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Biden Prepares for Transition as Trump Returns to Power

This is Beirut, 2024-11-07 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Joe Biden will make a painful address to the nation Thursday, vowing a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump after his political nemesis scored a crushing election win over Kamala Harris. In what promises to be an agonizing moment for Biden, he will speak in the Rose Garden of the White House at 11am (16:00 GMT) to "discuss the ...

Following Trump's Victory... Antoun Sehnaoui: Let’s Make Lebanon Great Again!

This is Beirut, 2024-11-06 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Antoun Sehnaoui, businessman and Chairman of SGBL, congratulated Republican candidate Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election. He shared a message on his social media accounts, saying, “Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump, on a brilliant campaign and a historic victory! What a spectacular comeback! Now let’s make ...

Trump: The Master of Political Survival Strikes Again

This is Beirut, 2024-11-06 13:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump touted his ability to "get away with it" as a defining theme of his life story when he first ran for president in 2016 -- boasting that he could shoot someone on New York's Fifth Avenue without losing a single vote. Fast-forward eight years and America's incoming 47th president looks like Nostradamus, winning the ...

Trump's White House Return Puts Legal Battles on Hold

This is Beirut, 2024-11-06 13:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Donald Trump's election victory not only catapults him back to the White House but grants him a reprieve from looming court battles and soaring legal bills. As president, the 78-year-old Trump can make the federal criminal cases facing him vanish and see the state cases put on hold until he leaves the Oval Office four years from now. Trump ...

Trump's Stunning Comeback Shakes Up US Politics and Global Policy

This is Beirut, 2024-11-06 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, media said Wednesday, defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that will send shock waves across the world. The polarizing Republican's victory, following one of the most hostile campaigns in modern US history, was all the more remarkable given an unprecedented criminal ...

Race to the White House: Trump vs. Harris on Economic Policies

Maurice Matta, 2024-11-06 12:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The US elections extend beyond domestic concerns; their impact resonates worldwide due to the United States' power, wealth, and influence. With a gross domestic product approaching $28.8 trillion, the US is at the heart of global information, capital, goods, and services flows. Therefore, understanding the potential ramifications of the elections ...

World Leaders Congratulate Trump, Eye Stronger Alliances

This is Beirut, 2024-11-06 12:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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As Donald Trump claimed victory in the U.S. presidential election on Wednesday morning, leaders around the world quickly responded, offering their congratulations and voicing intentions to work with his administration. French President Emmanuel Macron was among the first to congratulate "President Donald Trump," expressing his readiness ...

Harris or Trump? Long Lines of Voters in Tense US Election

This is Beirut, 2024-11-05 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Millions of Americans headed to vote Tuesday in a presidential election defined by drama and uncertainty, with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump left to await the outcome of a desperately close race after months of intense campaigning. The result, perhaps coming overnight, or not for several days, will either make Harris the first woman president in ...

Final Weekend of Intense Election Campaigning in the U.S

This is Beirut, 2024-11-02 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter the final weekend of the most tense US presidential campaign of modern times with a flurry of swing-state rallies that will test their stamina –- and ability to persuade the country's last undecided voters. Harris, bidding to become the country's first woman president, will use rallies in ...

Washington Bolsters Security Ahead of Election

This is Beirut, 2024-11-02 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Businesses were boarding up in Washington as the US capital braced for Tuesday's knife-edge presidential election -- and any potential repeat of the shocking violence that erupted in the wake of 2020's vote. City authorities have warned of a "fluid, unpredictable security environment" in the days and possibly weeks after the polls close, adding ...

All Eyes on the White House

Johnny Kortbawi, 2024-10-29 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Many Lebanese are pinning their hopes on the United States presidential election to bring clarity to the ongoing war in Lebanon and broader regional tensions from Gaza to Iran. While there is some truth to this perspective, the tendency among Lebanese to overanalyze and speculate often outpaces the reality on the ground. Historically, the US has ...

Hochstein Pleads for Full and Transparent Application of 1701

This is Beirut, 2024-10-21 15:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US envoy Amos Hochstein pleaded on Monday for a full and transparent implementation of UN Resolution 1701 to put an end to the raging conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, though a ceasefire agreement remains complicated amid the surge in violence. After a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri, Hochstein said Washington wants to end the ...

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