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Putin Meets India's Security Chief Amid US Tariffs Row

This is Beirut, 07/08 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met India's national security advisor on Thursday, a day after Washington hiked tariffs on New Dehli over its purchases of Moscow's oil. US President Donald Trump imposed the additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods, coming into place in three weeks, as part of a campaign to pressure Russia into ending its ...

Trump Demands New US Census Excluding Undocumented Immigrants

This is Beirut, 07/08 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered officials to work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, as the White House presses Republican states to draw more favorable voter maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Trump called for a "new and highly accurate" census that he wanted based on "modern day facts and figures" gleaned ...

United Airlines Flights Grounded in the US

This is Beirut, 07/08 09:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Thousands of US air passengers were facing delays Wednesday after United Airlines halted many departures in the wake of a systemwide problem. So-called "mainline flights" -- those moving between major hubs -- were grounded for over an hour before engineers were able to get things up and running again. "We are working with customers to get them ...

No Matter Time, Stubbornness Holds Tight…

Marc Saikali, 07/08 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The famous Georges Brassens song, adapted to Lebanon’s reality, manages to make you both smile and cry. On Tuesday, while the government carefully navigated the minefield surrounding Hezbollah’s weapons, trying to find wording that could pass as a compromise, the secretary-general of the pro-Iranian militia spoke openly, without holding ...

The Art of Redistricting: How Gerrymandering Influences US Elections

Mario Chartouni, 06/08 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Five additional seats in Texas, two in Ohio and one in Missouri – across the United States, Donald Trump is encouraging his allies to embrace gerrymandering, a political tactic designed to tilt congressional representation in favor of Republicans. “I won Texas,” he declared in a CNBC interview, insisting that Republicans “deserve five ...

Armenia to Meet with Azerbaijan, US in New Peace Bid

This is Beirut, 06/08 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the United States will meet for a peace summit in Washington on August 7-8, the Armenian government's press office said Wednesday. Baku and Yerevan, sworn enemies for decades, went to war twice over the disputed Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan recaptured from Armenian forces in a lightning 2023 offensive, ...

Iran says US Accountability for Attacks on Nuclear Sites Part of Ay Future Talks

This is Beirut, 04/08 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran said Monday it would hold the United States accountable for attacks on its nuclear sites in any future negotiations, while ruling out direct talks with Washington. The United States struck key Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22, briefly joining a war launched by Israel that had derailed talks on Tehran's atomic programme. "In any ...

Russia Urges Caution in Nuclear 'Rhetoric' After Trump Comments

This is Beirut, 04/08 12:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Russia on Monday urged caution after US President Donald Trump said he would deploy two nuclear submarines following an online row with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. "Russia is very attentive to the topic of nuclear non-proliferation. And we believe that everyone should be very, very cautious with nuclear rhetoric," Kremlin spokesman ...

'Unspeakable Horror': the Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This is Beirut, 04/08 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and three days later another 74,000 perished in Nagasaki. Here are some facts about the devastating attacks: The bombs  The first atomic bomb was dropped ...

Plastic Pollution 'Grave and Growing' Health Threat: Lancet

This is Beirut, 04/08 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the existing evidence, which was carried out by leading health researchers and doctors, was published one day ahead of fresh talks opening in Geneva aiming ...

DR Congo, Rwanda Hold First Talks After Peace Deal

This is Beirut, 01/08 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have held their first talks after signing a peace deal aimed at ending a resurgent conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the two countries said Friday. Eastern DRC, a region bordering Rwanda with abundant natural resources but plagued by non-state armed groups, has suffered extreme violence for ...

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