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Lebanon data center plan passes next hurdle
WTHR - Indiana
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The data center would occupy 1,500 acres in the southern part of the area's LEAP district. LEBANON, Ind. — Facebook's parent company wants bring a massive data center to Lebanon. On Monday, that proposal made it past its next hurdle. The city's...
PM, Salam agree to hold Jordanian-Lebanese Higher Committee this year
Ammon News
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August 19, 2025
Ammon News - Prime Minister Dr. Jafar Hassan and Lebanese Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam agreed to convene the Jordanian-Lebanese Joint Higher Committee during 2025. During a second round of talks held during a lunch banquet hosted by the Prime...
Biden’s Green Energy Darlings Had A Brutal Past Few Weeks — But It Could Have Been Worse
The Daily Caller
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August 19, 2025
The Trump administration has dealt a series of blows to wind and solar energy in recent weeks, with the Treasury Department delivering the latest strike on Friday, though some experts who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation argue that the...
Iraq says its tip to Lebanon leads to the destruction of an amphetamine factory
WTOP - District Columbia
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August 19, 2025
BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon’s largest factories making the highly addictive amphetamine Captagon has been discovered and destroyed as… BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon’s largest factories making the highly addictive amphetamine Captagon has been...
Iraq-Lebanon security co-operation led to raid on major Captagon lab
The National News
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Security and intelligence co-operation between Baghdad and Beirut led to the dismantling of one of the biggest Captagon production facilities in the Middle East, the Iraqi Interior Ministry has revealed. In mid-July, Lebanon's army announced the...
Trump Administration to stop subsidies for solar energy panels on farmland
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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August 18, 2025
U.S. Agriculture officials announced a new initiative Monday to stop subsidies for solar energy panels that take up farmland while supporting cuts in agriculture grants to Tennessee universities. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins introduced the...
Listeria found in raw milk sold in Pennsylvania, says Department of Agriculture
WGAL 8 - Pennsylvania
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August 18, 2025
CONTACT WITH POLICE. AND THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS PUTTING OUT A NEW WARNING ABOUT RAW MILK SALES. OFFICIALS SAY PEOPLE SHOULD THROW OUT ANY RAW MILK SOLD BY THE SUNSHINE DAIRY BRAND IN LEBANON, BERKS AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES....
In Europe, longshoremen organize to keep weapons parts from shipping to Israel
The Times of Israel
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August 19, 2025
Located just 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Marseille in southern France, Marseille-Fos is one of the busiest ports in France, handling over 70 million tons of goods a year. In June, dock workers there were busy rummaging frantically through...
Lebanon County restaurant inspections, Aug. 18, 2025
WITF - Pennsylvania
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August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025 | 5:00 AM LNP | LancasterOnline restaurant inspections For a full listing of this week’s Lebanon County restaurant inspections, click here. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection...
Iraq-Lebanon operation dismantles major captagon factory
Shafaq News
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2025-08-18T20:20:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Beirut A joint intelligence cooperation between Iraq and Lebanon led to the dismantling of “the largest Captagon factory in the Middle East,” located in Lebanon’s...
U.S. Agriculture secretary backs Tennessee higher ed grant cuts
Tennessee Lookout
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August 18, 2025
U.S. Agriculture officials announced a new initiative Monday to stop subsidies for solar energy panels that take up farmland while supporting cuts in agriculture grants to Tennessee universities. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins introduced the...
Dept. of Agriculture urges customers to discard raw milk that tested positive for Listeria
CBS 21 - Pennsylvania
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PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has issued a warning about multiple raw milk samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The PA Dept. of Ag. released a warning stating that consumers should immediately...
Secretary Rollins blocks taxpayer dollars for solar panels on prime farmland
State Gazette - Tennessee
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LEBANON, Tenn. – Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Bill Hagerty, Representative John Rose, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary...
IDF puts finishing touches on plans to capture Gaza City, prepares construction of field hospitals for evacuated civilians
All Israel News
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Palestinians carry humanitarian aid in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 14, 2025. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 While the Israeli military continues to firm up plans for the capture of Gaza City, the IDF is also reportedly preparing...
Green and black matter on underside of custard machine: Lebanon County restaurant inspections, Aug. 18, 2025
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. READ: What do restaurant inspectors look for and can they close a restaurant? Hauz O'Hoagies, 2838...
New GodRAT Weaponizing Screen Saver and Program Files to Attack Organizations
Cyber Security News
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August 20, 2025
A sophisticated new Remote Access Trojan named GodRAT has emerged as a significant threat to financial institutions, leveraging deceptive screen saver files and steganographic techniques to infiltrate organizational networks. First detected in...
New GodRAT Malware Uses Screensaver and Program Files to Target Organizations
GBHackers
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August 20, 2025
Threat actors have been deploying a novel Remote Access Trojan (RAT) dubbed GodRAT, derived from the venerable Gh0st RAT codebase, to infiltrate financial institutions, particularly trading and brokerage firms. The malware is distributed via Skype...
Syria to issue tender to buy 200,000 tons of wheat, ministry says
Zawya
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BEIRUT - Syria will issue an international tender to import 200,000 metric tons of wheat to help cover a domestic supply shortfall, the Ministry of Economy and Industry told Reuters on Wednesday, without specifying a date for the tender. Reuters...
From India to Beirut: How Maher al-Assad’s Fourth Division Turned Syria into a Captagon Factory
The Syrian Observer
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August 18, 2025
A new cross-border investigation has uncovered how Syria’s notorious Fourth Division, commanded by Maher al-Assad, built one of the world’s most lucrative drug empires by exploiting pharmaceutical supply chains and regional trade routes. The...
Cheapest midgrade gas in cities across Lebanon County in week ending Aug. 9
Lebanon PA News - Pennsylvania
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August 17, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Lebanon County selling...