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A popular Palestinian leader imprisoned by Israel has registered his own parliamentary list in May elections, his supporters said Wednesday, in a last-minute shakeup that could severely weaken President Mahmoud … Read More
A spokesman for Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday the group had attacked important targets in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh using four drones.
Lebanon’s central bank is ready to facilitate a forensic audit process by Alvarez & Marsal and will discuss this in a virtual meeting with the restructuring company on April 6, … Read More
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said on Thursday their COVID-19 vaccine is around 91% effective at preventing the disease, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six … Read More
BDL has $1.5 billion left for the subsidy program and it’s not willing to continue this trend until the caretaker government comes up with a plan to lift subsidies
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of … Read More
The Lebanese pound surged by nearly 10 percent against the US dollar Thursday, trading for LL11,600 on the black market, as political leaders were said to have launched serious efforts … Read More
BDL has $1.5 billion left for the subsidy program and it’s not willing to continue this trend until the caretaker government comes up with a plan to lift subsidies
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is seeking to rally Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s support for a proposed 24-member Cabinet of nonpartisan specialists with no veto power granted to any side before … Read More
American University of Beirut will be transferring $100 million from their overseas endowment fund to assist with academics and staff salaries in light of the Lebanese pound’s collapse, the university’s … Read More