This is Beirut, 2024-11-05 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qataris went to the polls on Tuesday in a referendum on ending a brief and limited experiment with legislative elections in the wealthy emirate. Voters among the gas-rich peninsula's roughly 380,000 Qatari nationals cast their ballots on constitutional changes that would scrap the legislative council polls. In 2021, a year before Qatar held the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-05 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel has not yet achieved the military objectives required to enter negotiations. Consequently, it is expected to press on with efforts to dismantle Hezbollah’s military and organizational structure, employing a scorched-earth strategy to create a 3-to-6-kilometer deep uninhabitable zone. According to Western diplomatic sources, after securing ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-05 11:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday, a day before results from the US presidential election rolled in, with opinion polls showing a knife-edge vote, while Chinese equities were boosted by hopes over the country's economy. Uncertainty about the outcome and worries that the winner might not be known for days has led to warnings that investors could ...
Tylia El Helou, 2024-11-05 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
USA Election Donald Trump Kamala Harris
In an interview with This is Beirut, journalist and expert on international relations Dr. Amal Chmouny gave an outlook on the impact of the US presidential election on Lebanon and the region.
This is Beirut, 2024-11-05 09:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Elections New Hampshire
Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote, mirroring the incredibly close national polls in the White House race. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each got three ballots in the tiny community in the northeastern state of New Hampshire which for decades has kicked off Election ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-05 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their final case Monday in the hours before Election Day, when voters will either choose America's first woman president or hand the Republican an unprecedented comeback likely to rattle the world. With polls showing a dead heat, Trump promised to lead the United States to "new heights of glory" ...
Tylia El Helou, 2024-11-04 18:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Kamala Harris Donald Trump USA Election
With just one day to go, former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump and vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris are trying as hard as they can to saturate the media despite polls predicting a particularly close race.
This is Beirut, 2024-11-04 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib Amal European Union USA
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati held a series of diplomatic meetings on Monday “to support the Lebanese position to put an end to the Israeli aggression.” Mikati reiterated calls for putting pressure on Israel “to stop its aggression, opening the way for discussion on how to implement, to the letter, the provisions of resolution 1701 ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-04 14:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Join us on This is Beirut on Tuesday, November 5, for a special day of coverage of the US presidential election! Our correspondents Tylia Helou and Rémi Amalvy will provide live updates directly from Washington, DC. Don’t miss our special morning edition on Wednesday, November 6, to follow up on the results from our studios in Beirut, with ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-11-04 10:55 - Reading : less than a minute
A look back at the key moments of the US elections campaign on the eve of the presidential elections.
Tylia El Helou, 2024-11-03 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute
USA Kamala Harris Donald Trump Election
This is Beirut met with Lebanese-Americans in Pennsylvania to learn more about their voting tendencies two days before the election.
This is Beirut, 2024-11-03 17:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Furious locals pelted Spain's royals and premier on Sunday with mud and cries of "murderers!", forcing officials to cut short their visit to the town worst hit by the floods, which have killed more than 200. The angry crowd in the town of Paiporta focused most of its wrath on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the head of the Valencia ...