Building Central Beirut

Lebanon's detained former central bank governor faces new corruption charge

A Lebanese judge has charged the country’s detained former central bank governor with illicit enrichment and issued an arrest warrant

World - ABC News - October 31

Trump and Vance make anti-transgender attacks central to their campaign’s closing argument

Donald Trump has made his opposition to transgender rights central to his closing argument before Election Day.

Politics - NBC News - November 1

Central banks need escape route from cycle of boom and bust

We should debate excessive policy easing and the neglect of credit and debt developments

World - Financial Times - November 1

Attack on central Israel injures 11 as Iran's leader promises a punishing response

An attack on a central Israeli town has injured 11 as Iran’s supreme leader vowed a punishing response to Israel’s attack last week

World - ABC News - November 2

Disgraced Lebanese Central Banker Who Was a Fugitive Now Awaits His Fate

Riad Salameh was arrested on graft charges and accused of undermining Lebanon’s economy, as the Israel-Hezbollah war further destabilizes the country.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 3

ICC judges unseal an arrest warrant for an alleged Central African Republic rebel

Judges at the International Criminal Court have unsealed an arrest warrant for an alleged rebel from the Central African Republic accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity more than a ...

World - ABC News - November 7

US central bank boss says Trump can't fire him

The US central bank cuts interest rates, as its chairman vows to stay on the job.

How a drab Soviet metropolis became Central Asia’s capital of cool

World - Yahoo News - November 8

Climate breakdown will hit global growth by a third, say central banks

New modelling finds risk to global economies much worse than previously thought, but group of central banks says even this may be an underestimate. The physical shocks caused by climate breakdown ...

World - The Guardian - November 8

Spanish central banker set to inherit big challenges as next BIS head

Pablo Hernández de Cos to take over amid fears Donald Trump will derail progress on setting capital standards for world’s biggest lenders

Business - Financial Times - November 8

Massive sex tape leak could be a ploy for power in central Africa

Dozens of videos involving a senior civil servant in Equatorial Guinea have flooded social media, shocking people in the country.

Gunmen open fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 and injuring 13

World - Yahoo News - November 10

Gunmen open fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 and injuring 7

A local official says gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 people and injuring 13

World - ABC News - November 10

Bike ride for dumplings goes viral, gridlocking roads in central China

An online invite for a group bike ride in search of good dumplings proved so popular in China, that it brought some roads to a standstill.

GOP Rep. Valadao holds Central Valley, California, swing seat

The seat was a top target for Democrats, who were hoping to finally clinch the district.

Politics - Politico - 4 days ago

Tropical Storm Sara makes landfall in northern Honduras and brings heavy rain to Central America

Tropical Storm Sara has made landfall in northern Honduras and threatens to dump torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Tropical Storm Sara pounds Central America with heavy rains

Mexican authorities warned the storm could cause "intense rains" over the resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula.

Israeli Strikes in Central and Northern Gaza Kill More Than 30 People

As Israel’s military wages a renewed offensive in the northern part of the enclave, Al Bureij and Nuseirat in central Gaza came under attack.

World - The New York Times - 10 hours ago

Tropical Storm Sara slams Central America, remnants to impact Tampa Bay

World - Yahoo News - 10 hours ago

Saudi Arabia breaks ground on $50B Mukaab, the ‘world’s largest building’ — which can hold 20 Empire State Buildings

World - Yahoo News - October 25

U.S. Defense Secretary Urges Israel to Scale Back Attacks in Beirut Area

Lloyd J. Austin lamented that civilian casualties during Israel’s war in Lebanon were “far too high.”

World - The New York Times - October 20

Israel Steps Up Attacks Near Beirut, Despite U.S. Warnings

Israel carried out a series of strikes near the Lebanese capital on Saturday, killing two people fleeing a vehicle on a busy highway. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin warned Israel to scale back ...