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Lebanon swings between humor and tragedy as economy crumbles
Middle East

Lebanon swings between humor and tragedy as economy crumbles

The first signs of Lebanon’s coming collapse appeared when its banks started limiting withdrawals amid nationwide protests late last year.…
France pledges US$17 mn to Lebanon’s struggling schools
Middle East

France pledges US$17 mn to Lebanon’s struggling schools

MECHREF, Lebanon (AP) — France’s visiting foreign minister pledged Friday €15 million (US$17 million) in aid to Lebanon’s schools, which…
French foreign minister visits Lebanon amid economic crisis
Middle East

French foreign minister visits Lebanon amid economic crisis

BEIRUT (AP) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met with Lebanon’s president Thursday at the start of his two-day…
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
Middle East

Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country’s financial…
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
Middle East

Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed Tuesday to hire a New York-based company to conduct a forensic audit of the…
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
Middle East

Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the…
Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis
Middle East

Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis

BEIRUT (AP) — Facing a worsening economic crisis and with little chance of Western or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance…
IMF calls on Lebanese to unite behind government reform plan
Middle East

IMF calls on Lebanese to unite behind government reform plan

BEIRUT (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Monday urged Lebanese authorities to unite behind a government economic plan that…
Lebanese PM sues American University of Beirut over exit package
Middle East

Lebanese PM sues American University of Beirut over exit package

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab is suing the American University of Beirut (AUB), where he worked for…
Just one concert held at Baalbek’s ancient ruins this year as message of hope
Music

Just one concert held at Baalbek’s ancient ruins this year as message of hope

BAALBEK, Lebanon (Reuters) — The usually grand Baalbek Music Festival, set among 3,000-year-old Roman ruins in Lebanon, was reduced to…
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