Israeli troops kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank clash
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Biden and Johnson watch on in blimp form as protesters demand G7 action
Blimps of Joe Biden and Boris Johnson floated off the Cornish coast on Friday as hundreds of protesters targeted the G7 summit in southwest England to demand action on the … Read More
Algerian rulers aim for return to established order with election
Algeria’s president and the generals backing him hope Saturday’s parliamentary election will mark an end to two years of upheaval, but in the capital’s steep, winding streets few people seemed … Read More
Italian Library inaugurated at Lebanese University
The new Italian Library at the Center for Languages and Translation at the Lebanese University was inaugurated Wednesday by the Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon Nicoletta Bombardiere, together with the … Read More
Pharmacies, gas stations close due to shortages in Lebanon
Pharmacies across Lebanon shuttered their doors on Friday in protest of severe supply shortages, as motorists seeking fuel queued for hours outside petrol stations since the crack of dawn.
Rapid spread of Delta variant throws England’s re-opening into doubt
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s hopes of ending England’s coronavirus lockdown on June 21 hung in the balance on Friday as data showed a further rise in cases of the … Read More
UK’s ex-PM Brown says G7 COVID vaccine plan offers no solution
The Group of Seven has failed its first test, British former prime minister Gordon Brown said on Friday, describing pledges to offer poorer countries excess COVID-19 vaccine doses as more … Read More
Top Chinese diplomat Yang holds phone call with U.S.’s Blinken
China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, held a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday
From blimps to Pikachus, protesters gather to demand G7 action
From blimps of U.S. President Joe Biden and British PM Boris Johnson to activists dressed in Pikachu costumes, hundreds of protesters targeted the G7 summit to demand action on the … Read More
Google pledges to work with UK regulator in plan to remove browser cookies
Google has given commitments to Britain’s competition regulator over its plan to remove third-party cookies from its Chrome browser, the Competition and Markets Authority said on Friday.