Beiruting News

France has pledged to donate 7 million euros ($8.32 million) to Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital that has been at the center of the country’s coronavirus response, the hospital’s head Firass Abiad said in a tweet on Wednesday.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited Beirut this week for the second time since the August 4 explosion at the Beirut port, meeting with new Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib as well as legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz.