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Private US Spaceship Lands Upright on Moon

This is Beirut, 02/03 14:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone -- and the first to do so upright. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at 3:34 am US Eastern Time (0834 GMT) near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the Moon's ...

US Says Killed Military Leader of Syria Al-Qaeda Affiliate

This is Beirut, 01/03 19:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The US Army said Saturday it had killed a top military leader of Hurras al-Din, a Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda which announced its dissolution in January. The US Central Command (CENTCOM), in charge of American forces in the Middle East, said in a statement that its forces on February 23 "conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria, ...

JD Vance, Donald Trump's Foot Soldier

This is Beirut, 01/03 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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He stunned Europe with his ideological brutality, lectured the British Prime Minister, and on Friday, launched an attack on Volodymyr Zelensky: JD Vance, once a critic of Donald Trump, has become the most enthusiastic foot soldier of Trump's "America First" agenda. The 40-year-old former military man and bestselling author has seen a rapid ...

PKK Declares Ceasefire with Turkey after 40 Years of Armed Struggle

Paul Guillot, 01/03 17:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle. It was the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after Ocalan this week called for the dissolution of the group ...

Zelensky Thinks His Relationship With Trump Can Still Be Saved

This is Beirut, 01/03 05:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his relations with the United States can still be repaired, after President Donald Trump shouted at him in an angry White House meltdown accusing the Ukrainian leader of refusing to make peace with Russia. "Of course," Zelensky said when asked in a Fox News interview if the relationship with Trump ...

Could the Agreement on Ukrainian Minerals Be Behind the Trump-Zelensky Clash?

Rémi Amalvy, 01/03 02:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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“You're gambling with World War III and what you're doing is very disrespectful to this country (the United States) [...] We gave you through this stupid president (Joe Biden) 350 billion dollars. We gave you military equipment [...] You're either going to make a deal (with Russia) or we're out." On Friday, February 28, Donald Trump and JD ...

Trump Kicks Zelensky Out of White House after Shouting Match

This is Beirut, 28/02 23:29 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump erupted at Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, angrily sending the Ukrainian leader out of the White House after an extraordinary Oval Office meltdown because he was "not ready" for peace with Russia. The abrupt exit, cutting short what was meant to be a day of Ukraine-US diplomacy, meant Zelensky left without a ...

Trump to Order English as Official Language in US

This is Beirut, 28/02 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump is set to make English the official language of the United States in a bid to bring "cohesion" to a country characterized by immigration from all over the world, according to a White House document seen Friday. "It is long past time English is recognized as the official language of the United States," the document, provided ...

Macron Announces EU Plans for 'Reciprocal' Tariffs on US Steel and Aluminium

This is Beirut, 28/02 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The EU will impose "reciprocal" tariffs on US steel and aluminum if President Donald Trump moves ahead with threatened 25 percent duties on European imports, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. If the tariffs are confirmed, "Europeans will respond and therefore there will be reciprocal tariffs. Because we must ...

Trump Backs Putin on Ukraine Ceasefire as Starmer Seeks Security Guarantees

This is Beirut, 27/02 21:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump said he trusted Russia's Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv - with the help of a royal invitation to visit Britain. Trump struck a friendly tone as he and Starmer met in Washington and even walked back a comment about Ukrainian ...

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