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Emirate of Sharjah Provides Grant to Renovate Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum

The Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum, located in the Lebanese town of Bsharri, is celebrating a grant provided by Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, ruler of Sharjah, to restore and renovate the museum. The grant will be used to preserve the museum’s possessions, and restore artifacts including photos, manuscripts, tools,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US to give Lebanon $80.5 million in aid amid economic crisis

The United States has announced that it will give $80.5 million in aid for food assistance and solar-powered water pumping stations in the crisis-battered country of Lebanon

The Independent UK

Amid vaccine shortages, Lebanon faces its first cholera outbreak in three decades

Several crises in the country — including political instability, COVID and financial collapse — have created deteriorating conditions that have allowed the bacteria to spread.

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Analysis-Power vacuum adds to risks for crisis-hit Lebanon

Lebanon faces an indefinite government crisis that further complicates the path out of its financial meltdown, adding to risks of instability as hardship deepens and state institutions teeter on the brink of collapse.

Reuters

U.S. pledges $72 million aid to feed Lebanese amid crisis

The United States pledged $72 million in humanitarian assistance to Lebanon on Wednesday aimed at helping to feed hundreds of thousands of Lebanese struggling to put food on the table, the director of USAID Samantha Power said during a visit to Lebanon.

Reuters

Lebanon: Caretaker Minister Says 8 Terror Cells Seized in 2022

Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Tuesday that the security forces have managed to arrest eight terror cells in 2022, assuring that the country’s security is under control. “The Intelligence Directorate was capable of arresting eight terror cells in 2022. We adhere to the secrecy of our investigations…

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Lebanon: Berri Slams Slogan of ‘Strong President’

Lebanon’s Speaker Nabih Berri has stressed that the idea of the “strong president” that former President Michel Aoun had carried as a slogan for his tenure has “failed miserably.” During a meeting on Monday with a Press Syndicate delegation, headed by Awni Kaaki, Berri said that a strong president “is…

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Americans convicted in Japan on Ghosn's escape return home

A lawyer for an American father and son convicted in Japan on charges of helping Nissan's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon says they have been returned to the U.S. Michael Taylor was sentenced last year to two years in prison, while his son Peter Taylor was sentenced to…

The Independent UK

After maritime border deal with Israel, Lebanon looks to capitalise on underwater oil exploration

Lebanon and Israel have signed a historic agreement demarcating a long-disputed maritime border after years of US-mediated negotiations, paving the way for Lebanon to exploit the energy resources off its coast. However, analysts point out that Lebanon lacks the infrastructure and governance for a rapid shift to becoming an oil-exporting…

France 24

Hannibal Gaddafi Suffers Health, Psychological Setback, Refuses to See Doctors

An official Lebanese source revealed that Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, “is going through a very difficult health and psychological condition,” as he awaits his prosecution seven years after his detention under an arrest warrant in Lebanon. The Lebanese judiciary accuses the son of Muammar…

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How car-park cricket in Lebanon gives Sri Lankan migrant workers an escape

Sri Lankan workers and a women’s project at a Syrian refugee camp come together for games in an underground car park

The Guardian - UK

Chhattisgarh's Kiran Agrawal appointed Indian chess team coach for Commonwealth Championship in Sri Lanka

RAIPUR: Adding yet another glorious chapter to the chess history of Chhattisgarh, eminent international chess player Kiran Agrawal of steel city Bhilai has been appointed as the only female coach of Indian chess team for the second time, according to All India Chess Federation. She will be touring to Sri…

The Times of India

Lebanon Seeks to Distribute 600,000 Cholera Vaccines in 3 Weeks

Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad announced Sunday that Lebanon is expected to shortly receive 600,000 doses of the cholera vaccine, adding that a vaccination drive will kick off in the country next Saturday. The minister was speaking during a tour of the Baalbek-Hermel region to prepare for the campaign. He…

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Pope Appeals for Lebanon Leaders to Put Interests Aside

Pope Francis appealed Sunday for Lebanon’s politicians to put their personal interests aside and agree on a path to help the country emerge from years of economic meltdown and a new political vacuum. “Lebanon now is suffering,” Francis said when asked en route home from Bahrain if he might visit…

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Pope appeals for Lebanon leaders to put interests aside

Pope Francis is appealing for Lebanon’s politicians to put their personal interests aside and agree on a path to help the country emerge from years of economic meltdown and a new political vacuum

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Officials Renew Commitment to Taif Accord on 33rd Anniversary of its Signing

The Saudi embassy in Lebanon organized on Saturday a conference to mark the 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Taif Accord that helped end the 1975-90 Lebanese civil war. Signed in 1989, the agreement, which was sponsored by Saudi Arabia, helped consolidate mutual coexistence in Lebanon and preserve its…

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Scores of Syrian Refugees Head Home from Lebanon

Scores of Syrian refugees headed home Saturday from eastern Lebanon in the second convoy in less than two weeks as Beirut attempts to organize a mass refugee return to the war-torn country. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the “voluntary return” Saturday included 330 Syrians who left from the eastern…

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Scores of Syrian refugees head home from crisis-hit Lebanon

Scores of Syrian refugees have headed home from eastern Lebanon in the second convoy in less than two weeks as Beirut attempts to organize a mass refugee return to the war-torn country

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Australia's 48-4 victory over Lebanon is the moment their World Cup campaign hit the point of no return

The Kangaroos' big win over Lebanon was more of what we've come to expect from the Rugby League World Cup but now there's no going back for Australia, for better or for worse, writes Nick Campton.

The Independent UK

Josh Addo-Carr scores five tries as Australia breeze into semi-finals

Addo-Carr has scored 10 in just three World Cup matches.

The Guardian - UK

Josh Addo-Carr scores five tries in Australia’s World Cup rout of Lebanon

Josh Addo-Carr scored five tries as Australia thrashed Lebanon 48-4 in the quarter-finals of the Rugby League World Cup

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Addo-Carr gets five as 'Roos thump Lebanon

Lebanon's Rugby League World Cup campaign is over, suffering a 48-4 defeat at the hands of Australia in Huddersfield.

The Guardian - AU

Australia 48-4 Lebanon: Rugby League World Cup quarter-final – as it happened

Australia cruised into the semi-finals of the rugby league world cup with a routine victory over Lebanon

Evening Standard

Michael Cheika unfazed by dual-code coaching issues as Argentina-Lebanon fixture clash averted

Michael Cheika is ready for a late-night dash from Lebanon’s Rugby League World Cup camp to Argentina’s Test clash with England at Twickenham.

Daily Mirror

Clubless Jy Hitchcox reflects on surreal Australia call-up before World Cup quarter-final

EXCLUSIVE: The winger is on the lookout for a new club, gets a surprise chance to help the world champions in their preparations for the quarter-final against Lebanon

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