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Lebanon’s cabinet reverses decision to delay daylight savings time

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati heads a cabinet meeting, at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on 27th March, 2023.

Beirut, LebanonReuters Lebanon’s caretaker premier said the cabinet had voted to move clocks one hour ahead on Wednesday night, reversing his decision to postpone the move to daylight savings time by a month that had sparked uproar across the country. Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday the decision had been taken after a “calm […]

Egypt to use daylight saving time again in a bid to save energy

Tourists ride a horse-drawn cart in front of the Great Pyramids plateau in Giza, Egypt December 11, 2022.

Cairo, Egypt Reuters Egypt will again use daylight saving time this summer after a seven-year gap, the cabinet said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of government efforts to save energy. Last year the Egyptian Government announced a raft of rules to reduce government and commercial energy use so that the country could export […]