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Hezbollah Is a State within the State, Not Only “Heavy and Medium” Weapons
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-07-15 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In policy, simplicity is valuable; naiveté is catastrophic. Lebanon has by now diluted UNSCR 1701 from dismantling Hezbollah’s militia, arms production, and illicit funding to merely surrendering “heavy and medium” weapons, or as U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack frames it: Hezbollah must hand over weapons that threaten Israel. Such oversimplification ...
Beyoncé’s Unreleased Music Stolen From Car in Atlanta
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Computer drives containing unreleased music by US superstar Beyoncé and plans related to her concerts were stolen last week in Atlanta, police said Monday, with a suspect still at large. The items were stolen from a rental car used by Beyoncé's choreographer and a dancer on July 8, two days before the pop icon kicked off the Atlanta leg of her ...
Trump Says Any ‘Credible’ Epstein Files Should Be Released
This is Beirut 2025-07-16 05:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Justice Department should release all "credible" information from its probe into notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein as he sought to douse a firestorm of criticism from his supporters over his handling of the case. Trump is facing the most serious split of his political career from his famously loyal ...
The US-China Chip War in Dates
This is Beirut 2025-07-16 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States has in recent years sought to curb exports of cutting-edge semiconductors to China, with Nvidia and other US chip companies lobbying against its tough restrictions. As Nvidia says it will resume sales of a less powerful AI semiconductor model to China, here is a run-down of the microchip conflict: August 2022: Biden's Chips ...
'Severance' Leads Emmy Nominations Ahead of The White Lotus
This is Beirut 2025-07-16 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Here is a list of the nominees in key categories for the 77th Emmy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on September 14. Apple TV’s Severance topped the nominations list with 27, followed by The Penguin with 24, and The Studio and The White Lotus tied at 23. Outstanding Drama Series Andor The Diplomat The Last of Us Paradise The ...
When the Body Speaks: The Truth Behind Self-Harm
David Sahyoun 2025-07-16 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Once treated as a fringe concern in psychiatry, self-harm has become far more visible in recent decades. Clinical and epidemiological studies agree that it primarily affects adolescents and young adults, with a marked prevalence among girls and young women. It appears in hospitals, schools and prisons, but also across digital spaces. On platforms ...
Sweida Caught Between Damascus and Israel
Mario Chartouni 2025-07-16 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The majority-Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria has been thrust into an unprecedented spiral of violence since Sunday, as fierce clashes between the Syrian army, backed by Bedouin militias, and local Druze armed groups have escalated dramatically. The fighting has been marked by intense combat, summary executions, a deepening humanitarian ...
Paris Fashion Week Opens With Demna’s Farewell at Balenciaga
This is Beirut 2025-07-07 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Luxury Haute-Couture Week Paris Culture
After 10 years at Balenciaga, provocative Georgian showman Demna is to take a final bow during Paris Haute Couture Week, which began on Monday with a star-studded show by Schiaparelli. Demna, known for his daring work as well as controversies during his decade-long stint at Kering-owned Balenciaga, will unveil his final collection on Wednesday in ...
Trump Slams Musk’s Political Party as ‘Ridiculous’
This is Beirut 2025-07-07 03:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk's launching of a new political party as "ridiculous," deepening the Republican's feud with the man who was once his biggest backer. Trump also branded the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon a "TRAIN WRECK" who had gone "off the rails" after Musk said he ...
Breathe if You Can: The Toxic Underside of Our Generators
Makram Haddad 2025-06-18 12:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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They appeared in the 1990s, just after the end of the civil war. Four decades later, they are still here and are more powerful, more numerous, louder. These diesel giants have colonized the streets, balconies, rooftops and backyards. Lebanon lights up through explosions of decibels and toxic clouds. As if that Weren’t Enough... To this ...
Anna Wintour’s Bold Exit as Editor of US Vogue: Fashion Icon Forever
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-06-27 11:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Anna Wintour is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Vogue US after 37 years, but she will continue in her global leadership roles as chief content officer for Vogue and Condé Nast. At 75, she’ll now focus on shaping the group’s worldwide strategy. A legendary figure in fashion and the real-life inspiration behind Meryl Streep’s role as ...
Caught Between Missiles and Militias: Iraq Struggles Under Regional Strain
Mario Chartouni 2025-06-18 16:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As Israeli airstrikes and Iranian missile launches intensify across the Middle East, Iraq finds itself trapped in a precarious position amid a mounting diplomatic and military storm. Still fragile after decades of conflict, the country’s geographic and strategic location leaves it exposed to the escalating rivalry between two powerful regional ...
Netanyahu: The Opportunist Who Rode America’s Wars to Redraw the Middle East
Salam El Zaatari 2025-06-19 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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For over three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has stood at the intersection of Israeli ambition and American power, a figure as enduring as the conflicts that define the Middle East. Since the early 1990s, Netanyahu has not merely responded to the region’s shifting sands—he has, in the eyes of critics and admirers alike, helped shape them. From ...
How the Seine River Secretly Cools the Louvre and Paris
This is Beirut 2025-06-19 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As Paris braces for a heatwave this weekend, a little-known network of underground pipes will be cooling the Louvre Museum and other storied landmarks using water from the River Seine. Since 1991, the river water has been cooling more than 800 buildings via a humble but hard-working system that is still relatively underutilized worldwide. Paris ...
Trump Extends Deadline for TikTok Sale by 90 Days
This is Beirut 2025-06-19 19:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday he had given social media platform TikTok another 90 days to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States. "I've just signed the executive order extending the deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025)," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, putting off the ban for ...
European, Iranian Diplomats To Meet as US Mulls Joining Israel Campaign
This is Beirut 2025-06-20 06:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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European foreign ministers will hold talks Friday with their Iranian counterpart, hoping to reach a diplomatic solution to the war with Israel as US President Donald Trump mulls the prospect of US involvement. Israel, claiming Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon, launched air strikes against its arch-enemy a week ago, triggering ...
Day 8 of the Israel-Iran Conflict: Key Developments and Current Status
Alissar Boulos 2025-06-20 09:10 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Early on Friday, a missile launched by Iran struck near a technology hub in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, igniting fires close to a building housing Microsoft’s offices. Emergency responders confirmed that five people suffered minor injuries and shared images on X showing vehicles ablaze at the scene. Israeli news outlets reported ...
Taekwondo – Hanmadang: Mont La Salle on All Fronts
Makram Haddad 2025-06-21 02:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Mont La Salle arena pulsed with shouts, strikes, and applause. A few days ago, the Ain Saadé-based club hosted Hanmadang 2025, the grand festival of taekwondo techniques, organized by the Lebanese Federation under the watchful eye of its president, Dr. Habib Zarifeh, and a panel of local and international experts from South Korea and ...
Six Unforgettable—Yet Flawed—Fathers of Anglo-American Cinema
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-21 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Cinema has long been fascinated by the figure of the father. Sometimes a mentor, sometimes a tyrant, he represents legacy, authority, and at times, profound vulnerability. Through drama, comedy, and even animation, filmmakers have explored the many layers of paternal responsibility—the duty to raise, protect, and love. To mark Father’s Day, ...
Black Eyed Peas Light Up Chambord Castle to Kick Off French Tour
This is Beirut 2025-06-23 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Black Eyed Peas, the American group with over 35 million albums sold, kicked off their French tour on Sunday night with a sold-out concert at the Château de Chambord (Loir-et-Cher), performing for more than 30,000 fans. Wearing straw hats and waving hand fans, Carole and Patrick Atline grabbed front-row spots by 4 p.m. despite the intense ...
Damascus Church Attack Draws International Condemnations
This is Beirut 2025-06-23 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The suicide bombing of a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus during Sunday mass, killing at least 20 people, drew strong international condemnations. The attack was the first known suicide bombing in the Syrian capital since December, when a rebel coalition ousted Syria’s autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad. EU The EU on Monday condemned as ...
Debating Tom Friedman on ‘Global Struggle’
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-06-24 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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I have great admiration for Thomas Friedman and have long followed his writings. He was instrumental in shaping my support for democracy when he argued that two democracies would not go to war. He supported toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, as I did, and we both believe that the nation-state is, in some ways, a defunct concept. Today, ...
David Lynch Lithographs on Display All Summer in France
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Forty-nine lithographs and three experimental short films by David Lynch are on view until September 21 at the Duchamp Gallery in Yvetot, Seine-Maritime. Displayed across two floors in a dreamlike atmosphere characteristic of the American filmmaker’s work, who passed away in January, “they reveal the spirit of David Lynch, a somewhat dark ...
US-Iran: What Is Next?
David Hale 2025-06-25 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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While most international media are focused on what will happen today or this week between America and Iran, the real story is much bigger—the complete turning of the tables on Iran. While the headlines focus on whether Trump's ceasefire will hold, too many commentators are losing sight of the fact that Iran is trying to surrender (without ...
Iran Holds State Funeral for Top Brass Slain in War With Israel
This is Beirut 2025-06-28 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran began a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran's top diplomat condemned Donald Trump's comments on supreme leader Ali Khamenei as "unacceptable". The proceedings started at 8:00 am local time (0430 GMT) in the capital Tehran as government offices and ...
When AI Develops an Attitude of Its Own
Lyne Sammouri 2025-07-06 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Artificial Intelligence Technology
You ask your AI assistant or chatbot to do something, and instead of just doing what you told it to do, it dodges your request, deceives you or backtalks like a stubborn taxi driver who refuses to put the meter on. It might find an exception, or even lie to get what it's trying to do. Frustrating, isn't it? This might have surprised you. But in ...
Iran Holds State Funeral for Top Brass Slain in War with Israel
This is Beirut 2025-06-28 13:02 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Iran held a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran's top diplomat condemned Donald Trump's comments on supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as "unacceptable." The proceedings started at 8:00 am local time (0430 GMT) in the capital ...
AI is Learning to Lie, Scheme, and Threaten its Creators
This is Beirut 2025-06-29 09:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals. In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic's latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital ...
Oversized, Low-Rise, Raw Seams: Denim Breaks Free
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-29 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
After years of dominance by skinny and shaping cuts, denim is undergoing a deep transformation in 2025. Runways predicted it, the streets confirmed it: jeans are now wide, expressive, contrasting — sometimes even ornamental. No longer hugging the body, they break away from it. Oversized and Structured: Cuts Take Up Space The most striking ...
President Aoun Meets New UNIFIL Chief, Reaffirms Commitment to Resolution 1701
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun met on Monday with the new head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), General Diodato Abagnara, during a courtesy visit marking the start of the general’s mandate. During the meeting, President Aoun underscored the importance of UNIFIL’s continued cooperation with the Lebanese Army in southern ...