Christiane Tager, 22/01 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump had his own cryptocurrency, and now it’s finally here. Just two days before being inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump launched his personal crypto. Trump has entered the cryptocurrency world with a "meme coin" bearing his likeness. The coin features Trump with a ...
This is Beirut, 22/01 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the government in Panama City referred to an article of the UN ...
This is Beirut, 22/01 09:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a major investment to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence led by Japanese giant Softbank, cloud giant Oracle and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The venture, called Stargate, "will invest $500 billion, at least, in AI infrastructure in the United States," Trump said in remarks at the White House. ...
This is Beirut, 22/01 05:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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If it succeeds, Donald Trump's overhaul of the right to citizenship by virtue of birth in the country could profoundly reshape the United States, wiping out a founding principle that has been applied for more than 150 years by this world power, according to several experts. Barely inaugurated as the 47th American president, the Republican ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday as the 47th President of the United States, marking the start of his second term. Here’s a look at five highlights of his speech.
This is Beirut, 21/01 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Global stock markets climbed on Tuesday as Donald Trump wasted no time in starting his second term as US president with a raft of announcements affecting the global economy. Oil prices slumped however on the prospect of more drilling in the United States, while the dollar lost much of its initial gains. Wall Street's major indices rose at the ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Qatar is confident that the deal it helped mediate for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas addressed all the major issues at stake in the war, the foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday. "We are confident in the deal when it comes to the language of the deal, when it comes to the fact that we hashed out all the major issues on the table", Majed ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The World Health Organization said Tuesday it regretted US President Donald Trump's decision -- just hours after taking power -- to withdraw his country from the UN agency, saying it hoped he would "reconsider". Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the WHO, a body he has repeatedly criticized over ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 09:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa congratulated US President Donald Trump on his Monday inauguration, saying the American would "bring peace to the Middle East". "We are confident that he is the leader to bring peace to the Middle East and restore stability to the region," Sharaa's administration said in a statement. "We look forward to ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 09:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Monday he was not confident a ceasefire deal in Gaza would hold, despite trumpeting his diplomacy to secure it ahead of his inauguration. Asked by a reporter as he returned to the White House whether the two sides would maintain the truce and move on in the agreement, Trump said, "I'm not ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Taliban government said Tuesday they had released American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar. Discussions about the prisoner exchange were confirmed last year, but the swap was announced after outgoing US president Joe Biden handed over to Donald Trump, who was ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 09:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump fired four senior government officials appointed by his predecessor early Tuesday and warned "over a thousand more" faced imminent dismissal in a first post on Truth Social since his inauguration. "My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential ...