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Hearings in $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan starts in Beirut

Lebanese judicial officials say hearings in the $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan and other defendants has started in Beirut

The Independent UK

Top Hamas leader in Beirut in a bid to stop clashes at Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

A top Hamas leader arrived in Beirut to push for an end to clashes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp that resumed despite multiple cease-fire agreements

The Independent UK

Two men questioned in Lebanon at Turkey's request over 2019 escape of former Nissan tycoon

Lebanese judicial officials say authorities in Beirut have questioned two people at Turkey's request on suspicion of being involved in the 2019 escape of an auto tycoon from Japan to Lebanon

The Independent UK

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Senior US envoy looks into possibilities for solving Lebanon-Israel border dispute

A senior U.S. envoy visiting Beirut says Washington is looking into possibilities for solving a decades-old border dispute between Lebanon and Israel

The Independent UK

6 of the best things to do in Lebanon

The must-do activities in this confluence of history, culture and nature

The Independent UK

Lebanon LGBTQ+ activists say attacks are distraction from country’s problems

Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisis

The Guardian - UK

Lebanon’s FIBA World Cup journey is about much more than basketball

Basketball fans in crisis-hit Lebanon find much-needed joy and hope through the national team’s World Cup journey.

Al Jazeera

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Two dead in Lebanon military helicopter crash

Air force helicopter came down in a mountainous area east of Beirut, but the cause of the crash has not been given.

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: US, Iran jostle for control of Gulf

Third anniversary of Beirut blast and six months since Turkey and Syria’s earthquakes: here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

Shooting after Hezbollah truck overturns near Lebanese capital leaves 2 people dead

Lebanese security officials and the militant Hezbollah group say a truck belonging to Hezbollah overturned on a mountain road near Beirut and was followed by a shooting that left two people dead

The Independent UK

Kuwait warns bilateral ties could sour over Lebanese minister’s comments

Lebanon caretaker Economy Minister Amin Salam had urged Kuwait to rebuild a part of Beirut’s port destroyed in 2020.

Al Jazeera

A country still in crisis: Lebanon three years on from Beirut blast

The head of Lebanon’s central bank has stepped down after 30 years in the job, leaving the country in a deepening state of crisis.

The Week

On 3rd anniversary, Beirut port blast probe blocked by intrigue and even the death toll is disputed

Three years after Beirut’s massive port blast, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue and the death toll remains disputed

The Independent UK

Annu Rani, Kishore Jena secure gold medals at Lebanon Athletics Championships 2023

Indian athletes Annu Rani and Kishore Jena bagged gold medals in the men’s and women’s javelin throw events, respectively, at the Lebanon Athletics Championships 2023 in Beirut on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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How to laugh in the face of calamity: Advice from a Lebanese sweets shop owner

Nassim Haddad has seen his share of woe. At 79, he says of his philosophy: "I start again from the beginning. I [am not] afraid from anything." It also helps that he believes he was "born laughing."

The Independent UK

Gadhafi’s detained son taken to hospital due to hunger strike in Lebanon

A son of Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi was briefly taken to hospital after his health deteriorated nearly three weeks after he went on hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial

The Guardian - UK

Disgraced Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn sues former employer for $1bn

Executive who jumped bail in Japan and escaped to Beirut has filed claim in Lebanese court

The Independent UK

Auto tycoon Ghosn files $1 billion lawsuit in Lebanon against Nissan over his imprisonment in Japan

Lebanese officials say auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Nissan and about a dozen individuals in Beirut over his imprisonment in Japan and what he says is misinformation spread against him

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Record inflation has hit even Lebanon's garbage. 'Trash just isn't like it used to be'

BEIRUT — Rolling to a stop on his overladen scooter, Shaher Hassan awkwardly balanced five bags and a carton full of cans, plastic bottles and other recyclables mined from the trash that day.

The Independent UK

Auto tycoon Ghosn denies payments to former French Cabinet minister

Lebanese officials say a judge has questioned auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Beirut over possible links to a former French Cabinet minister who was charged with “passive corruption” two years ago for dealing with him

The Independent UK

American University of Beirut president says Cyprus campus key to institution's global outreach

The president of the American University of Beirut says Cyprus bested 15 other countries as the most suitable to host the institution’s first overseas campus

The Independent UK

British court orders company to compensate some Beirut port blast victims

The Beirut Bar Association says a British court has ordered a London-based company that delivered the ammonium nitrates that exploded in 2020 in the Beirut port to pay compensation to some victims' families

The Guardian - UK

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – Lina Ghotmeh’s convivial canopy

The celebrated Beirut-born architect Lina Ghotmeh designed her pleated timber pavilion to bring people together in nature. It’s a nice idea, though the details let it down – and the Serpentine’s formula needs a rethink

The Guardian - UK

Women behind the lens: ‘The next day she got a tattoo of broken glass’

Rania Matar has found inspiration in Beirut’s resilient women, trying to rebuild lives after the huge blasts that wrecked the city

Al Jazeera

Beirut’s Sursock Museum reopens three years after port blast

The palatial modern art museum was badly damaged in the explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital.

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