This is Beirut, 12/03 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Major US trading partners announced countermeasures Wednesday to President Donald Trump's blanket steel and aluminum tariffs, hours after the levies took effect in a salvo that fueled trade tensions globally. The steep 25-percent levies came into place after midnight with no exemptions despite countries' efforts to avert them, in an escalation of ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The EU has welcomed Syria's establishment of a fact-finding committee to investigate a recent wave of deadly violence, calling for perpetrators to be "brought to justice". "We strongly condemn the attacks by pro-Assad militias against security forces," the EU said in a statement released late Tuesday. "We also condemn in the strongest terms the ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Stock markets slipped on Monday as investors fretted over the impact of President Donald Trump's trade policy on the economic growth of the United States and China, the world's biggest economies. Wall Street's three main indexes opened in the red, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling two percent, after Trump himself declined to rule out the risk of ...
This is Beirut, 09/03 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Romania's electoral bureau on Sunday rejected far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu's candidacy for the re-run of last year's annulled presidential election, sparking outrage among his supporters in Bucharest. Georgescu -- a past admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an EU and NATO critic -- shot to prominence almost overnight to ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Finance Minister Yassine Jaber affirmed on Friday that the 2026 budget plan would include measures aimed at ensuring financial regularity while paving the way for increased spending in social sectors. He emphasized that this budget would highlight the government’s development strategies and priority reform objectives. Among the measures planned ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The European Central Bank cut interest rates again Thursday to boost the struggling eurozone but suggested easing could be nearing an end and warned of "rising uncertainty" amid massive German spending plans and US tariff threats. It was the central bank's six reduction since June last year, with its focus having shifted from tackling inflation ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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European Union leaders will hold emergency talks in Brussels on Thursday, gathering as the Trump administration upends traditional alliances and retracts wartime backing of Ukraine. Thursday's summit brings all 27 EU leaders together for the first time since the explosive meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky last ...
This is Beirut, 05/03 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron said he would address the nation on Wednesday regarding the current global uncertainty following the radical shift in U.S. policy on Ukraine under Donald Trump. "My dear compatriots — I will address you tonight at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) at this moment of great uncertainty when the world is facing its greatest ...
Elie Ziadé, 04/03 09:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The major developments of this weekend, starting with the now-legendary clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the American duo Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, have unsurprisingly reshuffled the global order, particularly in Europe. The Old Continent, which had grown unaccustomed to wars on its territory for several decades, has ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 17:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Share prices of European defense companies soared Monday as London and the European Union look to ramp up military spending in the face of uncertainty over the United States' commitment to Ukraine and NATO. BAE Systems surged 14 percent, helping London's benchmark FTSE 100 index to a record high, the latest in a series over ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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More than a dozen European leaders gather in London, on Sunday, for crisis talks, looking to boost security cooperation and support for Ukraine after an astonishing blowout between Kyiv and Washington. Ukraine's allies have been underscoring their steadfast commitment to counter growing concerns that US President Donald Trump is about to sell ...
Maurice Matta, 27/02 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanon entered into the Partnership Agreement with the European Union in March 2003. On November 11, 2016, the Partnership Priorities and the Mutual Package between Lebanon and the European Union were approved, aiming to enhance mutual interests and improve economic cooperation. According to the latest trade figures in a report prepared by the ...