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Caesar Act Suspended: Can Lebanon Ride Syria’s Recovery?
Mario Chartouni 2025-11-13 13:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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For the first time since 2019, Washington has eased sanctions on Damascus, granting a 180-day exemption under the Caesar Act to allow certain “humanitarian” and “civilian” transactions. The move, though temporary, carries clear political weight. It appears to be a test to see how far neighboring countries can reconnect with the Syrian ...
Diabetes: The Heavy Cost of Delays
Makram Haddad 2025-11-14 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations Diabetes Prevention
The massive presence of a silent disease Diabetes is no longer a diffuse threat: it is a massive reality. Around the world, about 589 million people currently live with diabetes, including nearly 85 million in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; by 2050, the region could have 163 million. In Lebanon, the International Diabetes ...
Google Proposes Adtech Changes to Avoid Breakup After EU Fine
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Google on Friday announced changes to its advertising services to avert the risk of a breakup, two months after Brussels hit the US giant with a massive fine. The European Commission slapped a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.43 billion) antitrust fine on Google for favoring its own services in September, giving the company 60 days to resolve the issues ...
Iran Is Suffocating, and the Authorities Finally Say It
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 20:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran is facing a crisis its leaders can no longer downplay. During his address to parliament, Pezeshkian confronted the issues affecting daily life across the country. He spoke of inflation without blaming external factors and acknowledged what citizens are already feeling in their kitchens, at their taps, and in their wallets. Prices are ...
In Lebanon, Power Flows… at a High Price
Liliane Mokbel 2025-11-15 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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According to World Population Review, the cost of electricity in Lebanon stands at $0.137 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). This makes the country the most expensive in the region and ranks it 74th worldwide out of 146 countries analyzed. In the region, Morocco follows with $0.121/kWh (86th), Jordan with $0.090/kWh (99th), the United Arab Emirates with ...
What is the Enigma M4 Cipher Machine
This is Beirut 2025-11-18 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The auction of an Enigma M4 cipher machine at Christie's today is more than a landmark for collectors of rare artifacts. It represents a unique intersection of military history, cryptanalysis, and the birth of modern computing. This device is both a weapon of war and a witness to the extraordinary intellectual achievement that unlocked state ...
Why Is Bitcoin Plunging?
This is Beirut 2025-11-19 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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What Has Caused the Latest Price Drop? Prior to the recent slump, Bitcoin broke a series of record highs in the wake of Donald Trump's return to the White House. The US president came out strongly in favor of cryptocurrencies before his re-election, and has continued to do so. Bitcoin first surpassed $100,000 in May before reaching its latest ...
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Returns Two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
This is Beirut 2025-11-19 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the West African nation said late on Monday. The move represents "the return of a huge part of Nigeria's history," Olugbile Holloway, the head of Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), said. "As much as ...
Klimt Portrait Achieves Historic Price in Record-Breaking Auction
This is Beirut 2025-11-19 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt fetched $236.4 million in New York on Tuesday, becoming the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. Six bidders battled for 20 minutes over the Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which Klimt painted between 1914 and 1916. The piece depicts the daughter of Klimt's main patron dressed in a white ...
Memory Chip Crunch Set to Drive up Smartphone Prices
This is Beirut 2025-11-20 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Shoppers could face higher prices for phones, laptops, and other gadgets next year, manufacturers and analysts warn, as AI data centers hoover up memory chips used in consumer electronics. The world's biggest tech companies are plowing head-spinningly huge sums into building the hardware that powers artificial intelligence tools like ...
Tech Firms Lead Stock Rout as AI Bubble Fears Linger
This is Beirut 2025-11-21 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Tech firms led stock losses on Friday as investors struggled to shake off fears about an AI bubble, and after a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by job data dealt a further blow to hopes for a US interest rate cut. A blockbuster earnings report from chip bellwether Nvidia on Wednesday seemed to settle nerves that vast investments in the artificial ...
+114% in 2025: Silver Breaks Free and Takes Center Stage
Liliane Mokbel 2025-12-20 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Silver has delivered a historic performance in 2025. Since the beginning of the year, the white metal has surged by more than 114 percent, reaching an all-time high of 64 dollars per ounce. For the first time in years, silver is no longer following gold’s lead. Its rise has clearly outpaced gold, whose price has increased by around 60 percent, ...
Saudi Residents Report Booze Ban Eased for Select Foreigners
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents. While the government has not made any statements regarding the sale of alcohol in recent days, the sources said non-Muslim individuals with so-called premium resident status ...
Rare Fabergé 'Winter Egg' Expected to Break Records in London
This is Beirut 2025-11-28 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Winter Egg, one of Faberge's most dazzling creations, is due to be auctioned in London next week and set another sales price record for the legendary jeweler of Imperial Russia. The egg, commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift to his mother, is expected to fetch at least £20 million ($26 million), according to Christie's ...
Silos of Beirut: Autopsy of an Announced Pollution
Makram Haddad 2025-11-29 09:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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On 4 August 2020, Beirut exploded a first time, in a flash of ammonium nitrate, debris and shattered glass. Since then, the city has continued to explode in a muffled way: in the bronchi of the inhabitants, in the lungs of the children of Karantina, in the gutted silos that spit back out heat, smoke and dust. Last Thursday, the file came back ...
Saudi Powers Forward with Deficit Spending to Fund Reforms
This is Beirut 2025-12-02 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia greenlit its 2026 budget Tuesday, projecting a deficit of 165 billion riyals ($44 billion) as the kingdom presses on with an ambitious spending drive to diversify its oil-dependent economy. The Arab world's largest economy is overseeing a major push to slash its dependence on oil revenues, with officials pouring billions into ...
Fabergé’s Winter Egg Sets New Auction Record at £22.9 Million at Christie’s
This is Beirut 2025-12-03 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Fabergé's The Winter Egg, considered one of his most beautiful creations, sold for nearly £23 million ($30 million) at auction Tuesday in London, smashing the sales record for the legendary jeweler of Imperial Russia. It is the third time the delicate bejeweled egg, which went under the hammer at Christie's auction house, has ...
The Next Israel–Hezbollah War Could Be Inevitable — and Crippling for Hezbollah
Salam El Zaatari 2025-12-04 09:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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When Israeli jets struck Beirut’s Haret Hreik on 23 November 2025 and killed Haitham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s chief of staff and the man responsible for rebuilding its shattered military infrastructure, the message was unmistakable. Israel was not simply targeting a militant; it was signaling that the post-war “ceasefire” is dead, that ...
Doctor Jailed for Supplying Ketamine to ‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry
This is Beirut 2025-12-04 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A doctor who supplied Friends star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed, musing to a fellow physician over "how much this moron will pay" for the drug, was jailed in California on Wednesday. Salvador Plasencia, 44, is the first of five people to face justice over Perry's 2023 death in the hot tub of his Los ...
Syria's Sharaa Calls for United Efforts to Rebuild a Year After Assad's Ouster
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 11:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday urged Syrians to work together to rebuild their country, still marred by insecurity and divisions, as they marked a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The atmosphere in Damascus was jubilant as thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, AFP correspondents said, after mosques ...
Paramount Counters Netflix with Hostile Bid for Warner Bros
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Paramount launched an all-cash tender offer Monday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share, challenging a previously announced deal between WBD and Netflix. The hostile offer sets up a furious battle between Paramount, whose owner Larry Ellison is an ally of Donald Trump, and streaming behemoth Netflix to buy one of Hollywood's most ...
Who Really Defeated ISIS in Syria?
Mario Chartouni 2025-12-09 20:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In the narrative promoted by Moscow and Damascus, Russia and Bashar al-Assad’s regime are credited with delivering the decisive blow against ISIS in Syria. This account frames Russia’s military intervention, which began in September 2015, as the turning point in the fight against the terrorist group. Yet, a closer look at the data paints a ...
Louvre Museum Closed as Workers Strike
This is Beirut 2025-12-15 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Workers are demanding extra staff and measures to tackle overcrowding, adding to the woes of the world's most visited museum just as France is ...
Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Lebanon’s Livestock Under Pressure as a Health Emergency Takes Hold
Makram Haddad 2025-12-17 08:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Nearly two-thirds of the country’s cattle are believed to be infected with a fast-spreading viral fever that slashes milk production and devastates farmers. Veterinarians describe the outbreak as “extremely dangerous but not transmissible to humans”, yet it lays bare the weaknesses of Lebanon’s preventive systems—at a time when another ...
“Gap Law” for Beginners
Mario Chartouni 2025-12-18 12:59 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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For several months now, the so-called “Gap Law” (law on financial gap) has been presented as the key to resolving Lebanon’s banking crisis. Its proponents argue that it would help restore order to the financial system and pave the way for an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But behind this technical ...
Morocco, Kings of Arabia: a lob from outer space, VAR drama, and a hero out of nowhere
Makram Haddad 2025-12-19 08:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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At Lusail, under rain lashing Doha on National Day, the Atlas Lions claimed the Arab Cup after a breathtaking final against Jordan (3–2 a.e.t.). A wonder strike from over 50 meters, an opponent who never gave up, and Hamdallah in savior mode: three days before the opening of “their” Africa Cup of Nations at home, Morocco have already lit the ...
Israel Defense Minister Warns Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah or Pay 'Heavy Price'
This is Beirut 07/03 14:05 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Saturday warned Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that his country would pay a "very heavy price" if it fails to disarm Hezbollah. Addressing the president, Katz said in a statement broadcast on Israeli television that if "the choice becomes protecting our civilians and the safety of our soldiers or Lebanon, ...
Iran Launches Missiles as Khamenei's Son Takes Charge
This is Beirut 09/03 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early Monday after the Islamic republic named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, Iranian clerics picked ...
Sebastian Gorka’s Visit and Lebanon’s Financial Crossroads
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 19:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka’s visit to Lebanon over the past two days has added an unexpected but timely dimension to the country’s search for economic and political stability. His meetings with local officials and policy advisors reportedly centered on policies to cut off ...
World Bank Calls for Stronger Economies as US-Iran Ceasefire Fragile, Oil Rises
This is Beirut 09/04 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The World Bank on Thursday called on countries in the Middle East and North Africa to strengthen economic resilience and governance in the wake of ongoing regional crises. “The current crisis is a stark reminder of the work ahead for the region: not only to weather shocks but also to rebuild more resilient economies with stronger macroeconomic ...