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AI Giant Nvidia Beats Earnings Expectations but Shares Fall

This is Beirut 2025-08-28 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

AI powerhouse Nvidia reported quarterly earnings Wednesday that beat expectations, but shares slipped amid concerns about an AI chip spending bubble and the company's stalled business in China. The California-based firm posted profit of $26.4 billion on record revenue of $46.7 billion in the recently ended quarter, driven by intense demand for ...

Russia Hits Kyiv with 'Massive' Deadly Overnight Strikes

This is Beirut 2025-08-28 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Ukraine Russia War Strike Kyiv

Russian forces launched a "massive" attack on Kyiv on Thursday, hitting the Ukrainian capital with strikes that killed at least fourteen people and wounded around 30 others, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came as Moscow and Kyiv traded blame over an impasse in diplomatic efforts towards a peace deal spearheaded by US President ...

White House Fires US Health Agency Head After she Refused to Quit

This is Beirut 2025-08-28 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

USA White House Health Vaccines CDC Susan Monarez

The Trump administration confirmed Wednesday it had fired the head of the top US public health agency after she refused to step down during a standoff with vaccine skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The escalating dispute over Kennedy's sweeping overhaul of US vaccine policy also led to five other senior officials at the Centers for ...

North Korea's Kim to Attend Military Parade in China Next Week

This is Beirut 2025-08-28 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

China NKorea Defence Politics

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend a huge military parade in China next week to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, both countries announced on Thursday. Some 26 leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, will also attend the parade that will showcase China's latest equipment and ...

Israeli Troops Raid Bombed Syria Site

This is Beirut 2025-08-28 02:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Syria Conflict

Israeli ground troops raided a Syrian site it had already bombed on Wednesday and a day prior, Syrian state media reported. Israel had struck the site near Kisweh, outside Damascus on Tuesday, killing six Syrian soldiers according to Damascus' foreign ministry, and bombed it again on Wednesday according to state television. Quoting a ...

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Military Sites Near Damascus

This is Beirut 2025-08-27 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Syria

Syrian media reported Wednesday that Israeli warplanes conducted multiple airstrikes in the Damascus countryside, targeting military facilities and headquarters. The strikes reportedly hit a Syrian forces headquarters in the Al-Kiswah area, as well as a military facility in Tal Mani', according to state outlets. Syrian Television, citing ...

Iran Says Return of IAEA Inspectors Not Full Resumption of Cooperation

This is Beirut 2025-08-27 23:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Iran Europe Iran Nuclear Program E3

Iran said Wednesday that the return of UN nuclear inspectors did not represent a full resumption of cooperation, which was suspended in the aftermath of June attacks by Israel and the United States. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency began work at the key nuclear site of Bushehr in southwestern Iran, the nuclear watchdog's ...

Israel Ups Pressure on Gaza City as Trump Eyes Post-War Plan

This is Beirut 2025-08-27 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas

The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a ...

Ukraine Delegation to Meet US Officials in New York on Friday

This is Beirut 2025-08-27 21:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United States Ukraine Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that members of his administration would meet with US officials in New York on Friday as part of ongoing efforts to end the war with Russia. US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff had earlier indicated to American media that he'll meet Ukrainian representatives this ...

Gunman Kills Two Children in Minneapolis Church, Injures 17

This is Beirut 2025-08-27 21:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United States School Shooting Minneapolis

A gunman opened fire Wednesday on school children attending a church service in Minneapolis, killing two pupils and wounding 17 children and adults, police said, in the latest violent tragedy to jolt the United States. City police chief Brian O'Hara told a media briefing that the shooter sprayed bullets into the Annunciation Church as dozens ...

Israel Demands UN-Backed Monitor Retract Gaza Famine Report

This is Beirut 2025-08-27 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Famine United Nations

Israel on Wednesday called on the UN-backed hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC), to immediately retract a report that determined that famine was present in parts of Gaza. "Israel demands that the IPC immediately retract its fabricated report and publish a notice," the director general of ...

Trump Urges Criminal Charges against George Soros and His Son

This is Beirut 2025-08-27 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Donald Trump George Soros United States

US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for billionaire George Soros and his son to face criminal charges over unfounded claims that the family, a favorite target of the right, is behind "violent protests" around the country. Trump did not specify what had prompted his morning outburst, but it comes as his administration pursues ...