The Biden administration, brushing aside pressure from environmentalists, on Monday approved a controversial oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope. The Interior Department gave the green light to US energy giant ConocoPhillips to drill for oil at three sites in the federally owned National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’s pristine western Arctic. During the 2020 presidential…
Get ready for a feast of knowledge and inspiration as the Faculty of Languages, Literature, and Arts in Kenitra spices things up with an international seminar! The specialized Master’s degree in New Media and Digital Marketing is proud to present “Writing in the Media Context: Between Imagination, Literature, and Digital Virtuality,” an event that will…
The geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East are set to change following the signing of an agreement to restore ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, analysts and local figures predict. The China-brokered agreement was signed on Friday in Beijing, ending a seven-year rift between the two countries, with the two foreign ministers set to discuss…
Forbes Middle East has unveiled its annual list of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s “Top 100 Healthcare Leaders 2023,” celebrating the region’s “most influential healthcare heads” across several areas. The ranking featured three Moroccan healthcare leaders, who made it to the list thanks to the size of their companies, their impact on…
Morocco was unanimously elected, Thursday in Belgrade, to the presidency of the World Veterans Federation (WVF) in the person of the High Commissioner for Former Resistance Fighters and Former Members of the Liberation Army, Mustapha El Ktiri. This election took place during the 30th General Assembly of the WVF, held from 06 to 10 March…
Morocco stressed Algeria’s responsibility, as host country, to guarantee safe and unrestricted humanitarian access to the Tindouf camps and to allow free registration of the detained populations in the camps, in accordance with its obligations and the provisions of international humanitarian law. In his speech at the 86th meeting of the UNHCR Standing Committee (7-9…
Morocco’s football team coach Walid Regragui unveiled, Monday, the 30-man list selected to play the friendly matches against Brazil (March 25 in Tangier) and Peru (March 28 in Madrid), during a press conference at the Mohammed VI Sports Complex in Maamoura. Here is the list of 30 players: Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou (Sevilla/Spain) – Munir Mohamedi…
Morocco on Monday inaugurated the country’s first laboratory for medical and industrial use of cannabis. In a statement, the Cooperative Bio Cannat said the lab in the northwestern city of Chefchaouen will be used to process cannabis in food and pharmaceutical industries. According to the statement, the lab has obtained a permit for the use…
Tunisia on Monday inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout amid boycotts following President Kais Saied’s July 2021 power grab. The new assembly, elected in two rounds in December and January that saw a voter turnout of just over 11 percent, held its first session…
Morocco’s national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), has again announced canceling a number of incoming and outgoing flights to Paris on March 11 and 12. “Due to the Notice of strike on March 11 and 12 of the civil service, that was issued by the unions of the French DGAC, we are forced to proceed…
