This is Beirut, 06/12 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
South Korea's ruling party chief demanded Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol be stripped of office, warning there was a "significant risk" he could try to impose martial law again. Yoon late Tuesday declared martial law before being forced into a U-turn after lawmakers dramatically faced down soldiers at parliament and voted to overturn the ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 23:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The head of the Kataeb party, MP Samy Gemayel, affirmed on Thursday that Lebanon can no longer coexist with Hezbollah’s weapons and hegemony over political life, warning of internal rifts. “Hezbollah can decide either to drag Lebanon into more woes or to open a new page, and this is what we hope for. If Hezbollah insists on its logic, ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Prior to taking up his duties, General Guillaume Ponchan, the head of the French military delegation in the five-member committee in charge of monitoring the ceasefire between Lebanon and Hezbollah, met with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday. During the meeting, which was attended by French Ambassador to Lebanon Herve Magro, ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Bitcoin burst past $100,000 for the first time Thursday, while Seoul stocks slipped as South Korea's president faced impeachment after his brief imposition of martial law this week. After hovering around the mid-$90,000 mark in recent weeks, the popular cryptocurrency finally shattered the historic level in Asia after incoming US president Donald ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 10:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was still clinging to power Thursday, with his party announcing they will oppose an impeachment motion after his short-lived imposition of martial law stunned the world. Yoon suspended civilian rule late Tuesday and deployed troops and helicopters to parliament only for lawmakers to vote down the measure and ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday will seek ways out of France's political crisis, after Michel Barnier became the first prime minister to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. Lawmakers voted on Wednesday to oust Barnier's government after just three months in office, approving a no-confidence motion proposed by the hard left ...
This is Beirut, 04/12 22:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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On Wednesday, Fadi al-Hassan, the director of Rafic Hariri International Airport (BIA) in Beirut, revealed that several airlines have started operating flights to the city again. He clarified in an interview with LBCI that it was challenging to quickly resume flights to Beirut because the majority of the airlines that had halted their service had ...
This is Beirut, 04/12 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Jared Isaacman, the online payments billionaire and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk, as the next head of NASA. The nod could spark questions about potential conflicts of interest, given Isaacman's extensive financial ties to Elon Musk, who is set to co-chair a ...
This is Beirut, 04/12 16:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol violated the constitution by declaring martial law in a move aimed at evading criminal investigations, according to an impeachment motion seen by AFP. Yoon "gravely and extensively violated the Constitution and the law", the motion filed by opposition parties earlier Wednesday says. It also said his ...
David Sahyoun, 04/12 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
If we consider Lebanon to be in a post-war period, despite a fragile ceasefire, the crisis — described by René Kaës as a foundational experience — opens a transformative space between rupture and suture. “It is through crisis that a man creates himself as a man, and history moves between crisis and resolution, ...
This is Beirut, 03/12 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized on Tuesday that while a ceasefire with Hezbollah is currently in place along the Lebanese border, it does not mark the conclusion of hostilities. Speaking during a press briefing, Netanyahu stressed that Israel remains vigilant and prepared to act against any breach of the truce. “We are ...
This is Beirut, 03/12 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Army has appointed General Edgard Lawandos, commander of the southern Litani sector, to represent Lebanon on the international truce monitoring committee set up under the ceasefire agreement with Israel, according to LBCI TV. The committee is made up of representatives from the USA, France, the UN, Lebanon and Israel. The United States will ...