This Is Beirut 2024-09-08 11:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The French are largely satisfied with the appointment of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister, but believe he will not last long in his new post, a poll said on Sunday. According to the Ifop poll for the Journal du Dimanche, 52 percent of people polled said they were satisfied with the appointment of 73-year-old Barnier, a former ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-08 11:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Venezuelan government said on Saturday that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who disputed President Nicolas Maduro's July 28 reelection, has left the country to seek asylum in Spain. Gonzalez Urrutia had been in hiding for a month, ignoring three successive summons to appear before prosecutors, saying attending the hearing could ...
gdeveloper 2024-09-07 22:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
CIA Director Bill Burns and UK MI6 chief Richard Moore warned on Saturday that the world order was "under threat in a way we haven't seen since the Cold War". Writing in a Financial Times op-ed, the two spy chiefs said "we have no more trusted or esteemed allies" than each other, adding that the partnership would be vital as they "face an ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 17:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine's security services said Saturday they had struck a Russian ammunition factory in a border region, as Moscow's forces claimed yet another advance on the battlefield. Ukraine also said it had thwarted a "massive" overnight Russian aerial attack that saw drones launched towards the capital Kyiv. A large fire and several explosions were ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 17:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A person in the state of Missouri has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu without a known exposure to infected animals, authorities said. The adult patient, who has underlying conditions, was admitted to hospital on August 22, received antiviral medications against influenza, then recovered and was discharged, ...
2024-09-07 15:20 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
For several months, Syria and Turkey have been making statements in favor of normalizing their diplomatic relations. In July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he could invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "at any time" to begin talks to restore relations. At the end of August, in a speech before the People's Assembly, Assad ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 12:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday began the first visit by a British leader to Ireland in five years, vowing to "reset" damaged post-Brexit relations between the two nations. The visit, described by Downing Street as a "historic moment for UK-Ireland relations", signals a further warming in bilateral ties that had frayed under the UK's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 11:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thousands of left-wing demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets across France to protest against the nomination of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister and denounce President Emmanuel Macron's "power grab". Protests took place in Paris as well as other cities including Nantes in the west, Nice and Marseille in the south and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris appears to be taking a leaf out of rival Donald Trump's playbook by focusing on evoking emotion, rather than explaining policy, on the campaign trail -- and she's hoping her appeal to "joy" will help her beat the Republican at his own game. Since taking over from President Joe Biden at the top of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 10:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Algerians were set to cast ballots on Saturday in a presidential election widely expected to see Abdelmadjid Tebboune secure a second term. Tebboune, 78, is heavily favoured to see off moderate Islamist Abdelaali Hassani and socialist candidate Youcef Aouchiche in the race to lead the North African country. "The winner is known in advance," ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-06 15:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), pro-Iranian groups operating along the Syria-Iraq border are on high alert after an unidentified drone targeted a truck near one of their headquarters on Thursday, close to the town of Boukamal in the Deir Ezzor countryside. The attack resulted in three casualties: a Syrian ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-06 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Germany on Friday, where Ukraine's military backers are meeting, days after one of the deadliest strikes of the war and as Russian forces make battlefield gains. Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold "one-on-one" talks in Frankfurt, according to a German government spokesman, who did not ...