Lebanese pound down as govt optimism suffers blow
The Lebanese pound fell on the black market Wednesday, trading at 18,350 to the dollar, as hopes of an imminent formation of a new government appeared to have been dashed … Read More
France end winless run and Scotland revive World Cup hopes
Reigning champions France beat Finland 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier Tuesday thanks to Antoine Griezmann’s double strike to snap a five-game winless streak while Scotland kept their hopes alive … Read More
Saudi Arabia re-allows entry from and travel to UAE
Saudi Arabia removed the United Arab Emirates, Argentina and South Africa from its entry banned country list and re-allowed citizens to travel to the three countries starting Sept.
IAEA says nuclear monitoring in Iran ‘seriously undermined’
The IAEA said in a report Tuesday that its monitoring tasks in Iran had been “seriously undermined” after Tehran suspended some of the UN agency’s inspections of the country’s nuclear … Read More
El Salvador’s world-first adoption of bitcoin hits snags
El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, although it suffered teething problems when the government had to unplug a digital wallet to cope … Read More
Lebanon COVID-19 deaths on the rise, 1,148 new cases
Lebanon registers 1,148 COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths in last 24 hours
It’s make-or-break week for Cabinet formation
This week promises to be decisive to determine whether all hurdles have been overcome, clearing the way for the announcement of a proposed Cabinet lineup of 24 nonpartisan specialists desperately … Read More
As Lebanon’s economy unravels, dollar bills and connections pay off
Ibrahim al-Masri wipes sweat from his brow as he queues behind two dozen other cars outside a Beirut gas station.
Taliban name new Afghan government, interior minister on US sanctions list
The Taliban named Mullah Hasan Akhund, an associate of the movement’s late founder Mullah Omar, as the head of Afghanistan’s new government on Tuesday, with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head … Read More
A road map to participatory democracy
The past two weeks witnessed the beginning of two important actions that aim at ensuring transparency, access to information, and participatory democracy at the level of public communication within the … Read More