This is Beirut, 27/11 21:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Several members of Donald Trump's incoming administration have received threats including bomb alerts, the FBI said Wednesday, with one nominee reporting a pipe-bomb scare sent with a pro-Palestinian message. "The FBI is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and ...
This is Beirut, 27/11 20:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was nominating retired general Keith Kellogg -- an alum of his first term and a staunch loyalist -- as his Ukraine envoy, charged with ending the two-and-a-half-year Russian invasion. "I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg to serve as Assistant to the President and Special ...
This is Beirut, 27/11 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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European lawmakers on Wednesday gave Ursula von der Leyen's new executive team the green light to start work, as the EU chief warned there was "no time to waste" to boost the bloc's defenses and competitiveness. From supporting Kyiv against Russia's invasion to war in the Middle East, China's economic rivalry and the imminent return of Donald ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 12:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he intends to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, prompting a swift warning from Beijing that "no one will win a trade war." In a series of posts to his Truth Social account, Trump vowed to hit some of the United States' largest trading partners with duties on all goods ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lame-duck President Joe Biden had a message for Americans at his final Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony on Monday before Donald Trump returns to the White House – "keep calm and gobble on." Biden, 82, spared birds Peach and Blossom from ending up on the dinner table in a quirky and time-honored tradition marking the upcoming US holiday. In ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A judge on Monday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss the election subversion case against Donald Trump because of a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president. Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed to the request by Special Counsel Jack Smith to dismiss the case against the president-elect "without prejudice," ...
Marc Saikali, 24/11 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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And therein lies the issue: global attention quickly wanes when conflicts drag on and defy familiar reference points. This is happening again. The current war in Lebanon is no longer front-page news. A journalist friend at a major Paris newsroom told me that his editors were reluctant to send him on assignment to Beirut because the situation was ...
Tylia El Helou, 23/11 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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In an interview with This Is Beirut, the Assistant Director at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs, Nour Dabboussi, explains how the election of Donald Trump will impact the MENA region and how this election will impact US policy towards Lebanon.
This is Beirut, 23/11 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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NATO chief Mark Rutte held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on the "global security issues facing the alliance", a spokeswoman said Saturday. The meeting took place on Friday in Palm Beach, NATO's Farah Dakhlallah said in a statement. In his first term Trump aggressively pushed Europe to step up defence spending and ...
David Hale , 23/11 10:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Most American presidents avoid plunging into Middle East peacemaking as long as possible. There were two exceptions: Bill Clinton started in his first month with a "Syria First" strategy for peace between Israel and its neighbors. Barak Obama on his "day two" launched a respected envoy to pursue a West Bank settlement freeze and two-state ...
This is Beirut, 23/11 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump's first term, wants to reassert American ...
This is Beirut, 23/11 09:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming. Negotiators from nearly 200 nations spent another harried and sleepless night in a sports stadium trying to land a compromise figure for ...