Lebanon’s outgoing PM rejects end to subsidies amid crisis

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing prime minister says he rejects any move to end subsidies of goods in the crisis-hit country. He is warning that ending subsidies would lead to a “social explosion” as the central bank’s reserves dwindle and the local currency continues to drop, throwing more Lebanese into poverty. The prime minister resigned in August, days after a massive, deadly explosion in Beirut’s port. He urged politicians in the corruption-plagued countr