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A second person has died from wounds sustained in the explosion in al-Hadidiya, our correspondent reports. The blast happened when a shell that was among scrap collected by one of the deceased victims, a Syrian national, detonated
3 November 2021
The Economy Ministry has hiked bread prices. Large, 810-gram, bread bundles at bakeries now cost LL6,500 — a 4.94% price increase — and small, 380-gram, bundles cost LL4,500, a 5.26% increase. Prices at shops and supermarkets are LL500 higher per bundle. Bread prices were last hiked on Oct. 13
3 November 2021
MPs target second magistrate in quest to remove port probe head Bitar
BEIRUT — Sitting MPs Ghazi Zeaitar and Ali Hassan Khalil on Wednesday targeted yet another magistrate in Lebanon's judiciary, requesting his dismissal after their petitions to replace Beirut port...
Ghada Alsharif, 3 November 2021
Lebanon has registered 702 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Seven people have died, raising the death toll to 8,522
3 November 2021
An explosion killed one and wounded three in a camp for the displaced in al-Hadidiya near Majdaloun in the Baalbeck area, L'Orient Today's correspondent in the area reports. A shell exploded among scrap collected by the deceased victim, who is of Syrian nationality
3 November 2021
Archaeological artifacts that were stolen from Lebanon, including the head of a Greek statue and pieces of mosaic, have been seized in New York and handed over to the Lebanese consulate, the Culture Ministry said in a statement
3 November 2021
Justice Minister Henri Khoury has told President Michel Aoun that the situation between Lebanon and the Gulf “is likely to become clear after Premier [Najib] Mikati returns to Lebanon” and that “contacts are ongoing" to address the diplomatic crisis, Aoun’s office said
3 November 2021
The Civil Committee for Palestinian Families in Lebanon has warned residents of the country’s Palestinian camps to beware of a gang signing people up to travel abroad and then kidnapping them so as to extort money from their families in exchange for their safe return
3 November 2021
Why are the Gulf countries fed up with Lebanon?
After having repeatedly issued warnings and signaled its discontent over Hezbollah’s stranglehold on the Lebanese political scene, Riyadh scored a double blow as it decided to step up its pressure...
Julie KEBBI, 3 November 2021
The Industry Ministry has signed a cooperation deal with the NGO Fair Trade Lebanon that aims to increase Lebanese exports by participating in worldwide food exhibitions to advertise Lebanon's food products and the "Lebanese gastronomy," the NNA reports
3 November 2021
Lebanese Agriculture Minister Abbas Haj Hassan announced today from Jordan after meeting with his Jordanian counterpart that "a series of initiatives" for agricultural cooperation between the two countries will emerge, without elaborating further, local media outlets report
3 November 2021
Taxi drivers blocked roads in Saida and in Beirut's Saifi area this afternoon to demand stricter enforcement of fines against drivers offering taxi services without official authorization, Land Transport Union head Bassam Tlais told L'Orient Today
3 November 2021
Lebanese homeowners flock to solar power amid electricity crisis, but can a patchwork of panels solve Lebanon's energy woes?
BEIRUT — Over the summer, Elio Lahhoud, a 22-year-old sports teacher who lives in Baabda, was struggling and sweating through lengthy daily electricity cuts from both the state power utility and...
Wael Taleb, 3 November 2021
Tripoli Municipality employees protested today to demand better wages following the deteriorating living conditions and marched towards Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi's house who they hold responsible for their file, L'Orient Today's correspondent in the area reports
3 November 2021
Mikati speaks at COP26, rift with Gulf persists, Bitar meets firefighters’ families: Everything you need to know today
Prime Minister Najib Mikati said he fears climate change will “exacerbate” the myriad of challenges Lebanon is confronting. During his speech at the COP26 UN conference on climate summit, Mikati...
