This is Beirut, 11/04 22:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt insisted Friday that the upcoming talks between the United States and Iran in Oman would be direct. “I want to make that very clear,” she told reporters in Washington. “The president believes in diplomacy, direct talks, and talking directly in the same room,” she said. Her comments ...
This is Beirut, 11/04 16:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday for talks on the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin said, cautioning they were unlikely to reach a breakthrough. US President Donald Trump is pressing Moscow and Kyiv to end the more than three-year conflict but has failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin ...
This is Beirut, 11/04 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Germany urged Friday a "diplomatic solution" ahead of this weekend's nuclear talks between Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump said military action was possible if negotiations fail. Longtime adversaries Iran and the United States are set to hold talks on Saturday in Muscat on Tehran's nuclear programme. The ...
This is Beirut, 11/04 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama Canal under a joint deal seen by AFP Thursday, a major concession to President Donald Trump as he seeks to reestablish influence over the vital waterway. The agreement, signed by top security officials from both countries, allows US military personnel to deploy to ...
This is Beirut, 11/04 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran said Friday it was giving diplomacy a "genuine" chance in surprise nuclear talks with the United States in Oman, despite mounting pressure from Washington. Longtime adversaries Iran and the United States are set to hold talks on Saturday in Muscat, aimed at reaching a potential nuclear deal. President Donald Trump on Monday made a shock ...
This is Beirut, 11/04 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Six people including three children were killed after a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, sparking a major water rescue operation, authorities said. The crash killed all those onboard the aircraft: the pilot and a family from Spain. Two of the victims were initially taken to a hospital, but later ...
Christiane Tager, 10/04 21:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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After 15 hours of market instability, US President Donald Trump put the brakes on his tariff measures. But China remains firmly in the crosshairs of the US president, now facing increased tariffs. Why such a rapid backpedal? Here’s a breakdown of this "pause on tariffs that lasted barely the blink of an eye." On Wednesday morning, global ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US and Russian delegations met in Istanbul on Thursday for talks on restoring the functioning of their embassies, which drastically scaled back staffing following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The talks, the second of their kind, come after President Donald Trump reached out to Russia following the start of his second term and offered better ties ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 10:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States has backtracked on emergency food aid cuts it announced for 14 countries, restoring assistance to six of them, the UN's World Food Program said Wednesday. The UN agency, already struggling with financing woes, said Monday that the United States advised it Washington was eliminating emergency food aid to those 14 poor and ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump has ramped up his trade war against China, further raising import tariffs on Beijing to 125 percent despite pausing them for other countries. The move came hours after China announced reciprocal action against the United States in response to a previous levy hike. AFP looks at how the escalating trade war between the ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump abruptly paused tariffs on most countries, sparking euphoria on global markets Thursday, but upped the ante on a brutal trade war with superpower rival China. After days of turmoil, stocks on Wall Street and across Asia saw huge surges in reaction to Trump's announcement that he was halting a levy hike for almost all ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia's top diplomat held talks in Washington on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a visit by US President Donald Trump, which would be the first foreign trip of his second term. Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department, and the two called on the Sudanese army and ...