This is Beirut, 2025-08-12 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Jannik Sinner ignored power failure interruptions and a blaring alarm to defeat Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) on Monday's day of distractions at the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open. The top-seeded defending champion got down to business against a Canadian ranked 35th who was plagued by eight first-set double-faults and 49 unforced errors in the match ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-12 09:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Two workers died and 10 were wounded Monday after blasts at a US Steel plant in the state of Pennsylvania, officials said. "Multiple explosions occurred today at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works," the state's Governor Josh Shapiro said in a post on X, naming a plant some 15 miles (25 kilometers) outside the city of Pittsburgh. "Injured employees ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-11 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent, which extends just a few miles from ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-08 21:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Mexico Cartels
President Donald Trump is moving to target Latin American drug cartels with the military, US media said Friday, after Washington designated several narcotics trafficking groups as "terrorist" organizations earlier this year. The New York Times reported that Trump has directed the Pentagon to use military force against cartels deemed ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-08 14:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Congressman Darrell Issa affirmed on Friday that “this is a new day for Lebanon,” highlighting that “significant progress has been made in recent days.” Speaking after his meeting with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Issa described the developments as a “rebirth for Lebanon,” focusing on reconstruction efforts and urgent needs across ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-08 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iraqi authorities denied on Friday that the country had played any part in Iranian efforts to evade US sanctions on oil exports after Washington last month linked a local businessman to the practice. In early July, the US State Department sanctioned six entities and identified four vessels as having "knowingly engaged in a significant transaction ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-07 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 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-07 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 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-07 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 ...
Marc Saikali, 2025-08-07 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 ...
Mario Chartouni, 2025-08-06 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 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-06 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday Vice President JD Vance is "most likely" to secure the Republican Party nomination for president in 2028. Trump has avoided naming a preferred successor and said in February that, while Vance was "very capable," it was too soon to make such calls. Asked on Tuesday whether Vance ...