Protests resume in Lebanon as currency hits new low
National power supply set to run out by end-March without emergency loan
16 March 2021 - 22:37
Beirut — Protesters burnt tyres and blocked roads in Beirut on Tuesday as the Lebanese currency crashed past a new milestone.
Market dealers said the Lebanese pound was trading near 15,000 to the dollar, having lost a third of its value in the past two weeks to stand at barely a 10th of what it was worth in late 2019, when Lebanon's economic and financial crisis erupted...
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