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It’ll take more than an exchange rate change to get Lebanon out of its deep crisis
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoLebanon’s currency has been pegged to the US dollar at the rate of 1,507.5 Lebanese pound (LBP) per...
Lebanon's empty schools bode long-term damage from crisis
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoOn a recent school day, the Rene Mouawad High School in Beirut was empty, its classrooms dark, just...
Street traders offer a better bargain than stores as Zimbabwe's currency crumbles
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoFestus Nyoni picked out a few items in a supermarket in Zimbabwe’s capital, looked at the prices and...
Lebanon's international backers say 'unsustainable' status quo is paralysing state
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoLebanon's ongoing presidential vacuum is cause for grave concern, the country's international...
Israel, Lebanon finalise maritime demarcation deal without mutual recognition
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoBAABDA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Lebanese and Israeli leaders finalised a U.S.-brokered maritime...
Hezbollah at 40 stronger than ever but has more enemies
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoForty years since Hezbollah was founded at the height of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the...
Beirut 'neighbourhood watch' echoes troubled past
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoBEIRUT (Reuters) -In the darkness of Beirut's unlit streets, men wielding batons and torches are taking security into their own hands in an initiative...
Nissan's quarterly profit falls amid computer chip crunch
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoNissan’s profit fell 68% in the last quarter as a shortage of computer chips hindered the Japanese...
Hostage standoff at Beirut bank ends with gunman's arrest
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoA gunman demanding a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings to pay his father’s medical...
As economy worsens, Lebanese juggle dizzying rates for devalued pound
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoWhen Caroline Sadaka buys groceries in the Lebanese capital Beirut, she keeps her phone in hand –...