This is Beirut 06/10 19:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Brazil United States Donald Trump Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
US President Donald Trump hailed a "very good" phone call with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday, after months of tensions, saying they would meet in both their countries. "We discussed many things, but it was mostly focused on the economy and trade," Trump said on his Truth Social network after ...
This is Beirut 06/10 19:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
European Union Kaja Kallas Donald Trump Gaza
The European Union is seeking a role in US President Donald Trump's transitional authority for the Gaza Strip, its top diplomat Kaja Kallas told reporters on Monday. "Yes, we feel that Europe has a great role, and we should also be on board with this," Kallas said when asked if the EU wanted to take part in Trump's "Board of Peace." The EU is a ...
This is Beirut 06/10 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia Denmark Baltic Sea North Sea Skagen
Denmark will step up environmental checks on oil tankers in a key shipping lane linking the Baltic and North Seas to crack down on Russia's "shadow fleet," Copenhagen said on Monday. More than 60,000 ships sail past Skagen in northern Denmark each year, of which dozens are suspected to belong to a flotilla of rickety ships used by Moscow to ...
This is Beirut 06/10 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Red Cross said Monday it stood ready to help bring hostages held in Gaza back to their families in Israel and deliver aid into the Gaza Strip. Delegations from Hamas, Israel, and the United States are due to convene in Egypt for talks on Monday aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza. Both Hamas and Israel have responded positively ...
This is Beirut 06/10 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Venezuela Caracas United States
Venezuela said Monday it had detected a plan by "extremists" to place explosives in the US embassy in Caracas at a time of spiraling tension between the two countries. Caracas has warned the United States of what it described as a "false flag operation" by right-wing extremists, Jorge Rodriguez, president of the National ...
This is Beirut 06/10 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians trapped in cities under paramilitary siege are struggling to survive, eating leaves with no aid allowed in more than two years into their country's war. AFP spoke to people in three besieged cities still nominally under army control, but which are surrounded by paramilitary forces: North Darfur ...
This is Beirut 06/10 13:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Japan Nobel Medicine Health
Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States and Japan's Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for research into how the immune system is kept in check, the Nobel jury said. Their discoveries have been decisive for understanding how the immune system functions and why we do not all develop serious autoimmune ...
This is Beirut 06/10 12:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Since September 29, Paris has been buzzing to the rhythm of Fashion Week. The world’s top designers are showcasing their new collections, blending audacity, elegance, and innovation. Until October 7, the French capital remains the beating heart of global fashion.
This is Beirut 06/10 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan on Monday, as negotiators from Hamas, Israel and the United States converged on Egypt to discuss a hostage-prisoner exchange and ceasefire. "I can only extend my praise and appreciation for US President Donald Trump for his initiative that seeks a ceasefire in ...
This is Beirut 06/10 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France Emmanuel Macron Government
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's resignation just hours after unveiling his cabinet, the presidency said, plunging the European nation further into political deadlock. France's President Emmanuel Macron named Lecornu, a former defence minister, to the post last month. But the largely ...
This is Beirut 06/10 10:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Russia's defence ministry said Monday that it had downed 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, in one of Kyiv's largest retaliatory attacks on its neighbour since Moscow invaded over three years ago. "Over the past night, air defence alert systems intercepted and destroyed 251 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry wrote on ...
This is Beirut 06/10 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hamas Israel Egypt Gaza Ceasefire
Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States are due to convene in Egypt for talks on Monday, with President Donald Trump urging negotiators to "move fast" to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza. Both Hamas and Israel have responded positively to Trump's proposal for an end to the fighting and the release of captives in Gaza in exchange ...