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6:50 p.m. The Hungarian government says it is donating 1 million euros ($1.2 million) for rescue, salvage and reconstruction efforts in Lebanon. The donation to be made through the Hungary Helps program, which provides assistance mainly to charities of Christian churches and other religious.... |
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Wednesday that search and rescue teams and expert medical support are ready to be sent. He added that a Royal Navy ship already in the area can also be deployed to help assess the damage to Beirut’s port. Raab said he spoke Wednesday to Lebanese Prime Minister.... |
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Wednesday that search and rescue teams and expert medical support are ready to be sent. He added that a Royal Navy ship already in the area can also be deployed to help assess the damage to Beirut’s port. Raab said he spoke Wednesday to Lebanese Prime Minister.... |
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BEIRUT The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local): 7:30 p.m. A U.N.-backed tribunal has postponed the delivery of judgments in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah charged with involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. |
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The Army has identified a reservist from Roanoke, Virginia, as the latest service member to die from COVID-19. Spc. Curtis Lamar Fort, 61, died July 30 from complications related to the virus, according to Army Reserve spokesman Lt. Col. Simon Flake.
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The verdicts were to have been read out in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s courtroom in the Netherlands on Friday, but will now be delivered on Aug. 18. In a statement, the tribunal says the decision to delay Friday’s court hearing was made “out of respect for the countless victims of the devastating explosion that shook Beirut on Aug. |
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BEIRUT - The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local): 7:30 p.m. A U.N.-backed tribunal has postponed the delivery of judgments in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah charged with involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. |
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Two U.S. officials say there are no indications that the massive explosion Tuesday evening in Lebanon’s capital was the result of an attack by either a nation state or proxy forces. A senior Defense Department official and a member of the U.S. intelligence community told The Associated Press that,.... |
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As the final bars of The Town I Loved So Well drifted out of the cathedral door the first crackle of applause sounded. Stuttering at first, the instigators perhaps hesitant whether it was an appropriate response to such a moment, it quickly swept among all those congregated outside the church grounds to say goodbye to John Hume. |
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A U.N.-backed tribunal has postponed the delivery of judgments in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah charged with involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. The move was a mark of respect to victims of the devastating explosion that rocked Beirut late Tuesday. |
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6:21 p.m. The Paris prosecutor’s office says a first assessment has established that 21 French nationals were among those injured in the Beirut port explosion. In a statement Wednesday, the office said it is opening an “unintentional injuries” investigation into the blast and its causes. |
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