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How Embracing ‘Ickiness’ Helped Writer Szalay Win Booker Prize
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Literature David Szalay Booker Prize Winner Hungary Britain Culture
Writer David Szalay deliberately dared his readers to face up to the "ickiness" of an affair between a 15-year-old boy and his much older married neighbor in the first chapter of his new book, Flesh. And it worked, winning him Britain's top literary award, the Booker Prize, this week with his "extraordinary" story of a Hungarian immigrant who ...
Google Proposes Adtech Changes to Avoid Breakup After EU Fine
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
European Union USA Google Fine Advertising
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 ...
Rise of an AI Country Star Shakes the Music Charts
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
AI Music Singer Country Culture Art
An artist suspected of being virtual, with a voice generated by Artificial Intelligence, has reached the top of one of the most popular country-music download charts in the United States, marking a first. Walk My Walk, by Breaking Rust, an act with no known identity, is now the most downloaded country track, according to the data published on ...
Young Iranian Dies after Self-Immolation in Southwest
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A young Iranian man who set himself on fire after the municipal government tried to evict him from his store died of his injuries on Tuesday, official media reported. Ahmad Baledi, 20, had doused himself in petrol and lit himself ablaze on November 2 in Ahvaz, the capital of southwestern Khuzestan province, the newspaper Etemad previously ...
AI Agents Open Door to New Hacking Threats
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
AI Cybersecurity Hacker Language
Cybersecurity experts are warning that artificial intelligence agents, widely considered the next frontier in the generative AI revolution, could wind up getting hijacked and doing the dirty work for hackers. AI agents are programs that use artificial intelligence chatbots to do the work humans do online, like buy a plane ticket or add events to ...
Spanish Star Rosalía Unveils 'Lux', a Spiritual and Multilingual New Album
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Rosalía New Album Global Sounds Spain Culture
Spanish singer Rosalía released her anticipated fourth album, Lux, on Friday, a sweeping, spiritual work that marks a departure from her previous work. After the acclaim for her breakthrough album, El Mal Querer, which fused flamenco with R&B rhythms, and her genre-defying follow-up, Motomami, Rosalía offers an orchestral meditation on faith ...
Labubu and Pazuzu: The Sinister Tale of a Viral Doll
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-26 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Labubu Pazuzu Doll Cuture Rumor
In recent months, social media has been buzzing with a peculiar rumor: the famous Labubu dolls, icons of Asian pop culture, may actually be modeled on Pazuzu, a demon from ancient Mesopotamia. Straddling the line between sensationalism and imagination, the rumor has sparked fascination and anxiety among fans, collectors and the wider public. But ...
Coded to Influence
Rayan Chami 2025-11-02 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
AI Influencers AI Social Media
They look real, post selfies, and partner with global brands, but they’re not human. Meet the AI-made influencers redefining fame, trust, and authenticity online. Behind every perfect post lies a team and a code, shaping how we see, feel, and connect.
Ten People Go on Trial Over Online Harassment of French First Lady
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 15:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron United States USA
Ten people went on trial in Paris Monday charged with sexist online harassment of Brigitte Macron, in the latest case linked to unsubstantiated gender claims thrown at the French first lady in France and beyond. The trial comes after she and President Emmanuel Macron filed a defamation lawsuit in the United States at the end of July, in ...
Musk Launches Grokipedia to Rival 'Left-Biased' Wikipedia
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Elon Musk's company xAI launched Grokipedia on Monday to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which he has accused of ideological bias. The site dubbed version 0.1 had more than 885,000 articles by Monday evening, compared to Wikipedia's more than seven million in English. The launch came with the promise of a newer version, 1.0, which ...
Amazon Says Cutting 14,000 Jobs Globally
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US online retail giant Amazon said Tuesday that it is eliminating 14,000 jobs to streamline its operations as it invests in artificial intelligence, without saying where the cuts will come. Amazon said in a statement the reductions were a "continuation" of its efforts "to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and ...
Sudan's RSF says Arrests Fighters Accused of Abuses in El-Fasher
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 14:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations El-Fasher Sudan Darfur
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they had arrested several of their fighters accused of committing abuses during the capture of the city of El-Fasher, including a man identified by AFP in multiple execution videos. The RSF, at war with the army since April 2023, seized El-Fasher -- the army's last stronghold in western Darfur -- on ...
Selena Gomez: When Intimacy Becomes Performance
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-02 11:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Selena Gomez Social Media Culture Instagram
Not long ago, Selena Gomez was, for many, simply Disney’s newest rising star. Classic recipe: a soft voice, a radiant smile, hits perfectly calibrated for global youth. But behind the pop persona, another figure slowly emerged, one that ran counter to celebrity convention: a woman who reveals her fragilities, shares her storms, and speaks to her ...
Impunity: When Justice Falls Silent
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-11-02 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations International Day Journalists AI Crimes
Every year on November 2, the United Nations marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI). Between 2006 and 2024, more than 1,700 journalists were killed worldwide. In nearly 9 out of 10 cases, their killers have never been brought to justice, according to UNESCO’s Observatory of Killed Journalists. This ...
The “Open-Top” Bag: Your Accessory Revealing All
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-02 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bags Fashion Culture Fashion Week Designers Open-Top
Just a few seasons ago, no one would have predicted the resurgence of open-top bags. For years, luxury equated elegance with security. Clasps, flaps, discreet zippers, and golden locks were the reassuring hallmarks of high-end handbags. Yet from Paris to Milan and even Copenhagen, a bold new proposition has taken over the runways: the open-top ...
Japan to Screen #MeToo Film 'Black Boxes Diaries' Months after Oscar Nomination
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Documentary Japan MeToo Film Oscars Culture
Japan will for the first time screen a documentary directed by a prominent campaigner in the country’s #MeToo movement, months after it was nominated for an Oscar. Shiori Ito won a landmark 2019 civil case against a Japanese TV reporter accused of raping her — a charge he denies — and turned her ordeal into a film screened worldwide. But ...
Trump Does Not Rule Out any Kind of Nigeria Military Operation
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 13:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Washington Nigeria
US President Donald Trump has repeated his threat of a military operation in Nigeria over killings of Christians, and that it could be ground or air attacks. As claims of Christian "persecution" in Africa's most populous country have found traction online among the US and European right, experts say Nigeria's myriad conflicts ...
Saydet al-Jabal Urges Lebanon to Negotiate with Israel and Reclaim Control of Weapons
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Achrafieh Gulf Hezbollah United Nations
The Saydet al-Jabal Gathering called for direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, urging President Joseph Aoun to personally lead talks to address outstanding issues, including Israel’s withdrawal from five disputed points and the return of prisoners. The group said such a step could move Lebanon from war toward peace and allow it to ...
Through Parr’s Lens: Satire, Consumption, and the Modern World
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Photography Martin Parr AI Satire Britain Culture
British documentary photographer Martin Parr says the world has never been more in need of satire like that in his images because many people are too wealthy and their lifestyle is unsustainable. "The state we're all in is appalling," said the 73-year-old, known for his humorous snapshots of bronzed beachgoers and selfie-snapping ...
From Baghdad to Russia: A Deadly Bet
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 15:15 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
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Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him. "Pray for me," read the caption next to a Russian flag. That was in May. Months went by without a word, only rumors. Mohammed had been taken ...
France Moves to Suspend Shein Website as First Store Opens in Paris
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 19:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Shein opened its first physical store worldwide in Paris under the eye of riot police, as the French government said it was suspending the Asian e-commerce giant's online platform following outrage over its sale of childlike sex dolls. Hundreds of shoppers streamed into Shein's permanent physical store on the sixth floor of the BHV department ...
Napoleon’s Diamond Brooch to Shine at Sotheby’s Geneva Auction
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Jewelry Auction Napoleon History Switzerland Culture
Spectacular diamonds valued at tens of millions of dollars will go under the hammer in Geneva next week, alongside a brooch seized from Napoleon as he fled the Battle of Waterloo. The unique brooch laden with old mine-cut diamonds, which has been valued at $150,000 to $250,000, will be the star piece at Sotheby's annual Royal & Noble Jewels sale ...
A Home for $100,000: Housing Bank Boosts Loan Cap
Christiane Tager 2025-06-27 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Housing Bank (Banque de l'Habitat, BDH) has raised the ceiling for subsidized housing loans to $100,000. No miracle here, just solid financing. “This increase from $50,000 to $100,000 was made possible by a funding package – currently under negotiation – granted by the Qatar Fund to the Housing Bank,” said BDH CEO Antoine Habib in a ...
James Webb Telescope Discovers Its First Exoplanet
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
James Webb Space Telescope Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images of the relatively small world in the Earth's galactic backyard. The telescope, which can see farther into the universe than anything before it, has turbocharged the search for planets beyond the Solar System since coming ...
Hajj Hassan: Lebanese Fish Farming Project to be Launched Soon
This Is Beirut 2024-06-01 22:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon plans to launch a fish farming, marine and river fish development project in the second half of June, the caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj Hassan, announced on Friday in an interview with Radio Liban. He explained that his recent visit to Cairo was aimed at overcoming obstacles regarding exports to Egypt and learning about ...
Water Authority Calls for Payment of Dues
This is Beirut 2024-12-06 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Establishment of The Water of Beirut and Mount Lebanon (EBML) has urged its subscribers to settle their fees for the current year (2024). Payments can be made at water office branches or through the Online Money Transfer SAL (OMT) service. Bank card payments are accepted at the water office branches. However, the EBML noted that, due to ...
'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' Arrives on Valentine’s Day 2025
Madeleine Cadoux 2024-12-16 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After eight years of speculation, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has finally arrived. Following Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), the upcoming film adapts Helen Fielding’s bestselling novel of the same name. This chapter takes a dramatic turn: Bridget is a widowed single mother navigating ...
Angélique Angarni-Filopon Crowned Miss France at 34: Historic Feminist Victory
Madeleine Cadoux 2024-12-15 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture MissFrance Contest Art
With an all-female jury and a presidency led by Sylvie Vartan, who succeeded Sylvie Tellier, the 2024 edition of Miss France broke boundaries and embraced a distinctly feminist tone. The evening celebrated diversity and the evolution of beauty standards by awarding the crown to Angélique Angarni-Filopon, Miss Martinique 2024, the first-ever ...
Founder of Spain’s Mango Clothing Chain Dies in Accident
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 22:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Spain Mango Retail Clothing Isak Andic
Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango, one of Europe's largest fashion groups, with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, died Saturday in an accident, the company said. While the company did not provide further details, Spanish media reports said the 71-year-old died after falling while hiking with several members of his family ...
US Says in Contact With New Syria Rulers
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 20:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Anthony Blinken Syria HTS
The United States has made contact with Syria's victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, despite previously designating the group as terrorists. Blinken's comments, after talks on Syria in Jordan, came as Turkey reopened its embassy in Damascus, nearly a week after the Islamist-led rebels toppled ...