This is Beirut 02/04 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Rescuers on Wednesday pulled a man alive from the rubble five days after Myanmar's devastating earthquake, as calls grew for the junta to allow more aid in and halt attacks on rebels. The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday flattened buildings across Myanmar, killing more than 2,700 people and making thousands more homeless. Several ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of military operations in Hamas-run Gaza, saying the army would seize "large areas" of the Palestinian territory. Katz said Israel would bolster its presence in the Gaza Strip to "destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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"They are our eyes," said Karin happily after releasing the arm of one of the specialised "image whisperers" guiding her and other blind people around Geneva's Red Cross museum. The museum has been offering its new image prompter service to the visually impaired since late last year. Karin, who did not want to give her ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war. The arrest of Machar last week was seen by some observers as the spark that could reignite the civil war that the rivals fought between 2013 and 2018 that killed some 400,000 ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Yemen's Huthi rebels said on Wednesday that overnight air strikes on Hodeida province killed four people in an attack they blamed on the United States. "The casualty toll of the American aggression targeting the Water Management building in... Hodeida governorate... rose to four martyrs and three wounded," said Huthi health ministry spokesman ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh has long been a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women in Afghanistan, but the trend is slowly changing.
This is Beirut 02/04 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump is poised to unveil sweeping new "Liberation Day" tariffs on Wednesday, but kept the world guessing until the last minute about the scope of an onslaught that could spark a global trade war. Trump will roll out the measures flanked by cabinet members in the Rose Garden of the White House at 4:00 pm (2000 GMT) – after ...
This is Beirut 02/04 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A Democratic US lawmaker shattered a record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday, staying on his feet for more than 25 hours to deliver a fiery protest against President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional" actions. Senator Cory Booker's display of endurance – to hold the floor he had to remain standing and could not even go to the ...
This is Beirut 02/04 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Donald Trump's second presidency was dealt a spinning blow by voters in Wisconsin Tuesday as they elected a liberal judge to the state's Supreme Court, despite his powerful advisor Elon Musk pouring millions into the race to sway the polls. Two months into his barnstorming return to the White House, Trump celebrated victory in a pair of House ...
This is Beirut 02/04 05:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Chinese military announced new exercises Wednesday in sensitive waters near Taiwan, in a second consecutive day of drills around the self-ruled island it claims as its own. The surprise manoeuvres were slammed by Washington as "intimidation tactics" and come after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called China a "foreign hostile ...
This is Beirut 02/04 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States announced on Tuesday the deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Yemen’s Houthis, who have been disrupting navigation in the Red Sea. The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, already in the region, will be joined by the Carl Vinson, currently in the Indo-Pacific, "to ...
This is Beirut 01/04 23:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air, and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practicing for "precision strikes" and a blockade of the self-ruled island. Taiwan dispatched its own aircraft and ships and deployed land-based missile systems in response to the ongoing exercises and accused Beijing ...