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Cancel Culture: A Word on Trial
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-09-07 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The debate is still alive in 2025: Is cancel culture a tool of justice or a weapon of excess? The term resurfaces regularly, from university debates to international headlines, because it captures one of the defining tensions of our digital era: the balance between accountability and freedom of expression. And with social media platforms now ...
Vienna State Opera Celebrates Season with Free Gala Concert
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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No dress code, no stiff atmosphere, and no entry fees: Thousands flocked to a Viennese park Sunday as the Vienna State Opera opened its 2025-26 season with a star-studded open-air gala concert for the first time. The free, open-air concert was the state opera's latest effort to «open the house to all – especially new listeners», it said in a ...
Cabinet to Tackle 44-Item Agenda Tuesday
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Cabinet will convene tomorrow, Tuesday, with a packed agenda of 44 items. Key matters include several draft laws, such as proposals to appoint an ad hoc financial investigator, amend the Code of Civil Procedure and a previously postponed bill to establish a Ministry of Technology and Artificial Intelligence. The Cabinet will also ...
UN Experts Denounce Attacks on Syria's Druze
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A panel of UN experts denounced Thursday what they described as an outbreak of massacres, sexual violence and kidnappings targeting the Druze minority in southern Syria in the past month. Fighting erupted in the Sweida region on July 13. Clashes between local Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin rapidly escalated, drawing in government forces and ...
Terence Stamp, Screen Legend and 'Superman'’s Zod, Died at 87
This is Beirut 2025-08-18 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The London actor from a working-class background, born on July 22, 1938, had his first breakthrough in Peter Ustinov's Billy Budd. His performance as a dashing young sailor hanged for killing one of his crewmates earned him an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for Best New Actor. Carving out a niche for his alluring depictions of brooding ...
Super Mario’s Global Impact: A Phenomenon in Numbers
This is Beirut 2025-09-09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Super Mario Nintendo Games Art Hit Bookstores
Nintendo's chirpy Italian mascot Mario has run and jumped his way to four decades of global stardom, broadening the appeal of the video game industry as one of its most beloved characters. 40 Million Cartridges The original Super Mario Bros. cartridge game was released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console in the United ...
Heritage and Cool Comfort: Paris’ Underground Catacombs Treasure
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The moment visitors step inside the Paris Catacombs, the hundred or so people who had been waiting outside in the shade of the trees put away their caps, sunglasses, and hand fans, swapping them for sweaters and jackets in hopes of escaping the oppressive summer heat. Those dressed too lightly wrap their arms around themselves for warmth. Beatriz ...
And Just Like That… Fades Away: When Nostalgia Alone Isn’t Enough
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-08-08 19:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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And Just Like That… The story ends here. On August 14, 2025, HBO will air the final episode of a show that always walked a fine line, the line of memory. The memory of a cult quartet from the late 1990s. The memory of a fantasized New York, filled with cosmos, heels, and raw confessions. But above all, the memory of a series that gave voice and ...
Al Jazeera Says 5 Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike in Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 05:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent reporter, and three cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City on Sunday. The Israeli military admitted in a statement to targeting Anas al-Sharif, the reporter it labelled as a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas. The attack was the latest to see ...
China’s Gen Z Women Embrace Centuries-Old Script
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At a studio in central China's Hunan province, a teacher grips an ink brush, gently writing characters of a secret script created by women centuries ago and now being embraced by a new generation. Nushu, meaning "women's script", emerged around 400 years ago. Barred from attending school, the women secretly learned Chinese ...
Gazans Mourn Al Jazeera Staff Killed by Israel
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gazans gathered on Monday for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in an Israeli strike, with Israel calling one of them a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas. Dozens stood amid bombed-out buildings in the courtyard of Al-Shifa hospital to pay their respects to Anas al-Sharif, a prominent Al Jazeera ...
Syria Vows Accountability After Video of Sweida Hospital Killing
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syria said Monday it would hold accountable those responsible for the apparent killing of an unarmed man at a hospital during violence last month in Druze-majority Sweida province, after a purported video of the incident emerged. "We condemn and denounce this act in the strongest terms and affirm that the perpetrators will be held accountable and ...
UN, Media Groups Condemn Israel’s Deadly Strike on Al Jazeera Team in Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 05:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Condemnations poured in from the United Nations, the EU and media rights groups Monday after an Israeli strike killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza, as Palestinians mourned the journalists and Israel accused one of them of being a Hamas militant. Dozens of Gazans stood amid bombed-out buildings in the courtyard of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City ...
EDL: Gradual Return of Electricity Following Major Outage
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The major outage that caused a nationwide blackout in Lebanon has been repaired. Lebanon’s electricity company, EDL, confirmed that the malfunction — caused by a faulty high-voltage transformer at the Zouk thermal power plant due to humidity and extreme heat — has been resolved. The gas and steam units at the Deir Ammar power plant have ...
Taylor Swift Announces 12th Album for 'pre pre-order'
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US popstar Taylor Swift announced her 12th album, titled The Life of a Showgirl, for "pre pre-order" just after midnight Tuesday in posts on her website. Her online shop displayed blurred images of a record, CD and cassette tape overlaid with a glittery orange lock, explaining the album artwork would be "revealed at a later date." A disclaimer ...
How Long Will Impunity Prevail in Syria?
Moncef Ait-Kaci 2025-08-12 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In Sweida, the worst escalation in years erupted on July 12 after reciprocal kidnappings between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes spiraled into rapidly escalating armed clashes. The Syrian Army intervened but, according to the UN and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the fighting left more than 1,400 dead, mostly Druze civilians, and ...
When Luxury Faces Economic Headwinds
Christiane Tager 2025-08-13 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tourism has long been the lifeblood of luxury, injecting vitality and a steady flow of affluent clients into prestigious fashion houses. Each summer, cities like Paris, Milan and Tokyo transform into prime destinations for wealthy international shoppers eager to find unique pieces and limited editions. In 2024, the system worked smoothly: a ...
Passwords Under Threat as Tech Giants Seek Tougher Security
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also running into public hesitancy. "The password era is ending," two senior figures at Microsoft wrote in a July blog post. The tech giant has been building "more secure" alternatives to log in for years -- ...
Lebanon Resumes Issuing Driving Licenses
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 15:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday that driving licenses will be issued for transactions completed as of August 14, 2025, based on the receipt’s issuance center, and through prior appointment booking on the Traffic Authority’s online platform. It is worthy to remember that Lebanon halted the issuance of new licenses in November ...
Iran’s GPS Jamming Hits Daily Life, Leaving Drivers Lost in Tehran
This is Beirut 2025-08-17 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The streets of Tehran have become a confusing maze for driver Farshad Fooladi amid widespread GPS disruption, still ongoing nearly two months after the end of Iran and Israel's unprecedented 12-day war. "For weeks I have been unable to work," said Fooladi, who uses Iran's homegrown ride-hailing app Snapp to find customers. "Most of the time was ...
European Leaders To Hold Ukraine Online Summit Before Trump-Putin Meet
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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European leaders will hold online talks with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hoping to convince him to respect Ukraine's interests when he discusses the war with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has invited Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as the French, British and other European ...
Russia Imposes Curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram Calls
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 17:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported. "In order to combat criminals, measures are being taken to partially restrict calls on these foreign messaging apps (WhatsApp and Telegram)," communications watchdog ...
Trump Eyes Three-Way Meeting with Putin and Zelensky
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 21:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would seek a three-way meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin immediately after his Alaska summit with the Russian leader aimed at ending the three-year war in Ukraine. Trump spoke after what he described as a "very good" call with European leaders, including Zelensky, even as ...
I Could Have Told You… But You Already Know
Marc Saikali 2025-08-14 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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When putting together an editorial, you spend a lot of time mulling things over before settling on what we in the business call an “angle.” But sometimes, there are so many angles, overlapping in every direction, that you end up going in… circles (I know, not the most mathematically precise image). I could have told you about Ahmad ...
Zelensky in London Meets PM Ahead of US-Russia Summit
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with ally UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday ahead of a key US-Russia summit in Alaska. Zelensky arrived at 9:30 am (0830 GMT) at Downing Street, after Starmer on Wednesday maintained there was now a "viable" chance for a Ukraine ceasefire. US President Donald Trump and ...
EDL: Years of Neglect Behind Lebanon’s Power Cuts
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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In a statement released Thursday, Electricité du Liban (EDL) said Lebanon’s electricity network continues to struggle after years of neglect and chronic underinvestment, with key infrastructure destroyed in the 2020 Beirut Port explosion still unreplaced. EDL identified three main causes for the recurring power cuts: production capacity at ...
Five Things to Know About Nigeria's Oil Sector
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Africa's biggest oil refinery will on Friday start direct and free shipping of fuel to retailers in Nigeria, a move expected to disrupt the oil sector in the continent's largest crude producer. Nigeria's Dangote Refinery says that the plan will boost efficiency by cutting down on intermediaries while providing more competitive options for ...
YouTube Turns to AI to Guess Users' Age and Protect Minors
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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YouTube has started testing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify the age of its users in the United States, in an effort to better protect minors from content and online habits considered inappropriate for them. "This technology will allow us to infer a user’s age and use that signal independently of the date of birth listed on the ...
Golden Controllers: The Hidden Economy of Video Games
Christiane Tager 2025-08-15 20:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Free to play… yet astonishingly profitable, today’s video games turn our clicks into cash. Microtransactions, virtual concerts and blockbuster partnerships have made Fortnite, Candy Crush and their peers billion-dollar giants. And in Lebanon, players show no sign of putting down their controllers anytime soon. Video games, once seen as mere ...
Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The online falsehoods spreading across tech platforms were muddying the waters around Friday's closely ...