South African maize futures ended mixed on Tuesday, while the most active wheat future closed lower, in line with international prices.
A synagogue was set on fire in Tunisia overnight and gangs rampaged through schools in the capital on Tuesday, prompting the army to fan out to calm fears of chaos after the revolt that toppled Zine al-Abdine Ben Ali.
At least one million people rallied across Egypt on Tuesday clamouring for President Hosni Mubarak to give up power, piling pressure on a leader who has towered over Middle East politics for 30 years to make way for a new era of democracy in the Arab nation.
U.S. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down and promise that neither he nor his son will run in the presidential election scheduled for later this year. Kerry is the highest-level US politician to call for Mubarak’s removal.
As hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters converge in central Cairo on the eighth day of unrest in Egypt, the U.S. government has instructed all of its non-emergency staff and their families to evacuate the country.
The world economy is beset by problems such as high unemployment and rising prices which could fuel trade protectionism and even lead to war within nations, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.
Indians in the troubled city of Cairo had to pay twice the normal fare for a one-way ticket to Mumbai on India's government-owned Air India flight, despite the fact that life came to a halt in the Egyptian capital with banks and ATMs being shut, said a media report on Tuesday.
The Gold Price ticked higher for Dollar investors Tuesday morning in London, but slipped against other currencies as world stock markets rose and government bonds edged back.
Art lovers around the world can now take virtual tours of 385 art galleries in 17 acclaimed museums of the world thanks to Google's Art Project
The king of Jordan has dissolved his government and appointed a new prime minister, in the wake of protests demanding political reform and economic improvements.
Israel is angry at U.S. President Barack Obama for not supporting Egypt's falling dictator Mubarak and legitimating the people's outcry for democracy and freedom instead. This is seen as a threat to Israel's geopolitical interests in the Middle East.
Protesters assembled in Cairo's Tahir square are considering a march to the presidential palace, Al Jazeera reported from Cairo.
Gold rose in Europe on Tuesday as the dollar index hit a 12-week low and geopolitical tensions centered on Egypt added risk premium to prices, with Asian demand for coins and bars after January's price drop adding support.
Miner Centamin Egypt said its operations were unaffected by the political unrest as momentum continues to build in Egypt, while it forecasts higher production in 2011. Egypt-focused stocks have come under the spotlight as protestors demand an end to the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak.
The BSE Sensex fell 1.7 percent on Tuesday to its lowest close since August, extending January's worst monthly slide in more than two years, as inflation worries and hardening interest rates continued to spook investors.
For the first time since the 1979 peace treaty, Israel has allowed Egyptian military into the demilitarized Sinai peninsula to help them confront protesters demanding the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak.
The world economy is beset by problems such as high unemployment and rising prices which could fuel trade protectionism and even lead to war within nations, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.
Investors shifted focus from worrying about Middle East turmoil to concentrate on fundamentals on Tuesday, lifting global stocks against a background of improved economic data and corporate results.
Google Inc. and Twitter are now offering a new method to help Egyptians, blocked from the Internet, communicate using a voice connection system.
The message on the wall is clear: Let Mubarak go and he may go sooner than later. It may be too early but inevitable to visualize a future scenario in Egypt.
Egypt's radical opposition group Muslim Brotherhood confirmed on Tuesday it will support the former IAEA director and opposition point man Mohammed ElBaradei in forming a national unity government.
As the Egyptian protest enters its ninth day in Cairo the organizers have announced an indefinite general strike and called for a march of a million in the Egyptian capital on Tuesday. There is a mounting pressure on the president Hosni Mubark to relinquish the post and pave way for new leadership.
