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Saudi Prince, Eyeing Defence Pledge, to Meet Trump After Long US Absence

This is Beirut, 15/11 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will press for security guarantees while US President Donald Trump will urge him to normalise ties with Israel when the de facto Saudi ruler breaks a seven-year absence from Washington this week. Saudi Arabia is unlikely to agree to normalisation at this stage, with Prince Mohammed's priority set for firmer US ...

The Epigraphs of Our Lady of Ilige

Amine Jules Iskandar, 15/11 10:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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Following Saint John Maron of Kfar-Hay (685–770) and Saint George of Yanouh (770–1120), Patriarch Peter I established his seat at Our Lady of Ilige in 1121. Ilige lies in a valley of the Mayfouq region, high above Byblos, annually cloaked in a thick mantle of snow. The monastery of Our Lady was built upon the remains of a Phoenician temple, ...

US and Several Arab States Urge 'Swift Adoption' of UN Gaza Resolution

This is Beirut, 14/11 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, called Friday for the UN Security Council to quickly adopt a US resolution endorsing Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. "The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, ...

Russian Strikes on Kyiv Apartment Blocks Kill Six

This is Beirut, 14/11 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia struck residential parts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Friday, Ukraine said, killing six people in a single apartment block in attacks President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as "heinous" and aimed at civilians. Kyiv also said a Russian drone attack on a market in southern Ukraine hours later killed two more people. It was one of the ...

Google Proposes Adtech Changes to Avoid Breakup After EU Fine

This is Beirut, 14/11 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Google on Friday announced changes to its advertising services to avert the risk of a breakup, two months after Brussels hit the US giant with a massive fine. The European Commission slapped a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.43 billion) antitrust fine on Google for favoring its own services in September, giving the company 60 days to resolve the issues ...

Blue Origin Launches NASA Mars Mission and Nails Booster Landing

This is Beirut, 14/11 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard and, in a breakthrough, nailed the landing of its booster. The launch was stalled for days over weather both on Earth and in space, but it was worth the wait: in the rocket's second-ever flight, Blue Origin managed to ...

BBC Apologizes to Trump, but Rejects Defamation Claim

This is Beirut, 14/11 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologizing for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit. The comments came after Britain's embattled public broadcaster said earlier that it was investigating a possible second instance in which a Trump ...

Spotify to Launch Music Videos in North America for Premium Members

This is Beirut, 13/11 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Audio streaming platform Spotify will be adding music videos "in the coming weeks" for paying subscribers in the United States and Canada, a spokesperson said Wednesday. The development marks a significant expansion by the Sweden-based audio platform into video, which until now has primarily been limited to video podcasts. The Spotify ...

Syria to Help US Fight Iran-Backed Armed Groups, Envoy Says

This is Beirut, 13/11 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria will play an active role in assisting the United States in fighting armed groups including Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Hamas and Hezbollah, US special envoy Tom Barrack said on Thursday. Islamist interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, himself a former jihadist, became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House since his country's ...

Trump Signs Bill to End Record-Breaking US Shutdown

This is Beirut, 13/11 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a ...

House Vote on Ending US Government Shutdown

This is Beirut, 12/11 22:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Congress looked set Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history, 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The House of Representatives was expected to rubber-stamp a contentious Senate-passed funding ...

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