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Suitcases Full, Spending Big: Emiratis Rediscover Lebanon
Christiane Tager 2025-05-07 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Emirates Travel ban Tourism
After being away from Lebanon for years, the Emiratis are finally coming back. The lifting of the travel ban – announced on Sunday and taking effect today, Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – has been welcomed by tourism industry professionals, who see it as a potential boost for a struggling sector. Pierre Achkar, the President of the Federation of ...
Robert Prevost Elected Pope Leo XIV, First American to Lead Catholic Church
This is Beirut 2025-05-08 21:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru but also a keen grasp of the inner workings of the Church. The new Leo XIV, a Chicago native, was entrusted by his predecessor Francis to head the powerful Dicastery for Bishops, charged with advising the pontiff on new bishop ...
Reactions to the election of Pope Leo XIV
This is Beirut 2025-05-08 22:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States USA Pope Leo
Worldwide reaction to the election of the new pope, the American Leo XIV, has been swift. President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the election of new Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, as a "great honor" for the country. "Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It ...
Pope Leo XIV's First Homily Marks the Start of a New Papacy
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 12:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV Vatican Catholic Church Mass
Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world watching for signs of what kind of pope he will be. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became, on Thursday, the 267th pope, spiritual leader to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, after a secret conclave by his fellow ...
The Catholic Church in Lebanon Congratulates Pope Leo XIV
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 14:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon extended its congratulations to the new pope, Leo XIV, elected on May 8, 2025, praising him as “a shepherd chosen to lead the Church in these times of challenge and hope.” In a statement, Lebanon’s Catholic spiritual leaders, patriarchs, bishops and heads of religious orders ...
Pope Leo Says Church Must Illuminate 'Dark Nights of This World' in First Mass
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 16:16 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith in his first homily as pope Friday, a day after the modest cardinal largely unknown to the world become the first US head of the 2,000-year institution. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday became the 267th pope, spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...
Eurovision Sparks Creativity in Swiss Classrooms Through Song
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Eurovision Music Culture Concert Art Basel
Swiss schoolchildren are drawing inspiration from Eurovision and creating their own songs, to be performed before an audience of thousands in the build-up to this year's extravaganza in Basel. "It's exciting to see that we're all going to sing together" on stage on the sidelines of the Eurovision Song Contest, said Tessa Cajani, a pupil at a ...
Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Public Appearance at St. Peter's Basilica
This is Beirut 2025-05-11 15:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV called for an end to war in the world as he greeted crowds from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church. "Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!" proclaimed the first pontiff from the United States, addressing tens of ...
India-Pakistan Ceasefire Holds after Early Violations
This is Beirut 2025-05-11 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam India Pakistan Conflict
A ceasefire appeared to hold on Sunday between India and Pakistan, hours after the nuclear-armed rivals accused each other of violating a truce that brought them back from the brink of all-out war. The ceasefire was agreed on Saturday after four days of missile, drone and artillery attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing ...
Leo XIV Gets Down to Business on First Full week as Pope
This is Beirut 2025-05-12 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV launches his first full week as leader of the world's Catholics on Monday, with journalists, diplomats and top Vatican officials all set to meet the newly elected pontiff. Pomp and prayer marked the initial days of the pontificate of the former Robert Francis Prevost, the US pope first introduced to the world from the balcony of St ...
Burying Acorns, Blooming Joy: Luqoom’s New Tale of Friendship and Wonder
This is Beirut 2025-05-06 10:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Book Publishing Culture Art Beirut
Beirut’s boutique publisher Luqoom unveils The Little Boy Who Lost His Joy, a tender new picture book by founder Racha Mourtada with luminous art from Dania K. Set in Dyslexie—a font designed to ease reading for children with dyslexia—this color-rich adventure follows a forgetful squirrel and a bow-tied boy as they learn that joy, like an ...
Protection Racket? Asian Semiconductor Giants Fear Looming Tariffs
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Inside one of South Korea's oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip storm is brewing. Last month, Washington announced a national security probe into imports of semiconductor technology, which could put the industry in the crosshairs ...
Top chef Georgiana Viou: blending cuisine across continents
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 19:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Benin Food Michelin Bistronomy France Culture Georgiana Viou
Georgiana Viou calls herself a "UFO", championing free and daring cuisine straddling two continents, from Cotonou's lively street markets to the kitchens of her Michelin-starred restaurant in Nimes, southern France. In the alleys of the historic Saint-Michel market in Benin's bustling economic capital, unchanged since her childhood, Viou goes ...
Salman Rushdie’s attacker to be sentenced this Friday
This is Beirut 2025-05-16 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Salman Rushdie Writer Iran Culture Art Justice
Hadi Matar will be sentenced on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center. Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and assault charges in February this year. During the trial, Rushdie told jurors about Matar "stabbing and slashing" him ...
Beirut Out of Breath: The Anger of a Forsaken Capital
Marilyne Jallad 2025-05-17 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Beirut Municipal Elections Testimonies
Whether they live in Gemmayzeh, Geitawi, Ashrafieh (Beirut 1) or Hamra, Mazraa, Verdun or Mar Elias (Beirut 2), Beirutis share the same demands – mainly security – which will weigh heavily on the shoulders of the incoming municipal council. The residents we spoke with painted a grim picture of the municipality’s performance, particularly ...
Pro-EU Centrist Wins Tense Romania Presidential Vote Rerun
This is Beirut 2025-05-19 05:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Nicusor Dan, the centrist mayor of Bucharest, won a tense rerun of Romania's presidential election on Sunday, beating nationalist George Simion in a vote seen as crucial for the direction of the EU and NATO member bordering war-torn Ukraine. The ballot came five months after Romania's constitutional court annulled an election over ...
Libya Government says Pursuing Permanent Truce After Clashes
This is Beirut 2025-05-19 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Libya's UN-recognized government said Monday it was pressing efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire after days of deadly clashes in the capital and protests demanding the prime minister's resignation. The fighting last week pitted an armed group aligned with the Tripoli-based government against factions it has sought to dismantle, resulting in at ...
Maronite Bishops Urge Peace, Reform, Local Development in Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-05-21 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Bkerke Maronite Reform Gaza Elections
During their monthly meeting held on Wednesday in Bkerke, presided over by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, the Maronite bishops declared that Lebanon is facing a rare opportunity for recovery, one that must not be missed. In their closing statement, the bishops urged Lebanese officials to take tangible steps to restore state authority and ...
Ads Pressured to Evolve as AI Changes Google Search
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Google Artificial Intelligence AI
As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine. The internet giant is dabbling with ads in its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to fend off competition from ChatGPT while adapting its advertising business for an AI ...
Tyre: Between the Rubble and the Ballot Box
Lyne Sammouri 2025-05-22 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Elections 2025 Municipal Tyre South Lebanon
Shattered windows, pockmarked walls and bulldozers clearing debris – these are the lasting imprints of war that Tyre bears just six months after the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. Once a vibrant port city, Tyre now struggles under the weight of destruction. Yet, amid the rubble, life is cautiously resuming: vendors have reopened their ...
Syrians Hope for Economic Recovery After West Lifts Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 14:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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At a currency exchange in Damascus, Anas al-Shammaa is one of many Syrians hopeful that promised relief from Western sanctions will help revive their country's economy after years of war and isolation. "We were totally cut off from the world," said Shammaa, 45, who has been running the exchange shop since 2008. With the lifting of ...
Epilepsy in Lebanon: Journey to the Heart of the Crisis
Makram Haddad 2025-05-23 09:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Epilepsy Epsilon Karine Abou Khaled Sami Richa Ronald Moussa
There is epilepsy, its seizures, its fears, its stigmas. And then there is Lebanon, its shortages, its hospitals on their knees, its families wandering in pharmaceutical disarray. This Friday, May 23, on the campus of the Faculty of Medicine of USJ, the Epsilon association will hold its tenth Scientific Day, with one motto: “Improve the quality ...
A Power Revolution with No Current
Ryan Chaba 2025-05-24 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
It’s a quietly growing trend. Since Lebanon’s 2021 fuel crisis, the electric vehicle market has been steadily gaining ground. Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), in particular, are spearheading the shift. Their futuristic designs are increasingly becoming common sights on Lebanon’s roads. The numbers are still small but rising. In the absence ...
Doves, Deaths and Rations: Papal Elections Over Time
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 09:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Cardinals electing Pope Francis's successor will have an easier time than many of their predecessors, who endured spartan conditions and were even locked up so long that some of them died. Here are some notable papal elections through the ages. The dove decides In 236, the Christian community of Rome was debating potential papal candidates ...
Putin Gears up for 'Grandest' Victory Day Amid Ukraine Conflict
This is Beirut 2025-05-06 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the "grandest" ever annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, evoking the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II to rally support for his troops fighting in Ukraine. Russia marks the event more than three years into its offensive, and after it pummelled Ukraine with a string of ...
Short-Cycle Prose: Georges Perec, the Washing Machine’s Poet
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-05-27 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Georges Perec Washing Machine Writer Literature Poet Culture
A drum, a muffled sound, cycles, programs. A round door swings open onto the world’s laundry. A washing machine, yes – but for Georges Perec, it’s never just an appliance. It’s a trigger – his engine for writing. In the workshop of this master of literary constraints, even the most ordinary object can become a source of invention. ...
Can Trump-Zelensky Vatican Talks Bring Ukraine Peace?
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Donald Trump's meeting in the Vatican with Volodymyr Zelensky was hailed by both sides as historic. Whether it will help seal a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia will become clearer in the coming days. Brought together by the funeral of Pope Francis, the US and Ukrainian presidents sat knee-to-knee on red and gold chairs in the giant nave of ...
More Than Three Tons of Smuggled Fruit Seized in Tripoli
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Smuggling Tripoli Fruits
A major joint operation by the General Directorate of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture foiled a smuggling attempt. They seized more than three tons of fruit in the Tripoli market and searched several commercial refrigerators. Among the main seizures was a refrigerator belonging to a shopkeeper in the al-Bahsas district, which contained 2.5 ...
UAB Executive Committee Vows Support for Crisis-Hit Banking Sectors
This Is Beirut 2025-04-24 15:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Executive Committee of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) convened in Beirut on Thursday under the chairmanship of Dr. Joseph Torbey, with the participation of Secretary General Wissam Fattouh and representatives from seven Arab nations: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Morocco, Lebanon and Sudan. During the meeting, the committee reviewed a ...
Servant of the World: The Heavy Mantle Facing the Next Pope
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-04-24 21:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Pope Francis Banks Europe Middle East
Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, a conclave is set to convene in early May to elect his successor as the leader of the Catholic Church. The 267th pope will face formidable challenges in continuing the mission of this 2,000-year-old institution and spreading the message of Jesus. This responsibility is particularly daunting in a ...