Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, the wealthiest person in the world, is richer than he has ever been before. Since June 1, the tech titan’s net worth has grown over $5 billion and now totals $141.9 billion, according to the Forbes World’s Billionaires list. That makes Bezos worth roughly $49 billion more than Bill […]

by albawaba.com — Afkart, a retail platform for Lebanese designers and artists, was established in 2000 by the Beirut Association for Social Development. Since then, several exhibitions per year have been held under its auspices, both in Lebanon – in Beirut Souks and Faraya, for instance – and elsewhere in the region. Afkart’s central mission […]

gulfnews.com — Beirut: Passports of Iranian travellers entering Lebanon will not being stamped, the Lebanese General Security has announced. Instead, landing slips will be issued. The decision has raised eyebrows in the country where Iranian-influence seems to be at an all-time high. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement Sunday but stopped short of providing any […]

by aawsat.com — Lebanese lawmakers expressed on Saturday their conviction that a new government will not be formed any time soon given current obstacles. Strong Republic bloc MP Ziad al-Hawwat said that speeding up the formation of the cabinet was “more than necessary.” He stated that it was key to restarting work in Lebanon, adding […]

thenationonlineng.net — Wearing a helmet, elbow and knee pads, his yellow security jacket reflecting the sun that has come out after a rainy afternoon, Ibrahim rides his e-bike through the chaos of traffic in Beirut. The young man might be dressed like a delivery boy, but he has nothing to deliver – rather, he collects. […]

by en.annahar.com — BEIRUT: Middle East Airlines launched its first direct flight to Madrid on Saturday from Beirut’sRafiq Hariri International Airport. A number of Lebanese officials were on board Flight #24, including caretaker Ministers Nouhad al-Mashnouq, Jamal al-Jarrah, Youssef Fenianos and Melhem Riachi, as well as Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Ministry Director-General Hani Shmeitili, Tourism […]

BEIRUT (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s trade deficit narrowed by 6.1 percent to 5.3 billion U.S. dollars in the first four months of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017. Lebanon’s Byblos Bank, which released the figures from the Higher Customs Council, attributed the drop in deficit to the year-on-year decrease of 240 million dollars in […]

by Rabih K. — lebaneseexaminer.com —Casino du Liban president Roland Khoury projected the net profits for the establishment to be over $10 million for the fiscal year of 2018. In 2017, the casino rebounded after Khoury took over with a $3 million profit after years of experiencing losses, the Daily Star reports. The casino is […]

BEIRUT (REUTERS) – THE international community is “dismayed by repeated false accusations” that it is working to settle Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Germany’s ambassador in Beirut said on Thursday. As Syria’s army and allied forces retake more territory, officials have stepped up calls for some of the more than a million refugees registered in Lebanon […]

by AFP — Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri held talks Wednesday at the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The one-hour meeting tackled the various developments in Lebanon and the region and the ties between the two countries,” Hariri’s office said. The meeting was also attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Putin, for his part, […]