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China said Tuesday it was open to improving ties with Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney won the country's election to lead his Liberal Party to another term in power. "China is willing to develop China-Canada relations on the basis of mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said. The results in ...
This is Beirut 29/04 10:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die. Electricity had been restored to more than 90 percent of mainland Spain early Tuesday, the REE power operator said. Lights came ...
This is Beirut 29/04 10:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged Tuesday to defeat the United States in Donald Trump's trade war after leading Canada’s Liberal Party to a historic election victory and securing another term in power. The United Kingdom congratulated Carney on his win, while the European Union’s top official vowed to work with Ottawa to "defend our shared ...
This is Beirut 29/04 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After 100 days of political chaos and economic shock that have sent his approval ratings tumbling, Donald Trump hopes to regain the unqualified adulation of his supporters Tuesday at one of his signature events: a public rally. To mark the symbolic milestone of his second term, the Republican US president is visiting the site of one of his final ...
This is Beirut 29/04 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pakistan India Kashmir Politics
India and Pakistan have been exchanging fire across their de facto border since the Kashmir attack, but in New Delhi and Islamabad, political foes are coming together and looking to score points. On April 22, gunmen killed 26 people in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan region that has long been a dangerous thorn in ...
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Washington and Tehran are moving on starkly opposing trajectories in the Middle East. Under President Donald Trump, the United States has prioritized dismantling any armed presence operating outside the framework of state legitimacy and eradicating terrorism from the region. This approach is part of a broader strategy to prepare the ground for a ...
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The global system of law and human rights is under threat from a "multiplicity of assaults" which have accelerated since US President Donald Trump's return to power, Amnesty International said Tuesday in its annual report. "Unprecedented forces are hunting down the ideals of human rights for all, seeking to destroy an ...
This is Beirut 28/04 23:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The United Nations expressed deep alarm on Monday at reports that US strikes on Yemen killed scores of people at a migrant detention center in a stronghold of the Huthi rebels. The US military has hammered the Iran-backed Huthis with near-daily strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed "Rough Rider", seeking to end their attacks on vessels in ...
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Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal early Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die. More than 60 percent of Spain's national electricity supply had been restored by the end of Monday, the REE power ...
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday branded a three-day truce announced by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as an "attempt at manipulation". "Now there's a new attempt at manipulation: for some reason, everyone has to wait until May 8," Zelensky said in his daily address. Putin on Monday ordered the ceasefire on May 8-10, ...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the United States is committed to working to end the war in Ukraine, the State Department said Monday. "The United States is serious about facilitating an end to this senseless war," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a readout of Sunday's call, which ...
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Recognizing Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea would undermine the international order and raise serious legal challenges, experts said, as the Kremlin on Monday called the concession "imperative" to resolving the conflict. The comments came as US President Donald Trump pushed Russia to accept a ceasefire, telling ...