This is Beirut, 10/06 19:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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American World Cup host city officials assured Monday that overseas fans would be welcome at next year's tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico despite "uncertainty" amid ongoing concerns over visas, border controls, and social unrest. In a briefing in New York that came just over a year from the opening game of the tournament on June ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 15:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Immigration protests in Los Angeles are proving a stern test of Gavin Newsom's leadership of California, but the unrest also hands the ambitious governor a unique opportunity, say analysts, as he weighs a presidential run in 2028. Rarely a shrinking violet, the 57-year-old chief executive of the country's largest and richest state has eagerly ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 11:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Russia carried out fresh drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the port city of Odesa early on Tuesday, killing two people and hitting a maternity hospital, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has escalated its attacks on Ukraine, which has hit back with strikes deep inside Russian territory, as peace talks held in Turkey fail to yield a ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's foreign ministry has said a new round of nuclear talks with the United States is being planned for Sunday, after President Donald Trump said it was expected on Thursday. "The next round of Iran-US indirect talks is being planned for next Sunday in Muscat," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement Tuesday, adding ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 08:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Monday, vowing those protesting immigration arrests would be "hit harder" than ever. Trump's extraordinary mobilization of 700 full-time professional military personnel -- and thousands of National Guard troops -- came on the fourth day ...
Philippe Abi-Akl, 10/06 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Sources familiar with the matter report that President Donald Trump is undertaking a sweeping reassessment of his administration’s inner circle ahead of the self-imposed June deadline for negotiations with Iran. The shake-up comes amid rising internal friction—particularly between Vice President JD Vance and Trump’s son, Donald Trump ...
This is Beirut, 09/06 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday about Iran, according to a White House official as reported by Reuters. The call occurred as Trump sought to expedite aid to Gaza and persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear program. Trump said he is actively engaged in efforts involving Iran, describing Tehran’s ...
This is Beirut, 09/06 20:22 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Monday blamed "insurrectionists" for unrest in Los Angeles after he sent in National Guard troops to quell protests against immigration raids. "The people that are causing the problems are professional agitators and insurrectionists," Trump told reporters at the White House. "They're bad people; they should be in ...
Rayan Chami, 09/06 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As tensions in Los Angeles spiked during the weekend following anti Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests, the California National Guard found itself at the center of a heated clash over authority, law and optics. This time, under a federal deployment that bypasses state approval. What Is the National Guard? The National Guard ...
This is Beirut, 09/06 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans "become the wild west", at the start in France of a global summit on the seas. World leaders are attending the UN Ocean Conference in Nice as nations tussle over contentious rules on mining the seabed for critical minerals and the terms of ...
This is Beirut, 09/06 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Donald Trump Los Angeles Protests
Violent clashes erupt in Los Angeles as protesters take to the streets against Donald Trump’s immigration policy, blocking highways and facing off with police amid tear gas and arrests.
This is Beirut, 09/06 10:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday was due to urge a "400-percent increase" in the transatlantic alliance's air and missile defence capacities in response to the threat from Russia. "We see in Ukraine how Russia delivers terror from above, so we will strengthen the shield that protects our skies," Rutte was due to say in a speech to the ...