Dubai One Million Arab Coders winner, Shireen Abu Akleh, Lebanon bank audit - Trending

Cody Combs gives a round up of today’s trends

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On today’s episode, the US has called for an immediate and transparent investigation into the killing of a veteran Palestinian-American journalist who was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank, and Lebanon will finish an audit of the central bank's foreign exchange position to begin to meet IMF bailout conditions.

Mahmoud Shahoud, a 32-year-old Syrian refugee, has been named the winner in the One Million Arab Coders initiative, and a senior US State Department official has said lifting the foreign terrorist designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a matter unrelated to the Iran nuclear deal.

Updated: May 12, 2022, 4:34 AM