Parliament tries final maneuver to bypass Bitar
As expected, several Parliament members, three of whom were called for questioning in the case of the deadly Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, are bending over backward to get off the hook. But the...
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Lebanon summons central bank chief over graft allegations
BEIRUT — A Lebanon prosecutor has summoned central bank chief Riad Salameh for questioning next month over graft allegations, the latest of several cases brought against him, a judicial source told...
19 July 2021
Lebanon has registered 215 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. One more person has died, raising the death toll to 7,886
19 July 2021
President Michel Aoun has set July 26 as the date for parliamentary consultations to nominate a new prime minister-designate
BEIRUT — Parliamentary consultations to nominate a new prime minister-designate will be held on July 26, President Michel Aoun said in a statement Monday, less than a week after Premier-designate...
19 July 2021
Following a meeting with President Michel Aoun, caretaker Industry Minister Imad Hoballah said factories can now import diesel and other oils directly rather than going through the government, the NNA reports. Industrial importers that do so will not benefit from state subsidies
19 July 2021
Lebanon has received a shipment of 129,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through the global COVAX program, the NNA reports. Less than a quarter of residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine; this includes less than 15 percent who are fully vaccinated
19 July 2021
In an Eid greeting, Saad Hariri said the Muslim holiday is taking place this year “amid ... crises, which we could have put an end to had it not been for the selfishness of some.” Hariri resigned as premier-designate last week after failing to form a government for nine months
19 July 2021
The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program has announced a $7 million reward for information on Salman Raouf Salman, a Hezbollah member accused of directing the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that killed 85 people
19 July 2021
A fire broke out overnight Sunday in southern Bint Jbeil, near the Lebanese-Israeli border, causing mines thought to have been left over from the 2006 war to explode, the NNA reports. No casualties were reported
19 July 2021
First sentences handed down in Ghosn saga
TOKYO — A Tokyo court on Monday handed down the first sentences in the Carlos Ghosn saga, for an American father-son duo who helped the former Nissan chief flee Japan amid allegations of financial...
19 July 2021
Opposition wins engineers’ syndicate election, drug price hike, Eid al-Adha: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email. Click here to sign up. A coalition of opposition groups won a second landslide victory during the elections for the Order of Engineers and Architects...
