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Argentine Cinema Shines at Venice Amidst Budget Cuts and Uncertainty
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Although Argentina has been underrepresented at recent international festivals due to government cuts to the sector, five Argentine films are on show at the Venice Film Festival, including Lucrecia Martel's documentary Nuestra Tierra (Our Land). Since President Javier Milei came to power in December 2023, his austerity measures have had a major ...
Alcaraz, Djokovic Stroll Into US Open Quarter-Finals as Sabalenka Cruises
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic motored into the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday as reigning women's champion Aryna Sabalenka kept her title defense firmly on track. Spanish second seed Alcaraz and tennis icon Djokovic—who are on course to meet in the semi-finals—both recorded straight-sets wins on the Arthur Ashe Stadium main ...
Star Power and Legacy Shine at Venice: "The Rock" and Kim Novak Share Spotlight
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was set to thunder into the Venice Film Festival on Monday, with the wrestler-actor appearing in a tailor-made role in Benny Safdie's latest movie The Smashing Machine. The 53-year-old will be the star attraction at one of Europe's most prestigious film festivals, which promotes independent arthouse movies alongside a ...
Palestinians Return to Devastated Gaza City as Truce Holds
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 16:18 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City on Saturday, the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with many stunned by the destruction even as others were relieved to find their homes still standing. Israel agreed to the truce on Friday and pulled back troops from several areas of the territory, ...
Guillermo Del Toro Backs Paris Stop-Motion Animation Studio
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said Friday he was teaming up with a Paris film school and Netflix to launch a training studio to help old-fashioned stop-motion animation techniques survive. Stop motion is the oldest form of animation, involving manipulating real-life models to create films frame-by-frame. It dates back to the late 19th ...
Strikes Hit “Heart of Tehran” as Iran Launches New Missile Barrage on Israel
This is Beirut 01/03 11:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Explosions rocked northern Tehran for a second consecutive day on Sunday as Israeli forces launched what they described as a broad wave of airstrikes targeting sites “in the heart of the Iranian capital,” while Iran responded with renewed missile attacks on Israeli territory. Plumes of smoke were seen rising from a building in northern ...
Farewell to Martin Parr, Britain’s Relentless Chronicler in Colour
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 15:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Celebrated British documentary photographer Martin Parr has died at his home in the western English city Bristol, his foundation announced on Sunday. He was 73. Famous for his kitschy colour-saturated images capturing all aspects of life in Britain and beyond, Parr had a sharp eye for mundane oddities, whether it was the rich at play or ...
Syria Launches First Official Print Newspaper Since Fall of Assad
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria Al Thawra Al Souriya Newspaper media newspaper
Syria published the first print issue of the official Al Thawra Al Souriya newspaper Monday, the latest government-owned media outlet to launch since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The move brings print media back for the first time in five years. Assad's government stopped printing dailies during the Covid-19 pandemic, citing rising ...
Historic Pont Neuf Set to Become Artist JR’s Latest Monumental Installation
This is Beirut 2025-12-02 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Art Pont Neuf Installation JR street-artist France Culture
French artist JR, who made his way from tagging graffiti on the street to being one of the most recognizable figures on the country's art scene, has told AFP how he plans to turn the oldest bridge in Paris into an "immersive cave" for his latest project. Once hailed as the "French Banksy" after the secretive British street artist, JR has become ...
Saudi Powers Forward with Deficit Spending to Fund Reforms
This is Beirut 2025-12-02 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia greenlit its 2026 budget Tuesday, projecting a deficit of 165 billion riyals ($44 billion) as the kingdom presses on with an ambitious spending drive to diversify its oil-dependent economy. The Arab world's largest economy is overseeing a major push to slash its dependence on oil revenues, with officials pouring billions into ...
The Gentle Dictatorship of the Socio-Economic
David Sahyoun 2025-12-03 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Socio-Economic Dictatorship
Domination does not always present itself through harshness. Some forms advance gently, not through coercion but through the pull of seduction. They show no signs of authoritarian rule and present themselves instead as paths that promise freedom. The current socio-economic order belongs to this quiet family of tyrannies. It draws individuals into ...
Iran Filmmaker Panahi to Return Home Despite Prison Sentence
This is Beirut 2025-12-05 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has said he plans to return to Iran despite being sentenced to a year in prison and a travel ban earlier this week, a report said Thursday. The 65-year-old is currently touring to promote his latest Oscar-nominated film, It Was Just an Accident, which won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this ...
Amine Hachem: Bringing Arabic Opera to the World
Lea Mehanna 2025-12-07 16:50 - Reading : less than a minute
On this episode of ‘’This Is Arts’’, Lebanese-American opera and crossover tenor Amine Hachem shares the story behind his latest music video, ‘’Ghannaki Al Qalb’’, which reached #1 on YouTube Music in Lebanon, and his ambitious vision for ‘’Antar & Abla’’. Bringing together talent from across the globe, he’s shaping an ...
Hollywood Awards Race Heats up With Golden Globes Nominations
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hollywood's awards season shifts into high gear Monday when nominations for the Golden Globes are unveiled, with hit musical "Wicked: For Good," Shakespeare family tragedy "Hamnet" and period horror movie "Sinners" leading the charge. Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged "One Battle After Another," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and ...
Paramount Counters Netflix with Hostile Bid for Warner Bros
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Paramount launched an all-cash tender offer Monday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share, challenging a previously announced deal between WBD and Netflix. The hostile offer sets up a furious battle between Paramount, whose owner Larry Ellison is an ally of Donald Trump, and streaming behemoth Netflix to buy one of Hollywood's most ...
Silos of Beirut: Autopsy of an Announced Pollution
Makram Haddad 2025-11-29 09:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Silos Beirut Blast Pollution
On 4 August 2020, Beirut exploded a first time, in a flash of ammonium nitrate, debris and shattered glass. Since then, the city has continued to explode in a muffled way: in the bronchi of the inhabitants, in the lungs of the children of Karantina, in the gutted silos that spit back out heat, smoke and dust. Last Thursday, the file came back ...
Yemen Leader Warns Separatists a 'Serious Threat' after Territorial Gains
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 23:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The leader of Yemen's internationally recognized government criticized separatists who have made large territorial gains in a near bloodless takeover in recent days, calling them a threat to the country's stability. Last week, the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, which wants to revive an independent South Yemen, swept through large parts ...
No More Free Passes: U.S. Ties Security Aid to Lebanese Action
Amal Chmouny 2025-12-11 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The U.S. Congress has sent a clear, stern message to Beirut that Washington’s support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is no longer a blank check. The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), up for a vote in the House of Representatives, imposes new conditions and restrictions on U.S. aid to the Lebanese army, ...
Jaber’s Blunt Truth: The Law that Destroys Banks and Wipe Out Savings
This is Beirut 2025-12-13 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber did not mince words: “The banks will be the first losers” if the Financial Gap Law is enacted. And if the banks lose, depositors inevitably lose too. The draft law places the full burden of repaying deposits on the banks alone — a move that would inevitably destroy the Lebanese banking sector and wipe out ...
Hamas Says Weapons Are 'Legitimate Right', Open to Proposals That Preserve It
This is Beirut 2025-12-14 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hamas's Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said on Sunday that the militant group had a "legitimate right" to hold weapons and that any proposal for the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire must uphold that right. "Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian state," ...
Israel Launches Airstrikes on Hezbollah Targets Across Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-12-18 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli warplanes struck multiple sites across southern and eastern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting Hezbollah military infrastructure including a compound used for training and weapons storage, the IDF said. According to the Israeli army, the strikes dismantled militant infrastructure and launch sites where Hezbollah operatives underwent shooting ...
Egypt Says Israel Gas Deal 'Commercial', Not 'Political'
This is Beirut 2025-12-18 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egyptian authorities confirmed on Thursday a major deal to import natural gas from Israel, saying the agreement had nothing to do with politics and served a strategic interest for the country. "The deal is a purely commercial transaction concluded exclusively on the basis of economic and investment considerations, and does not involve any ...
Israel's Security Cabinet Approves 19 New Settlements in West Bank
This is Beirut 2025-12-21 13:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move the country's far-right finance minister said on Sunday was aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. The decision brings the total number of settlements approved over the past three years to 69, according to a ...
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon and Bekaa Valley
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel carried out an air strike late Wednesday on a vehicle in the town of Jannata, in the southern city of Tyre, saying it targeted a Hezbollah operative. The strike injured one passerby, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. Then Thursday morning, an Israeli drone carried out a raid targeting a minibus on the Hosh ...
Disney’s 'Zootopia 2' Leaps to the Top of the North American Thanksgiving Charts
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Disney's feel-good animated sequel Zootopia 2 ruled the Thanksgiving box office in North America, taking in $156 million over the five-day holiday weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. Zootopia 2, the buddy cop comedy featuring a menagerie of talking animals battling stereotypes, is the much-anticipated follow-up to the 2016 hit, which won ...
Israel Army Says Red Cross Received Body of Gaza Hostage
This is Beirut 2025-11-25 21:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel said the Red Cross had on Tuesday handed over the coffin of a hostage held in Gaza, adding that the remains would soon be taken for forensic identification. Prior to this latest handover, the remains of three deceased hostages were still being held in the Gaza Strip, two Israelis and one Thai national. Hamas and its allies have been ...
Israel Calls Countries Condemning New West Bank Settlements 'Morally Wrong'
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel reacted furiously on Thursday to a condemnation by 14 countries, including France and Britain, of its approval of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling the criticism discriminatory against Jews. "Foreign governments will not restrict the right of Jews to live in the Land of Israel, and any such call is morally wrong and ...
Iran: The Swan Song!
Marc Saikali 2025-11-20 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Some regimes govern with ideas; others thrive on chaos. Iran is clearly in the latter camp, lighting fires across the Middle East while hoping the smoke will hide its failures. Since 1982, Tehran has treated Lebanon—and its political-military proxy, Hezbollah—like a live grenade waved during negotiations: always a threat, never a plan. For ...
When French Luxury Meets India’s Deep Fashion Traditions
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 17:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The globe's biggest luxury brands have dreamt of India's vast consumer base for decades, but navigating the market has proven to be a complex task. French retailer Galeries Lafayette is the latest to try its luck, opening its first Indian store on Sunday: a sprawling five-floor outlet in Mumbai, the country's financial capital. Its ...
Israeli Minister Calls for Abbas’s Arrest if UN Vote Endorses Palestinian State
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 23:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Monday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrest Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas if the UN Security Council votes in favor of Palestinian statehood. "If they accelerate the recognition of this fabricated state, if the UN recognizes this, you, Mr. Prime Minister, must ...