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French Govt. Survives No-Confidence Vote, Pension Reform Becomes Law

French Govt. Survives No-Confidence Vote, Pension Reform Becomes Law

After protests erupted against his controversial pension reform, French Pres. Macron's government survived two votes of no-confidence on Monday. Government officials filed motions for the vote after Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne used a special constitutional power, called Article 49:3, to push ...

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Appears Before Corruption Hearing

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Appears Before Corruption Hearing

European investigators on Thursday questioned Riad Salameh, the Governor of Lebanon's Central Bank [BDL], probing his personal wealth and allegedly suspicious financial transfers abroad. Salameh has held his post for three decades, making him one of the world's longest-serving central bank govern...

Lebanon’s Currency Plunges to 100K Against US Dollar

Lebanon’s Currency Plunges to 100K Against US Dollar

Lebanon's currency, the Lebanese pound (LBP), reached a new low on Tuesday, hitting 100K LBP to the US dollar on the parallel market, which operates outside of the official bank rates....

Iran Agrees to More Joint Nuclear Site Inspections

Iran Agrees to More Joint Nuclear Site Inspections

On Saturday, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, announced that Iran had agreed to expand joint inspections at the Fordow fuel enrichment plant and reinstall surveillance cameras and other monitoring equipment....

Cambodia Opposition Leader Sentenced to 27 Years House Arrest

Cambodia Opposition Leader Sentenced to 27 Years House Arrest

On Friday, Kem Sokha, formerly Cambodia's most prominent opposition leader of the now-dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), was sentenced to 27 years under house arrest after being convicted of treason....

Former Italian PM Conte Investigated Over COVID Response

Former Italian PM Conte Investigated Over COVID Response

Italian prosecutors from Bergamo, a city in the Lombardy province worst hit during the first wave of COVID, are investigating former PM Giuseppe Conte, former health minister Roberto Speranza, and 17 others under suspicion of 'aggravated culpable epidemic' and manslaughter related to their pandem...

Day 372: Scholz Joins US in Urging China Not to Provide Russia with Weapons

Day 372: Scholz Joins US in Urging China Not to Provide Russia with Weapons

Ahead of a trip to the US on Friday, German chancellor Olaf Scholz followed suit with America in urging China not to provide weapons to Russia in its fight against Ukraine....