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Lebanon is heading for its first parliamentary elections in nine years. On May 6, more than 3.6 million registered voters in the country will be eligible to choose among 583 candidates competing for 128 parliamentary seats. The candidates are spread across 77 lists in 15 districts, which have 27 subdistricts. For Lebanese nationals living abroad,…
Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration last year, the White House took medical records from his New York doctor. Dr. Harold Bornstein said three men, including a former White House aide and a lawyer, showed up at his office in February of 2017 to collect Trump’s medical records. He said it made him feel “raped, frightened,…
Burundi announced on Tuesday the official launch of campaigning for controversial constitutional changes that could potentially allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay in office until 2034. The proposed amendment is expected to ask voters on May 17 to consider scrapping a current constitutional limit on two presidential terms each spanning five years. If approved, Nkurunziza…
Teachers in Arizona plan to end their historic statewide strike as early as Thursday. The strike, which began last week, has led to the closure of schools across 110 districts. Of the 1.1 million public school students in the state, more than 850,000 students were affected on the first day of the strike, with more…
Profit and sales surge vindicates strategy of selling handsets for $1,000 apiece
England’s burgeoning status as a white-ball team has been confirmed by their ascent to the top of the latest ICC one-day rankings, with India slipping to No.2 on the list. England’s ascent to the top spot was cemented by two impressive away victories this winter – they beat Australia 4-1 in January before seeing off…
Earlier on Wednesday, Al-Jadaan said that the country had a projected budget deficit of 195 billion riyals ($52 billion) in 2018, or 7.3 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), down from 230 billion riyals last year. Speaking at a conference in Riyadh, the minister said first-quarter fiscal results showed progress in increasing non-oil revenues,…
Donald Trump’s current team of lawyers lacks the security clearances needed to discuss sensitive issues related to a possible presidential interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to two people familiar with the matter. Trump’s former lead lawyer John Dowd had been the only member of the president’s personal legal team with a security clearance,…
Myanmar’s peace process with ethnic minority groups appears to be floundering because of a deteriorating relationship between the government and its military – or, perhaps, as some would say, the military and its government. No date has been set for a third round of peace talks between the administration of State Counsellor Aung San Suu…
Doha, Qatar – Prominent Israeli historian Ilan Pappe says US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has shown the Palestinians that Washington has no interest in helping them achieve statehood. In an interview with Al Jazeera in Qatar’s capital, Doha, Pappe also said Trump’s positions should make Palestinians realise that American intervention…
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