025, against net losses of EGP 41.664 million in H1 2024, the financial results revealed. Earnings per share (EPS) reached EGP...

Turkey condemns Israeli settlement plan as illegal under international law

ANKARA: Turkey condemns Israel’s settlement plan aimed at dividing the West Bank and cutting it off from East Jerusalem, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, adding the decision was a total violation of international law. “This step......

Israel’s Smotrich advances West Bank settlement plan to block Palestinian state

MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank/TEL AVIV: Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that work would start on a long-delayed settlement that would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, a move his office said would...