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Zelensky Aims for Diplomatic End to War in 2025 as Trump's Return Nears

This is Beirut, 2024-11-16 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through “diplomatic means” as both countries prepare for Donald Trump's return to the White House. February 2025 would mark the third anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, with Russia's troops gaining ...

Iran Denies New York Times Report of Envoy's Meeting With Elon Musk

This is Beirut, 2024-11-16 13:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Saturday “categorically” denied The New York Times report on Tehran's ambassador to the United Nations meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported. In an interview with state news agency IRNA, spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei was reported as “categorically denying such a ...

A Shift Toward Hawkish US Foreign Policy and Its Impact on the Middle East

Amal Chmouny, 2024-11-16 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As President-elect Donald Trump approaches his second term, there's an increasing focus on the potential impacts of his foreign policy choices, especially following the appointments of key loyalists to his administration. With a cabinet emphasizing a penchant for disruption, Trump's strategy appears set to shift from traditional political norms. ...

Trump Picks Karoline Leavitt as New White House Press Secretary

This is Beirut, 2024-11-16 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump's 27-year-old pick for White House press secretary, has had a meteoric rise since getting her break as a student assistant for Fox News during Trump’s 2016 campaign for the White House. After serving as an assistant press secretary during Trump's first stint as president, she is set to return as ...

Moon, Mars, and Musk: How Trump's Second Term Could Reshape NASA’s Space Ambitions

This is Beirut, 2024-11-16 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Should NASA return to the Moon or go straight to Mars? Maintain its focus on climate science, or pivot away? President-elect Donald Trump's second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space program. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history — ...

The JCPOA: The Iranian Nuclear Deal Dismissed Too Soon

Malo Pinatel, 2024-11-15 17:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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On Wednesday evening, IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran for talks on Iran’s nuclear activities. His visit, spanning several days, is no coincidence. With Trump’s expected return to the White House in early 2025, any hope of reviving negotiations seems increasingly unrealistic. Moreover, the simultaneous appointment of Marco Rubio as ...

Hamas Official Says ‘Ready’ for Gaza Ceasefire, Urges Trump to ‘Pressure’ Israel

This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 15:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A senior Hamas official said Friday that the group is "ready for a ceasefire" in Gaza and urged US President-elect Donald Trump to pressure Israel to end the war. "Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire proposal is presented and on the condition that it is respected" by Israel, Hamas political bureau member Bassem ...

Loyalists and Powerhouses: Key Figures of the Trump Administration

Soumia Benmerzoug, 2024-11-15 12:50 - Reading : 8 minute(s)

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RFK Jr., Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a longtime health and environmental campaigner, who at 70 proudly shows off his muscular body. But the scion of the famous US political dynasty is also a leading anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who has promoted the disproven idea that childhood vaccines cause autism and claimed ...

Xi, Biden Attend Asia-Pacific Summit, Prepare to Meet

This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend the first day of an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit Friday ahead of a face-to-face meeting under a cloud of diplomatic uncertainty cast by Donald Trump's election victory. Biden and Xi are due to hold talks Saturday, in what a US administration official said will probably be the ...

Musk Met Iran UN Ambassador on Defusing Tension Under Trump

This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday. The newspaper quoted anonymous Iranian sources as describing the meeting between the world's richest person and Ambassador ...

Trump Chooses Vaccine Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. To Head Health Dept

This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 05:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Donald Trump on Thursday tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming Republican president. "We want you to come up with things and ideas and what you've been talking about for a long time and I think you're going to do ...

Trump's Economic Policies and Lebanon's Dollar Crisis

Liliane Mokbel, 2024-11-14 11:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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While the dollar’s value is primarily shaped by US domestic factors, its fluctuations continue to ripple through the global economy. A 2023 International Monetary Fund (IMF) study found that the negative impact of a strong dollar tends to last around two and a half years in emerging markets, compared to just one year in developed economies. The ...

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