Walz accepts VP nomination, Lebanon moves to pay debts to Iraq - Trending

Tim Walz formally accepted his VP nomination on the third day of the DNC in Chicago.

The Minnesota Governor took the opportunity to denounce Donald Trump and Republican platforms headed into the race:

WALZ: Here's the thing. It's an agenda. Nobody asked for. It's a agenda that serves nobody except the richest and the most extreme amongst us.

Like other speakers, he stressed the elections are just on the horizon. The convention continues to draw protests outside the venue against the Democratic party’s stance on the Israel-Gaza war.

The US dollar slumped to its lowest in a year against the euro this week.

The euro is now the second best performing major currency.

Forecasts say future euro gains against the dollar will be moderate from now on.

And Lebanon will repay its debt to Iraq amid criticism over its handling of fuel contracts.

Lebanon said on Wednesday that public administrations will have to pay their electricity bills in order to raise cash for its accumulating debt on Iraqi fuel imports.

The National’s calculations, based on official figures, show that Lebanon’s total dues to Iraq could surpass $1.6 billion dollars by the end of November this year.

Lebanon’s caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad did not explain why the public administrations had not paid their electricity bills until now.