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Trump Slaps ‘Tremendous’ Sanctions on Russian Oil for Ukraine War
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 23:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies on Wednesday, complaining that his talks with Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war "don't go anywhere." The European Union also unveiled a fresh wave of sanctions to pressure Russia to end its relentless, three-and-a-half-year invasion of its ...
Kanaan Rejects New Taxes and Calls for Fair Public Sector Reform
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Head of Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, reiterated on Thursday that the committee “rejects any increase or creation of new taxes and fees” aimed solely at closing the state’s budget deficit. “Every time the state needs funding, it imposes new burdens on citizens. This approach must stop,” Kanaan declared ...
Asia Markets Mostly up on Heels of Apple, Amazon Earnings
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Asian stock markets mostly rose Friday morning, with a surge in Japanese shares coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US tech behemoths Apple and Amazon. Investor confidence in artificial intelligence has fuelled a rally in global stock markets this week that saw California-based chip designer Nvidia become the first-ever $5 ...
OpenAI Unveils Search Browser in Challenge to Google
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday announced an "Atlas" search browser, leveraging its artificial intelligence prowess in a direct challenge to Google Chrome. "This is an AI-powered web browser built around ChatGPT," OpenAI chief Sam Altman said in a streamed presentation. OpenAI has ramped up its challenge to Google, which has responded by rapidly ...
South Lebanon: Hezbollah and Christian Villages in Quiet Coexistence
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-04 16:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In some regions of southern Lebanon, particularly in Jezzine, Marjayoun, and Rmeish, predominantly Christian areas directly border localities where Hezbollah holds significant influence. These areas, where municipal networks, social structures, and political actors intertwine, reflect a deeply rooted sociopolitical reality shaped by geography, ...
America’s Longest Shutdown: A Nation in Uncertainty
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-11-07 21:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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As the United States enters its sixth week without an approved budget, the paralysis of the federal government has spread far beyond Washington’s corridors of power. Flights are canceled, public services remain closed, and federal employees go unpaid. The crisis is testing the resilience of the world’s largest economy and raising urgent ...
Nancy Pelosi to Retire from Politics in January 2027
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 16:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Nancy Pelosi, a towering figure in US politics and the first female speaker of the House of Representatives, announced on Thursday that she would be stepping down at the next election. "I will not be seeking reelection to Congress," the 85-year-old Democrat said in a video heavily targeted at her hometown constituents in San Francisco. "With a ...
The IMF and Lebanon: Debts? Which Debts?
Marc Saikali 2025-11-06 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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When it comes to the IMF, one thing stands out above all: a consistent pattern of bad advice. Governments change, wars erupt, and yet this venerable institution remains glued to its Excel spreadsheets, always heeded by Lebanese ministers, especially the finance minister. The International Monetary Fund, the self-proclaimed savior of struggling ...
Israel Receives Gaza Hostage Body
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 22:18 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel has received the body of a hostage from the Red Cross in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Wednesday night. The captive's coffin, handed over to the military and internal security service, "will be transferred to Israel, where it will be received with a military ceremony" before being ...
Putin Says Russia Considers Nuclear Tests Restart after Trump Comments
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did so, convening a security council meeting after US President Donald Trump's comments on testing. The statement marks the latest episode of nuclear saber-rattling between the world's two largest atomic powers, after ...
Arise and Bend it: Sir David, Knee to the Ground, England on its Feet
Makram Haddad 2025-11-05 07:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Windsor put on its sharpest pressing. Three-piece suit, tails, and a captain’s smile: David Beckham steps toward Charles III, a ceremonial tap of the sword, a royal handshake. This Tuesday morning, the English football legend received from King Charles III a medal that officially makes him a knight for services to football and British society ...
NYC Voters Decide Between Experience and Idealism
Michael al-Andary 2025-11-03 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday in a mayoral contest that has become one of the city’s most unpredictable in decades. Voters are weighing three very different candidates: a youthful leftist with national attention, a scandal-tainted former governor, and a Republican outsider. The outcome will determine leadership for a metropolis of 8.5 ...
From Ribbons to Robots: Does AI Have a Role in Breast Cancer Screening
Alissar Boulos 2025-10-31 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Breast cancer doesn’t behave the same way in every woman, and it certainly doesn’t behave the same way across borders. From access to screening technology to the age and frequency of recommended mammograms, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Can artificial intelligence (AI) help make breast cancer screening smarter, more personal, and ...
UK Police Charge UK Man with 10 Counts of Attempted Murder in Train Attack
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train, British Transport Police said on Monday. The 32-year-old, named as Anthony Williams from Peterborough in central England, was also charged with actual bodily harm and possession of a knife in connection with the incident on Saturday ...
Hezbollah Activity Rises as Israel Watches and Tehran Calls for Vigilance
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli intelligence services have reported unusual activity by Hezbollah in several parts of Lebanon, while Tehran is urging vigilance and the defense of Lebanese sovereignty, highlighting the fragile balance in a region already on edge. According to the Israeli daily Maariv, the Israeli army has observed intensified movements by Hezbollah ...
UK Police Probe Mass Train Stabbing That Wounded 10
This is Beirut 2025-11-02 13:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United Kingdom Stabbing Incident
British police were Sunday investigating a mass stabbing on a London-bound train that left at least 10 people wounded, including nine critically, with two people arrested. UK police said two British nationals were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a train in eastern England, adding the attack was not a ...
No-State Zones in Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Parallel State in Southern Lebanon and Beirut’s Southern Suburbs (3/3)
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-01 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Two flags still fly side by side on some hills in southern Lebanon: The Lebanese flag and Hezbollah’s yellow flag. The first symbolizes a weakened state, the second a parallel power that has filled the void left by the Republic. Here, official authority often ends where the Shia group’s control begins. A Fully Administered Territory From the ...
Lebanon's Industry: Resilient Yet Transforming
Christiane Tager 2025-10-31 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In Lebanon, industry remains both a social buffer and a key provider of foreign currency. Yet its macroeconomic footprint has shrunk, reflecting an economy battered by currency collapse, weak domestic demand, and high energy costs. Caught between export momentum and fragile profit margins, the “made-in-Lebanon machine” moves forward ...
No-State Zones in Lebanon: The Bekaa and the Shadow of the Clans (2/3)
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-31 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Along the road from Zahleh to Hermel, portraits of former clan leaders, imams, and martyrs adorn the buildings, set among auto repair shops and fields of cannabis. In this fertile valley, crossed by the Orontes River and framed by the Anti-Lebanon mountains, the state’s presence gradually fades as the road stretches north. In the Bekaa, clan ...
12 UN Staff Leave Yemen's Sanaa After Huthi Detention: UN Statement
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Twelve international United Nations employees who had been held by Yemen's Huthis inside their compound flew out of the rebel-held capital on Wednesday, the UN said. The Iran-backed Huthis raided the UN compound in the capital Sanaa last weekend, holding 20 staff including 15 foreigners. Five Yemeni nationals were released on Sunday. The rebels ...
The Lebanese Demand Peace with Israel
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-10-21 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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"Break the taboos; we demand peace," declared Marcel Ghanem, host of Lebanon’s premier talk show. "Demanding peace [with Israel] is not a crime," he emphasized, challenging entrenched narratives. Marwan Hamade, a seasoned Druze lawmaker, appeared on I24 News (French service) to discuss Gaza, signaling a willingness to defy Lebanon’s surreal ...
President Aoun Meets U.S. Treasury Delegation in Baabda
This is Beirut 2025-11-09 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun met on Sunday evening with a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury at the Baabda Palace. The delegation was led by Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council (NSC), and included John Hurley, Under Secretary for Terrorism and ...
Pegula Ends Sabalenka’s Perfect Wuhan Record to Set Up Gauff Final
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 19:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Jessica Pegula fought back to end Aryna Sabalenka's perfect record in Wuhan with a dramatic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) victory in the semi-finals on Saturday and will face Coco Gauff for the title. Contesting an eighth consecutive three-setter, Pegula clawed her way back from 2-5 down in the decider to shock the world number one and set up a final ...
Iran Hands Down Prison Sentences to Two French Nationals for Spying
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian authorities on Tuesday handed down lengthy prison sentences to two French nationals after convicting them on multiple charges, including spying for Israel, the judiciary said. The two unidentified French nationals were arrested in March 2023, according to the judiciary's Mizan Online website, which did not provide details on the ...
Lebanon Still Charms, but Tourism Numbers Fall
Christiane Tager 2025-10-14 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In the 2010s, Lebanon ranked among the world’s top tourist destinations, celebrated for its festivals, crowded beaches, boutique hotels and award-winning cuisine. Tourism then accounted for nearly a fifth of GDP and was at the very heart of the economy. Today, that postcard-perfect image has faded. Two years after a brief recovery, the sector ...
Four Gaza hostage bodies brought into Israel
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The bodies of four hostages held in Gaza and handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas on Monday were brought back to Israel, the army said. The remains in four coffins arrived on Monday night at the National Institute for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, an AFP journalist reported. There, "identification procedures will be carried out," the ...
Trump Hails 'Tremendous Day for Middle East' as Leaders Sign Gaza Declaration
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 21:27 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration Monday meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. Trump made a lightning visit to Israel, where he lauded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an address to ...
Mobile Telecom Workers Union Appeals NSSF Decree Extension
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 12:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a strongly worded statement, the union representing employees in the mobile telecommunications sector (Alfa and Touch) announced that it had filed an appeal on October 13, 2025, before the Council of State against the government’s decision of October 6, 2025, which extended by one year the validity of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) ...
Hamas Says Israeli Hostages To Be Freed From Gaza Before Trump Peace Summit
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 05:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Hamas will begin releasing Israeli hostages held in Gaza on Monday morning, a top official from the Palestinian militant group told AFP, before US President Donald Trump chairs an international summit in Egypt on his peace plan for the region. As part of the deal's first phase, Hamas, whose deadly attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 sparked ...
Israel Moves Prisoners Ahead of Gaza Deal Exchange
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 17:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel has begun transferring prisoners to two jails ahead of their release as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, designed to lead to the release of hostages held by Hamas, the prison service said Saturday. Thousands of staff, including prison officers, "operated throughout the night in order to implement the government's decision: ...