This is Beirut, 23/07 19:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Israel on Wednesday hit back at growing international criticism that it was behind chronic food shortages in Gaza, instead accusing Hamas of deliberately creating a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory. More than 100 aid and human rights groups said earlier Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in the Gaza Strip, and France ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The World Health Organization's chief warned Wednesday of widespread starvation in Gaza, saying food deliveries into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory were "far below what is needed for the survival of the population". "A large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving. I don't know what you would call it other than mass ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 18:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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France's foreign minister urged Israel on Tuesday to allow international journalists into the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza to "bear witness" to the situation after 21 months of war. The United Nations and human rights groups say Gaza and its population of more than two million people face famine-like conditions, with near-daily deaths ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The head of the United Nations called Tuesday on the surging artificial intelligence sector to prioritize sustainable energy for running power-hungry data centers. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said a typical AI data center—sites where data is processed—uses the same amount of electricity as 100,000 regular homes. With AI development ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations and the European Union expressed outrage at the Israeli army’s daily targeting of civilians seeking food aid in Gaza, condemning the act as 'indefensible.' The UN on Tuesday said Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States on Tuesday announced it has left UNESCO, saying the UN cultural and education agency, best known for establishing world heritage sites, is biased against Israel and promotes "divisive" causes. "Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States," the State Department ...
This is Beirut, 21/07 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences for polluters that cause climate harm to vulnerable countries. Wednesday's highly anticipated advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice comes in the wake of landmark international decisions ...
Fady Noun, 20/07 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanon faces an existential threat, warns Tom Barrack. He suggests the country could be absorbed into one of those large regional blocs the United States dreams of building for energy, commercial or security reasons. The diplomat likely had a slip of the tongue. He should have read the letter addressed in 1989 by Pope John Paul II to all Catholic ...
This is Beirut, 19/07 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In an impassioned open letter, Sheikh Sami Abi al-Mona, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Lebanon, has called on world leaders, the United Nations, and humanitarian organizations to immediately intervene to stop what he described as a “massacre” unfolding in the Syrian province of Sweida. Addressing “the kings, presidents, and ...
This is Beirut, 19/07 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency on Saturday said Israeli attacks killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centers in the south of the Palestinian territory. Agency spokesman Mahmud Basal told AFP that 22 were killed near a site southwest of Khan Yunis and four near another center northwest of Rafah, blaming "Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 16/07 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said 20 people died at an aid point in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, blaming armed "agitators" in the crowd. "Our current understanding is that 19 of the victims were trampled and one was stabbed amid a chaotic and dangerous surge," the US- and Israel-backed organisation said ...
This is Beirut, 15/07 20:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Parliament reconvened on Tuesday afternoon to resume discussions on the government’s general policy agenda, following a break announced by Speaker Nabih Berri earlier in the day. The morning session had opened at 11 AM in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, cabinet ministers and MPs. Although the session was largely calm and orderly, a ...