This is Beirut 01/04 14:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The French far right on Tuesday insisted it could still win 2027 elections after the movement's long time leader Marine Le Pen was banned from standing for office as part of an embezzlement conviction. Le Pen, who considered herself the favorite in the 2027 presidential elections where President Emmanuel Macron cannot stand again, was on Monday ...
This is Beirut 01/04 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A chest X-ray has confirmed a "slight improvement" in Pope Francis's lungs as he recovers from five weeks in hospital with life-threatening pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The 88-year-old Catholic leader left Rome's Gemelli hospital on March 23 after a stay in which doctors said he had almost died twice, returning to the Vatican for a ...
This is Beirut 01/04 13:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Tuesday he had reversed a decision to appoint former navy commander Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit as security agency chief following criticism, including from a key US senator. Netanyahu had announced Sharvit's appointment on Monday, pushing back against a supreme court decision to freeze ...
This is Beirut 01/04 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The “very, very beautiful” Lewis Glacier on Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest peak, is now little more than “small patches of ice and snow,” says veteran guide Charles Kibaki Muchiri. It is one of the few mountains on the African continent with glaciers, and scientists fear it could become one of the first in modern times to turn ...
This is Beirut 01/04 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
President Donald Trump again downplayed risks that TikTok is in danger of being banned in the United States, saying he remains confident of finding a buyer for the app's US business by a Friday deadline. The hugely popular video-sharing app, which has over 170 million American users, is under threat from a law that passed overwhelmingly last year ...
This is Beirut 01/04 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Donald Trump's nominee to be the top US military officer will testify Tuesday before a Senate hearing, where he will likely be grilled about his readiness for the job given his lack of required experience. Democrats have sharply criticized the dismissal of general CQ Brown – the previous chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – and ...
This is Beirut 01/04 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran would have to acquire a nuclear weapon if attacked by the United States or its allies, an adviser to the country's supreme leader warned on Monday, following a threat by US President Donald Trump. The comments came after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised to hit back if Trump carried out a threat to bomb the ...
This is Beirut 01/04 09:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump may visit Saudi Arabia as soon as next month, he told reporters at the White House on Monday, in what could be his first overseas trip since his return to power. "It could be next month, maybe a little bit later. And we're going to Qatar, also, and also we're going to possibly a couple of other countries. UAE is very ...
This is Beirut 01/04 05:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests. President Donald Trump has aggressively targeted prestigious universities that saw bitter protests ...
This is Beirut 01/04 04:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Monday he would be "very kind" to trading partners when he unveils further tariffs this week, risking global turmoil to address what he says are unfair trade imbalances. Trump -- who has been making unprecedented use of presidential powers since taking office in January -- said he could announce as early ...
This is Beirut 31/03 22:31 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Here are various political reactions to Marine Le Pen's conviction on Monday, including a five-year immediate ineligibility sentence in the European parliamentary assistants' case. US President Donald Trump's administration said it was "concerning" to exclude candidates from politics, in response to a French court's ...
This is Beirut 31/03 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump vowed Monday that strikes on Yemen's Houthis will continue until they are no longer a threat to shipping, warning the rebels and their Iranian backers of "real pain" to come. Trump's threat on the Truth Social network comes as his administration battles a scandal over a chat between senior US officials on the Yemen ...