This is Beirut 15/01 21:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Just days before Donald Trump returns to the White House, a comprehensive agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza. First announced by sources close to the talks, the agreement was confirmed a few hours later by the Qatari Prime Minister, Mohammed ben Abderrahmane al-Thani. Here are the points of the agreement ...
This is Beirut 15/01 21:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Egyptian state media reported Wednesday that coordination was underway to "open the Palestinian Rafah crossing to allow the entry of international aid" into Gaza, citing an Egyptian security source. Egypt was "preparing to bring in the largest possible amount of aid to the Gaza Strip", following news of a ceasefire deal ...
This is Beirut 15/01 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli air strike hit a military target belonging to Syria's new Islamist-led authorities for the first time on Wednesday, killing three people, a war monitor and a medical source said. "An Israeli drone launched an attack targeting a military convoy... killing two members of the Military Operations Department" and one civilian, in southern ...
Vanessa Kallas 15/01 15:35 - Reading : less than a minute
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and iSpace’s Hakuto-R lunar landers, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration.
This is Beirut 15/01 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, during the first-ever visit by someone in his post to the country. "Transitional justice is crucial as Syria moves forward," the UN high commissioner for human rights said. "Revenge ...
This is Beirut 15/01 13:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Mediators were making a final push Wednesday to seal a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, after a Qatari official involved in the talks expressed hope an agreement could be reached "very soon". Qatar, Egypt and the United States have intensified efforts to broker a ceasefire and enable the release of hostages taken during Hamas's ...
Alain E. Andrea 15/01 13:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health challenge in a world where demographic aging is advancing rapidly. According to updated data from the World Health Organization (WHO) as of October 1, 2024, the percentage of the global population aged over 60 is expected to nearly double between 2015 and 2050, from 12% to 22%, representing ...
This is Beirut 15/01 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, will say Wednesday that China cheated its way to superpower status and that the "liberal world order" long cherished by the US elite should be discarded. Rubio will face fellow senators at his confirmation hearing in what is likely to be among the least contentious sessions for Trump's ...
This is Beirut 15/01 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on Wednesday, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration. On board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida were Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience ...
This is Beirut 15/01 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts say. Temperatures soared to 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit) in the holy city of Mecca last June as 1.8 million ...
This is Beirut 15/01 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities and becoming the first sitting president to be detained in the nation's history. Yoon, who faces charges of insurrection over his short-lived effort to impose martial law last month, said he would ...
This is Beirut 15/01 05:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian warned Donald Trump against the risk of a ‘war’ against the Islamic Republic, reaffirming that Iran was not ‘seeking’ to acquire nuclear weapons, in an interview with a US television channel on Tuesday. ‘I hope that (President-elect Donald) Trump will lead to regional and world peace and will not, on ...