This is Beirut 02/04 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh has long been a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women in Afghanistan, but the trend is slowly changing.
This is Beirut 02/04 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Liberation Day Tariffs
US President Donald Trump is poised to unveil sweeping new "Liberation Day" tariffs on Wednesday, but kept the world guessing until the last minute about the scope of an onslaught that could spark a global trade war. Trump will roll out the measures flanked by cabinet members in the Rose Garden of the White House at 4:00 pm (2000 GMT) – after ...
This is Beirut 02/04 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A Democratic US lawmaker shattered a record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday, staying on his feet for more than 25 hours to deliver a fiery protest against President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional" actions. Senator Cory Booker's display of endurance – to hold the floor he had to remain standing and could not even go to the ...
This is Beirut 02/04 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Donald Trump's second presidency was dealt a spinning blow by voters in Wisconsin Tuesday as they elected a liberal judge to the state's Supreme Court, despite his powerful advisor Elon Musk pouring millions into the race to sway the polls. Two months into his barnstorming return to the White House, Trump celebrated victory in a pair of House ...
This is Beirut 02/04 05:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Chinese military announced new exercises Wednesday in sensitive waters near Taiwan, in a second consecutive day of drills around the self-ruled island it claims as its own. The surprise manoeuvres were slammed by Washington as "intimidation tactics" and come after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called China a "foreign hostile ...
This is Beirut 02/04 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States announced on Tuesday the deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Yemen’s Houthis, who have been disrupting navigation in the Red Sea. The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, already in the region, will be joined by the Carl Vinson, currently in the Indo-Pacific, "to ...
This is Beirut 01/04 23:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air, and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practicing for "precision strikes" and a blockade of the self-ruled island. Taiwan dispatched its own aircraft and ships and deployed land-based missile systems in response to the ongoing exercises and accused Beijing ...
This is Beirut 01/04 22:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump kept the world's leading economies on edge Tuesday as he made final preparations for a "Liberation Day" announcement of sweeping new tariffs that could trigger a global trade war. Trump has promised to be "very kind" when he unveils the so-called reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, but uncertainty reigned over which ...
This is Beirut 01/04 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Ozgur Ozel Ekrem Imamoglu CHP Party
The leader of Turkey's main opposition party has called for a boycott on Wednesday to protest the detention of students rallying in support of Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor. "Stop all purchases! Supermarkets, online shopping, restaurants, petrol, coffees, bills, buy nothing," said Ozgur Ozel, head of the CHP party to which Mayor Ekrem ...
This is Beirut 01/04 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had a positive conversation with Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on issues including Gaza, where Washington has proposed displacement of the population. "My telephone call with President El-Sisi, of Egypt, went very well," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, using another spelling for ...
This is Beirut 01/04 20:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Luigi Mangione US Brian Thompson
US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday asked federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who allegedly gunned down an American health care CEO in a brazen attack. “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson—an innocent man and father of two young children—was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked ...
This is Beirut 01/04 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Donald Trump's rampaging new presidency faces its first electoral test Tuesday in an election to Wisconsin's Supreme Court and a pair of races in Florida where Democrats hope to deliver a show of strength. Trump has gone all out to boost Republican chances in the contests and sent his controversial, hugely powerful advisor Elon Musk -- the ...