Lebanon registers 984 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths in last 24 hours
Lebanon registers 984 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths in last 24 hours
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Record breaker Durant guides US to Olympics basketball knockouts
Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum turned on the style as the US men’s basketball team eventually shook off the Czech Republic to win 119-84 to reach the Olympic knockout phase … Read More
Thompson-Herah defends Olympic sprint title, Bromell struggles
Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the joint second fastest time in history as she retained her Olympic 100m crown Saturday ahead of pre-race favorite Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in a Jamaican podium sweep.
Japan make semis with shootout win, Spain survive late scare
Hosts Japan displayed nerves of steel as they edged out New Zealand 4-2 in a penalty shootout to reach the men’s Olympic soccer semifinals Saturday, while Spain survived a scare … Read More
EDL: Lebanon to slip into total blackout if fresh dollars not secured
State-owned Electricité du Liban warned Saturday that Lebanon may face total blackout very soon if the authorities did not provide fresh U.S. dollars to buy fuel oil for power plants, … Read More
Taliban and Afghan forces clash again outside Herat city
Afghan and Taliban forces clashed again on the outskirts of Herat Saturday, a day after a police guard was killed when a United Nations compound in the western city came … Read More
Turkish wildfire leaves charred home and ashes, as blazes continue
Days after a raging wildfire in southern Turkey drove his family from the home they lived in for four decades, Mehmet Demir returned Saturday to discover a burnt-out building, charred … Read More
Super cruise ship sets sail from Saudi for first time
A super cruise ship has departed Saudi Arabia for the first time, setting sail for regional waters as the kingdom seeks to expand its tourism industry and diversify its oil-dependant … Read More
Biles’s Olympics hanging by thread as raging Djokovic misses medal
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles further slashed her Tokyo Olympics schedule over a crippling mental block Saturday as a raging Novak Djokovic missed out on a tennis medal.
UK urges pregnant women to get vaccinated given variant risks
British health authorities have urged more pregnant women to get coronavirus jabs after a national study found the Delta variant appeared to increase their risk of severe symptoms.