This is Beirut, 12/03 05:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United States and Canada traded angry tariff warnings Tuesday, as trade tensions soared and President Donald Trump doubled down on provocative plans to annex his country's northern neighbor. Despite a compromise arising after a day of threats and counter-threats, Canada and other US trading partners will still be hit at midnight by a ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States has launched diplomatic working groups aimed at resolving long-standing border disputes between Lebanon and Israel, including the demarcation of the contentious Blue Line, US Deputy Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus announced on Tuesday. In an interview on al-Jadeed television channel, Ortagus expressed optimism ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 11/03 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Americans and Israelis surprised the Lebanese by announcing the imminent launch of indirect negotiations to resolve the dispute along the southern border, specifically at the five points still occupied by Israel following the war in support of Gaza. The talks will also address the 13 remaining points of contention along the Blue Line. Notably, ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 18:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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WASHINGTON—U.S. efforts to broker lasting peace in the Middle East appear to be gaining traction, with senior officials expressing optimism about the potential for historic agreements in the region. “We are looking forward to peace, and we are aiming for peace, and by the grace of God, this will be achieved, hopefully soon,” ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 17:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum Tuesday, while threatening to "shut down" its auto industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the United States. Trump's shock new threats came hours before a midnight deadline for ramping up the ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 12:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Ukraine and the United States began talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with a partial ceasefire with Russia on the table, just hours after Kyiv conducted a major drone attack targeting the Moscow area. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga were attending the meeting, with President Donald Trump ramping up ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hit hard by US aid funding cuts, the UN migration agency is battling claims from current and former staff of now pandering to Washington and providing cover for mass deportations. Like many humanitarian agencies, the International Organization for Migration has been reeling since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, ...
Philippe Abi-Akl, 11/03 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran is clinging to its waning influence in key regional capitals, hoping to maximize leverage in negotiations over its nuclear program. It continues to destabilize Syria and offer hollow rhetorical support to Hezbollah in Lebanon, ignoring the risk of provoking the US administration’s unwavering support to Israel, and the latter’s ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 10/03 22:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A significant blow to Iran came on March 8, when the United States decided not to renew the waiver that allowed Iraq to import electricity from Iran, despite sanctions imposed on Tehran. Since 2018, Baghdad had benefited from this exemption, which covered nearly a third of its energy needs, despite the country’s considerable oil potential, which ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Stock markets slipped on Monday as investors fretted over the impact of President Donald Trump's trade policy on the economic growth of the United States and China, the world's biggest economies. Wall Street's three main indexes opened in the red, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling two percent, after Trump himself declined to rule out the risk of ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 13:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday ahead of talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine wants peace and Russia is the "only reason" that the war has dragged on. Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia later Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with ...
Michel Touma, 10/03 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The main pieces are being put in place… A likely diplomatic showdown — or, if diplomacy fails, a military confrontation — between the Iranian axis and the Western camp is clearly taking shape, both in Lebanon and across the regional landscape. Several clear signs of this looming standoff have surfaced in recent days amid an increasingly ...