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Clashes rock Beirut as security forces fire tear gas at a protest
Tear gas engulfed central Beirut as security forces chased protesters near Lebanon’s parliament yesterday in a second night of street clashes that wounded dozens of people. Protesters had returned despite a fierce crackdown by security forces the night before when
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Thousands protest against the crackdown in Lebanon’s capital
Thousands of Lebanese people took to the streets in Beirut yesterday to protest against the potential nomination of Saad Hariri as prime minister and in defiance of the violent crackdown on demonstrators by security forces the previous night. Riot police had used tear gas
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Major nations snub calls for climate action as UN summit wraps up
MADRID: A handful of major states resisted pressure yesterday to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a UN climate summit ground to a close, angering smaller countries and a growing protest movement that is pushing for emergency action.
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Welcoming new lawmakers, Johnson vows a speedy Brexit
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will welcome 109 new Conservative lawmakers to Parliament today, promising to honour his election pledges to get Brexit done as soon as possible and boost funding to the state health service. After winning a commanding
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Schumer seeks testimony from Mulvaney, Bolton for Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON: The senior US Senate Democrat called yesterday called for the Republican-led chamber to demand testimony from four current and former White House aides in a trial expected early next year on whether to remove President Donald Trump from office.
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US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir
The American sanctions imposed on Iran violate the United Nations Charter and international law, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told a conference in Qatar today. ‘’Malaysia does not support the reimposition of the unilateral sanctions by the US against Iran,’’
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What’s in the US-China ‘phase one’ trade deal
The United States and China have agreed on the terms of a “phase one” trade deal that reduces some US tariffs on Chinese goods while boosting Chinese purchases of American farm, energy and manufactured goods and addressing some US complaints
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Coming to ‘Star Wars’: Emotional end for Skywalkers, and then what?
LOS ANGELES: The next “Star Wars” movie arrives in theatres on Thursday promising an epic conclusion to three trilogies over four decades and answers to at least some of the biggest questions that have puzzled fans of the galaxy far,
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I need a break, says globetrotting Thunberg
RIN, Italy: Tireless teenage activist Greta Thunberg has been crisscrossing the globe by car, train and boat – but not plane – to demand action on climate change. But now even she needs a rest. Fresh from being named Time
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US Supreme Court takes up Trump bid to shield financial records
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear President Donald Trump’s appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records, including tax returns, being handed over to Democratic-led House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor. The
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