Lebanon Cabinet resigns after Beirut blast amid public fury
Lebanon's government stepped down amid anger at the ruling elite after the August Beirut port explosion that killed at least 160 people and injured about 6,000. Prime Minister Hassan Diab presented the group resignation as protests surged, with a caretaker period set to begin while factions negotiate a new cabinet and reforms.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hassan Diab
Hamad Hassan
Diab
Saad Hariri
Hezbollah
Michel Najjar
Najjar
Hassan Korayetem
Customs Department
Hong Kong arrests ignite use of new security law
Hong Kong authorities detained media tycoon Jimmy Lai and raided Next Digital after enforcing the new national security law. Agnes Chow was arrested at home as police seized 25 boxes of evidence, signaling Beijing's push to curb dissent and press freedom in the city.
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Jimmy Lai
Agnes Chow Ting
Nathan Law
Britain
Chow
U.S
China
Lai
Next Digital Group
Next Digital
Apple Daily
Beijing
Congress
Taiwan
U.S. Health and Human Services
Alex Azar
Mark Simon
Kowloon
Chris Yeung
Hong Kong Journalists Association
Steve Li
Bruce Lui
Hong Kong Baptist University
Lui
Global Times
New York Times
Tiananmen Square
Mike Pence
Mike Pompeo
White House
Mainland Affairs Council
Chinese Communist Party
CCTV
Law
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Tony Saliba
State Security
Iran
Abbas Mousavi
Benny Gantz
Gantz
Felipe Dana
Vincent Yu