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Trump says Indonesia to Face 19% Tariff Under Trade Deal

This is Beirut, 16/07 09:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had struck a trade pact with Indonesia resulting in significant purchase commitments from the Southeast Asian country, following negotiations to avoid steeper tariffs. Indonesian goods entering the United States would face a 19 percent tariff, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. This ...

Trump Says Any ‘Credible’ Epstein Files Should Be Released

This is Beirut, 16/07 05:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Justice Department should release all "credible" information from its probe into notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein as he sought to douse a firestorm of criticism from his supporters over his handling of the case. Trump is facing the most serious split of his political career from his famously loyal ...

Astronauts From US, India, Poland, Hungary on SpaceX Capsule Return to Earth

This is Beirut, 15/07 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States splashed down off the California coast Tuesday, completing Axiom Mission 4 and capping 20 days in space. The Ax-4 crew undocked from the International Space Station at 7:15 am EST on Monday (1115 GMT) for a 22.5-hour journey, landing in the Pacific Ocean at ...

Aid Cuts, Misinformation Threaten Child Vaccination Progress: UN

This is Beirut, 15/07 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Global infant vaccination levels have stabilised after shrinking during the Covid crisis, the UN said Tuesday, but it warned that misinformation and drastic aid cuts were deepening dangerous coverage gaps and putting millions at risk. In 2024, 85 percent of infants globally, or 109 million, had received three doses of the vaccine against ...

Trump Gives Russia 50 Days to Make Ukraine Deal

This is Beirut, 15/07 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump told Russia on Monday to end its Ukraine war within 50 days or face massive new economic sanctions, as he laid out plans for new infusions of weaponry for Kyiv via NATO. Trump said he was "very, very unhappy" with Vladimir Putin, underlining his insistence that his patience had finally snapped with the Russian ...

Lavrov Meets Xi in Beijing: Russian Foreign Ministry

This is Beirut, 15/07 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday, Moscow said, as the top Russian diplomat visited for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. Xi received Lavrov in the Chinese capital "as part of his participation in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation ...

Barrack: Hezbollah Must Hand Over Weapons That Threaten Israel

This is Beirut, 14/07 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Washington made clear on Monday, via its envoy Tom Barrack, that the disarmament of Hezbollah should focus specifically on “weapons that threaten Israel’s security.” Barrack stressed in a statement that the United States continues to classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and called on the Lebanese government to take the lead in ...

Iran Says No Nuclear Talks If US Insists It Abandon Enrichment

This is Beirut, 14/07 20:51 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Iran said on Monday there would be no new nuclear talks with the United States if they were conditioned on Tehran abandoning its uranium enrichment activities. Washington and Tehran had been engaged in several rounds of negotiations seeking to strike a deal on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, but Israel derailed the talks when it ...

Joumblatt Asserts Commitment to Sovereignty and Praises LAF Efforts

This is Beirut, 14/07 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid Joumblatt emphasized on Monday that preserving the Lebanese state remains a shared priority with international partners, particularly the United States. “Our concern is the same as the American concern, to preserve Greater Lebanon,” Joumblatt said following a meeting with Parliament ...

EU Could Target 72 Bn Euros of US Goods If Tariff Talks Fail

This is Beirut, 14/07 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The European Commission on Monday said it was putting forward a new list of US goods worth 72 billion euros ($84 billion) that could be targeted by EU levies if tariff talks with Washington fail. The bloc's trade chief, Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, announced the proposal, "accounting for some 72 billion euros' worth of US ...

Lebanon's Central Bank Partners with K2 Integrity to Exit Grey List

This is Beirut, 14/07 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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As part of its strategy to curb the expansion of the informal economy and combat illicit and fraudulent activities, Lebanon’s Central Bank announced on Monday the signing of a cooperation agreement with US-based firm K2 Integrity, which specializes in global risk management, compliance, and financial investigations. The agreement is part of the ...

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