The United Nations General Assembly today adopted five resolutions against Israel, and zero on the entire rest of the world. The onslaught came in wake of yesterday’s UN Palestinian solidarity day to ... ( read original story ...)
“Palestine May Be the Last Bastion of American Ignorance”: David Osit on Mayor
Conflicts keep Mayor Musa Hadid, mayor of the Palestinian city of Ramallah since 2012, on the move. A modest man who delights in meeting his fellow citizens and problem-solving ways to make their ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly 6 million Americans — roughly equivalent to the entire population of Singapore — are threatened by eviction and foreclosure this month
One-third of 18 million Americans behind on rent or mortgage payments will struggle at 2020's end and into 2021 because laws that protect them expire. ( read original story ...)
Singapore is the first country to approve the sale of lab-grown meat
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 ...)