Beirut (AP) – The choice between a spiraling virus outbreak in a country that has been stagnant and weakening economically over the past year and restarting a dying economy was the choice. Lebanese officials chose the latter. Now, virus patients wait outside hospitals in a conflict of breath – hoping …
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Beirut (AP) – Gasan Hasrauti spent most of his life working on silos at the port of Beirut, unloading grain to feed the country, despite fighting around him during the 1975-90 civil war. Decades later, it crumbled under the same silos, gutting their huge cement structure with the force of …
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, center, is seen arriving in a car in Beirut, flanked on the right by his security chief Yahya Arab, moments before his motorcade was hit by a massive truck bomb, in which both men and about 20 others were killed. , on February 14, …
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday chose to delay New Zealand’s national elections by four weeks as the country faces a new outbreak of coronavirus in its largest city, Auckland. The election was scheduled for Sept. 19, but will now be held on Oct. 17. Under …
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A letter from Lebanese security officials warning that the 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate stored dangerously in the port of Beirut could destroy the city was sent to both the prime minister and the president at the end of July, according to Reuters. The new information underscores the level …
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