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21 Countries Sign Joint Statement Condemning Israel's West Bank Settlement Project
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Britain and France were among 21 countries to sign a joint statement Thursday calling Israel's approval of a major settlement project in the West Bank "unacceptable and a violation of international law". Israel approved the plans for the roughly 12-square-kilometre (five-square-mile) parcel of land known as E1 just east of Jerusalem on ...
Top Officers Hold Ukraine Talks After Trump Rules Out US Troops
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 09:03 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Top US and European military officers met in Washington Tuesday to discuss the mechanics of a possible Ukraine peace deal, after President Donald Trump ruled out sending American troops to back an agreement but suggested air support instead. In a flurry of diplomacy aimed at ending the war, Trump brought Ukrainian President ...
'Call of Duty', 'Black Myth' Wow Gamescom Trade Show
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A twisted futuristic version of "Call of Duty", Batman in Lego form and the "Resident Evil" series' ghoulish monsters had gamers salivating Tuesday as the vast Gamescom trade show opened in Cologne. A two-hour showcase of upcoming releases, including "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" slated for November 14, belied an industry that has been weathering a ...
US Targets More ICC Judges Including over Israel
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 19:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four more International Criminal Court judges or prosecutors, including from allies France and Canada, in a new effort to hobble the tribunal particularly over actions against Israel. "The Court is a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare against the United States ...
Israel Approves Major West Bank Settlement Project
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state. Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre (five-square-mile) parcel known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, but the plan had been ...
Google Unveils Latest Pixel Phones Packed with AI
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Google on Wednesday unveiled new Pixel 10 smartphones that promise more artificial intelligence capabilities, as it seeks to elbow out competition in the emerging AI-assistant market. Comedian Jimmy Fallon hosted a launch event in Brooklyn that blended Google product pitches with stars such as The Jonas Brothers band and Stephen Curry of the ...
Vienna Artists Cool Heatwaves With Asphalt Painted Colors
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Equipped with an infrared thermometer, Austrian artist Jonas Griessler measures the sweltering heat in an inner courtyard in the center of Vienna. Thanks to his collective's artwork covering the black asphalt with a multitude of bright colors, the ground temperature has dropped from 31°C to 20°C. Initiated by the museum showing the private ...
Israel Strikes Gaza City After Offensive Gets Green Light
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel struck Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said Thursday, after the defense ministry approved an expanded offensive to target the remaining Hamas strongholds in the strip. The newly approved plan authorizes the call-up of roughly 60,000 reservists, deepening fears the campaign will worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian ...
Russia Ramps up Strikes on Ukraine, Killing One
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles against Ukraine overnight in the biggest barrage since mid-July, killing one person and wounding many others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said several missiles were aimed at a US-owned business in western Ukraine "producing everyday items like coffee machines". Fifteen people ...
Israel PM Orders Start of Immediate Negotiations to Release 'All Our Hostages'
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Palestine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he had ordered the beginning of immediate negotiations to release the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. The announcement comes a day after the defence ministry approved a plan authorising the call-up of roughly 60,000 reservists to help capture Hamas's last major strongholds in Gaza ...
Cracker Barrel Logo Change Sparks Cultural Backlash Across U.S.
This is Beirut 2025-08-23 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Cracker Barrel has a special place in the hearts of many Americans, offering homestyle American cuisine in a folksy "Old Country Store" setting complete with rocking chairs and occasional country music performances. But an attempt to rebrand the storied US chain has sparked a firestorm of opposition online and opened a new front in the culture ...
Five Dead as ‘Thunderous’ Bomb Attack Hits Colombian City
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Colombian authorities said five people were killed and dozens more injured when a truck bomb tore through a busy street in the city of Cali on Thursday, deepening the country's most serious security crisis in decades. Police said the explosion targeted a military aviation school in the city's north -- a fresh challenge to Colombia's fragile peace ...
Zelensky says Russia Trying to 'Wriggle Out' of Peace Talks
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Kyiv Ukraine USA
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Thursday of shirking a meeting between him and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, despite US-led attempts to arrange a summit to end the war. US President Donald Trump is trying to end Russia's three-and-a-half year invasion of Ukraine by bringing both Zelensky and Putin to the negotiating ...
Adidas Apologizes for Cultural Misstep Over Mexican Sandals
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Sportswear giant Adidas apologized to an Indigenous community in Mexico Thursday for using their traditional sandals as inspiration for a new design, after an outcry by officials and President Claudia Sheinbaum. Local authorities had complained that the Oaxaca Slip-On sandals were a reinterpretation of huarache sandals, particularly one found ...
Israel Vows to Destroy Gaza City if Hamas Doesn't Disarm, Free Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed Friday to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm, release all remaining hostages in the territory and end the war on Israel's terms. "Soon, the gates of hell will open upon the heads of Hamas's murderers and rapists in Gaza - until they agree to Israel's conditions for ending the war, ...
UN Declares Famine in Gaza, First Ever in Middle East
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United Nations Middle East Palestine Hamas Famine
The United Nations on Friday officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first in the Middle East, with its experts saying 500,000 people were facing "catastrophic" hunger. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said the famine was entirely preventable, saying food could not get through to the Palestinian territory "because of systematic obstruction by ...
NATO Chief Calls For 'Robust Security Guarantees' on Ukraine Visit
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The head of NATO on Friday called for "robust" security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure Russia upholds any potential peace deal and "never again" attempts to invade Ukraine. The question of eventual security guarantees for Ukraine has been front and centre during the latest US-led diplomatic push to broker a peace deal to end the conflict, now ...
Joseph Aoun: Borders with Syria Under Control
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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President Joseph Aoun affirmed on Friday that the Lebanese-Syrian borders are fully secured, stressing that the army “remains on high alert and carries out its duties with competence and diligence to ensure calm and security for citizens.” “The situation at the border is under control, and the current climate is encouraging with respect to ...
Russia Rejects Zelensky Meeting as Diplomatic Tension Simmers
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russia Friday ruled out an immediate meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, as diplomatic tension escalated with the Ukrainian president and US mediation efforts appeared to stumble. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said "no meeting" between Vladimir Putin and Zelensky was planned, as NATO chief Mark Rutte visited Kyiv, largely to discuss ...
Barrack-Ortagus Mission: Advancing Lebanese Sovereignty
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 20:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On Tuesday, the US delegation led by envoys Thomas Barrack and Morgan Ortagus highlighted growing alignment between Washington and Lebanese authorities, working with international support toward restoring Lebanese sovereignty. The collaboration was evident during a marathon day of meetings. Barrack and Ortagus, joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen ...
Jazz à la Villette Opens With a Bold Tribute to Ornette Coleman
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Festival Jazz à la Villette Tribute Ornette Coleman Culture
The reinterpretation this Saturday at the Philharmonie of The Shape of Jazz to Come, a cult album by multi-instrumentalist Ornette Coleman released in 1959, will be a highlight of the Jazz à La Villette festival in Paris, which kicks off on Thursday. This album, extremely avant-garde at the time, caused a stir upon its release. Ornette Coleman, ...
Vienna State Opera Celebrates Season with Free Gala Concert
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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No dress code, no stiff atmosphere, and no entry fees: Thousands flocked to a Viennese park Sunday as the Vienna State Opera opened its 2025-26 season with a star-studded open-air gala concert for the first time. The free, open-air concert was the state opera's latest effort to «open the house to all – especially new listeners», it said in a ...
Days After Quake, Afghan Survivors Still Await Aid
This is Beirut 2025-09-04 14:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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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 ...
Kathryn Bigelow Ignites Venice with Explosive White House Thriller
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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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 ...
Traces of Uranium Detected at Syrian Site Hit by Israel in 2007
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog detected uranium particles at a remote site in Syria that was bombed by Israel in 2007, reviving questions about whether the destroyed facility once housed a secret nuclear reactor. According to a confidential report shared with member states, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a ...
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 ...
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)
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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 ...