Prime Minister Saad Hariri is slated to speak Friday night during an economy-focused forum at BIEL. Hariri is set to deliver a speech during the official dinner held at 8 p.m. on the occasion of launching the Lebanese National Energy forum. The forum titled “The Drive of the Economy” will ... Read More »
The President of the Central Inspection, Judge Georges Auguste Attia, issued the following circular: “In order to ensure the proper functioning of all departments, public institutions, municipalities and their federations, we call upon the officials and heads of all units to comply with the official working hours specified in Article ... Read More »
But several hundred pages have been withheld until next year Donald Trump has ordered the release of 2,800 files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy, but agreed to withhold hundreds of documents the US intelligence community still deems sensitive more than 50 years after the incident. The documents were published ... Read More »
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told his visitors that his appeal to participate in the elections was directed to the general Lebanese expatriates, not to a class or sect. “The aim is based on two main points, urging the spread and alienation to participate in the elections and thus their entry ... Read More »
PLAGUE warnings have been issued for NINE countries surrounding Madagascar amid fears the disease could spread via sea trade and flight routes. The outbreak is considered a much bigger threat to the region than in previous years because it has taken on its pneumonic form – meaning it is ... Read More »
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region has offered to “freeze” the result of September’s referendum on independence and begin dialogue with Baghdad. A statement also proposed a ceasefire “in order to prevent further violence and clashes” triggered by the launch of a Iraqi military operation last week. It saw troops and ... Read More »
NAIROBI, Kenya: The leader of Kenya’s main opposition party urged his supporters to boycott a rerun of the country’s disputed presidential election scheduled for Thursday amid rising political tensions and fears of violence. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga urged his political coalition to become a “resistance movement” and called on ... Read More »
A ceremony in an ornate throne hall Thursday morning began the transfer of the remains of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej to his spectacular golden crematorium in the royal quarter of Bangkok after a year of mourning for the monarch Thais hailed as “Father.” Three separate and intensely solemn processions ... Read More »
Plastic pollution, overfishing, global warming and increased acidification from burning fossil fuels means oceans are increasingly hostile to marine life If the outlook for marine life was already looking bleak – torrents of plastic that can suffocate and starve fish, overfishing, diverse forms of human pollution that create ... Read More »
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping thrust China into a new era of strongman politics on Wednesday, unveiling a leadership team without a likely successor among the six officials who will help him rule for the next half decade. In a nationally televised ceremony, Mr. Xi introduced the new ... Read More »
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