BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon’s oldest English-language daily newspaper laid off its entire staff and became the latest casualty in the collapse of the country’s once-flourishing press, employees said Tuesday. The Daily Star’s employees were notified a few days earlier that they were all being made redundant from October 31, according to an email which was sent to the staff and seen by AFP. The newspaper had halted its print edition early last year and stopped updating its website two weeks ago. There was no statement from the newspaper but the layoffs put an end to years of financial difficulties during which staff were routinely paid late.