This Is Beirut 2024-07-23 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, a day after acknowledging that the agency failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle was facing bipartisan calls to step down after a 20-year-old gunman wounded the former Republican president and current White House candidate at a July ...
Cian ward 2024-07-23 16:28 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Yemen may be at risk of collapsing back into civil war as the increasingly empowered Houthi regime, hardening western policy and an intensifying economic war pushes the war-ravaged country towards the brink. “This is the tensest period I've seen since the truce, we may even have war next week”, says Mohammed al-Basha, analyst at the US-based ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-23 15:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Yemen's government and the Iran-backed Houthis have agreed to halt tit-for-tat banking sanctions as they wrestle for control of the country's financial institutions, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The Houthis have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since March 2015, months after they seized the capital Sanaa and most of Yemen's population ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-23 14:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron will break his silence on Tuesday to clarify his intentions after the legislative elections and define the “Olympic and political truce” he is invoking, in the face of a left that is still clamoring to govern despite its divisions and a right that is proposing an a minima agreement. Accused by his opponents of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-23 13:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine's foreign minister was in China Tuesday for talks on how officials there might help end the war with Russia, whose ties with Beijing have grown stronger since the conflict began. China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it is not sending lethal assistance to either side, unlike the United States and other Western ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-23 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. At least 174 people have died, including several police officers, according to a separate AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals. What began as demonstrations ...
2024-07-23 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli fighter jets launched an assault from the Nevatim Airbase (Negev) on oil and electricity facilities in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah. On Sunday, a Houthi official stated, "Israel made a serious mistake. We will retaliate in a strong and appropriate manner." Meanwhile, the American news ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-23 05:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Vice President Kamala Harris launched her election campaign Monday with a blistering personal attack on Donald Trump and vowed to win in November despite the "rollercoaster" of President Joe Biden's shock exit. As she closed in on the Democratic Party's nomination with the support of a slew of heavyweights and massive voter donations, Harris ...
2024-07-22 20:42 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Following President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, the Democratic Party faces multiple challenges. On the eve of the Democratic Convention, which will be held from August 19 to 22 in Chicago, This is Beirut presents an in-depth overview of the American national conventions, which are the focal point of the electoral ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-22 20:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday won the crucial backing of Democratic heavyweight Nancy Pelosi to lead the party against Donald Trump in November after Joe Biden's stunning exit from the 2024 race. As the endorsements stacked up, the 59-year-old Harris made her first public appearance since Biden's announcement in a ceremony at the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-22 19:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledged on Monday that the agency "failed" in its mission to prevent the assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump. "The Secret Service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders," Cheatle said during testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-22 14:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A barrage of drones launched by Ukraine overnight sparked a blaze at an oil refinery in southern Russia, in Kyiv's latest aerial strike, officials in Ukraine and Russia said Monday. Regional authorities in the Russian Black Sea town of Tuapse in the Krasnodar region said debris from one downed drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery. Kyiv and ...