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UK’s cost of living crisis to significantly increase early death: Study
The UK’s inflation-fueled cost-of-living crisis is set to “cut lives short” and “significantly widen the wealth-health gap”, according to a study ... World News -
Lebanon’s central bank plans new currency exchange platform via Bloomberg: Mansouri
Lebanon’s central bank is planning to introduce a new currency exchange platform through Bloomberg, the country’s acting central bank governor Wassim ... Middle East -
Protests erupt in Syria’s Druze city over fuel hikes
Hundreds of Syrians burnt tires, blocked roads, and chanted anti-government slogans in the mainly ethnic Druze city of Sweida on Thursday to protest ... Middle East -
Tunisian protestors urge end to ‘autocratic rule’ and release of opposition leaders
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Tunis on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of President Kais Saied’s seizure of power, calling for ... Middle East -
Egypt’s population hits staggering 105 million people: Statistic’s agency
Egypt’s population hit a staggering 105 million people, growing by 1 million in just eight months, the country’s Central Agency for Public ... Middle East -
World Bank to give Lebanon additional $300 million as crisis continues to worsen
The World Bank will dispatch $300 million in additional financing for the most vulnerable families in Lebanon, a country mired in what the lender ... Economy -
Lebanon’s taxi, bus and van drivers block roads in protest of surging prices
Scores of Lebanon’s taxi, bus and truck drivers started a three-day strike on Wednesday, blocking roads and demanding the government address surging ... Middle East -
Life comes to a halt in Lebanon as blackouts sweep the nation
Lebanon’s worsening fuel crisis has reached a painful crunch point, with bakeries, businesses and hospitals either scaling back operations or shutting ... Middle East -
Intl conference on Lebanon’s crisis set for August 4: France
An international conference to discuss the ongoing crisis in Lebanon and the needs of the Lebanese people will be held on August 4, France’s foreign ... Middle East -
‘It’s hell’: Lebanon’s pharmacists, doctors fear more deaths as crisis worsens
As the economic crisis deepens in Lebanon, doctors and pharmacists fear the medicine shortage will result in more deaths.Anger boiled over in the ... Features -
Period poverty on the rise as Lebanon’s economic crisis worsens
Women in Lebanon can no longer afford menstrual products as plummeting economic conditions in the country have pushed half of the population below the ... Features -
Lebanon’s ongoing crisis will lead to a political, economic collapse: Expert
Lebanon is on the verge of political and economic collapse as the country has been left adrift following months of deadlock in forming a new ... Features -
Lebanon’s economy has plunged into a ‘deliberate depression’: World Bank
Lebanon’s economy is sinking into a “deliberate depression”, the World Bank said Tuesday in a damning report stressing the authorities’ failure to ... Economy -
Lebanon looks to China in hopes to secure investments, bring relief
Facing a worsening economic crisis and with little chance of Western or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance without substantial reforms, ... Middle East -
Watch: Lebanon's unprecedented crisis, challenges and paths forward
Lebanese activists and analysts agree that the country is going through an unprecedented economic cum sociopolitical crisis.In a webinar, “Lebanon's ... Middle East -
Lebanon to hold talks with IMF on Wednesday: Source
Lebanon will begin detailed discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday, sources close to the government said, as Beirut seeks ... Middle East -
Lebanon PM Hassan Diab hopes for IMF program
Lebanon hopes to secure IMF aid based on a financial reform plan approved by the government on Thursday to help the country through an acute economic ... Middle East -
Lebanon: Leaked plan sets way forward, but country's path could spell lost decade
A leaked draft economic reform plan from Lebanon includes measures to reform the country’s banking sector and gradually devalue the official exchange ... Features -
Activists, journalist arrested in Lebanon after defying coronavirus lockdown
Six activists and one journalist were arrested Thursday after the activists defied Lebanon’s lockdown order to stage a protest in front of a bank in ... Middle East
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