#Lebanon’s electricity grid shuts down amid fuel shortage

#Lebanon’s electricity grid shuts down amid fuel shortage

“#Lebanon’s electricity grid shuts down amid fuel shortage” Fuel shortages have forced Lebanon’s largest power stations to shut down Saturday, leaving the country without central electricity for “several days,” officials warned. “The Lebanese power network completely stopped working at noon today, and it is unlikely that it will work until next Monday, or for several…

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# UAE crypto exchange BitOasis raises M to expand in MENA

# UAE crypto exchange BitOasis raises $30M to expand in MENA

“# UAE crypto exchange BitOasis raises $30M to expand in MENA ” Dubai-based cryptocurrency trading platform BitOasis is expanding in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with another major funding round. BitOasis closed a $30-million Series B funding round led by Chicago-based venture capital firm Jump Capital and Dubai-based VC company Wamda Capital, according…

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#No more nation-building ever again

#No more nation-building ever again

“#No more nation-building ever again” President Biden’s shoddy withdrawal from Afghanistan has irrevocably sullied America’s reputation. Even opponents of continued occupation have been horrified at the indefensible manner in which this extraction was done.  But it’s also worth stepping back from the immediate Biden-orchestrated debacle to focus on the broader lessons we can glean from…

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#Mazar-e-Sharif first Afghan city to fall to the Taliban

#Mazar-e-Sharif first Afghan city to fall to the Taliban

“#Mazar-e-Sharif first Afghan city to fall to the Taliban” MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan – The fall was as fast as it was furious. The sounds of gunfire contrasted by impassioned prayers ricocheted through the dark sky as hundreds – possibly thousands – of Taliban fighters on motorcycles stormed through the strategic northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on…

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#Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess

#Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess

“#Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess” Where America got Afghanistan wrong is “nation-building.” That’s a myth. Nations don’t build nations. Nations rebuild themselves. President Biden, predictably, learned the wrong lesson. The opposite of nation-building is not running away. It is being realistic.   After World War II, Japan rebuilt Japan. West Germany rebuilt West Germany….

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#Elliot Broidy accused of orchestrating campaign against Qatar

#Elliot Broidy accused of orchestrating campaign against Qatar

“#Elliot Broidy accused of orchestrating campaign against Qatar” A top GOP donor and Donald Trump ally was paid millions of dollars by the United Arab Emirates to engineer a smear campaign against rival Persian Gulf state Qatar, according to an explosive lawsuit. Elliott Broidy — a former finance chairman of the Republican National Committee who…

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