This Is Beirut 2024-09-05 20:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron appointed the former minister and European Commissioner Michel Barnier as Prime Minister on Thursday, 60 days after the second round of legislative elections. This decision drew disapproval from the left, who denounced it as a “green light” to the National Rally (RN), the party of Marine Le Pen. Five hours later, the new Prime ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-05 20:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The death toll from a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Poltava rose to 55 with over 300 wounded, Ukrainian officials said Thursday after a two-day search and rescue operation. The strike hit the Poltava military communications institute on Tuesday, said Ukrainian officials, who did not specify how many of the victims were military ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-05 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pope Francis appealed for religious unity Thursday as he addressed tens of thousands of people at a football stadium after meeting faith leaders at Southeast Asia's biggest mosque. "I encourage you to sow seeds of love, confidently tread the path of dialogue, continue to show your goodness and kindness... and be builders of unity and peace," he ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-05 14:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed former minister and right-wing ex-European Commissioner Michel Barnier, 73, as Prime Minister on Thursday, the Élysée announced, 60 days after the second round of legislative elections which resulted in a National Assembly without a majority. Since Wednesday, politicians and the media in France have ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-05 13:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
German police shot dead a gunman on Thursday who had opened fire at them near central Munich's Nazi era documentation center and the Israeli consulate, the Bavarian interior minister said. "Police responded with armed force against the perpetrator, who was carrying a rifle and had fired a number of shots," said state interior minister Joachim ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-05 11:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged over $50 billion in financing for Africa over the next three years, promising to deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as he addressed Beijing's biggest summit since the pandemic. More than 50 African leaders and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres are attending this ...
Salam Zaatari 2024-09-05 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The 2024 US presidential election is poised to be one of the most consequential in recent history, with the potential to reshape the political landscape for years to come. While much of the attention has been focused on the re-emergence of Donald Trump as the Republican nominee, following the assassination attempt on Trump, victory over President ...
Marc Saikali 2024-09-05 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
This war is going to end badly. It stands as the worst bloodbath in Europe since World War II—a senseless, pointless conflict. Here, two similar peoples, Slavic and mostly Orthodox, are engaged in mutual destruction with chilling indifference. Both Ukraine and Russia were already facing demographic crises before the conflict began. Since ...
2024-09-05 03:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Twelve Syrian soldiers were killed on Wednesday by an Al-Qaeda linked group in northwest Syria, according to a war monitoring organisation, the highest such death toll in the region this year. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "12 members of the regime forces, including an officer, were killed following suicide attacks ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-04 22:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A 14-year-old gunman killed at least four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement said. The shooter -- also a student at the school -- was taken into custody. He will be charged with murder and tried as an adult, the Georgia Bureau of ...
Mario Chartouni 2024-09-04 21:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
While French President Emmanuel Macron is still searching for the ideal candidate to fill the position of Prime Minister, new names keep emerging on the list of contenders. Bernard Cazeneuve: A “Throwback” for Macron? Born in 1963 in Senlis, Bernard Cazeneuve is a seasoned figure in French politics. A former lawyer, he entered politics in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-04 20:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egypt's leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said they wanted to deepen their cooperation as they met in Ankara Wednesday to seal their mended ties. "We will strengthen our cooperation in all areas," said Erdogan, who visited Sisi in Cairo in mid-February when the two leaders said they had turned over a "new ...