This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 22:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he was withdrawing from the presidential race against challenger Donald Trump, following a dismal debate performance and flagging polling numbers. The stepping down of the Democratic party's flag bearer at the last minute is unprecedented in modern US electoral history, and a high-risk ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 22:06 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the presidency. Now, she finds herself feted by Democrats as their best hope to stop Donald Trump's comeback. Despite blazing a trail as the first woman, Black and South Asian vice president in United States history, the 59-year-old Democrat long ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 21:02 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House. The 81-year-old Biden stepped aside after weeks of pressure from Democrats following a disastrous debate performance, throwing the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 13:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey is pushing for diplomatic and economic influence on the world stage – not least in Africa, where it announced plans this week to search for oil and gas off Somalia. Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there. Here are five ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 11:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
With the possibility of normalization between Turkey and Syria on the horizon, a number of problematic issues may block the path, according to analysts. After a long estrangement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad may be edging towards a meeting, but analysts say normalization will likely be gradual ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 17:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cyprus on Saturday marked 50 years since Turkish troops invaded the Mediterranean island, with comments from the Turkish and Cypriot leaders demonstrating the stark divide that remains. The Greek-Cypriot president of Cyprus, who seeks a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation under a UN framework, said there was no other option but reunification. But ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 15:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A former Ukrainian nationalist lawmaker, who often made outspoken statements defending the Ukrainian language, has died after being shot by a gunman in her home city of Lviv, authorities said. Iryna Farion, 60, briefly served as a member of Ukraine's parliament for the ultra-nationalist Svoboda party and routinely attracted controversy for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A commercial vessel was attacked twice by drones off the coast of Yemen on Saturday but proceeded with its voyage despite sustaining damage, a British maritime security agency said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, run by the British navy, said the attack happened 64 nautical miles northwest of Mokha, Yemen, near the strategic Bab ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 12:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he had spoken by telephone with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and pledged to end the European country's war with Russia. "I appreciate President Zelensky for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 20:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. News of Iran's capabilities follows the recent election of President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has said his goal is to "get Iran out of its isolation," and who favors reviving the 2015 nuclear deal ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 11:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Crowdstrike has stated that a "fix" has been deployed for the bug that caused the global IT outage. The American multinational Microsoft announced a global outage on Friday affecting businesses and users worldwide. The global technical outage caused significant disruptions on Friday morning, affecting various sectors around the globe, including ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 10:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Wall Street Journalist Reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony Friday, accused of spying in a trial the US has called a sham. US reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for "espionage", a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as ...