par This Is Beirut, 08/09 16:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As the Paris Paralympics enter their final day, China's athletes are enjoying rampant success and are almost 100 medals ahead of their nearest challengers, but few in the country appear to be paying attention. The Olympics were watched widely, with victorious Team China athletes lauded as national heroes, and nail-biting medal table rivalry with ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/09 12:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade, Amin Salam, launched a platform on Tuesday evening to boost exports to China in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Lebanese Signature. “This platform is the first of its kind. Initially, it will feature ten companies showcased on China's premier online marketplace, JD.com," stated ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 13:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China French Polynesia Japan missile Taiwan
French Polynesia said a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile launched into the Pacific landed near its exclusive economic zone, as Beijing's first such tests in four decades drew a chorus of protests. China had announced the rare trial on Wednesday, saying that the missile was carrying a dummy warhead. The launch sparked protests from ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 13:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Australia China Japan New Zealand Taiwan Strait
A Japanese warship cruised through the Taiwan Strait for the first time to assert its freedom of navigation, local media said Thursday, a week after a Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan. Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on the reports at a regular briefing because they ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/09 12:11 - Reading : less than a minute
Hector Hajjar, caretaker Minister of Social Affairs, announced on Friday that “a Chinese donation of one million US dollars will be disbursed to displaced people from seven districts in the south,” which is a contribution for about 10,000 families. He added that “3 million dollars will be distributed in cash to the poorest families.” The ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/09 11:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
China said on Sunday it was “deeply concerned” about the situation in the Middle East, following the death in Lebanon of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, in Israeli bombardments. Hezbollah, a powerful Shiite group allied with Palestinian Hamas at war with Israel in the Gaza Strip, confirmed on Saturday the death ...
01/10 17:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several countries have issued reactions on Tuesday to Israel's ground incursion in Lebanon, after the Israeli military began what it said were “ground raids” against Hezbollah militants in the area. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israel's ground operation into Lebanon and urged the United Nations and other ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/10 15:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka won her 15th match in a row to power into the China Open quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Madison Keys on Wednesday. The US Open champion will face Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic or Spain's Cristina Bucsa in the last eight in Beijing. World number two Sabalenka has won more matches on tour this season ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/10 17:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz roared back from a set down to beat world number one Jannik Sinner in a thriller and win his first China Open title on Wednesday. The four-time Grand Slam champion edged a captivating final 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) for his fourth ATP crown of the year and 16th overall. The Spaniard, who is set to return to number two in the world ...
