A Qatar broadcast company that has accused Saudi Arabia of pirating its signals is asking the league to block a sale of the Newcastle United team to a Saudi-led group.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp faces resistance over move to reopen economy
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is running into resistance from mayors and businesses who fear a new wave of coronavirus infections as he seeks an early end to his state’s shutdown.
Georgia to lean into telehealth, web portal in COVID-19 fight
The other web tool, a portal produced by a company called MTX Group in coordination with Google, will help the state perform contact tracing of people who test positive for COVID-19. Less is known …
Georgia faces pressure to reconsider its reopening
Georgia is coming under pressure to reconsider its plans to begin allowing some businesses to open at the end of the week, even as the state has seen an uptick in coronavirus cases.
Georgia businesses hesitant to embrace Kemp’s call to reopen
Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to reopen shuttered businesses in Georgia left many business owners wary and confused Tuesday as they considered how to protect themselves and their …
Georgia governor’s decision to start reopening state draws mixed reactions from business owners
The fact that he said it’s OK to open doesn’t mean that the virus transmission is different or that less people will die,” one business owner said.
‘Die From Hunger or Die From the Disease’: Protests Flare in Lebanon
Antigovernment protesters demonstrated in Beirut, Lebanon, as social distancing measures because of the coronavirus have amplified the country’s economic crisis.
Several dead in ‘indiscriminate’ Lebanon mass shooting
Beirut, Lebanon – At least nine people, including two children, have been shot dead by a lone gunman south of Beirut, according to a security source, in what is believed to be Lebanon’s deadliest mass …
Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal use
The Lebanese parliament legalized farming for medicinal use on Tuesday, a potentially lucrative export for an economy in dire need of foreign currency as it grapples with a paralyzing financial crisis …
Lebanon Passes Legislation Legalizing Medical Marijuana Cultivation As Economy Struggles Amid Coronavirus Fallout
Recreational use and cultivation of cannabis will remain illegal, but the country aims to build a legal industry for medicinal and industrial purposes.