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Geagea thinks he's up for the presidency

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea has considered himself a natural candidate for the presidency as he described himself as "the most representative of his sect." Yet, Geagea said, in a TV interview, that he will not waste time on securing votes and that the biggest concern is to unify the opposition on one candidate to […]

Open Letter
to Jovan Pulitzer

Regarding The Paper Analysis Reportof the Maricopa County Arizona2020 Election Results. Indeed a lot of evidenceof election tamperingwere clearly identified in The Report,the election fraud is not new stuff,but more importantyou pointed outthat the more serious problem iscorrupt administrationwhich allowed (and is again allowing now) election manipulationto become sowidespread and multidimensionalover the years. You may have […]

Rosatom to build Egypt nuclear power plant

Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, said on Wednesday it had received permission from an Egyptian regulator to start building the country’s first nuclear plant. Egypt and Russia signed an agreement to start work on Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant during a meeting in Cairo between President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and President Vladimir Putin in […]

What are Russia’s real goals: “denazification” of Ukraine or destruction of the Donbas?

Russia seems to have completely given up on its ambitions to “denazify” Ukraine. The Kremlin’s actions in the Eastern European country can only lead to the demoralization of the Russian population in the Donbas and the additional radicalization of the Ukrainian society. By Nikola Mikovic After Russia released Yulia Payevska, more widely known to the […]

California lets lawyers sue social media for child harmful content

The California state senate voted on Tuesday to pass a law that would allow state lawyers to sue social media companies, such as Facebook and TikTok, for features that harm children. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat could be sued under the state’s law if a prosecutor believes the companies utilized features they knew or should […]

Trump aide reveals president wanted protestors to storm capitol, armed

Donald Trump rebuffed his own security's warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection. Cassidy Hutchinson, a little-known former White House aide, described an angry, defiant […]

Indirect Iran, US nuclear talks in Qatar go nowhere

Indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers have ended without breaking a deadlock over the talks, a semiofficial Iranian news agency reported Wednesday. The U.S. State Department and the European Union, which is mediating the talks in Qatar, did not immediately acknowledge the end of the negotiations […]

Gantz accuses Hezbollah, Iran of hacking UNIFIL

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has accused Iran and Hezbollah of trying to cyberattack the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). He claimed in a conference that the aim of the cyberattack is to "steal materials about its activities and deployment in the area, for Hezbollah’s use." “Today I can reveal recent malign activities […]

Mikati reshuffle includes energy portfolio

The line-up submitted by PM-designate Najib Mikati to President Michel Aoun on Wednesday contained changes to five to six ministerial portfolios from the current government, including the energy portfolio, TV networks said. “Mikati proposed a specialist who is not close to the Free Patriotic Movement for the energy and water portfolio,” MTV reported. He also […]

BREAKING NEWS - Bennett backs out of Israel PM race

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in upcoming elections, his office said Wednesday, after he led a broad but fragile coalition government that came unraveled barely a year after taking office. The government announced last week that it would dissolve the Knesset ahead of elections expected this fall, but the voting required for […]

Four ways to learn about Work, Practice, Communication & Reflection

Learning is a broad concept. It is not as easy as it sounds. Especially when it comes to learning about Knowledge growth, Skills Development, and Change in values, together they are part of a rather complex learning process. By Emile Fakhoury Although no such formula can completely encompass the learning process, I believe that you […]

Lebanon to host Arab League summit in effort to mend bridges

Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said leaders including Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit would arrive in Lebanon on Friday A delegation from Arab League countries will travel to Lebanon for a two-day gathering that includes meetings with the crisis-ridden country's top officials, Beirut's caretaker government said on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib […]

Turkey now agrees to Sweden, Finland joining NATO

Turkey has agreed to support Finland's and Sweden's bids for NATO membership, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. "I am pleased to announce that we now have an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO," he told reporters on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Madrid. "Turkey, Finland […]

Lebanon 'positive' on US statement on maritime dispute

The U.S. State Department’s statement about U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein’s talks with Israel over sea border demarcation is a “positive” sign, Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab said on Tuesday. “We appreciate the U.S. administration’s pledge to communicate in the coming days and we hope it will lead to the resumption of the indirect negotiations […]

As financial prosecution deadlock persists, President Aoun says judiciary must be independent

President Michel Aoun stressed Tuesday that the judiciary “must deserve its independence” instead of “begging for it.” “Alone I have taken the oath to be loyal to the constitution and laws of the Lebanese nation, and the pillars of our constitutional system include powers’ separation, balance and cooperation, not the hegemony of an authority over […]

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