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Najib
Apr 24, 2021 02:27
US President Joe Biden might become the first president to recognize the killing of more than a million Armenians a century ago, after nearly 150 lawmakers asked him in recent letters to make the acknowledgment. Biden had already spoken with Erdogan yesterday regarding the matter, and will be expected to make a statement today to follow through on a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire…
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Najib
Apr 24, 2021 02:15
The Saudi authorities foiled an attempt yesterday to smuggle more than 5 million Captagon pills hidden inside pomegranates into the Kingdom. The shipment was coming from Lebanon, and the Saudis on the same day offered assistance to the Greeks to seize more than four tons of cannabis hidden in a shipment of industrial cupcake-making machines heading from Lebanon to Slovakia. As a result, Saudi Arabia announced an import ban on all fruits and vegetables from…
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Najib
Apr 24, 2021 04:15
Megaphone shared a very interesting report on how Lebanon's public debt has dropped by over 80 billion dollars since last year, mainly due to two factors: - Eurobond prices have dropped sharply - Lebanese bonds value has dropped significantly In numbers, the Eurobonds have lost over 85% of their value and are now worth 5 billion instead of 36 billion dollars. Meanwhile, the Lebanese bonds are now valued at 7 billion at the market rate…
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Najib
Apr 24, 2021 03:46
Lebanon dropped five places from 2020 and currently ranks 107th in the 2021 RSF World Press Freedom Index report. The index is produced annually by the NGO Reporters Without Borders and evaluates the level of freedom available to the media in 180 counties. In the Arab World, Kuwait ranked two spots higher than Lebanon while Qatar ranked third ahead of Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The worst ranked country was Syria in the 173rd…
Baladi
4 years ago
OldBeirut shared an interesting post last week on Lebanon’s first international top model Andrée Acouri. Andree, also known as Câline/Andréa, according to the same source, is a model from the 1960s and 1970s who was ...
Art
4 years ago
“Everyone is the creator of one’s own faith”, these were the last words written by Gaïa Fodoulian on Instagram after spending the day out with her mother. That same day, Gaïa had returned home when ...
Critiques
4 years ago
According to the below Al Jadeed report, immigration has dropped between 2019 and 2020 in Lebanon, but this is due to the pandemic, the travel restrictions as well as the economic crisis in Lebanon. In ...
Critiques
4 years ago
The Syndicate of professional artists in Lebanon issued a statement yesterday asking artists not to criticize or disrespect political parties or movements, and religious leaders. According to the statement, artists should work on promoting art ...
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