Source: BBC
Security & Justice
Over 70% of Baalbek Residents Forced to Flee Amid Escalating Conflict
Over 70 percent of Baalbek’s residents have fled the eastern Lebanese city in recent days following heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Opinion
My Hope for Lebanon
A company of Lebanese soldiers assigned to maintain order in this anxious wartime capital is gathered at its headquarters 100 yards from the Mediterranean. I make the blunder of asking their commander how many of his men are Shiites, Sunnis, Christians and Druze.
Monday, November 4, 2024
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Sports
FC Barcelona Fears First Team Star Will Be Banned From Playing, Reports SPORT
FC Barcelona is concerned that one of its main first-team stars will be banned from playing at the turn of 2025 because of issues related to his registration and Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
Friday, November 1, 2024
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Friday 11 November 2022 12:49:18
US Midterm Elections: More Female Governors Than Ever Elected
Twelve women have been elected to serve as governors in the US, a new record following Tuesday's election.
Ten have already been confirmed and two will emerge from women-only contests in two states, Arizona and Oregon.
There are currently nine female governors in the US - and women will also form at least 24% of the total in the newly-elected Congress.
State governors are key figures with enormous power, controlling many aspects of American life.
From education to abortion rights, governors have a say on issues decided at the state level.
According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, women standing for and elected as governors will comprise at least 24% of all governors in the country.
And all the eight women governors who sought re-election were successful this year.
The Center emphasises the result of the election leaves only 18 states nationwide to have never had a woman serving as governor. The newly-elected governors are:
- Maura Healey - a Democrat from Massachusetts - will also be the first openly lesbian governor. Ms Healey was previously the state's attorney general
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders - the former Trump spokeswoman - is projected to become Arkansas' first female governor, a position once held by her father.
- Kathy Hochul was elected to a full term in New York, having taken over the job in 2021 following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo
The two races still to be decided pit Katie Hobbs against Kari Lake in Arizona and Tina Kotek against Christine Drazan in Oregon.
The new record comes amid other first in these elections, including:
- Republican Katie Britt will be elected as Alabama's first woman to serve in the US Senate
- Democrat Maxwell Frost, 25, will be the first member of Generation Z elected to serve in the US Congress
- Democrat Wes Moore has also made history as Maryland's first black governor
- Republican Markwayne Mullin will be the first Native American senator from Oklahoma in almost 100 years.
