This Is Beirut 11/04 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN Fact-Finding Mission to Sudan, on Thursday, called for an immediate ceasefire, the end of attacks on civilians, and full access for humanitarian aid. The Sudanese people have had enough of the devastating conflict raging inside the country, UN investigators said Thursday as the fighting rolls on into a second year. Sudan's warring parties ...
This Is Beirut 11/04 12:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia launched one of the largest missile and drone attacks of the Ukraine war, on Thursday, while the Ukrainian parliament approved a new controversial mobilization bill. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia fired more than 40 missiles and 40 drones at Ukraine overnight, again hitting the city of Kharkiv and ...
This Is Beirut 11/04 11:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The US and Japan announced their biggest upgrade to defense ties, during a Washington state visit, in which the leaders agreed that a Japanese astronaut will be the first non-American to walk on the Moon. US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled their countries' biggest ever upgrade in defense ties Wednesday ...
This Is Beirut 10/04 22:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a contentious reform of Europe's asylum policies that will harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibility. The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly ...
This Is Beirut 10/04 16:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden is expected to attend a high-level Ukraine war peace conference, which is expected to be held in Switzerland in mid-June, Swiss media reports said. The conference date has not yet been set, but several media outlets this week suggested June 16–17. Invitations have not been sent, but the NZZ daily newspaper quoted ...
Rami Rayess 10/04 11:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The United Nations defines climate change as "long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns. While these changes can occur naturally, driven by variations in solar activity or major volcanic eruptions, human activities have become their primary driver since the nineteenth century. This is mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels such as ...
This Is Beirut 09/04 21:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia on Tuesday opened a probe into "financing terrorism" that implicates Western countries, saying funds received by US firms in Ukraine, including one that employed Joe Biden's son, were used for "terrorism acts" in Russia. The announcement came with Moscow continuing to blame the West and Ukraine for the attack on a concert hall last month ...
This Is Beirut 09/04 19:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Considered among the world's poorest countries, war-torn Sudan's already fragile infrastructure has pushed the country to the brink of famine, leading to a massive ongoing exodus from the country. One year since the conflict in Sudan erupted, thousands of desperate people are still fleeing the country daily "as if the emergency had started ...
This Is Beirut 09/04 19:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Washington has given Ukraine small arms and ammunition that were seized while being sent from Iranian forces to Tehran-backed insurgents in Yemen, the US military said on Tuesday. The transfer last week came as Ukraine suffers from significant shortages of ammunition and US Republican lawmakers block new aid, but it does not address Kyiv's need ...
This Is Beirut 09/04 13:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Beijing will strengthen its strategic cooperation with Russia, said a top diplomat on Tuesday during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's most recent visit to China. China's top diplomat said on Tuesday that Beijing would strengthen its strategic cooperation with Moscow and that the two must stand on the side of "fairness and justice" as he ...
This Is Beirut 08/04 15:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The EU will vote to reform its immigration policies on Wednesday, which would harden its stance towards asylum-seekers, in a move that has been criticized by groups on both the far-left and far-right. The EU will vote on Wednesday on a vast overhaul of its immigration policies that would notably harden entry procedures for asylum-seekers and ...
This Is Beirut 08/04 12:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC agreed to increase its investment in the US to $65 billion on Monday, in a victory for Biden as November's presidential election looms. The Taiwan chip giant TSMC agreed to build a third semiconductor factory in Arizona, raising its total investment in the United States to $65 billion, US officials said on ...