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Kathryn Bigelow Ignites Venice with Explosive White House Thriller
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cinema Venice Film Festival Italy Culture Art Movie
The first woman to win the Academy Award for best director, Kathryn Bigelow, is back at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday with a new White House thriller that Netflix hopes will find Oscar glory. The highly anticipated A House of Dynamite from the American director is one of 21 films competing for the top Golden Lion prize for best film on Saturday ...
Russia, China Move Closer to Building New Gas Pipeline
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia China Valdimir Putin Power of Siberia 2 Pipeline
Russia said Tuesday it had signed a legally binding agreement with China to build a new cross-border gas pipeline, the latest in a series of moves by the allies to bolster ties. The memorandum of understanding, aimed to build the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, was signed during a visit to China by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Although the ...
Alcaraz Ousts Djokovic to Reach US Open Final
This is Beirut 2025-09-06 08:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
USA New York Tennis Novak Djokovic Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz overpowered Novak Djokovic in straight sets to book his place in the US Open final on Friday and set up a potential blockbuster showdown with defending champion Jannik Sinner. Spanish second seed Alcaraz produced a ruthlessly efficient display to end Djokovic's latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title, winning 6-4, 7-6 ...
Israel Builds Up Forces ahead of Gaza City Offensive
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 21:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israeli reservists began responding to call-up orders on Tuesday, swelling the military's ranks ahead of a planned offensive to capture Gaza City after nearly two years of devastating war. Despite mounting pressure at home and abroad to end its campaign, Israel has recently been stepping up operations as it lays the groundwork for seizing the ...
Turkey Court Ousts Leadership of Opposition's Istanbul Branch
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 22:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Turkey's main opposition CHP party on Tuesday vowed to fight after a court dismissed the leadership of its Istanbul branch over alleged irregularities in its leadership congress, the latest legal blow to hit the group. The Republican People's Party (CHP) won a huge victory over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP party in the 2024 local ...
Macron: Israeli 'Annexation' Cannot Halt Push for Palestinian State Recognition
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 23:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Emmanuel Macron France Palestinian Statehood
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said Israel cannot stop a push towards the recognition of a Palestinian state through its expanded offensive in Gaza or by annexing more Palestinian territory. France is one of several countries planning to recognize the State of Palestine at the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York, with Belgium ...
ChatGPT to Get Parental Controls After Teen's Death
This is Beirut 2025-09-03 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
OpenAI AI ChatGPT Parental Control
American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself. "Within the next month, parents will be able to... link their account with their teen's account" and "control how ChatGPT responds to their ...
Toronto International Film Festival Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Lineup
This is Beirut 2025-09-04 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hollywood stars arrived in Toronto Thursday for a celebratory 50th edition of North America's biggest film festival, with new movies from Daniel Craig, Sydney Sweeney and Matthew McConaughey among a packed lineup. The Toronto International Film Festival dwarfs more famous rivals like Venice and Cannes for sheer scale, if not glitz and glamour, ...
Days After Quake, Afghan Survivors Still Await Aid
This is Beirut 2025-09-04 14:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations Afghanistan Pakistan earthquake Survivors
Rescue teams struggled Wednesday to reach survivors days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan left more than 1,400 people dead, as access to remote areas remained obstructed. A magnitude-6.0 shallow earthquake hit the mountainous region bordering Pakistan late Sunday, collapsing mud-brick homes on families as they slept. Fearful of ...
Trump Rebrands Department of Defense as 'Department of War'
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA War Pentagon Department of Defense
President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department's official name is set in law, Trump in an executive order is authorizing use of the new label as a "secondary title" by his ...
US Sanctions Palestinian Rights Groups Over ICC Probe
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States has imposed sanctions on three leading Palestinian NGOs, accusing them of supporting International Criminal Court efforts to prosecute Israeli nationals. The move is the latest in Washington's effort to hobble the ICC, which has sought arrest warrants for Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in Gaza. The court has also ...
Cassettes Are Back: The Retro Revival Captivating Gen Z
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-09-05 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cassettes Revival Taylor Swift Music Gen Z Culture
Over the years, vinyl has established itself as the stylish, vintage symbol of music’s revival. Yet, unexpectedly, another format from the past is finding its way back into playlists: the audio cassette. Long dismissed as a relic, it is now enjoying a second life, fueled by nostalgia, tech curiosity and savvy marketing from certain artists. ...
Palestinian Circumlocutions
Charles Chartouni 2025-09-15 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Palestine UN
The unending Palestinian saga seems to thrive on power politics entanglements, unwinding political patronages and the externalization of blame without any critical retrospection to figure out the rationale behind the unending cycles of political entrapment and outright instrumentation. We are faced with a behavioral pattern that never belied ...
'Hamnet' Wins Toronto Top Prize, Eyes Oscar Glory
This is Beirut 2025-09-15 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hamnet, a devastating period drama about the life of William Shakespeare and his family, won top prize Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The heart-wrenching movie stars Paul Mescal as Shakespeare, who tries to forge a career as a playwright while his wife Agnes — played by Jessie Buckley — contends with the perils of plague ...
Guillermo del Toro Unleashes Epic Frankenstein at Venice
This is Beirut 2025-08-31 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Mexican director Guillermo del Toro gave birth to another monster Saturday, his big-budget Frankenstein movie, joking that the effort had left him worn out as his creation got its world premiere in Venice. The last creature he delivered here, the aquatic being in The Shape of Water, swam off with the festival's top prize in 2017 before going on ...
Berri: No Cause for Concern...
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-09-26 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Nabih Berri Speaker Shia
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri speaks only when circumstances demand it or when a message must be conveyed, whether on domestic or external fronts. He has mastered the art of choosing his words, his audience, and the medium through which they are delivered. This is the result of forty years of political shrewdness, which has taught him how to ...
IAEA Chief Warns of Challenges in Iran Nuclear Talks, Sees Hope for Diplomacy
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 21:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Iran Nuclear Program IAEA Rafael Grossi
Discussions with Iran over its nuclear program are at a “difficult juncture,” the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, acknowledged Monday, while leaving open the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough by the end of the week. “Clearly, this is a rather difficult moment,” Grossi said in an ...
The Art of Losing: Hezbollah’s Stubborn Path
Marc Saikali 2025-09-24 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah USA Stubborn Pigeon Rock
Hezbollah has lost. Yes, lost. The military campaign? Lost. The battle for public opinion? Lost. The fight for legitimacy in Lebanon? Lost. And yet the Shia militia keeps haunting the country, convinced that a LED projection on a rock will somehow rewrite history. Illuminating the “Pigeon Rock” with portraits of dead leaders is Hezbollah’s ...
Zelensky Says NATO Membership Not Automatic Protection, Praises Trump after Shift
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky cast doubt Wednesday on NATO's ability to guarantee Ukraine's security but praised Donald Trump after the US president unexpectedly flip-flopped to say he thinks Russia can be defeated. Addressing the United Nations, Zelensky suggested that even NATO membership, which Trump has ruled out for Ukraine, might not be ...
The UN: Paralyzed and Powerless
Marc Saikali 2025-09-25 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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This week, heads of state are taking the stage at the United Nations General Assembly. The routine is familiar: solemn speeches, pledges for peace, calls for multilateralism. Yet behind the diplomatic pomp and cameras focused on New York, everyone knows the real negotiations are happening elsewhere – in hushed corridors and behind closed ...
Venezuela: Caracas Rocked by 6.3-Magnitude Quake Felt Over 600 km Away
This is Beirut 2025-09-25 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A 6.3-magnitude quake shook northwestern Venezuela late Wednesday, following a slightly smaller tremor in the area, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 14 kilometers (8.7 miles), 27 kilometers from Mene Grande, an oil town in a sparsely populated area of the state of Zulia. The most recent earthquake ...
Aalborg Airport Shut for Hours After Drone Sightings Across Denmark
This is Beirut 2025-09-25 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Drones flew over multiple airports across Denmark and caused one of them to close for hours, police said Thursday after a similar incident this week prompted Copenhagen airport to shut. The latest incidents in Danish skies follow similar events in Poland and Romania and the violation by Russian fighter jets of Estonia's airspace, which have ...
What Do We Know About Sudan's Shifting Battlefield?
This is Beirut 2025-09-25 14:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Sudan Rapid Support Forces Darfur
The war in Sudan has reached a critical phase that threatens to permanently fracture a country already devastated by displacement, famine, and disease. What began more than two years ago as a power struggle between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated into a brutal fight for territorial control, with the ...
Israeli Army Strikes Houthi Targets in Sanaa
This is Beirut 2025-09-25 22:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Houthi strike Yemen
Israeli air strikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa killed at least eight people and wounded 142 others on Thursday, the Houthis said, a day after a drone attack hit an Israeli resort. Israeli forces struck several Houthi-linked targets in the capital, Israeli officials said, warning of more attacks to come. AFP correspondents in Sanaa heard ...
Syrian Army Clashes with Narcotics Smugglers on Lebanese Border
This is Beirut 2025-09-26 09:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on Friday that army units clashed with a group of narcotics smugglers near Dabousiya, west of Homs, along the Lebanese-Syrian border. In a statement, the ministry said the confrontation led to the seizure of a batch of drugs, which was handed over to the competent authorities. It added that operations to ...
Egypt's Sisi Pardons Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah: State-Linked Media
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a pardon on Monday for prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been jailed for the better part of the past decade, state-linked media reported. The 43-year-old British-Egyptian national, who was pardoned alongside five others, was a leading figure in Egypt's 2011 uprising and was jailed under ...
Ancient Chinese Skull Challenges Human Evolution Timeline
This is Beirut 2025-09-26 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study said Friday. The findings are based on a reconstruction of a crushed skull discovered in China in 1990, and have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in ...
Amorim Under Pressure as Brentford Stun Man Utd
This is Beirut 2025-09-27 17:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Football Premier League Manchester United
Troubled Manchester United crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Brentford on Saturday as Bruno Fernandes's penalty miss piled pressure on beleaguered boss Ruben Amorim. Amorim's side paid the price for another error-strewn display as Igor Thiago netted twice in the opening 20 minutes to punish shambolic defending. Benjamin Sesko reduced the deficit with ...
Four Killed in Attack on Northern US Mormon Church
This is Beirut 2025-09-29 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Michigan Shooting
At least four people were killed and several others wounded Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities said, in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national "epidemic of violence." Police in the northern US state said the shooter first rammed the church with his vehicle ...
Paris Fashion Week Opens With New Creative Era
This is Beirut 2025-09-29 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Paris Fashion Week France Culture Brands Fashion
Shows by Saint Laurent and Weinsanto will kick off a hotly anticipated Paris Fashion Week on Monday, with a dozen brands set to showcase new creative directors following a major industry shake-up. The Spring-Summer 2026 season will highlight the recent renewal of top leadership within global luxury brands. The first Chanel show by Matthieu Blazy ...