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Thumbs, Pacifiers and Other Lifelines for Struggling Adults
David Sahyoun 27/08 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Pacifier Psychoanalysis Sucking Thumb-Sucking Adults
Once confined to the private world of early childhood, this scene has now entered the public eye: on TikTok, adults share their “comfort moments,” thumb in mouth or a trendy pacifier between their lips, openly embracing a return to childhood or the soothing pull of regression. In one viral video, viewed more than three million times, a young ...
Chris Nader: A Trailblazer in Nature Tourism
Bélinda Ibrahim 29/08 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nature Tourism Travels Sustainable Tourism Lodges Chris Nader
Telling Chris Nader’s story is like stepping behind the scenes of a quiet revolution, where high-end tourism reconnects with nature and luxury is redefined, not by ostentation but by authenticity and meaning. Chris, a young father and Lebanese entrepreneur based in Dubai, constantly rethinks what vacations, well-being, and hospitality truly mean ...
Council of Ministers: A Moment of Truth on Disarmament
Natasha Metni Torbey 05/09 13:45 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Amal Hezbollah Israel Joseph Aoun Lebanon Disarmament Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers will meet today to examine the Lebanese Army’s plan for militia disarmament. Despite the uncertainty, three points are clear before the session: the meeting will take place, ministers from the Shia duo will attend, and the army’s plan will be formally submitted to the government. However, serious doubts remain that ...
Rally of Lebanon 2025: Speed, Passion, and Thrills
Makram Haddad 04/09 09:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Middle East Saudi Arabia Rally lebanon
The countdown is on. From September 4 to 7, 2025, the 47th Rally of Lebanon will roar into action under the patronage of the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, and organized by the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL). This edition, the fifth round and penultimate stage of the Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), ...
Expired Medications: Lebanon Sitting on a Health and Environmental Time Bomb
Makram Haddad 03/09 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
"An expired medication can be just as dangerous as a counterfeit one," says Joe Salloum. A shocking statement, almost a cry of alarm, meant to shake the authorities and shine a spotlight on a long-neglected problem. Yet behind this deliberately dramatic tone, scientific reality calls for more nuance: an expired medication is not always toxic, but ...
Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati Canonized: Watchers of the Same Dawn
Fady Noun 07/09 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis USA Catholic church
Two young men, Carlo Acutis (1991–2006) and Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925), are to be canonized together in Rome on Sunday, September 7, 2025. Both owe their “elevation to the glory of the altars” to two remarkable miracles officially recognized by the Church, too detailed to recount here. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati were ...
America’s Beirut Gamble: Barrack, Ortagus and Graham Push Lebanon Toward Peace
Salam El Zaatari 28/08 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Ceasefire Damascus Gulf Hezbollah
When Tom Barrack, Morgan Ortagus and Senator Lindsey Graham touched down in Beirut, it was clear that the United States was no longer willing to watch Lebanon’s crisis unfold from the sidelines. Their visit was not ceremonial. It was an intervention, part carrot, part stick, designed to push Lebanon into one of the most consequential decisions ...
Disarming Militias: Time for Lebanon to Assert a Firm Stance?
Élie-Joe Kamel 01/09 17:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces Amal Hezbollah Israel United States
Lebanon is entering a critical week as the Cabinet prepares to meet on Friday, September 5. During the session, the army’s plan to disarm militias – most notably Hezbollah – is expected to be presented. The meeting comes amid mounting pressure from Israel and the United States, deep internal divisions and a so-called “consensus” ...
Mental Load: The Silent Symptom of Feminine Desire
David Sahyoun 03/09 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Feminine Desire Mental Load Symptom
In contemporary discourse, “mental load” refers to the invisible burden carried largely by women. It is the ongoing effort of planning, monitoring, remembering and worrying on behalf of others. Many describe it as a weight that never leaves the mind. From a psychoanalytic perspective, this phenomenon goes beyond domestic imbalance. Mental ...
Lebanon, UNIFIL, and the Return of Sovereignty and Peace
David Hale 01/09 18:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon UNIFIL Israel Hezbollah Iran
There was a real possibility earlier this summer that the United States was going to veto the renewal of the UNIFIL mandate in August. Ultimately, a wiser course prevailed, when the UN Security Council extended UNIFIL's mandate "for a final time" last week until the end of 2026. This step is a positive one for everyone concerned except ...
Israel Flattens Gaza City High-Rise as It Tells Residents to Flee
This is Beirut 06/09 15:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
An Israeli strike flattened a high-rise in Gaza City on Saturday, the second in as many days, after the military warned people to flee south to a "humanitarian zone" ahead of a planned offensive to capture the area. Israel has been warning for weeks of a new assault on the territory's largest urban center, without issuing a ...
Final Attempt to Mend Rift Before Cabinet Session
Philippe Abi-Akl 26/08 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
UN Security Council United Nations USA Ain el-Tineh Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
In one week, the Cabinet is scheduled to meet — unless delayed — to review an army plan implementing the government’s decision to confine all weapons to state control. The coming days promise significant developments: it includes US Senator Lindsey Graham’s visit to Beirut with envoys Morgan Ortagus and Thomas Barrack, an anticipated ...
Russia Hits Seat of Ukraine Government in War's Biggest Air Attack
This is Beirut 07/09 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelensky
Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze in an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky warned would prolong the war. The Sunday attack was the first to hit Ukraine's cabinet of ministers, a sprawling government complex at the heart of ...
Matthew McConaughey and Jamie Lee Curtis Bring Paradise Wildfire Heroism to Life
This is Beirut 06/09 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cinema Matthew McConaughey Canada Festival Toronto International Film Festival Culture
For Hollywood stars Matthew McConaughey and Jamie Lee Curtis, making an action film about the deadliest wildfire in California history hits close to home. The Lost Bus tells the harrowing true story of a school bus driver who risked his life to save 22 children from the inferno that destroyed the town of Paradise in 2018. The movie's world ...
China 'Unstoppable', says Xi with Kim, Putin at his Side
This is Beirut 03/09 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Ukraine China Xi Jinping Putin Kim Jong-Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin flanked Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West. In unprecedented scenes, Xi shook both their hands and chatted with the pair as they walked down a red carpet by Tiananmen ...
Alcaraz Outshines Rival Sinner to Win Second US Open
This is Beirut 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA US Open Tennis Carlos Alcaraz Jannik Sinner
Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner in four sets on Sunday to win the US Open and reassert his dominance of an era-defining rivalry in a final delayed by the visit of President Donald Trump. The 22-year-old Alcaraz won 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to capture his second US Open crown and sixth Grand Slam title, avenging his lone defeat in a major final by ...
Security Council Grants Final Extension of UNIFIL’s Mandate
This is Beirut 29/08 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
UN Security Council Emmanuel Macron Lebanese Army Ceasefire UNIFIL
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until December 31, 2026, setting in motion a final withdrawal of the peacekeeping force by the end of 2027. For the first time, the resolution introduces a clear timetable for winding down UNIFIL’s presence. France ...
Russell Crowe Stuns at Toronto International Film Festival with Chilling Nazi Role
This is Beirut 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Toronto International Film Festival Cinema Awards Canada Culture Art
Russell Crowe's nerve-shredding portrayal of a notorious Nazi on trial and Angelina Jolie's deeply personal dive into the world of French fashion led a busy Sunday of world premieres at the Toronto Film Festival. Crowe's depiction of the second-ranking Nazi, Hermann Goering, in Nuremberg, as he plays a cat-and-mouse game with a psychiatrist (Rami ...
Hope and Hate: How Migrant Influx has Changed Germany
This is Beirut 29/08 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Ukraine Syria Migrants Germany Middle East
Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade. Many came during the huge migrant influx of 2015, when a million people arrived in a matter of months -- mostly from ...
Lebanon and Gaza: The Unresolved Dilemmas
Charles Chartouni 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine USA Hamas Hezbollah Israel
The observation of political realities in both Lebanon and Gaza sends us back to the same impasses that have prevailed over the last two years despite the mutating strategic landscape. Iran is trying ex post facto to stall the political dynamics and revert to a previous stage whereby it restores its control over political life and dictates its ...
Versace Leads Milan Farewell To Fashion Legend Giorgio Armani
This is Beirut 07/09 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Giorgio Armani Fashion Farewell Heritage Culture Art
Thousands of mourners paid homage Saturday to Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91, as his coffin was put on public display in Milan. Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace was among those who filed past Armani's closed casket at the headquarters of his multi-billion-euro lifestyle company, which marked its 50th ...
Five Journalists Among 20 Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospital
This is Beirut 25/08 19:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera mourning their slain contributors. The ongoing war in Gaza has been one of the deadliest for journalists, with around 200 media workers killed over ...
France: Macron, Bayrou and a Perilous Political Rentrée
Soumia Benmerzoug 27/08 16:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
France’s political rentrée promises to be fraught with tensions. The Prime Minister is staking the government’s survival on a controversial austerity plan, while nationwide strikes scheduled for September 10 are already casting doubt on the country’s stability. With a fractured National Assembly and growing public anger, the executive is ...
Julia Roberts Shakes Up Venice with Campus Drama After the Hunt
This is Beirut 29/08 17:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Film Festival Venice Julia Roberts US Italy Culture
Julia Roberts hopes to "stir it all up" for viewers of her new film about a university professor grappling with fraught US campus politics, as the Hollywood star made her debut at the Venice Film Festival on Friday. The Pretty Woman star was attending the city's festival for the first time in her career for After the Hunt, a cancel-culture ...
Trump Threatens Russia with Sanctions after Biggest Aerial Attack on Ukraine
This is Beirut 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Russia Donald Trump Sanctions
US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in the capital Kyiv ablaze. Trump told reporters after the assault he was ...
Russia rejects Western security guarantees for Ukraine after coalition pledges force
This is Beirut 05/09 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron Europe
Russia rejected the notion of Western security guarantees for Ukraine on Friday, after more than two dozen countries pledged to join a "reassurance" force to deploy in the war torn country after any eventual peace deal with Moscow. On Friday morning, Putin said any Western troops in Ukraine would be target for Russian army. A force to deter ...
Liverpool Sign Isak in British Record Deal as Transfer Window Shuts
This is Beirut 02/09 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Alexander Isak Liverpool Newcastle Premier League
Liverpool signed striker Alexander Isak for a British record fee of £125 million ($169 million) from Newcastle as the Premier League transfer window closed with a flurry of blockbuster moves on Monday. Isak agreed to a reported six-year contract with the English champions after they finally convinced Newcastle to accept an improved bid. "Me ...
Sinner, Swiatek Tested at US Open as Gauff Sets Up Osaka Showdown
This is Beirut 31/08 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA New York Tennis Jannik Sinner ATP
Jannik Sinner kept his US Open title defence on track Saturday as Iga Swiatek struggled through to the last 16 and home favourite Coco Gauff booked a blockbuster clash with Naomi Osaka. Sinner rallied from a set down to beat Canadian 27th seed Denis Shapovalov 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 and is trying to become the first man to retain the title in New ...
At the UN, the Snapback Reshuffles the Iranian File
Mario Chartouni 19:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
UN Security Council Europe Iran nuclear snapback
At the end of August, the United Kingdom, France and Germany (the E3) officially triggered the snapback mechanism outlined in UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which governs the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA). This unprecedented procedure in the multilateral system stipulates that all previous UN ...
Trump says 11 Dead in US Strike on Drug-Carrying Boat from Venezuela
This is Beirut 03/09 11:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Venezuela Trafficking Drug
President Donald Trump said US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Trump posted a video online of an open-topped speedboat carrying a number of people traveling on a body of water before it ...