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Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 60
This is Beirut 2025-07-17 15:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives. Officials said many people suffocated in bathrooms, while one person told AFP his five relatives died in an elevator. The blaze -- the latest ...
Basketball: Who Is Dedric Lawson, the New 'Lebanese?'
Makram Haddad 2025-07-18 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
New face, new ambitions. At 27, Dedric Lawson — once a dominant force on Korean courts and a recent hero of the Chinese league — will now wear the colors of Lebanon. His naturalization was officially announced on the Lebanese Basketball Federation’s social media, revealing a major reinforcement, in every sense of the word. A Long ...
Trump Sues Murdoch, Newspaper Over Epstein Sex Bombshell
This is Beirut 2025-07-19 05:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal on Friday for at least $10 billion over the publication of a bombshell report on his friendship with the infamous alleged sex trafficker of underage girls, Jeffrey Epstein. The defamation lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, saw the 79-year-old Republican ...
Lebanon’s Regulatory Authorities: User’s Guide
Yara Germany 2025-07-21 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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For weeks now, regulatory authorities have been at the center of Lebanon’s political debate. The government has begun delivering its ministerial statement commitment to establish regulatory bodies for key sectors and strengthen oversight institutions. Officials have been appointed to head medical cannabis and civil aviation authorities. ...
Trump Media Bets on Bitcoin: $2 Billion Invested in Cryptocurrency
This is Beirut 2025-07-21 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of the Truth Social platform, the upcoming streaming service Truth+ and the FinTech project Truth.Fi, announced that it has invested nearly $2 billion in bitcoin and bitcoin-related financial products. This initiative is part of the cryptocurrency treasury strategy previously outlined by ...
Toxic Algae Bloom Lingers off Australia, Killing Marine Life
This is Beirut 2025-07-22 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Algae Australia Toxic Marine Life
A vast toxic algae bloom has sparked growing concern in Australia as it lingers off the south coast, killing hundreds of marine species and disrupting fisheries. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unlocked federal funds this week to cope with the Karenia mikimotoi algae as it persists four months after first appearing. South Australia's government ...
'The Shed at Dulwich': The Hoax That Topped TripAdvisor
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-22 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
London Restaurant TripAdvisor The Shed at Dulwich Hoax
No menu. No chef. No real kitchen. Just a shed, a mobile phone, and a lot of nerve. In just a few months, The Shed at Dulwich became London’s top-rated restaurant on TripAdvisor, outranking thousands of Michelin-starred, gourmet, and trendy venues. Except it never actually existed. This brilliant hoax was the brainchild of a young British ...
Basketball – Beirut Cup: Lebanon Routs Jordan in Tournament Opener
Makram Haddad 2025-07-23 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon didn't miss out on the first edition of the Beirut Cup. In a white-hot Nouhad Naufal hall, Miodrag Perisic's men dominated Jordan 89-79, in a game marked by enthusiasm, skill, and the rise to power of a team in full transformation. A new-look Lebanon Deprived of their usual key players - Wael Arakji, Sergio El Darwich, Ali Haidar, Hayk ...
Invisible but Unbroken: Women Fighting Iran’s Repression
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-07-23 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Repression of women in Iran is not new. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, their freedoms have been tightly controlled by an institutionalized patriarchal system that monitors every aspect of their lives, such as education, work, movement and expression. The veil, often internationally seen as the symbol of this oppression, is only the most ...
Parliament Approves Key Bills Amid Boycotts
This is Beirut 2025-07-01 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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After a series of delays and political standoffs, the Lebanese Parliament finally convened the second day of its plenary legislative sessions on Tuesday, but not without controversy. Initially postponed the evening before and then delayed by over an hour, the session opened just after midday, with the absence of MPs from the Kataeb Party, the ...
Disarming Hezbollah Is Here, Lebanon’s Peace with Israel Is Next
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-07-01 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Now that the leaders of Lebanon are certain that Israel and America would not shy away from using force against Iran when need be, and now that they are sure that the bark of China and Russia in the Middle East is louder than their bite, Beirut is finally moving on Hezbollah’s arms. Lebanon’s normalization with Israel will come next. Druze ...
Calm Returns to Fuel Market After Tax Storm
Liliane Mokbel 2025-07-23 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following weeks of disruption caused by a flat-rate levy on gasoline and diesel, introduced to fund a military salary increase, the refined fuel market has returned to relative stability, with both products now widely available and no indication of shortages. The levy, set at LBP 100,000 and applied to domestic consumption under customs code 04H ...
Iran and the IAEA: How Far Will Tehran Push Its Standoff?
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-06-25 20:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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On Wednesday, June 25, Iran’s parliament approved a motion to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to Iranian state television, 221 lawmakers voted in favor, with only one abstention and none opposed. The decision comes amid growing tensions between Tehran and Western powers. It follows an IAEA ...
US Student Visa Crisis: The Impact on Lebanese Students
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-06-12 12:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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International students aspiring to study in the United States face a new setback. Last Tuesday, the Trump administration announced an indefinite suspension of interviews for new student visa applicants and exchange program participants. The directive, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and issued by the US Department of State, introduces ...
“Rising Lion”: A Biblical Name for a Modern War
This is Beirut 2025-06-13 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The name “Rising Lion,” given by Israel to its military offensive against Iran, draws its meaning from a verse in the Book of Numbers (23:24): “Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eats the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.” According ...
Russell Delivers Sensational Lap to Take Pole at Canadian GP
This is Beirut 2025-06-15 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Mercedes' George Russell delivered a sensational late lap to outpace Red Bull's four time champion Max Verstappen in the final seconds to claim pole position for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. In a thrilling session on Saturday, the 27-year-old Briton repeated his feat in stealing pole at the end of the action last year to line up again with ...
“Superfacial”: The Intimate and the World Through Audrey Tautou’s Lens
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-06-16 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Audrey Tautou Star Actress Photography Exhibition Paris
In this exhibition, Audrey Tautou reveals images of herself and of others, both loved ones and total strangers. The show blends theatrical self-portraits, diary-style snapshots, and letters from fans. Through this, she probes our relationship with fame. What does a famous face really mean? Does it stay the same over time? Does it look different ...
Nuclear Flashpoint: Understanding the NPT in Today’s Geopolitical Climate
This is Beirut 2025-06-17 21:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As Israeli strikes on Iranian targets intensify, Tehran is now threatening to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) – a cornerstone of the global nuclear order signed over half a century ago, yet still at the heart of today’s regional tensions. A Treaty Born in the Shadow of the Bomb The NPT was signed in ...
Breathe if You Can: The Toxic Underside of Our Generators
Makram Haddad 2025-06-18 12:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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They appeared in the 1990s, just after the end of the civil war. Four decades later, they are still here and are more powerful, more numerous, louder. These diesel giants have colonized the streets, balconies, rooftops and backyards. Lebanon lights up through explosions of decibels and toxic clouds. As if that Weren’t Enough... To this ...
Basketball: The Yellows Too Strong, the Greens in Trouble
Makram Haddad 2025-06-19 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
They had the arena, the crowd, and a thirst for revenge—but the Greens cracked once again. On Wednesday night, in a blazing atmosphere at Antoine Choueiri Hall in Ghazir, Sagesse suffered its fifth league loss of the season—and notably, its fourth against Riyadi across all competitions. Final score: 105–97 in favor of the ...
Joseph El Hourany Carves Arab Identity in Wood, Sara Shamma Paints Perception in Ever-Shifting Green
Lea Mehanna 2025-06-21 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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Lebanese architect and sculptor Joseph El Hourany, President of the Association of Arab Architects, draws from music, architecture, and 46 calligraphic styles to create wooden sculptures that redefine Arab identity. At Mark Hachem Gallery, Sara Shamma’s solo show “Interference Green” transforms a shifting pigment into a powerful metaphor ...
Hezbollah Reiterates Solidarity with Iran
This is Beirut 2025-06-22 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah stated in a communiqué that “the U.S. administration sought, through this criminal aggression, to achieve what the Hebrew State failed to accomplish in their ongoing attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran and to compensate for their resounding failure in achieving its goals and in confronting Iran’s painful and ...
Turning 80, UN Faces Fresh Storm of Doubts
This is Beirut 2025-06-23 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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With its influence discredited and its budget in tatters, the United Nations is weathering a firestorm of criticism as it celebrates its 80th anniversary -- and tries to convince a polarized and conflict-wracked world it is more vital than ever. The UN's 193 member states will mark Thursday the signing of the organization's foundational treaty, ...
Damascus Church Attack Draws International Condemnations
This is Beirut 2025-06-23 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The suicide bombing of a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus during Sunday mass, killing at least 20 people, drew strong international condemnations. The attack was the first known suicide bombing in the Syrian capital since December, when a rebel coalition ousted Syria’s autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad. EU The EU on Monday condemned as ...
US Judge Backs Using Copyrighted Books to Train AI
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A US federal judge has sided with Anthropic regarding training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted books without authors' permission, a decision with the potential to set a major legal precedent in AI deployment. District Court Judge William Alsup ruled on Monday that the company's training of its Claude AI models with books bought ...
"Mirror Bacteria": Could Lab-Created Life Trigger the Next Pandemic?
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-26 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Mirror Bacteria Pandemic Lab-Created Health Chirality
What if a completely foreign form of life—built according to rules opposite to our own—were to emerge from a laboratory? Long confined to the realm of science fiction, the idea is gaining new relevance with recent advances in synthetic biology. At the heart of the concern is the possible creation of a “mirror bacterium,” an organism based ...
Tensions over Expat Vote Spark Heated Parliamentary Session
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Parliament’s legislative session on Monday morning opened under palpable tension, against the backdrop of deep divisions over proposed amendments to the electoral law, particularly concerning the voting rights of Lebanese expatriates. Shortly after the session began, MPs from the Lebanese Forces (LF), the Kataeb party and several members of ...
Teachers’ Syndicate Condemns Arbitrary Practices, Demands Salary Increase
This is Beirut 2025-06-26 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Executive Council of the Teachers’ Syndicate on Thursday called on private schools to implement salary increases of at least 100% in urban areas and 80% in rural and remote areas. This demand was part of a broader set of concerns raised during a council meeting convened to address the growing number of violations against teachers in private ...
Elon Musk Expresses Interest in Investing in Lebanon’s Tech Sector
This is Beirut 2025-06-26 18:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has voiced interest in establishing a presence for his companies in Lebanon, according to a statement released on Thursday by the Lebanese Presidency. In a phone conversation with President Joseph Aoun, Musk reportedly expressed his willingness to engage in Lebanon’s telecommunications and internet sectors. The ...
Argentina to Try 10 in Absentia over 1994 Bombing of Jewish Center
This is Beirut 2025-06-26 19:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Argentina will try in absentia ten Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, a ruling seen by AFP on Thursday said. The attack, which caused devastation in Latin America's biggest Jewish community, has never been claimed or solved, but Argentina and Israel ...