This Is Beirut 2024-07-05 22:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday three days after being injured in a car crash, Assad's office announced. "The presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic mourns the death of the adviser Luna al-Shibl, who passed away today after a serious car accident", it said in a statement. "She served in recent years ...
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-07-05 20:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The annihilation of the Conservative Party and the overwhelming victory of the Labour Party have indeed taken place. As expected, Sir Keir Starmer was appointed British Prime Minister by King Charles III. In these times of political alternation, the British people hope to regain faith in change after fourteen years of Conservative government. So, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-05 19:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's party held onto its lead in opinion polls published Friday ahead of legislative elections, but its chance of wielding an absolute majority was receding. The anti-immigrant, eurosceptic National Rally (RN) remains on course to be the biggest party in parliament after Sunday's second-round vote but is not ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-05 10:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Keir Starmer on Friday swept into Downing Street for the first time as UK prime minister, promising urgent action to restore the country's fortunes. The Labour party leader oversaw a landslide victory in Thursday's general election, ending 14 years of rule by Rishi Sunak's Conservatives. "The work of change begins immediately," Starmer told ...
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-07-05 09:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lacking charisma, dull, and repetitive: these are the terms often used to describe the new British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. However, he prefers to emphasize realism and caution. This political heavyweight will step into 10 Downing Street on July 5, ending fourteen years of uninterrupted Conservative rule. Could the former Northern Ireland ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-05 09:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Polls opened Friday for Iran's runoff presidential election, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say in all state matters, cast his ballot when the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 14:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leaders of China and Russia on Thursday urged their allies to resist malign external influence, advancing their shared anti-Western agenda at a regional summit in Central Asia. Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping were in Kazakhstan for a gathering of leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional bloc ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Britain votes Thursday in a general election widely expected to hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a 14 years of Conservative rule. The national ballot follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's surprise call to hold it six months earlier than required. His gamble looks set to backfire spectacularly, with polls throughout ...
2024-07-04 13:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On the Fourth of July, in 1776, the declaration of the United States’ independence was approved unanimously by the Second Continental Congress, marking freedom from Great Britain's rule. Later, the treaty of Paris in 1783 acknowledged US independence, ending an era which lasted around 167 years. Today, Americans celebrate what they ...
Salam Zaatari 2024-07-04 10:33 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The 2024 US presidential election is shaping up to be a high-stakes rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. As the campaigns intensify, the political landscape is fraught with challenges and uncertainties that could significantly influence the outcome. The recent presidential debate and mounting pressure on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 10:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joe Biden is "absolutely not" pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. Panic has gripped his Democratic Party in the wake of last week's TV debate, and internal rumblings about finding a replacement candidate before November's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 16:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France on Wednesday expelled an Iranian suspected of influence peddling on behalf of the Islamic Republic and having links to the Revolutionary Guards ideological Army, his lawyer and a source close to the issue told AFP. Bashir Biazar had been held in administrative detention since the start of June and was subject to a deportation order from ...