The U.S. embassy in Lebanon on Friday said there had been 12 hours of calm along the Blue Line marking the border with Israel, where daily exchanges of fire had been taking place between armed group Hezbollah and Israel. "Twelve hours of calm on the Blue Line have given us all hope and renewed energy to build a better tomorrow for Lebanon," the embassy said on X. It followed a temporary truce brokered by Qatar between Israel and Hezbollah's ally Hamas in Gaza.
If the 10 Freeway fire focuses our attention on public transit, it should be on L.A.'s long-neglected buses instead of the expensive and inefficient rail system.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon reported that a missile had hit their headquarters in the southern Lebanese city of Naqoura. Source: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Telegram Quote: "Today we are observing intense exchanges of fire in several areas along the Blue Line between Lebanese territory and Israel.
A new Lagos train service will need to buck the trend of poor maintenance that has blighted other Chinese-funded mass transit projects in Africa to help solve the city's transport problems.