Xinhua Middle East news at 2200 GMT, July 15
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16 Jul 2021, 08:30 GMT+10
BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced on Thursday his resignation after failing to form a non-partisan cabinet in the crisis-torn country, al-Jadeed TV channel reported. I have just met with the President who informed me about his rejection to some of the names mentioned in my last cabinet lineup. The President told me that we will not be able to cooperate together in forming a new government, Hariri said after his meeting with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace. (Lebanon PM-Resignation) BEIRUT The Arab economies are expected to recover in 2021 with a growth rate of 4.3 percent after a deep recession in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey by the Beirut-based UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said Thursday.
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