This is Beirut 29/10 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Gaza
Stretching east to west across the Gaza Strip, the “yellow line” is a new sort of boundary where the Israeli army has pulled back as part of the ceasefire. Marked with concrete blocks topped by yellow signs, it effectively splits the Palestinian territory in two. On October 20, the Israeli army unveiled the first of these yellow concrete ...
This is Beirut 29/10 17:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA South Korea Trade deal Lee Jae Myung
US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that a trade deal had been reached with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung, before adding later the agreement was "pretty much" finalized. "We did," Trump told journalists when asked if a deal had been reached, without giving further details. "We reached a deal. We did a lot of different things. ...
This is Beirut 29/10 17:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Future Investment Initiative Saudi Arabia
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday his country had managed to secure $28 billion worth of investments in the past 10 months following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government last year. The president cited the figure while speaking in Riyadh at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, where he ...
This is Beirut 29/10 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump China USA Xi Jinping
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to meet Thursday for the first time since 2019. Washington and Beijing have been locked in a multipronged trade spat since Trump returned to the White House and are tussling for global sway. Here are the key issues the two leaders could discuss: Rare earths A strategic ...
This is Beirut 29/10 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
USA China Copper Economy Trade
The price of copper reached a record high in trading Wednesday, the industrial metal boosted by hopes of a truce in the US-China trade war. Copper hit $11,143 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, also on concerns about tight global supply as a major mine in Indonesia remains shut following a deadly mudslide last month. The new high beat the ...
This is Beirut 29/10 11:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Venezuela Drugs
While the American military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, observers say tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a US embargo continue to navigate the very same Caribbean waters undisturbed. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed a massive US military deployment within striking distance of his ...
This is Beirut 29/10 11:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States China Trade War Xi Jinping
US President Donald Trump voiced optimism Wednesday for advancing toward major trade deals with Beijing and Seoul, on the eve of crucial talks in South Korea with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The meeting Thursday might yield a truce in the trade war between the world's top two economies, a possible grand finale to Trump's Asia tour marked ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 29/10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Arthritis Science Cartilage Smart
This morning, in the calm corridors of a hospital, Myriam, 56, hesitates before putting her foot on the ground. Arthritis, with its constant flare-ups and stiffness, waits behind every movement. Around the world, hundreds of millions of people live in fear of a single misstep, caught between brief moments of relief and the anxiety of the next ...
This is Beirut 29/10 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Cuba Hurricane Melissa Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa picked up strength as it bore down on Cuba, where it made landfall Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction through Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record there, lashing the island nation with brutal winds and torrential rain. The monster storm was still 110 miles (175 kilometers) away from Guantanamo late ...
Christiane Tager 29/10 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Banks International Monetary Fund
Since early September, queues at gas stations in Bamako have been endlessly growing. The jihadist group JNIM (Jamaʿat Nuṣrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin) has blocked fuel convoys from Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, destroying nearly 100 tanker trucks, according to the Associated Press (AP). As a landlocked country, Mali relies on imports for more ...
This is Beirut 29/10 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Kim Jong-Un North korea South Korea
Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not able to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the US president's visit to the South, ending fierce speculation over a possible summit. Trump had said he would "love to meet" Kim during his Asia trip, which would have been their first meeting since the US leader's previous term in ...
This is Beirut 29/10 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza
Aboard Air Force One on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said that «nothing» would jeopardize the ceasefire in Gaza while defending Israel’s right to respond after one of its soldiers was killed. «They killed an Israeli soldier. So the Israelis hit back. And they should hit back», Trump told reporters on Air Force One. His comments ...