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Liverpool's Perfect Start Ended By Crystal Palace, Man Utd Beaten At Brentford
This is Beirut 28/09 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Liverpool Man Utd Premier League
Liverpool's perfect Premier League start came undone in a 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday as Manchester United suffered another setback in losing 3-1 at Brentford. Palace are now the only undefeated team in the Premier League after extending their club record run to 18 games in all competitions without losing, including three games ...
Saka Lights Up England's Confident Friendly Win Over Wales
This is Beirut 10/10 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Bukayo Saka's stunning strike and a first international goal for Morgan Rogers inspired England in a 3-0 win over Wales, but Thomas Tuchel slammed "silent" fans at Thursday's friendly. Tuchel's side delivered their second successive dominant display to maintain the feelgood factor after their 5-0 rout of Serbia in a World Cup qualifier last ...
Sudanese Struggle to Survive in Cities Starved Under Siege
This is Beirut 06/10 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians trapped in cities under paramilitary siege are struggling to survive, eating leaves with no aid allowed in more than two years into their country's war. AFP spoke to people in three besieged cities still nominally under army control, but which are surrounded by paramilitary forces: North Darfur ...
Barca Beat Real Sociedad to Top Liga as Yamal Returns
This is Beirut 29/09 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
FC Barcelona Football Liga Real Sociedad
Lamine Yamal returned from injury to help Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 2-1 on Sunday and move to the top of La Liga by one point. After Real Madrid was thrashed 5-2 by rivals Atletico Madrid in a derby on Saturday, Hansi Flick's side had the chance to claim pole position above Xabi Alonso's side. Alvaro Odriozola gave Real Sociedad the lead ...
The Couple and Life’s Challenges: Grief, Illness, Conflict, and Vulnerability
David Sahyoun 08/10 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Couple Psychoanalysis Challengens Culture
Life occasionally interrupts the usual flow of events. Illness, bereavement, separation, conflict, exile, and insecurity can erupt, and thought itself may falter. W. Bion describes these moments when the drive runs wild and suffering defends itself by halting thought. Sometimes one partner becomes the caregiver, the other the patient; this ...
Return To Elegance: Highlights from Paris Fashion Week
This is Beirut 08/10 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A historic Paris Fashion Week has wrapped up after 10 days of Spring-Summer 2026 womenswear shows, featuring many new faces and hailed by critics as marking a "return to elegance". AFP looks back on the key moments: Global Makeover After a momentous Milan Fashion Week, marked by the absence of the late Giorgio Armani and new creative directors ...
U20 Athletics: Abou Zeid Heads to the Worlds, Moawad on Top, and Gold for the 4x100m
Makram Haddad 05/10 21:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Day 3 of the 3rd edition of the West Asia U20 Athletics Championships took place at the Camille Chamoun Sports City and the Jamhour Sports Club, and Lebanon continues to pile up highlights. Mahmoud Abou Zeid qualified for the U20 World Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase with a national record, Nisrine Moawad claimed her third title, and the ...
Football – Asian Cup 2027: Lebanon Aims to Maintain Its Lead Against Bhutan
Makram Haddad 09/10 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Bhutan Football Asian Qualifiers
A few months after securing maximum points against Brunei and sharing points with Yemen, Lebanon is back in action. On Thursday at 7:00 PM (Beirut time), at Hamad Al-Kabir Stadium in Doha, Lebanon will face Bhutan with a clear goal: to maintain its lead in Group C of the third qualifying round for the 2027 Asian Cup. With four points to their ...
Enemy or Peace?
Amine Jules Iskandar 27/09 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
According to Carl Schmitt, the concept of the enemy lies at the heart of politics. It stands apart from morality, aesthetics, and economics. To identify an enemy is thus a strictly political act, carrying no moral weight and showing no regard for historical accuracy. Within this realm, free from any claim to objectivity, an enemy can be conceived ...
Nobel Literature Buzz Tips Swiss Postmodernist, Australians for Prize
This is Beirut 07/10 15:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nobel Prize Literature Culture Art Academy Prize
Swiss postmodernist novelist Christian Kracht and Australia's Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright are among the favorites for the Nobel literature prize, experts told AFP ahead of the Swedish Academy's much-anticipated announcement on Thursday. The academy made history last year by choosing South Korea's Han Kang, making her the first Asian woman to ...
US Govt Shutdown Begins after Congress Fails to Reach Deal
This is Beirut 01/10 10:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Economy Politics Shutdown
The US government began shutting down Wednesday after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding. Republicans and Democrats immediately blamed each other for the deadlock that will impact hundreds of thousands of government workers and ...
Semaan Douaihy Joins the World Futsal Board
Makram Haddad 09/10 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Semaan Douaihy Futsal Sports Lebanon
A global whistle for a local builder. FIFA has officially appointed Semaan Douaihy to its Futsal Committee for the 2025-2029 term. A backseat position? No. Rather, it is a technical box from which the direction, formats, regulations, development, and roadmap of a rapidly growing discipline are decided. For Lebanon, it is a flag planted in the ...
Virtual Jesus? People of Faith Divided as AI Enters Religion
This is Beirut 03/10 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
New York AI Vatican Religion ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons -- a change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful. Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are growing in number, offering counsel, comfort and spiritual guidance during an age ...
Juvenile Detention in Lebanon: Roumieh to Warwar
Natasha Metni Torbey 03/10 15:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Juvenile detainees in Lebanon are generally between 12 and 18 years old. Some are arrested for minor offenses, such as stealing a phone or reasons linked to homelessness, while others face more serious charges related to organized crime or national security. For years, these children shared the daily life of adult inmates at Roumieh, Lebanon’s ...
Lebanese Judiciary Reopens Political Assassination Cases in Landmark Move
This is Beirut 09/10 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In an unprecedented move to revive investigations into long-unsolved political assassinations, the Lebanese judiciary has appointed eleven investigative judges to reopen several sensitive cases, some dating back to the country’s civil war. Many emblematic cases that had remained stagnant for decades have now been distributed among different ...
EU Leaders Plot Defense Boost in Shadow of Denmark Drones
This is Beirut 01/10 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
EU leaders will discuss bolstering Europe's defenses and Ukraine's financial firepower at a Wednesday summit in Denmark, where mysterious drone flights have ramped up fears about the threat from Russia. Thousands of police are on high alert, civilian drones have been banned and NATO allies have sent reinforcements as the continent converges on ...
Liverpool Suffer Third Consecutive Loss as Estevao Strikes Late for Chelsea
This is Beirut 05/10 01:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Football Premier League Chelsea Liverpool
Liverpool crashed to a third successive defeat as Estevao Willian's last-gasp strike condemned the spluttering Premier League champions to a 2-1 defeat against Chelsea on Saturday. Arne Slot's side were rocked by Estevao's close-range finish in the final seconds at Stamford Bridge after Cody Gakpo's second half equaliser had cancelled out Moises ...
Haaland Fires Man City to Win at Brentford, Everton End Palace’s Unbeaten Run
This is Beirut 06/10 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football Premier League Manchester City
Erling Haaland carried Manchester City to within three points of Premier League leaders Arsenal with the only goal at Brentford, while Crystal Palace's 19-game unbeaten run was ended by a 2-1 defeat to Everton on Sunday. The Norwegian maintained his sensational early season form to score his 18th goal for club and country in just 11 appearances ...
Arsenal Go Top of the Premier League as Man Utd Ease Pressure on Amorim
This is Beirut 04/10 20:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football Premier League Arsenal Manchester United
Declan Rice came back to haunt former club West Ham as Arsenal moved top of the Premier League, while Manchester United handed Ruben Amorim some relief with a 2-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday. In Mikel Arteta's 300th match in charge, the Gunners proved far too strong for the struggling Hammers in a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium to further ...
Iran Denounces 'Unjustifiable' Return of UN Sanctions
This is Beirut 28/09 12:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran on Sunday condemned as "unjustifiable" the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites. The measures, which bar dealings linked to the Islamic republic's nuclear and ballistic missile activities, took effect overnight after ...
White House Says Firings 'Imminent' as Plan to Reopen Government Collapses
This is Beirut 01/10 22:11 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Government Shutdown
Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed Wednesday as Democrats in Congress rejected proposals to resolve an acrimonious funding standoff with President Donald Trump, and the White House threatened public sector jobs. With the government out of money after Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, ...
ADDS Energy Projects Terminated, New York Funding Freeze
This is Beirut 02/10 12:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed Wednesday as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving a funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs. Federal funding expired at midnight after Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, prompting ...
Two Years of Arab and Muslim Failure
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 07/10 13:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Today marks the second anniversary of the horrific attacks when Hamas militants stormed out of the Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns. They killed, maimed and burned 1,200 civilians in a brutal door-to-door rampage, kidnapping 250. This assault demanded unequivocal condemnation from Arab and Muslim populations, yet responses ranged from ...
Trump Says May Invoke Insurrection Act To Deploy More Troops in US
This is Beirut 07/10 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump threatened Monday to use emergency powers against rebellion to deploy more troops into Democratic-led US cities, intensifying his rhetoric as his attempts to mobilize the military face legal challenges. The Republican leader openly mulled use of the Insurrection Act after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted a ...
Pegula Ends Sabalenka’s Perfect Wuhan Record to Set Up Gauff Final
This is Beirut 11/10 19:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Jessica Pegula fought back to end Aryna Sabalenka's perfect record in Wuhan with a dramatic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) victory in the semi-finals on Saturday and will face Coco Gauff for the title. Contesting an eighth consecutive three-setter, Pegula clawed her way back from 2-5 down in the decider to shock the world number one and set up a final ...
International Community Hails Gaza Ceasefire as a Step Toward Peace
This is Beirut 09/10 19:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
World leaders on Thursday welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, which could help end the two-year war in Gaza. Palestinian Authority Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said he hoped that the deal "would be a prelude to reaching a permanent political solution," leading to the establishment of ...
Art World’s ‘Troublemakers’ Join Forces in ‘Joyful’ London Show
This is Beirut 11/10 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Exhibition ‘Triple Tour’ London Culture
They come from a world of underground, even subversive, art, but now US activist Shepard Fairey has joined forces with Britain's Damien Hirst and French street artist Invader with a "joyful" exhibition to show even in dark times there is always hope. "We all see ourselves as troublemakers because we have been," Fairey told AFP, ahead of Friday's ...
Six Killed as Major Quake Strikes Southern Philippines
This is Beirut 10/10 15:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Philippines Earthquake Magnitude
Two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and triggering tsunami warnings. The biggest of the quakes, with a magnitude of 7.4, hit about 20 kilometres (12 miles) off Manay town in the Mindanao region just before 10 am (0100 GMT), according to the United States Geological ...
Jonathan Anderson Makes Bold Dior Womenswear Debut at Paris Fashion Week
This is Beirut 01/10 20:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Luxury Paris Fashion Week Jonathan Anderson Dior France Culture
Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson drew a standing ovation from a celeb-packed crowd as he launched a bold first women's ready-to-wear collection for Dior on Wednesday during Paris Fashion Week. The show, held in the Tuileries Garden in central Paris, was one of the most highly anticipated moments of the Spring-Summer 2026 Fashion Week, ...
Gunman Kills Four in Attack on Northern US Mormon Church
This is Beirut 29/09 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national "epidemic of violence." Police in the northern US state said the shooter first rammed the church with his vehicle before opening fire ...