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State of Internet Access in Lebanon: From Fiber Optics to Starlink Skies

State of Internet Access in Lebanon: From Fiber Optics to Starlink Skies

Lebanon was the first Arab country to introduce the internet in the 1990s, and began offering DSL broadband in 2006. Ogero launched a 40-month national fiber rollout in mid-2018, with about 35% completion by the end of 2019 and a target to reach most households by 2022, slowed by the crisis. By 2025, Lebanon’s fixed broadband speed ranked 142nd worldwide, with median speeds rising to about 12.8 Mbps in January 2025 from ~8 Mbps in 2023. 5G has not been deployed commercially in Lebanon as of 2025, while 4G coverage exists in major cities and the government plans to shut
26 Juli 2025
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Big Pharma’s Billion-Dollar Bet: Inside Eli Lilly’s $5B Virginia Factory and America’s New Drug Manufacturing Boom

Big Pharma’s Billion-Dollar Bet: Inside Eli Lilly’s $5B Virginia Factory and America’s New Drug Manufacturing Boom

Richmond’s New Pharma Giant: Overview of Lilly’s $5B Factory Eli Lilly’s forthcoming Richmond-area factory is set to be one of the largest and most advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in the world. At a cost of $5 billion, Lilly will construct a high-tech production campus in Goochland County’s West Creek Business Park, a site that had been prepped for a previous project and now deemed “the perfect spot” for fast construction Washingtonpost. The facility’s core mission: make more of the critical drug ingredients that Lilly usually sources overseas, right here on U.S. soil Washingtonpost Washingtonpost. Scale and Scope: The plant will
16 September 2025
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State of Internet Access in Jordan: From Fiber Optics to Starlink

State of Internet Access in Jordan: From Fiber Optics to Starlink

As of Q4 2024, Jordan had about 812,000 fixed broadband subscriptions, with fiber representing roughly 73% (about 591,000) of fixed lines and total fixed broadband at 33.4% household penetration. Mobile broadband reached 8.0 million subscriptions in Q4 2024, with 4G LTE coverage exceeding 90% of the population and 5G launched commercially in 2023, tallying 112,900 5G subscriptions by end-2024. SpaceX Starlink became live in Jordan in April 2025, making Jordan one of the first Middle Eastern countries to offer land-based satellite internet. Orange Jordan introduced satellite broadband via the Eutelsat Konnect satellite in April 2025, delivering up to 100 Mbps
14 Juni 2025
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Iran’s Rial Crisis Deepens: USD Soars Past 1.08 Million on Black Market Amid Sanctions Fears (قیمت دلار)

Sanctions Send Iran’s Rial Tumbling – Dollar Skyrockets to 1.1 Million on the Black Market (قیمت دلار)

Official vs. Open-Market Rates Iran’s official rate (set by the Central Bank for government transactions) has been gradually devalued but remains far below the free-market price. After years of a fixed IRR 42,000/USD “budget rate,” by early 2025 the CBI’s end-of-period rate was about IRR 545,700/USD ceicdata.com (still heavily managed). Meanwhile, Iran introduced an Electronic Trading System (ETS) where banks and exporters trade dollars in a semi-controlled manner. The ETS rate in 2025 has been around IRR 600,000–700,000 iranintl.com rudaw.net (this roughly matches what exporters and importers see in practice for non-subsidized goods). By contrast, street (parallel) rates – widely quoted by currency
3 Oktober 2025
Clocks Fall Back: 2024-2025 Daylight Saving Time Switch Dates & Global Debate

Clocks Fall Back: 2024-2025 Daylight Saving Time Switch Dates & Global Debate

Global Schedule: When Clocks Switch to “Winter Time” in 2024-2025 Daylight Saving Time (DST) – also known as summer time – is the period when clocks are set one hour ahead of standard time to extend evening daylight. The switch back to standard “winter” time typically occurs in the autumn. Here is an overview of when various countries and regions will turn clocks back during the 2024/2025 cycle: Europe: Last Sunday of October Who & When: Nearly all European countries that observe DST change their clocks on the last Sunday of October each year. In 2024, that fell on October
27 September 2025
Unveiling the F-16 Fighting Falcon: The Legendary Jet’s History, Secrets, and Showdown with Modern Fighters

Unveiling the F-16 Fighting Falcon: The Legendary Jet’s History, Secrets, and Showdown with Modern Fighters

The F-16 began as General Dynamics’ YF-16 in the USAF’s Lightweight Fighter program, with the prototype’s maiden flight in 1974 and the first operational F-16A delivered in 1979. It introduced relaxed static stability and fly-by-wire controls, enabling exceptional agility and the ability to sustain 9 g turns. The cockpit features a frameless bubble canopy for 360-degree visibility and a 30-degree-reclined ejection seat to improve high-G tolerance. More than 4,600 F-16s have been built since 1976, and as of 2025 about 2,084 remain operational across 25 nations. An international NATO consortium—Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway—co-produced early F-16s, assembling 348 jets
17 Juni 2025
Mach 2 Marvels: The Epic Saga of Dassault’s Mirage Fighter Jets

Mach 2 Marvels: The Epic Saga of Dassault’s Mirage Fighter Jets

In 1958, the Mirage III became the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. The Mirage IIIC entered French service by 1961. The Mirage F1 first flew in 1966 and could land about 60 knots slower than the Mirage III. The Mirage 2000 first flew in 1978 and introduced fly-by-wire control with the Snecma M53-P2 engine delivering 64 kN dry and 95 kN with afterburner. The Mirage 4000 first flew in 1979 as a twin-engine “Super Mirage” with canards and a potential load up to 8 tons, but only one prototype was built and it
25 Juli 2025
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El Jannah Sold to US Private Equity Giant General Atlantic in Near-$1 Billion Deal, with Plans to Quadruple Stores and Go Global

El Jannah Sold to US Private Equity Giant General Atlantic in Near-$1 Billion Deal, with Plans to Quadruple Stores and Go Global

Sydney, Australia — 28 November 2025 Australia’s cult charcoal chicken chain El Jannah has agreed to a massive private equity deal that values the business at between A$800 million and close to A$1 billion, in one of the most eye‑catching fast‑food transactions the country has seen.The Australian+2Real Commercial+2 New York–based investment firm General Atlantic is taking a major stake in the Western Sydney–born brand, backing an aggressive plan to quadruple El Jannah’s network from about 50 restaurants to nearly 200 and to take the Lebanese‑inspired chicken favourite into new Australian states and, for the first time, overseas – starting with
28 November 2025
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Israel’s Drone Laws in 2025 – Ultimate Guide to Regulations, Permits & No-Fly Zones

Israel’s Drone Laws in 2025 – Ultimate Guide to Regulations, Permits & No-Fly Zones

Recreational Drone Operator License is required for hobbyists in Israel, often called a „matayesen“ or UAS operator certificate, with applicants as young as 12 and an online theory exam, and minors under 16 must fly under adult supervision. Drones over 250 grams must be registered with the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI) in the online registry, carry an owner ID label, and pass a written knowledge test, with a registration fee around ₪30. Drones under 250 grams may be exempt from formal registration under upcoming rules, but any drone with a camera remains subject to Israel’s drone laws. The
9 August 2025
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$100B in Crypto? How Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) Stocks Became the Hottest Trend in Finance

Bitcoin to $200K or More? Shocking End-of-2025 BTC Price Forecast Revealed

Current BTC Price and Market Status (November 2025) Bitcoin’s price in early November 2025 is hovering around the $105,000 mark, after a monumental rally and a healthy correction. Just weeks ago, BTC shattered its previous record, surging to a new all-time high above $126,000 in the first week of Octobermarkets.financialcontent.com. That rally – driven by unprecedented spot ETF inflows and bullish momentum – marked Bitcoin’s first foray well into six digits, far surpassing the ~$69K peak from 2021. However, late October brought a sharp pullback often dubbed the crypto market’s “Black Friday” of 2025, causing Bitcoin to dip below $110K
4 November 2025
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Tether’s 2025 Takeover: Inside the $170B Stablecoin Shaking Up Global Finance

Tether’s 2025 Takeover: Inside the $170B Stablecoin Shaking Up Global Finance

Tether’s Growing Dominance in 2025 A $170+ Billion Juggernaut: In October 2025, Tether’s USDT stands firmly as the world’s largest stablecoin by a wide margin. Its market capitalization tops $169–173 billion (pegged 1:1 to USD) Reuters Reuters, an all-time high that signals surging demand. This is more than double its size at the start of 2024 Coinlaw, reflecting a massive inflow of capital into USDT as crypto markets rebounded. Tether now represents well over half of all stablecoin value globally Dlnews. (By comparison, the second-largest stablecoin, Circle’s USD Coin (USDC), has a market cap under $60B Weforum.) The sheer scale
5 Oktober 2025
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XPeng Stock (XPEV) Surges on Qatar Launch and China’s New EV Efficiency Cap — What Investors Should Watch Next

XPeng Stock (XPEV) Surges on Qatar Launch and China’s New EV Efficiency Cap — What Investors Should Watch Next

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 2:22 a.m. ET, Market closed — XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV) heads into the weekend with fresh momentum after the Chinese EV maker’s shares jumped in Friday’s session, fueled by a burst of headlines around Middle East expansion and a newly announced, mandatory China EV energy-consumption cap slated to take effect in 2026. Investing.com+1 With U.S. markets shut until Monday’s open, investors’ focus now shifts to whether XPEV can hold onto its gains in the next session—and whether the latest catalysts translate into tangible overseas deliveries and healthier economics in 2026. XPeng stock price recap: where
28 Dezember 2025
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Stock Market Today

Advanced Micro Devices AMD stock price slides after hours as forecast doubts linger and Nvidia looms

Der Aktienkurs von Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fällt nachbörslich, da Prognosezweifel bestehen und Nvidia im Fokus steht

6 Februar 2026
AMD-Aktien fielen am Donnerstag nachbörslich um 3,9 % auf 192,46 $. Das Unternehmen meldete für das vierte Quartal einen Rekordumsatz von 10,27 Mrd. Dollar, prognostizierte jedoch für das erste Quartal einen sequenziellen Umsatzrückgang auf etwa 9,8 Mrd. Dollar. Analysten hatten mit 9,67 Mrd. Dollar gerechnet. Verkäufe in China trugen 390 Mio. Dollar zum Quartalsergebnis bei.
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