Why a Currency Board would not work in Lebanon
In Lebanon today, the new fad is Currency Board. Its proponents claim that this panacea would have avoided our present ills, would establish a discipline that roots out corruption, would … Read More
Lebanon’s fresh graduates suffer in battered job market
Lebanon has long boasted a reputation for some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the Middle East, training top medics, architects and engineers who have gone on to enjoy … Read More
Lebanese pound at new record low as Hariri likely to step down
The Lebanese pound fell further Wednesday, hitting a new record low of LL19,550 to the dollar on the black market, amid expectations Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was set to step … Read More
Review: ‘Water,’ sieved through 11 imaginations
The current group show at Marfa’, its first collaboration with Galleries Curate, makes use of the fluid in a dizzying array of ways
UAE opens Israel embassy after normalisation deal
The United Arab Emirates opened an embassy in Israel Wednesday, housed in Tel Aviv’s new stock exchange building, in the latest normalisation move under a deal brokered by Washington last … Read More
Relatives of Beirut blast victims scuffle with police
Carrying mock coffins, relatives of those killed in Lebanon’s port blast scuffled with police Tuesday outside the residence of caretaker interior minister Mohammad Fahmi whom they accuse of stalling a … Read More
Thousands mourn daughter of jailed Palestinian activist
Thousands of Palestinians marched through Ramallah Tuesday to bury rights activist Suha Jarrar, 31, as Israel refused to release her mother, lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, from prison for the funeral.
Relatives of Lebanon blast victims scuffle with police
Carrying mock coffins, relatives of those killed in Lebanon’s port blast scuffled with police Tuesday outside the residence of caretaker interior minister Mohammad Fahmi whom they accuse of stalling a … Read More
Stung by Lebanon currency loss, UNICEF gives aid handouts in dollars
The families of vulnerable children in Lebanon have started receiving UNICEF cash handouts in U.S. dollars as the U.N. children’s fund seeks to put a stop to hefty losses in … Read More
Lebanon records nearly 500 new COVID-19 cases in single day
Lebanon recorded 494 new coronavirus cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, as the Delta variant causes a boom in new infections.