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Japan to Screen #MeToo Film 'Black Boxes Diaries' Months after Oscar Nomination
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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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 ...
Bsat: IMF Seeks to Impose Losses on Banks... Say Goodbye to Deposits!
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 15:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Amer Bsat made several key statements during his appearance on the television program “Sar El Waet.” He addressed multiple sensitive issues, including the financial-gap law, bank restructuring, and negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Bsat emphasized that it is not possible to commit to ...
Lionel Messi: The Quiet Hero
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-07 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lionel Messi Football Portrait Legend Argentina FC Barcelone
In a world highly obsessed with noise and spectacle, Messi stands as a rare exception. Far from flashes and bombastic declarations, he has built his legend through restraint and subtle gestures. On the pitch as in life, he speaks little, yet every action resonates more powerfully than words ever could. He embodies a rare kind of greatness that ...
Raed Khoury: Eliminating Banks and Deposits Would Be a “Catastrophe”
Nadia Hallak 2025-11-08 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Economy IMF Banks Central Bank
As the financial collapse continues and losses keep mounting with no clear plan yet for their distribution, attention is once again turning to the stalled negotiations between the Lebanese government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), amid conflicting official approaches on how to address the crisis and restructure the banking sector. The ...
Switzerland Has Crossed the Mountains
Marc Saikali 2025-11-09 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Sometimes symbolism says it all. On Monday, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa will walk through the doors of the White House, a sight that would have seemed unthinkable a year ago. The world, it seems, has a soft spot for spectacular reinventions. Yesterday’s pariah has become today’s partner. Al-Sharaa, once a wanted man with a price on his ...
BBC Expected to Apologize Over Trump Row After Chief Resignation
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Tim Davie BBC Resignation Documentary
The BBC was on Monday expected to apologize for editing a speech that suggested Donald Trump had directly instigated an attack on the US Capitol, resulting in the dramatic resignations of the broadcaster's top brass. Director general Tim Davie and the BBC News CEO Deborah Turness stepped down on Sunday after accusations that a documentary by ...
Alcohol at School: The Untouchable Taboo in Anglo-Saxon Countries
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-14 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Some contrasts say everything about a nation. While France long poured wine into schoolchildren’s glasses, Anglo-Saxon societies have always firmly and unequivocally banned any form of alcohol at school. This difference is not merely legal: it reflects distinct national histories, collective beliefs, and radically different views of childhood ...
Aoun in Sofia: Calls for Full Lebanese Sovereignty
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun met on Monday with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at the Presidential Palace in Sofia, where the two leaders held bilateral talks followed by expanded discussions between their respective delegations. The talks focused on strengthening cooperation between Lebanon and Bulgaria across political, economic, and security ...
The Association of Banks in Lebanon Warn of “Systemic Crisis”
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The economic collapse is systemic and cannot be resolved without the state assuming its share of responsibility, the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) warned in its latest monthly report for October 2025. The statement directly challenges the government’s draft “financial gap” law, which omits any reference to a systemic crisis, a move ...
Trump Threatens BBC with $1 Billion Lawsuit over Speech Edit
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 18:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit over the editing of a speech he gave just before the 2021 US Capitol riots, a source close to the US president's legal team told AFP Monday. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed a Fox News report that Trump's letter gave the UK broadcaster a Friday deadline to ...
Trump’s New Doctrine: Transforming the War on Drugs into a Front Against Iran
Ian Talley 2025-11-10 23:55 - Reading : 24 minute(s)
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The string of U.S. strikes against alleged narco-trafficking boats in the Caribbean is not just a fresh phase in the war on drugs; it is a new operational theater in the proxy war against Iran. The attacks—nearly a dozen over the last month—are the sharp tip of the Trump administration’s doctrine that treats Latin ...
US to Remove Warnings from Menopause Hormone Therapy
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States will remove strong safety warnings on many hormone therapies used to alleviate menopausal symptoms, saying the risks have been exaggerated, authorities announced Monday. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) replaces estrogen that the female body stops producing during menopause with the aim of alleviating symptoms including hot ...
Pakistani Taliban Claim Deadly Suicide Attack in Islamabad
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 15:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 12 people in Islamabad on Tuesday, a rare attack by the militant group on the country's capital. The first such attack to hit the city in years sent people fleeing in panic, leaving shattered glass and charred vehicles on the road outside district court ...
Music Rights: GEMA Wins Copyright Case Against OpenAI in Germany
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Music AI Copyright Court Germany Culture
OpenAI has infringed copyright law in Germany by using song lyrics to train its artificial intelligence models, a court in Munich ruled on Tuesday. "Both the memorization in the language models and the reproduction of the song lyrics in the chatbot's outputs constitute infringements of copyright law," the court ruled in a case brought by the ...
Macron Warns Any Planned West Bank Annexation a 'Red Line'
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 21:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that any Israeli plans for annexation in the West Bank would be a "red line" and would provoke a European reaction. He spoke as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Paris one month into a fragile truce between Hamas and Israel, following two years of war triggered by the militant group's ...
World Cup Qualifiers: Lebanon–Qatar, a High-Tension Opener for an Undefeated Squad
Makram Haddad 2025-11-12 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Basketball Qatar Doha World cup Qualifications
First comes Doha (27 November, Lusail Multipurpose Hall), then Zouk Mikaël (30 November, Nouhad/Nohad Nawfal Sports Complex). Two closely scheduled matchups that will quickly show where Lebanon stands at the start of this new campaign. Qatar, the 2027 host nation, is not fighting for qualification but for credibility. For Lebanon, every result ...
Francophone Europe and the Muslim Brotherhood: Between Myth and Reality
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-11-12 10:55 - Reading : 11 minute(s)
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While the presence of Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers in France and, more broadly, across Francophone Europe has long been established, the issue only entered mainstream public debate recently, following the publication of a government report on the Brotherhood’s influence in France last May. The report stirred widespread ...
The Origins of the Muslim Brotherhood: Hassan al-Banna and the Birth of Political Islam
Malo Pinatel 2025-11-12 14:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Ismailia, 1928. In this city on the Suez Canal under British control, Hassan al-Banna, the 22-year-old schoolteacher and son of an imam, gathered six workers around a single pledge: to restore the greatness of Islam. From this modest circle would emerge a movement that would leave a profound mark on the Middle East throughout the twentieth ...
The Power Cartel: Inside, a State Run on Generators
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-12 15:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanon is trapped in an opaque, sprawling energy system that keeps the country locked in an outdated model. Massive fuel imports, a relentless reliance on private generators, a fragile or even nonexistent national sovereignty, and a perpetually postponed shift to renewable energy all feed chronic dependency and block meaningful reform. This ...
BBC Apologizes to Trump, but Rejects Defamation Claim
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologizing for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit. The comments came after Britain's embattled public broadcaster said earlier that it was investigating a possible second instance in which a Trump ...
Depositors Rally Against Government’s Proposed Financial Gap Plan
This is Beirut 2025-12-18 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Nawaf Salam Council of Ministers Depositors Banks
A protest organized by the Depositors’ Associations Gathering and the Association of Expatriate Depositors was held on Thursday, bringing together representatives of depositor groups and unions in a unified show of opposition to the government’s proposed financial gap draft law. Demonstrators said the proposed legislation unfairly shifts the ...
Christmas in South Lebanon: Villages Orphaned of Their Youth
Katia Kahil 2025-12-21 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In the villages of South Lebanon, Christmas flickers like a fragile flame. Despite the ever-present fear and palpable tension, church bells toll and evening gatherings are held. In Alma al-Shaab, Yaroun, Deir Mimas, Khiam, and Marjayoun, garlands and nativity scenes timidly pierce the deserted streets. Once alive with laughter and reunion, these ...
OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Infrastructure Deal with Cloud Giant AWS
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal Monday with Amazon's AWS cloud computing arm, as the artificial intelligence company continues on a major partnership spree that has also included Oracle, Broadcom, AMD, and chip-making juggernaut Nvidia. Under the seven-year agreement, OpenAI, which is partly owned by AWS's archrival Microsoft, will ...
UAE-Iran Ties Deteriorate as Tehran-Linked Hospital Ordered Shut in Dubai
This is Beirut 21/03 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Arab Emirates has ordered the closure of an Iranian state-linked hospital in Dubai, three employees at the facility told AFP, as ties between the two neighbors deteriorate and Tehran continues its aerial campaign against Gulf states. Since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on February 28, Tehran has launched waves of ...
Hezbollah Readies Its Electoral Machine After War Losses
Marwan El Amine 19/02 16:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Whether Lebanon’s parliamentary elections are held on time in May or postponed, Hezbollah’s electoral machine appears to be in a state of full readiness. While the party commands the largest popular base within the Shia community, maintaining a wide lead over its closest ally, the Amal Movement, this electoral advantage has not bred ...
Let Lebanon Debate Peace
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 24/02 12:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The majority of Lebanese oppose peace with Israel, and elected officials who pursue normalization with the Jewish state risk political suicide. Nevertheless, popular rejection of peace does not justify censoring its proponents. The very purpose of open public debate is to allow minority positions to argue their case, sway doubters, alter ...
Lebanese Cabinet's Statement Following Urgent Session on Escalation
This is Beirut 02/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after the Cabinet session at Baabda Palace: “The Council of Ministers, in implementation of the Constitution, the National Accord Document, and the government’s ministerial statement, and after rejecting and condemning the rocket-launching operation claimed yesterday by Hezbollah, as it contradicts the principle ...
Breaking the Crowdfunding Myth: The Digital Architecture Funding Iran’s Proxy Wars
Ian Talley 02/03 16:05 - Reading : 674 minute(s)
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For years, Iran’s use of cryptocurrency was written off as pocket-change militant fundraising. A slew of enforcement actions now shows something far more consequential: Tehran and its terror allies have woven digital assets into the core financial architecture that bankrolls their war machines. By integrating crypto into their control of ...
Seven Days of Gulf Attacks
This is Beirut 06/03 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iranian attacks on Gulf countries have stretched into their seventh day, as targets continue to broaden. Iran initially focused targets on military installations but has since expanded to include civilian targets and energy infrastructure. Today alone, the UAE, which has fielded the highest number of Iranian attacks since the start of the war, ...
Parliament Delays Elections by Two Years
This is Beirut 09/03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s parliament voted to postpone the May 2026 parliamentary elections by two years, with 76 lawmakers in the 128-seat chamber voting in favor of the extension. Lebanon last held parliamentary elections in 2022 and had already been considering an extension of the current parliament’s mandate before the latest round of ...