This is Beirut 2025-10-29 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 11:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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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 ...
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 ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Cuba Hurricane Melissa Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa picked up strength as it bore down on Cuba, where it made landfall Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction through Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record there, lashing the island nation with brutal winds and torrential rain. The monster storm was still 110 miles (175 kilometers) away from Guantanamo late ...
Christiane Tager 2025-10-29 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Since early September, queues at gas stations in Bamako have been endlessly growing. The jihadist group JNIM (Jamaʿat Nuṣrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin) has blocked fuel convoys from Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, destroying nearly 100 tanker trucks, according to the Associated Press (AP). As a landlocked country, Mali relies on imports for more ...
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Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not able to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the US president's visit to the South, ending fierce speculation over a possible summit. Trump had said he would "love to meet" Kim during his Asia trip, which would have been their first meeting since the US leader's previous term in ...
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Aboard Air Force One on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said that «nothing» would jeopardize the ceasefire in Gaza while defending Israel’s right to respond after one of its soldiers was killed. «They killed an Israeli soldier. So the Israelis hit back. And they should hit back», Trump told reporters on Air Force One. His comments ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 04:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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North Korea test-fired cruise missiles off its western coast in a message to Pyongyang "enemies", state media announced Wednesday just hours before US President Donald Trump begins a visit to South Korea. The sea-to-surface missiles were launched vertically on Tuesday from the Yellow Sea and flew for more than two hours, state news ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 23:31 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israel carried out air strikes Tuesday despite an ongoing ceasefire after accusing Hamas of attacking its troops and violating the US-brokered truce. At least 11 people were killed when one strike hit a house in Gaza City, the agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas, said. Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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Jamaica Climate Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa, classified as a Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is threatening Jamaica. With sustained winds of 225 km/h, torrential rainfall, and a high risk of flooding and landslides. The island is under red alert, with parts of the capital, Kingston, already submerged and mass evacuations underway. This ...