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Syria’s Christians in the New Order: A Fight for Survival
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-06-24 08:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The suicide bombing that struck Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Church on Sunday, June 22, in Damascus’s Dwelaa district has reignited deep fears among Syria’s Christian community – already alarmed by the growing influence of Islamist groups in the country. The attack, claimed by the “Saraya Ansar al-Sunna” group, killed at least 22 ...
Parliament Committee Approves Military Grants and Green Agriculture Loans
This is Beirut 2025-06-23 15:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A joint parliamentary committee approved a draft law on Monday to open an additional credit line in the 2025 state budget, allocating monthly financial grants to military personnel. Under the proposed law, active-duty soldiers will receive LBP 14 million per month, while retired military personnel will receive LBP 12 million. Payments are ...
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, ...
Musk Says to Remain 'Friend and Advisor' to Trump
This is Beirut 2025-05-30 22:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Billionaire Elon Musk said Friday he would remain a "friend and advisor" to Donald Trump, as the US president hosted an Oval Office farewell for the man who led his turbulent cost-cutting drive. "I look forward to continuing to be a friend and advisor to the president," Musk told reporters after Trump handed a golden key as a gift to the ...
Lebanon and World Bank Prepare Launch of Reconstruction Fund
This is Beirut 2025-05-28 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In a bid to accelerate Lebanon’s post-war recovery, Finance Minister Yassine Jaber met with Jean-Christophe Carret, the World Bank’s Regional Director, on Wednesday to discuss the imminent launch of the Lebanon Emergency Assistance Project (LEAP), a reconstruction initiative designed to channel international aid into rebuilding efforts through ...
Moody’s Slashes Global Growth Forecasts for 2025–2026
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Credit rating agency Moody’s has sharply downgraded its global economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026, revising them to 1.9% and 2.3% respectively, down from the 2.5% predicted last February. This significant drop is mainly attributed to rising tariffs on key industrial goods such as steel and aluminum—a trend that is hindering ...
Lebanon Relaunches Its Civil Aviation Security Center
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Minister of Public Works and Transport Fayez Rasamny announced the relaunch of the Civil Aviation Security Center (CASC), located at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY), during a press conference held on Tuesday at the airport. This move marks a renewed commitment by Lebanese authorities to reform and modernize the civil aviation ...
Pro-EU Mayor Faces Nationalist Historian For Polish Presidential Runoff
This is Beirut 2025-05-19 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pro-EU Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski is set to face nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki in Poland's presidential runoff on June 1, an exit poll showed after the first round, as the far-right made record advances. An overall victory for Trzaskowski would be a boost for the centrist government led by former European Council chief Donald Tusk, ...
Municipal Elections: 500 Delegate Accreditations Go Missing in Hermel on the Eve of the Vote
This is Beirut 2025-05-17 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The qaimaqam (district administrator) of the Hermel region, Talal Kataya, has been placed under investigation following the disappearance of approximately 500 official delegate accreditations intended for representatives of various candidates, all against Hezbollah, in the Baalbeck-Hermel area, Al-Markazia news agency reported on Saturday. He was ...
Trump’s Middle East Visit: AI Dreams, Petrodollars and the Rebirth of Broken States
Salam El Zaatari 2025-05-15 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Trump’s first major foreign trip in his second term didn’t start in Jerusalem, Cairo or Baghdad, it began in Riyadh. That alone says a lot. This wasn’t about Abraham Accords 2.0 or sermonizing about “shared values.” This was pure transactional diplomacy, wrapped in the glossy skin of petrodollars and lined with AI circuits. The visuals ...
Souhaid Attends Finance Committee Meeting on Bank Restructuring Law
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Central Bank Governor Karim Souhaid took part in a session of the subcommittee of the parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee on Wednesday, where deliberations centered on the government’s proposed bank restructuring law. The meeting was held in the presence of Committee Chairman MP Ibrahim Kanaan, Minister of Finance Yassine Jaber and other ...
Tom Cruise Has World Guessing as He Unleashes 'Mission: Impossible' at Cannes
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning powers into the Cannes film festival for its premiere on Wednesday on a steamroller of hype, with the world asking if this will be the final curtain for agent Ethan Hunt. With some fans fretting that the $400-million epic - the eighth in the high-octane franchise - could be the last, Cruise ...
USJ and HDF to Open Groundbreaking Healthcare Facility in Limassol
Liliane Mokbel 2025-05-14 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF), Lebanon’s premier university hospital, is expanding to Limassol, Cyprus, with an ambitious project that will feature a state-of-the-art medical center and a faculty of medicine affiliated with Saint Joseph University (USJ). This strategic initiative is designed to meet the growing demand for specialized healthcare ...
'I thought I was going to die,' Kardashian tells in Paris robbery trial
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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American celebrity Kim Kardashian told a Paris court on Tuesday she feared she was going to be killed by masked men who robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars of jewellery during the French capital's fashion week. Ten suspects have been on trial since late April over the armed robbery in 2016, which saw jewellery worth some $10 million ...
Cannes Behind the Scenes: Red Carpet, Silent Hands
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-05-20 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In Cannes, everything seems to float. Spectacular gowns, knowing glances and intense spotlight beams. Yet, beneath this radiant veneer, hundreds of anonymous figures move quietly behind the scenes. They don’t climb the steps or feature in Instagram stories. But without them, the red carpet would simply be a piece of red fabric. Every ...
Cinema Icon Gérard Depardieu Sentenced to 18-Month Suspended Term for Sexual Assault
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A Paris court on Tuesday handed French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu an 18-month suspended sentence after convicting him of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021. The Paris court also ordered that Depardieu, 76, who was not present in court for the verdict, be inscribed on the sex offenders' register. Depardieu, who has acted in ...
Hamas Releases US-Israeli Hostage
This is Beirut 2025-05-12 20:46 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over a US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since October 2023 on Monday, ahead of a regional visit by US President Donald Trump. "The (Ezzedine) Al-Qassam Brigades have just released the Zionist soldier and American citizen Edan Alexander, following contacts with the US administration, as ...
Kim Kardashian Returns Tuesday to Paris to Testify in $10M Robbery Case
This is Beirut 2025-05-12 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A list celebrity Kim Kardashian is to testify in a Paris court on Tuesday, an eagerly awaited appearance nearly a decade after being robbed of millions of dollars of jewelry during the French capital's fashion week. Ten suspects have been on trial since late April over the armed robbery in 2016, which saw jewellery worth some $10 million stolen ...
Pacers Push Cavs to Brink in NBA Playoffs, Thunder Pull Even with Nuggets
This is Beirut 2025-05-12 15:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The Indiana Pacers thrashed the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 to take a 3-1 stranglehold on their NBA playoff series on Sunday as Oklahoma City edged Denver to level their series at two games apiece. Pascal Siakam scored 21 points to lead seven Pacers players in double figures as Indiana pushed Eastern Conference top seeds Cleveland to the brink of ...
Cannes 2025: Stars Shine as the World Trembles
This is Beirut 2025-05-12 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Final preparations were underway on the Croisette Monday, on the eve of the opening of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, as the world watches in suspense, awaiting the arrival of global cinema stars—from Juliette Binoche to Tom Cruise. In front of tourists and onlookers, festival staff rolled out the official posters of this year’s edition on ...
BDL’s Gold Reserves Surge by 41.6% Year-on-Year
This is Beirut 2025-05-10 15:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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According to its latest balance sheet, Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL) reported total assets of $93.86 billion as of the end of April 2025, reflecting a modest 0.33% year-on-year increase. This comes in the wake of BDL’s adoption of a new official exchange rate of 89,500 LBP/USD on February 1, 2024. A standout figure in the report is the sharp ...
Municipal Elections: Preliminary Lessons and Takeaways
Michel Touma 2025-05-19 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The municipal vote held on Sunday, May 18—much like those earlier this month—was largely local in scope. In small villages, elections often took on a personal, familial or even clan-based dynamic. However, in larger cities such as Zahle, Baalbeck and Hermel, the contests were more clearly partisan, though not necessarily aligned with broader ...
Acting Hermel Caimacam Arrested Over Disappearance of Election Accreditations
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Acting Qaimaqam of Hermel, Talal Kataya, was arrested on Tuesday by Lebanon’s State Security Service for his suspected role in the disappearance of nearly 500 official election accreditations designated for polling delegates in the Baalbeck-Hermel district. The arrest was carried out under orders from the judicial authorities in the Beqaa, ...
Japan Urges Universities to Accept Students Hit by US Block
This is Beirut 2025-05-28 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Japanese government has asked local universities to consider accepting international students enrolled at US universities as President Donald Trump seeks to force Harvard to submit to unprecedented oversight. The Trump administration moved last week to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students, but on Friday a judge suspended the order ...
European Stocks Sink as Trump Puts EU in Tariff Crosshairs
This is Beirut 2025-05-23 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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European stock markets tumbled Friday after US President Donald Trump ended a lull in his trade war as he raised the spectre of hitting imports from the European Union with a massive 50-percent tariff. The Paris CAC 40 index and Frankfurt DAX fell by around three percent at one point, with shares in luxury and car companies taking a hit, before ...
US Suspends Student Visa Processing as Harvard Protests Cuts
This is Beirut 2025-05-28 08:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered a suspension of student visa processing in the latest swipe at foreign students in the country. The White House is cracking down on foreign students at US universities, revoking visas and deporting those involved in protests against the war in Gaza, accusing them of supporting Palestinian ...
Gilgeous-Alexander Scores 40 As Thunder on Brink of NBA Finals
This is Beirut 2025-05-27 12:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered a masterpiece performance to power Oklahoma City over Minnesota 128-126 on Monday, lifting the Thunder to the brink of the NBA Finals. Gilgeous-Alexander scored a playoff career-high 40 points and added 10 assists and nine rebounds to spark the Thunder, who took a 3-1 lead in the ...
ABL Calls for a 'New Phase' Based on Shared Responsibility
This is Beirut 2025-05-26 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In the editorial of its monthly report titled “A New Phase on the Horizon,” the Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL), Fadi Khalaf, emphasized that no economic recovery plan can succeed without serious cooperation among all stakeholders. He stressed that this partnership must ensure the protection of depositors' rights ...
Timberwolves Silence Thunder to Tighten Playoff Series
This is Beirut 2025-05-25 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Anthony Edwards scored 30 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves overwhelmed Oklahoma City 143-101 on Saturday to tighten their NBA playoff series. Edwards added nine rebounds and six assists while shooting 12-of-17 from the floor and 5-of-8 from three-point range as the host T-Wolves pulled a game back to be 2-1 behind in the best-of-seven ...
Post-May 25, 2000: A String of Blunders
Michel Touma 2025-05-25 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A quarter-century is a brief chapter in the life of a nation. But for a population held hostage for decades by war and relentless existential crises – driven by the unchecked ambitions of regional powers and factions – it can feel like an era. On May 25, 2000, Hezbollah staged a major celebration to mark the withdrawal of the last Israeli ...