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From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World

Christiane Tager 2025-10-29 21:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World Christiane Tager During a visit to Asia, Donald Trump traded speeches for deals. In Gyeongju, South Korea, the former U.S. president sealed a major trade agreement with Seoul, one that extends beyond economics and is already sending shivers through global markets, from gold to the ...

France to Charge Louvre Heist Suspects with Theft and Conspiracy

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Two men arrested over the jewel heist at France's Louvre museum this month will be charged with theft and criminal conspiracy, the Paris prosecutor said Wednesday. Dozens of detectives have been on the trail of four thieves who used a cherry-picker truck and cutting gear to break into a first-floor gallery at the world-renowned museum, then fled ...

VideosHurricane Melissa Batters Jamaica, Touches Down in Cuba

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 20:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Jamaica Cuba Hurricane Melissa

Cubans waded through flooded houses Wednesday, and authorities in Haiti reported 20 dead as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean after devastating swaths of Jamaica. The storm made landfall in Cuba overnight, with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) describing it as "extremely dangerous" even as it started to ...

US Says It Is Not Withdrawing from Europe after Troops Cut

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States said Wednesday it will pull out some troops from NATO's eastern flank but denied the move amounted to an American withdrawal from Europe, as analysts warned it could embolden Russia. Officials were quick to downplay the reduction in personnel, which comes amid a review of US military deployments worldwide that has worried ...

SpotlightWhat is the “Yellow Line” in Gaza?

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 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 ...

Trump Says 'Pretty Much' Finalized Trade Deal With S. Korea

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 17:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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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. ...

Syria Attracted $28 Bn in Investment Since Assad's Fall

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 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 ...

SpotlightKey Issues up for Discussion at Trump-Xi Meet

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 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 ...

Copper Price Hits Record High on US-China Hopes of Trade Truce

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 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 ...

FocusAs US Blows Up Drug Boats, Venezuelan Oil Sets Sail

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 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 ...

Trump Expects 'Great Meeting' with Xi

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 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 ...

SpotlightSmart Cartilage: The New Frontier Against Arthritis?

Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-29 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 ...