Singapore has become the first country in the world to approve the sale of cultured meat. On Wednesday, the city-state’s Food Agency gave Eat Just, a US startup best known for its plant-based egg ... ( read original story ...)
IMF says Lebanon needs fiscal framework, strategy to fix bank sector
The International Monetary Fund is committed to helping Lebanon implement needed reforms, but the country still needs a coherent fiscal framework and a credible strategy to rehabilitate its banking ... ( read original story ...)
Macron Slams Lebanon Political Inertia At Aid Meeting
France's President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday urged Lebanese politicians to form a government as he chaired a second aid conference to help the crisis-hit country after a deadly port blast. Lebanon's ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon crisis: France’s Macron announces fund for sustained aid
France’s president plans to return to Lebanon for the third time in four months to continue to press for reform. ( read original story ...)
France and UN Rally Aid for Lebanon, Urge Political Reforms
France and the United Nations have vowed to keep providing humanitarian aid to the Lebanese people but urged the country’s leaders to form a new government as a political deadlock has blocked billions ... ( read original story ...)
UN, France urge Lebanon to form new government amid pledges of aid
France and the United Nations vowed Wednesday to keep providing humanitarian aid to Lebanon but urged the country's leaders to form a new government as a political deadlock in Beirut has blocked ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon ex-army boss, intelligence heads charged with corruption
A Lebanese judge has filed corruption charges against eight former high-ranking security officers, including an ex-army chief and the former top brass of army intelligence, two judicial sources ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan: Constitutional Chamber nixes attempt to halt power grab
An attempt by political activists in Kyrgyzstan to halt the march toward super-presidentialism has been knocked back by the Constitutional Chamber ... ( read original story ...)
Your Old Droog – “Kyrgyzstan”
Later this week, the Brooklyn rapper Your Old Droog will release his new album Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition. The new album is Droog’s follow-up to last year’s Jewelry, the LP where Droog explored his ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan, China agree to jointly enhance cargo traffic capacity
Acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Artem Novikov said on Tuesday that his country will fully cooperate with China to implement a new plan on cargo passing through Kyrgyzsstan-China passes and jointly ... ( read original story ...)