EU adopts legal framework for Lebanon sanctions
The European Union said on Friday it had adopted a legal framework for a sanctions regime targeting Lebanese individuals and entities after a year of crisis that has left Lebanon … Read More
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Lebanon records 923 new COVID-19 cases, new entry rules for hospitality venues
Lebanon recorded 923 coronavirus cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Friday, as the Tourism Ministry announced strict coronavirus safety rules for entry into … Read More
Lebanon registers 923 COVID-19 cases, three deaths in last 24 hours
Lebanon registers 923 COVID-19 cases, three deaths in last 24 hours
Salameh urges authorities to crack down on fuel smuggling
Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Friday that BDL has sold $828 million to finance fuel imports to Lebanon from its foreign currency reserves in the month of July alone, … Read More
Libya’s combatants declare key coast road open
Libya’s warring sides reopened the main coast road across the frontline on Friday, a key element of a ceasefire they agreed last year that has involved months of negotiations.
FBI probe shows amount of chemicals in Beirut blast was a fraction of original shipment
The amount of ammonium nitrate that blew up at Beirut port last year was one fifth of the shipment unloaded there in 2013, the FBI concluded after the blast, adding … Read More
UK jails German art dealer over £1 million theft
Southwark Crown Court in south London was told Gulbenkian, who married into a prominent arts family, used her social pedigree to convince victims to part with money. She then splurged … Read More
Airlift begins for Afghans who worked for U.S. during its longest war
Some 200 Afghans were set to begin new lives in the United States on Friday as an airlift got under way for translators and others who risk Taliban retaliation because … Read More
Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ streaming release
Box office analysts have cited the film’s streaming debut as a major factor in a lackluster – by Marvel film standards – release for a film that has grossed just … Read More
Brilliant Barega strikes gold as Olympic athletics underway
Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega stormed to a brilliant 10,000m victory to claim the first gold medal of a spectator-less Olympic athletics competition at the Tokyo Games Friday.