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Trump Signs Order Extending China Tariff Truce by 90 Days
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 22:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China United States Trade Tariffs Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump reportedly signed an order delaying the reimposition of higher tariffs on Chinese goods on Monday, hours before a trade truce between Washington and Beijing was due to expire. The halt on steeper tariffs will be in place for another 90 days, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported, citing Trump administration ...
Hamas Delegation Expected in Cairo to Discuss Gaza Truce Efforts
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Egypt Gaza truce negotiations
A senior Hamas delegation was due in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on efforts by mediators to secure an elusive ceasefire in Gaza, two Palestinian sources told AFP on Tuesday. Together with Qatar and the United States, Egypt has been involved in mediation between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas that has failed to secure ...
Ukraine War: Main Developments Since Trump's Inauguration
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's summit on Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is the latest in a series of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine since his return to the White House: 'Make a Deal' While campaigning, Trump had promised to end the Ukraine war in "24 hours." On January 20, newly inaugurated, ...
Tainted Fentanyl Death Toll Surpasses 100 in Argentina
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Argentina Drugs Hospital Fentanyl
The death toll from contaminated fentanyl administered in Argentina's hospitals grew to over 100 on Thursday, the government said, blaming a local pharma lab as outrage grew over the slow response to the crisis. Since May, the country has been trying to determine how many deaths were linked to bacteria-infected supplies of the drug used in ...
For Trump, Putin Summit Presents the Ultimate Test of Dealmaking
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:36 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky European Union Vladimir Putin
Among the constants in Donald Trump's turbulent career has been a belief in his dealmaking powers. In inviting Vladimir Putin, Trump will put these powers to the ultimate test. Trump will speak to his Russian counterpart about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, the two presidents' first standalone summit since a 2018 meeting in ...
Massive Fire Burns on Mountain Near Western Canada City
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nearly 20,000 residents of a community in western Canada were on standby Wednesday as a wildfire engulfed a mountain overlooking the city of Port Alberni, the latest area threatened in the country's second-worst fire season on record. "I've lived in Port Alberni since 1956 and this is one of the biggest fires we've ever ...
Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks in Disarray
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
International Plastic Pollution Climate
Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo. With time running out to seal a deal among the 184 countries gathered at the United Nations in Geneva, several countries slammed a ...
Trump Orders Space Regulations Eased in Win For Musk
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA White House Space
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday easing regulations for the private space industry, including eliminating some environmental reviews, in a move likely to please his erstwhile advisor Elon Musk. The executive order, which said it aimed to "substantially" increase the number of space launches in the United States, was ...
Russia, Ukraine Exchange 84 Prisoners Each
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Russia prisoners
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each on Thursday, both sides said, the latest in a series of swaps that has seen hundreds of POWs released so far this year. This latest one came on the eve of a high-level summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday. The Russian defense ministry ...
Turkey Reports Mass Return by Syrians
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey United Nations Syria Refugees
More than 410,00 Syrians who fled to Turkey during the rule of Bashar al-Assad have returned home since he was overthrown in December, the government announced Thursday. Turkey's interior ministry said 411,649 Syrians had so far returned, the rate picking up in recent weeks, with the immigration service recording 140,000 returns since ...
Private Generators in Lebanon: The Toll of a Profitable, Highly Polluting Industry
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-08-14 20:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Wednesday, the Lebanese government announced a crackdown on one of the most visible symbols of the country’s failed public electricity sector: private generators. During a ministerial meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, operators were given a maximum of 45 days to comply with legal and environmental standards. After that ...
Ukrainian Strike Kills One, Wounds 10 in Russia: Governor
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 05:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Ukrainian drone strike on an apartment block killed one person and wounded 10 others in southwestern Russia, the region's acting governor said early Friday. Governor Alexander Khinshtein said he went to the apartment building damaged in the strike in Kursk. "Unfortunately, a 45-year-old woman died on the spot," he said on ...
Larijani and the Original Sin
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-08-15 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Iran Hezbollah
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, is among the closest officials to the Supreme Leader Khamenei and a successor to figures like Qassem Suleimani, who shaped Iran’s regional security and political influence. Larijani’s latest visit to Lebanon, coming after recent Lebanese government decisions and ...
21 Countries Sign Joint Statement Condemning Israel's West Bank Settlement Project
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Britain and France were among 21 countries to sign a joint statement Thursday calling Israel's approval of a major settlement project in the West Bank "unacceptable and a violation of international law". Israel approved the plans for the roughly 12-square-kilometre (five-square-mile) parcel of land known as E1 just east of Jerusalem on ...
Five Dead as ‘Thunderous’ Bomb Attack Hits Colombian City
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Colombian authorities said five people were killed and dozens more injured when a truck bomb tore through a busy street in the city of Cali on Thursday, deepening the country's most serious security crisis in decades. Police said the explosion targeted a military aviation school in the city's north -- a fresh challenge to Colombia's fragile peace ...
Hope and Hate: How Migrant Influx has Changed Germany
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade. Many came during the huge migrant influx of 2015, when a million people arrived in a matter of months -- mostly from ...
Salam in Cairo: Lebanon and Egypt Commit to Deepening Bilateral Cooperation
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 14:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Egypt Nawaf Salam Sissi
Lebanon and Egypt have agreed to strengthen their cooperation across a range of sectors, with Cairo expressing its readiness to support the reconstruction of areas devastated by the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. Egypt also pledged assistance in reinforcing state authority throughout Lebanon’s national territory. The decision ...
Venus Williams Bows Out Of US Open As Streamlined Alcaraz Sails Through
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 11:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz US Open Venus Williams
Venus Williams battled bravely before bowing out of the US Open on her return to Grand Slam tennis on Monday as Spanish ace Carlos Alcaraz stormed into the second round with a dominant opening win. The second full day of action in New York saw all eyes turn to the Arthur Ashe Stadium's night session, where the 45-year-old Williams lost in three ...
San Sebastian Film Festival Awards Lifetime Honor to Jennifer Lawrence
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 14:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Film Award Jennifer Lawrence Festival Spain Culture
Oscar-winning actor and producer Jennifer Lawrence will receive a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain next month, organizers said Tuesday. The 35-year-old will get a special "Donostia" award at the festival, where her latest movie Die, My Love will be shown. The festival described Lawrence as "one of the most ...
Mediator Qatar says 'Still Waiting' for Israeli Response to Gaza Truce Proposal
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 14:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine USA
Gaza mediator Qatar said Tuesday that it was "still waiting" for Israel's response to a proposal for a truce and hostage release deal in the Palestinian territory after Hamas agreed to the framework more than a week ago. Qatar and Egypt, along with the United States, have been mediating indirect ceasefire negotiations throughout the ...
Israel Raid Wounds 14 in West Bank's Ramallah: Red Crescent
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Banks West Bank Hamas Palestine
The Israeli army raided the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, leaving 14 people wounded as troops fanned out across the city centre, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. Tensions have remained high in the occupied West Bank since Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel which sparked the Gaza war, with repeated raids by the Israeli army on ...
Barrack-Ortagus Mission: Advancing Lebanese Sovereignty
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 20:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Joseph Aoun Lebanese Army Tehran
On Tuesday, the US delegation led by envoys Thomas Barrack and Morgan Ortagus highlighted growing alignment between Washington and Lebanese authorities, working with international support toward restoring Lebanese sovereignty. The collaboration was evident during a marathon day of meetings. Barrack and Ortagus, joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen ...
US Tariffs on Indian Goods Double to 50% Over Russian Oil Purchases
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Europe India Tariff
US tariffs of 50 percent took effect Wednesday on many Indian products, doubling an existing duty as President Donald Trump sought to punish New Delhi for buying Russian oil. Trump has raised pressure on India over the energy transactions, a key source of revenue for Moscow's war in Ukraine, as part of a campaign to end the conflict. The latest ...
Jazz à la Villette Opens With a Bold Tribute to Ornette Coleman
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Festival Jazz à la Villette Tribute Ornette Coleman Culture
The reinterpretation this Saturday at the Philharmonie of The Shape of Jazz to Come, a cult album by multi-instrumentalist Ornette Coleman released in 1959, will be a highlight of the Jazz à La Villette festival in Paris, which kicks off on Thursday. This album, extremely avant-garde at the time, caused a stir upon its release. Ornette Coleman, ...
Israel Ups Pressure on Gaza City as Trump Eyes Post-War Plan
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 13:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza Steve Witkoff
The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the military is preparing to conquer the ...
Italy’s Sorrentino Embraces Doubt in Euthanasia Film at Venice
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 18:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Festival Film Venice Sorrentino Euthanasia Culture
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino hopes his latest film premiering Wednesday in Venice will bring attention to the controversial topic of euthanasia, while encouraging those in power to reject the need for certainty and embrace doubt. La Grazia, about an Italian president grappling with indecision over whether to sign a euthanasia bill into law, ...
Trump Says Spoke to Putin Since White House Meeting with Europeans
This is Beirut 2025-08-25 19:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Monday he had talked to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin since meeting in Washington last week with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders. Trump was last known to have spoken to Putin on August 18, when he interrupted his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans at the White House to call the Russian ...
Gunman Kills Two Children in Minneapolis Church, Injures 17
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 21:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States School Shooting Minneapolis
A gunman opened fire Wednesday on school children attending a church service in Minneapolis, killing two pupils and wounding 17 children and adults, police said, in the latest violent tragedy to jolt the United States. City police chief Brian O'Hara told a media briefing that the shooter sprayed bullets into the Annunciation Church as dozens ...
Israel Ups Pressure on Gaza City as Trump Eyes Post-War Plan
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a ...
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Military Sites Near Damascus
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian media reported Wednesday that Israeli warplanes conducted multiple airstrikes in the Damascus countryside, targeting military facilities and headquarters. The strikes reportedly hit a Syrian forces headquarters in the Al-Kiswah area, as well as a military facility in Tal Mani', according to state outlets. Syrian Television, citing ...