This Is Beirut 2024-06-09 13:19 - Reading : less than a minute
Christophe Deloire died on Saturday at the age of 53 after a battle with cancer. Director general of Reporters Without Borders since 2012, Deloire “transformed the association (...) into a global champion for the defense of journalism over twelve years,” the press freedom organization said in a statement. Founding president of the Forum on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-09 12:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bulgarians started voting with expectations of a strengthened GERB party led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, amid concerns of continued instability and potential delays in EU integration reforms. Bulgarians started voting on Sunday for a sixth time in three years, with hopes for change expected to be quashed in the Balkan country. As ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-09 10:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Voting commenced across Europe for the pivotal EU elections, with a spotlight on the rise of far-right parties in countries like France and Germany potentially shaping the continent's political landscape for the next five years. Voting began across Europe on Sunday on the final – and biggest – day of marathon EU elections, with balloting due ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-08 19:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed Washington was "standing strong" with Ukraine as French counterpart Emmanuel Macron hosted him on a state visit, shadowed by Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion and the looming United States election. Speaking after visiting Normandy earlier this week to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Biden repeatedly ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-07 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Ukraine United States Volodymyr Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West on Friday to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion, telling US leader Joe Biden that Kyiv is counting on “shoulder-to-shoulder” support. One day after Western leaders went to northern France to mark the 80-year anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-07 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Biden administration has warned Israel that a "limited war" in Lebanon could push Iran to intervene, reports Axios. President Joe Biden hopes to avoid further regional conflagration, that may escalate towards direct conflict between Iran and Israel, Axios said on Thursday. Iran and Israel traded direct strikes in April, in an unprecedented ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-07 12:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pro-democracy activists in Sudan reported Friday that about 40 people were killed in "violent artillery fire" carried out the previous day by paramilitary forces on Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city. "So far, the death toll is estimated at 40 civilians and there are more than 50 injured, some seriously," the Karari Resistance Committee said in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 23:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday that the EU risked being blocked by a big far-right presence in the European Parliament after this week's elections. "If France sends a very big far-right delegation, if other big countries do this, Europe could be blocked," Macron told French television. "Because what is a Europe where the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 22:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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United States President Joe Biden warned, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, that democracy around the world was at risk, as leaders marked the 1944 landings in occupied France that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Biden, Britain's King Charles III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were elected by secret ballot Thursday at the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the Security Council for the 2025-2026 term. The top UN panel, charged with maintaining international peace and security, is comprised of 15 nations, including five veto-wielding permanent members: Britain, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 17:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine on Thursday ordered the evacuation of children and their guardians from several towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting with Russia is intensifying. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian firepower is now concentrated in Donetsk, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in 2022 despite not having full ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 17:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in "severe" food poverty, UNICEF has warned, meaning more than 180 million are at risk of experiencing adverse impacts on their growth and development. "Severe child food poverty describes children who are surviving on severely deprived diets so they're only consuming two or less ...