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OECD Lowers Global Growth Projections Over 'Trade Barriers' and 'Uncertainty'

This is Beirut, 17/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Monday lowered its projections for global growth in 2025 due to "trade barriers" and "uncertainty". Trade tensions that have erupted since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House are in part responsible for the dampened growth perspectives, the OECD said. The OECD ...

US Deports Over 200 Gang Members to El Salvador Despite Court Block

This is Beirut, 17/03 05:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The United States flew over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US counterpart Donald Trump controversially invoked wartime legislation to expel them. The deportations took place despite a US federal judge granting a temporary suspension of the expulsions order, ...

Yemen's Houthis Say Targeted US Aircraft Carrier Twice in Red Sea

This is Beirut, 16/03 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have twice attacked an American aircraft carrier group within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes. The Houthis initially said they launched 18 missiles and a drone at the "aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships" in the Red Sea, before ...

Trump and Putin to Have 'Discussion' on Ukraine this Week

This is Beirut, 16/03 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week, officials said on Sunday, as Washington and Kyiv's European allies press Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the three-year war. The United States this week proposed a halt in fighting in the war after talks in Saudi Arabia, with Kyiv accepting the ...

Witkoff Reveals Key Diplomatic Breakthroughs on Ukraine Peace Talks, Issues Warning to Hamas

This is Beirut, 16/03 16:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week, an American envoy said Sunday, as Washington presses for Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who met for several hours with Putin days ago, told CNN in a televised interview that he thinks "the two ...

US and Russia Discuss Next Step on Ukraine

This is Beirut, 16/03 05:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke on Saturday to discuss the next stage in talks on ending Moscow's war against Ukraine. According to State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce, the top diplomats "agreed to continue working towards restoring communication between the United States and ...

US Congress Averts Government Shutdown

This is Beirut, 15/03 04:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on through September. Facing a midnight deadline to fund the government or allow it to start winding down, Democrats dropped plans for a blockade on a ...

Steve Witkoff: Hamas is "Making a Very Bad Bet"

This is Beirut, 14/03 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The White House accused Hamas on Friday of making "entirely impractical" demands and stalling on a deal to release a US-Israeli hostage in exchange for an extension of the Gaza ceasefire. "Hamas is making a very bad bet that time is on its side. It is not," a statement from the office of President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and the US ...

Mass Layoffs at UN Migration Agency as US Aid Cuts Take Toll

This is Beirut, 14/03 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The UN migration agency, which has been hit hard by US foreign aid cuts, has launched more mass layoffs, impacting around a fifth of staff at its Geneva headquarters, employees said Friday. Fresh cuts at the International Organization for Migration are expected to impact at least 20 percent of the more than 1,000 current headquarters staff, ...

New York's Trump Tower Overrun by Pro-Palestinian Protesters

This is Beirut, 14/03 05:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hundreds of Jewish demonstrators overran New York's Trump Tower on Thursday in support of Palestinians as well as detained Palestinian student campaigner Mahmoud Khalil. Wearing matching red T-shirts emblazoned with "Jews say stop arming Israel," the group protested for over an hour inside the Manhattan skyscraper, where President ...

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