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Trump Envoy Says Headed to Middle East This Week to Discuss Gaza Peace Deal

This is Beirut, 23/02 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he was headed to the Middle East this week to discuss an extension to phase one of the Israel-Hamas peace deal. "We have to get an extension of phase one, and so I'll be going into the region this week, probably Wednesday, to negotiate that," Witkoff told CNN. "And we're hopeful ...

Trump Wants Return on US Aid Money to Ukraine

This is Beirut, 23/02 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was trying to get money back for the billions of dollars sent to support Ukraine's war against Russia. His comments came as Washington and Kyiv negotiate a mineral resources deal Trump wants as compensation for the wartime aid his predecessor Joe Biden gave Ukraine. It was the latest twist in a ...

Zelensky 'Not Ready' to Sign Minerals Deal with US

This is Beirut, 22/02 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is "not ready" to sign a deal that would give the United States preferential access to his country's rare earth minerals, a Ukrainian source told AFP. US President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to give US companies access as compensation for the tens of billions of dollars of aid delivered under his predecessor ...

Security Meetings Ahead of Nasrallah's Funeral on Sunday

This is Beirut, 21/02 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Two security meetings were held on Friday, two days ahead of the funeral of former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. The first meeting took place in the morning in Baabda, chaired by President Joseph Aoun, during which “planned security measures were discussed.” A second meeting followed in the afternoon at the Ministry of ...

'The Brutalist': Fact, Fiction, and the Architect Debate Sparks

This is Beirut, 21/02 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The Brutalist, an epic drama loosely inspired by the life and work of architect Marcel Breuer, is one of the favorites for Sunday’s Oscars. However, the film has drawn scorn from design experts, who accuse it of glaring errors and question whether its main character is even a Brutalist architect. Here are five things to know about the film, ...

Musk With a Chainsaw on Stage Before American Conservatives

This is Beirut, 21/02 04:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Elon Musk, who has bragged of putting US federal agencies "into the woodchipper" as he slashes government spending, paraded a chainsaw on stage before American conservatives celebrating President Donald Trump's return to power Thursday. Argentina's President Javier Milei -- who has used a chainsaw as a symbol of his own push to ...

Macron Expected at White House Next Week

This is Beirut, 19/02 21:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet Donald Trump at the White House next week, a US official said Wednesday, as Europe scrambles to respond to the US president's shift on the war in Ukraine. "President Macron is expected at the White House early next week," a White House official told AFP on condition of anonymity. With AFPe

France Reaffirms Call for Full Israeli Troop Withdrawal from Lebanese Territory

This is Beirut, 19/02 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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France has reaffirmed the "necessity for the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanese territory, as soon as possible, in accordance with the provisions of the ceasefire agreement." In a statement released on Tuesday evening, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Paris had "acknowledged the continued withdrawal of ...

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