Hwang Ui-jo scored a brace as South Korea thumped Turkmenistan 5-0 on Saturday to regain first place in Group H in the second phase of Asian World Cup qualifying.
Lebanon’s economic doom and gloom reaching record levels
In fact, Lebanon’s GDP plummeted from close to $55 billion in 2018 to an estimated $33 bn in 2020, with GDP/capita falling by around 40%. Sadly, there appears to be no clear tur …
World Bank to increase financial support for Lebanon
World Bank Group Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa ,Ferid Belhaj said that the global lender will increase funds allocated to the most vulnerable families in Lebanon.
World Bank to increase financial support for Lebanon’s most vulnerable families
World Bank Group Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj said Friday that the World Bank will increase funds allocated to the most vulnerable families in Lebanon, according to …
Ghosn grilling in Lebanon by French investigators ‘fair’
A week-long grilling of former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn in Lebanon by French investigators was the first “fair” treatment he received since his arrest in Japan, his lawyers said Friday.
Lebanon’s crisis, New Black Wall Street, Venus and space squids
We’ve kicked off June with big stories on the effort to create a new Black Wall Street 100 years after the racially charged Tulsa massacre in the United States; on Lebanon’s descent into what could …
Lebanon asks U.N. to explore means of funding special tribunal
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minsiter Hassan Diab asked the U.N. secretary general in a letter on Friday to urgently explore ways of financing the Special Tribunal of Lebanon in light of funding …
Insect pest eats into Lebanon’s ‘white gold’ pine nut trade
The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a regional delicacy, but harvests have collapsed amid an exotic insect infestation experts say is accelerated by climate change. Lebanon …
Downtown Lebanon to host inaugural Criterium bike race this weekend
Saturday will be a busy day in downtown Lebanon as 300 to 400 cyclists from across the Midwest are expected to participate in the city’s inaugural Criterium bicycle race. The USA Cycling sanctioned …
Lebanon tribunal scraps new trial of Hariri assassin because of funding shortage
Judges at a U.N. tribunal for Lebanon have scrapped a new trial against the man convicted of the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, because they expect the court to run out of money …