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Lebanon extends coronavirus lockdown by two more weeks

Lebanon’s government has extended its almost month-long coronavirus shutdown by another two weeks until April 26 to combat the spread of the disease, the information minister said on Thursday. Since Lebanon declared a state of medical…

17 new cases of Corona and one death recorded in Lebanon

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced today, Tuesday, 17 new infections and one death from the Corona virus, which raises the number of infections to 463 and the number of deaths to 12. The ministry said in a statement that "the…

Lebanon anounces that it cannot pay its dets

Lebanon announced it cannot meet its debt payments and halted a March 9 bond payment of $1.2 billion on Saturday, setting the heavily indebted state on course for a sovereign default as it grapples with a major financial crisis. In a…