David Hale 27/05 11:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump's May 15 meeting in Riyadh with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and the lifting of sanctions had many Trumpian hallmarks. It was bold. It was unplanned. Its future course is uncharted. It was taken against the advice of his senior foreign policy team. It was the result of encouragement from two American partners with ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 27/05 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon has announced a plan to disarm Palestinian refugee camps, a step in the right direction. But disarmament is not enough. Lebanon needs a hard divorce from the Palestinians and their cause and should ask the UN to resettle 174,000 Palestinians, classified as refugees, in a third country. The founding literature of the UN Relief and Works ...
This is Beirut 27/05 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
SpaceX is set Tuesday for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket -- the linchpin of founder Elon Musk's Mars ambitions -- after the vessel's last two outings ended in fiery explosions. A launch window opens at 6:30 pm (2330 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility near a southern Texas village that recently voted to become a city, also ...
This is Beirut 27/05 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey USA Bread Ancient Recipe
In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey. Now, more than 5,000 years later, archaeologists have unearthed it, and helped a local bakery to recreate the recipe -- with customers lining up to buy it. Round and flat like a pancake, 12 centimetres (five inches) ...
This is Beirut 27/05 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Southeast Asian leaders are looking to insulate their trade-dependent economies from geopolitical uncertainty, in particular US tariffs, as they hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Gulf state dignitaries in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. US President Donald Trump blew up global trade norms in April when he announced a slew of punishing levies ...
This is Beirut 27/05 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to bring back all hostages, "living and dead", as Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the war-battered Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu's remarks came amid confusion about the fate of a proposed 70-day ceasefire that was to see the release of 10 Israeli hostages ...
This is Beirut 26/05 23:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump marked the annual day for honoring the US war dead Monday by tearing into his "scum" opponents and judges who don't rule in his favor. Trump performed the traditional presidential duty on Memorial Day of visiting Arlington National Cemetery -- the resting place for some 400,000 fallen soldiers and others. And after laying ...
This is Beirut 26/05 22:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Kingdom Liverpool Car Ramming
A car ploughed into football fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League title victory on Monday injuring several people while police said a 53-year-old man had been detained. Witnesses reported people being knocked over as a dark-coloured people carrier swerved through huge crowds among tens of thousands who turned out to see the English ...
This is Beirut 26/05 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Conflicting statements emerged Monday after a Palestinian official claimed that Hamas had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal attributed to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff—an assertion later denied by both Israel and Witkoff himself. A Palestinian official close to Hamas told Reuters that the group had agreed to a proposal received through ...
This is Beirut 26/05 21:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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King Charles III arrived in Ottawa Monday for a historic visit to open Canada's parliament, a brief trip seen as part of the pushback against US President Donald Trump's annexation threats. The 76-year-old monarch, who is Canada's head of state as part of the Commonwealth, was greeted at the airport by Prime Minister Mark Carney, who ...
This is Beirut 26/05 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The May Chidiac Foundation (MCF) hosted the 13th edition of its prestigious annual Media Awards ceremony at Hilton Dubai, Al-Habtoor City, honoring outstanding achievements in journalism and media. Under the blue-and-gold theme, Former Minister and MCF founder May Chidiac opened the event by highlighting the transformative role of Gulf nations ...
This is Beirut 26/05 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Hamas source said the group had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by mediators that reportedly involves the releasing of 10 hostages in two batches and a 70-day truce. The outline of the new potential deal was revealed as Israel ramped up its offensive in the Palestinian territory and follows previous rounds of talks that have failed ...