This is Beirut, 2024-11-08 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he was confident in the diplomatic efforts of the new Trump administration to help end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Erdogan spoke while returning from a summit in Budapest a day after Donald Trump's decisive victory in the US election. "If we see a US administration that ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 2024-11-08 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States, as the leading global power, holds a decisive role in shaping the world’s future. From this perspective, many recognize that an election in the US is, in essence, an election for the entire world. Following Donald Trump’s victory, and his attempt to avenge his previous defeat, it is striking how the emerging new world order ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-08 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday made his first cabinet appointment after his decisive election win, while signaling his intent to ditch the outgoing administration's policies by talking to Vladimir Putin. Trump's campaign manager Susie Wiles will serve as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to be named to the high-profile ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-07 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Head of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Party Samir Geagea affirmed that the campaign launched against the Lebanese Army about two weeks ago, followed by the positions of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem, “represents the largest operation of fraud and deception that we are witnessing.” In an interview with LBCI on Thursday, he ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-07 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Joe Biden urged Americans Thursday to lower the political temperature after Donald Trump's crushing election win over Kamala Harris, saying in a conciliatory address to the nation that he would ensure a peaceful transition of power. In a solemn speech from the White House, Biden also said the result should "lay to rest" ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-07 18:35 - Reading : less than a minute
After two impeachments, four indictments, and even assassination attempts, Donald Trump defies the odds again. Re-elected four years after his first term ended, the 78-year-old prepares to reclaim the White House, solidifying his legacy as a polarizing yet unyielding force in American politics.
This is Beirut, 2024-11-07 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran on Thursday called Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election an opportunity for the United States to reassess past "wrong policies". Trump, who is set to return to the White House in January after defeating US Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday's election, had pursued a "maximum pressure" ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 2024-11-07 15:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Donald Trump has been re-elected as President of the United States for a second term, returning to the White House nearly four years after leaving office in 2021. Trump, who first won the presidency in 2016, comfortably cleared the 270 Electoral College votes threshold required for victory. His Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-07 15:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Lebanese-American businessman Massad Boulos as his senior advisor for Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. “I am proud to announce that Massaad Boulos will be the President's Senior Advisor for Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs,” Trump told Truth Social. Massaad Boulos, a discreet yet powerful ...
Michel Touma, 2024-11-07 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On the eve of the US presidential election, Walid Phares, former foreign affairs advisor to President Donald Trump, shared that a key aspect of the Republican candidate’s campaign strategy rested, beyond the strength of his electoral machine, on the spontaneous mobilization of a “popular wave” — an organic movement not necessarily guided ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-07 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Joe Biden will make a painful address to the nation Thursday, vowing a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump after his political nemesis scored a crushing election win over Kamala Harris. In what promises to be an agonizing moment for Biden, he will speak in the Rose Garden of the White House at 11am (16:00 GMT) to "discuss the ...
Salam Zaatari, 2024-11-07 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on November 4, 2024, citing “a lack of trust” amid deepening policy disagreements. Gallant, who was aligned with Biden’s administration, had criticized Netanyahu's approach to handling the Israel-Gaza conflict, warning that it endangered national security and ...