This Is Beirut 2024-08-08 11:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims to be the rightful winner of the country's presidential election, on Wednesday defied a Supreme Court summons over the disputed results. Election authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July 28 vote, prompting the opposition to cry foul and sparking ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-08 11:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will helm Bangladesh's interim government after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, who had hounded him in speeches and through the courts. The 84-year-old, known as the "banker to the poorest of the poor," was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work loaning small cash sums to rural ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-07 14:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China carried out a combat patrol to test "strike capabilities" near a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Wednesday, as the United States and its allies held joint military drills in the same waters. Tensions in the disputed waterway have spiked following a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-07 13:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thousands of UK riot police on Wednesday stood ready to deal with more potential outbreaks of violence, which erupted more than a week ago after three children were murdered. Far-right groups have planned demonstrations in more than 30 locations, with immigration lawyers and buildings hosting asylum seekers set to be the primary targets, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-07 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bangladesh's Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee, the presidency announced Wednesday. The appointment came quickly after student leaders called on the 84-year-old Yunus — credited with lifting millions out of poverty in the ...
Marc Saikali 2024-08-07 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The days when the Syrian army terrorized the Lebanese population and relentlessly bombarded the neighborhoods of Beirut and Zahlé instead of fighting Israel are long gone. The days when this army was part of an international coalition against Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf War are long gone. Nothing in the Near East could happen ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-07 09:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Rescue teams were Wednesday working to free people trapped after part of a hotel collapsed in western Germany, killing two and injuring several others, authorities said. A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons around 11:00 pm (2100 GMT) on Tuesday, police said in a ...
Rami Rayess 2024-08-07 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The twelve countries that founded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on April 9, 1949, in Washington, D.C., possibly did not foresee that this alliance would last 75 years, including more than thirty years after the fall of its rival, the Warsaw Pact, which dissolved with the collapse of the Soviet-led socialist bloc before the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-07 05:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Kamala Harris made her debut Tuesday with new White House running mate Tim Walz, who unleashed a stinging rebuke of their Republican rival Donald Trump, questioning his commitment to the country and skewering his record in office. Hours after being announced on the Democratic ticket, the Minnesota governor took the stage with Vice President ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 17:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
From his teen start in the United States military to teaching in China and on a Native American reservation before entering politics, Democratic vice presidential pick Tim Walz packs a full resume – and exudes folksy appeal. A second-term Minnesota governor and now Kamala Harris's running mate, Walz brings a rural Midwestern perspective to her ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 17:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic bid for the White House. Walz had been on a shortlist with a string of other Democratic figures seen as broadening Harris's appeal as she sprints into the contest against Donald Trump. Aiming to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 12:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Venezuela's opposition leaders on Monday appealed to the Army, the main pillar of support for President Nicolas Maduro, to "take the side of the people" after his disputed reelection, a call swiftly met with a criminal probe. Prosecutors said they had opened an investigation targeting opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and presidential ...