This is Beirut 17/04 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the US president to cut a more favourable deal on EU tariffs. The far-right Meloni -- described by Trump as a "fantastic leader" and who shares many of his conservative views -- has looked to ...
This is Beirut 17/04 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" Wednesday and said it should lose its government research contracts after the prestigious university refused demands that it accept outside political supervision. Trump's administration also threatened to ban the famed seat of learning from accepting foreign students unless it bowed to the ...
Salam El Zaatari 17/04 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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At first glance, Trump’s new foreign policy approach may seem impulsive, erratic or even personal. But beneath the surface lies a disruptive yet coherent strategic vision. Trump’s foreign policy is rooted in a distinctly realist worldview—one that prizes power and national interest above moralistic crusades or ideological commitments. In ...
This is Beirut 17/04 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The UN nuclear watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi warned that Iran was "not far" from possessing a nuclear bomb, shortly before he arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for talks. Western countries including the United States have long accused Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons -- an allegation Tehran has consistently denied, insisting that its ...
This is Beirut 17/04 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney avoided major errors in a French debate Wednesday that tested his occasionally shaky language skills, as the election front-runner sought to parry attacks from his conservative opponent. Carney, who leads Canada's Liberal Party, has at times struggled to articulate his positions in French while campaigning ...
This is Beirut 17/04 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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California is suing the federal government over Donald Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs, the governor and attorney general said Wednesday, claiming the American president does not have the right to impose them. The move marks the strongest pushback yet against a tariff roll-out that has sent global stock markets into meltdown, and left ...
This is Beirut 16/04 22:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Long regarded as a rare bastion of stability in a turbulent region, Jordan now finds itself at a critical crossroads. Confronted with rising security threats and significant political shifts, the Hashemite Kingdom faces mounting challenges that could place its future on an uncertain path. Foiled Cross-Border Plot On Tuesday, Jordanian ...
This is Beirut 16/04 21:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Wall Street shares fell but European stocks diverged Wednesday after the US government imposed restrictions on exports of a key Nvidia chip to China, the latest trade war salvo between the world's biggest economies. After a relatively peaceful couple of days on markets following tariff-related volatility last week, investors were once again on ...
This is Beirut 16/04 19:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US envoy Steve Witkoff, the Elysee Palace said, as transatlantic tensions soar over the war in Ukraine. Witkoff, who recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Rubio are heading to Paris for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, the State ...
This is Beirut 16/04 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kremlin said Wednesday that Russia was ready to do "everything" in its power to help find a diplomatic resolution to the standoff between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program. Moscow, which commands the world's largest confirmed arsenal of nuclear weapons, has deepened its military ties with Iran since it launched its ...
This is Beirut 16/04 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Save the Children said on Wednesday that more than 400,000 children in Syria were at risk of "severe malnutrition" after the United States suspended aid, forcing the charity to slash operations in the war-torn country. Bujar Hoxha, Save the Children's Syria director, in a statement called on the international community to urgently fill the ...
This is Beirut 16/04 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Kremlin on Wednesday declined to specify when a 30-day moratorium on strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure would end -- or whether it would be extended -- just hours before the agreement was set to expire. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 18 he had ordered his army to halt attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure for 30 ...