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Iran Reaffirms ‘Unshakable’ Right to Enrich Uranium Ahead of Key Talks with Europe

This is Beirut, 2025-07-24 20:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran on Thursday reaffirmed its right to enrich uranium, saying it was "unshakable", on the eve of key talks with European powers threatening to reimpose nuclear sanctions. Friday's meeting, set to take place in Istanbul, will be the first since Israel's mid-June attack targeting key nuclear and military sites in the Islamic republic sparked a ...

Trump Returns to His Scottish Roots to Open Golf Course on Ancestral Isle

This is Beirut, 2025-07-24 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump will fly into Scotland on Friday for a private visit to the land where his mother was born and spent her childhood on the remote Isle of Lewis. "It's great to be home; this was the home of my mother," he said when he arrived on his last visit in 2023. Born Mary Anne MacLeod, Trump's mother immigrated to the United States when she ...

Trump's First Five Trade Deals

This is Beirut, 2025-07-24 10:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Japan and the Philippines bring to five the number of countries that have concluded trade deals with the United States ahead of an August 1 deadline set by President Donald Trump to avoid punitive tariff rates. The agreed levies are often higher than the new base rate of 10 percent that the United States has applied to most countries since April ...

Columbia Strikes $221 Million Deal to Restore Federal Funding After Trump Threats

This is Beirut, 2025-07-24 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Columbia University said Wednesday it will pay $200 million to the US government after President Donald Trump threatened to pull federal funding over what he said was its unwillingness to protect Jewish students. In a sweeping deal that will restore the prestigious New York institution's federal monies, Columbia has pledged to obey rules that bar ...

White House Pushes Obama ‘Coup’ Story To Distract From Epstein

This is Beirut, 2025-07-24 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The White House pulled out all the stops Wednesday to promote claims that Barack Obama headed a "treasonous conspiracy" against Donald Trump, seeking to redirect public attention from uproar over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Trump's intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard told a White House press briefing there had been a ...

Trump Admin Unveils AI Strategy to Maintain US Dominance

This is Beirut, 2025-07-23 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled an aggressive, low-regulation strategy boosting big tech's race to stay ahead of China on artificial intelligence and cement the United States' dominance in the fast-expanding field. The 25-page "America's AI Action Plan" outlines three aims: accelerating innovation, building infrastructure, and ...

Melania Trump May Soon Have Her Name on Opera House

This is Beirut, 2025-07-23 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A House budget committee has approved an amendment that would force the Kennedy Center, Washington’s cultural institution, to rename its opera house the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.” The amendment is part of a 2026 Interior Department funding bill, which covers cultural affairs among other responsibilities. It threatens to strip ...

Barrack Urges Cabinet Action on Weapons Control

This is Beirut, 2025-07-23 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US Middle East envoy Tom Barrack called for continued dialogue and responsibility from Lebanon's leaders following a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai on Wednesday. Barrack on Wednesday reaffirmed Washington’s call for the exclusive control of arms by the Lebanese state, emphasizing that this principle is rooted in law and must be ...

Trump Secures "Massive" Trade Deal with Japan as Deadline Looms for Global Tariff Threats

This is Beirut, 2025-07-23 08:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump announced Tuesday a "massive" trade deal with Japan, marking a key breakthrough for major US trade partners as they scramble to strike agreements before the end of the month. In an attempt to slash his country's colossal trade deficit, the US president has vowed to hit dozens of countries with punitive "reciprocal" tariffs if they do ...

US Envoy to Discuss Finalizing Gaza Aid 'Corridor': State Dept

This is Beirut, 2025-07-22 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States said Tuesday that it was sending an envoy to the Middle East for talks that aim to finalize a "corridor" for aid to war-ravaged Gaza, where authorities said people are dying of starvation. Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's globe-trotting negotiator, is traveling to the region for new talks, State Department spokeswoman ...

Top Palestinian Official Meets US Ambassador to Israel in Ramallah

This is Beirut, 2025-07-22 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hussein al-Sheikh, vice president of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), on Tuesday said he met the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, in the occupied West Bank. Sheikh, a close aide to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and seen as a potential successor, said the meeting took place in his office. The meeting was Huckabee's first ...

Coca-Cola Plans US Cane Sugar Alternative After Trump Push

This is Beirut, 2025-07-22 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Coca-Cola on Tuesday said it would release a version of Coke in the United States made with US-grown real cane sugar, a move requested by President Donald Trump. "We're going to be bringing a Coke sweetened with US cane sugar into the market this fall, and I think that will be an enduring option for consumers," said CEO James Quincey on a call ...

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