This is Beirut, 24/01 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Global stocks diverged on Friday as investors weighed corporate earnings, economic data and President Donald Trump's policies. Meanwhile the US dollar lost more than one percent against the euro and pound following the US president's comments about not wanting to impose tariffs on China and calling for lower interest rates. The S&P 500 edged ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested Thursday and others flown out of the country on military aircraft as the White House said President Donald Trump's promised deportation operation had started. The crackdown came as Trump prepared to head on Friday to California and North Carolina, where natural disasters have turned into ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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With the European economy lagging behind the United States, the head of the International Monetary Fund had a piece advice for the continent on Friday: "Believe in yourself." There was much handwringing about Europe losing its competitive edge at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, with the European Union racing to act to catch up with ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards conducted naval drills on Friday in the Gulf and strategic Strait of Hormuz as part of a series of nationwide military exercises, state media reported. The drills -- which involved fast boats, shore-to-sea missiles and surface-to-surface missiles -- as featured by state TV, are part of a string of exercises, dubbed ...
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As the ceasefire draws to a close, Israeli transgressions persist in southern Lebanon, casting doubt on the imminent complete withdrawal of Israeli forces. Having completely withdrawn from nine localities, it nevertheless continues to impose restrictions on the inhabitants of border areas, and to carry out incursions into several border ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 12:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A federal judge blocked Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States on Thursday as liberal states scored their first victory against the new president's hardline agenda. The ruling imposes a 14-day stay on the enforcement of one of the most controversial executive orders Trump signed in the hours after he was ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation there. The Israeli military this week launched a raid in the Jenin area, a hotbed of Palestinian militancy, days into a ceasefire in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 23/01 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised on Thursday to invest $600 billion into US trade and investments as he congratulated Donald Trump on his return to the White House. Prince Mohammed, the de facto leader of the world’s largest oil exporter, made the pledge during a phone call following Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to ...
This is Beirut, 23/01 19:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to global elites in a video message to the World Economic Forum on Thursday: Make your products in the United States or face tariffs. Broadcast on a giant screen in the Swiss Alpine village of Davos, Trump received a loud round of applause from political and business A-listers who had eagerly ...
This is Beirut, 23/01 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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After Donald Trump’s announcement of a new U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, American billionaire Michael Bloomberg committed on Thursday to cover, on behalf of the federal government, any unpaid U.S. contributions to the UN Climate body. Just like during Trump's first term, the businessman, who is opposed to the Republican and ...
This is Beirut, 23/01 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Auto industry jobs have long been the lifeblood of the German town of Luedenscheid but now, a trade union official says, the sector's woes have sparked fears it will turn into an "open-air industrial museum". Insolvencies and layoffs have cast doubt on the town's future prosperity, echoing wider anxieties in Europe's biggest economy as it heads ...