BEIRUT (AP) – The World Bank on Tuesday threatened to suspend funding for a coronavirus vaccine in Lebanon as it investigated suspicious favorites amid allegations that legislators were inoculated into parliament without prior approval. A senior Lebanese official overseeing the rollout of the vaccine called it “insulting” and lashed out …
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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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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) – Bethlehem began on Thursday, the eve of Christmas, with an influx of cheerful marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic priest in the Holy Land, but few came there to welcome him as a coronavirus epidemic and one. Celebrations got wet with …
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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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Abord the Inc. (AP) – After a coronavirus-related delay, the Israeli navy is preparing for the long-awaited launch of its next missile missile – giving it a powerful new tool to protect its strategic natural gas industry from danger. Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. Project Megan’s first missile boat is expected …
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