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US President Joe Biden on Wednesday promised $100 million in additional aid for Lebanon as he pressed the crisis-wracked nation to undergo reforms.

Security forces fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters near Lebanon’s parliament building on Wednesday as the country marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut port.

Andre de Grasse upstaged Noah Lyles to claim the first men’s 200m gold of the post-Usain Bolt era Wednesday, as Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to claim a … Read More

The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot, with Turkey hit by its most intense blazes on record and a heatwave producing a high risk of further fires and smoke pollution … Read More

Lebanon reported 1,532 new coronavirus cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

Canada’s Andre De Grasse won the men’s 200 meters gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday with a scorching time of 19.

Two rockets fired from south Lebanon hit an open area near a town in northern Israel Wednesday, sparking Israeli artillery fire on border areas inside Lebanon, a Lebanese security source … Read More

Lebanon marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic Beirut port explosion on Wednesday, with residents expressing anger and sadness in a city where many are still in mourning and demanding … Read More

Lebanon registers 1,532 COVID-19 cases, four deaths in 24 hours

French President Emmanuel Macron criticised a “failing” Lebanese political class he blamed for their country’s economic turmoil as he opened a donors’ conference marking the anniversary of the Beirut port … Read More