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Macron Reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France's PM
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 23:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Sebastien Lecornu Prime Minister France
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reappointed his outgoing prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, back into that position, just four days after Lecornu gave his resignation. "The president of the republic has nominated Mr Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister and has tasked him with forming a government," the Elysee Palace said in a ...
Germany Cruise, Mbappe on the Mark for France in World Cup Qualifying
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 01:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Four-time winners Germany cruised past 10-man Luxembourg and Kylian Mbappe helped France see off Azerbaijan in World Cup qualifying on Friday. Captain Joshua Kimmich's double inspired Germany to a 4-0 win over Luxembourg and to the top of Group A on goal difference with Slovakia and Northern Ireland, who await them in Belfast on Monday. Germany ...
White House Says ‘Substantial’ Shutdown Layoffs Have Begun
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The White House said Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal workers as President Donald Trump sought to amp up pressure on opposition Democrats to end a government shutdown that has crippled public services. With the crisis set to go into a third week and no off-ramp in sight, Trump's budget chief Russ Vought announced on social media ...
Art World’s ‘Troublemakers’ Join Forces in ‘Joyful’ London Show
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Exhibition ‘Triple Tour’ London Culture
They come from a world of underground, even subversive, art, but now US activist Shepard Fairey has joined forces with Britain's Damien Hirst and French street artist Invader with a "joyful" exhibition to show even in dark times there is always hope. "We all see ourselves as troublemakers because we have been," Fairey told AFP, ahead of Friday's ...
Reappointed French PM Scrambles to form Government
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Pressure mounted Saturday on France's newly reappointed premier, Sebastien Lecornu, to get an austerity budget approved, as more parties threatened to topple a man whose first term lasted a mere 27 days. In a move that drew sharp criticism, President Emmanuel Macron reinstated Lecornu late Friday evening, just four days after his resignation and ...
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 ...
Iran Slams Israeli Strikes in Lebanon as 'Ceasefire Violation'
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 11:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran on Friday condemned strikes by its arch-foe Israel on southern Lebanon, a stronghold of its close ally Hezbollah. The foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baqaei, called the strikes a "blatant violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity," in a statement. Of course, this claim is rich coming from Iran, a country ...
Israel Vows to Destroy Gaza Tunnels Once Hostages Free
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel plans to destroy what remains of Hamas's network of tunnels under Gaza, working with US approval after its hostages are freed, it said Sunday. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the operation would be conducted under an "international mechanism" led by the United States, sponsor of the three-day-old Gaza ceasefire. "Israel's great ...
Netanyahu Says Israel Ready for 'Immediate' Reception of Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 17:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to receive all hostages held in Gaza, ahead of their exchange on Monday for Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. "Israel is prepared and ready for the immediate reception of all our hostages," Netanyahu said in a statement issued on Sunday. Israel will not ...
France Unveils New Government in Political Crisis
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France's President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Sunday, after marathon talks to cobble together a cabinet and prevent the country from slipping deeper into a political crisis. The lineup, a mix of old and new faces, is Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's second attempt at bringing together a team to overcome months of ...
Zelensky To Visit Trump in Washington This Week
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 05:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he will go to Washington this week to see US President Donald Trump, to discuss air defences and how to put more pressure on Russia. Zelensky said he would join a Ukrainian delegation there holding talks with US politicians and companies, and he hoped to have his meeting with Trump on ...
Sean Penn Captivates Lyon with His Unexpected Dream Role
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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“The dream role is the one that surprises you the way this one did,” said American actor Sean Penn on Monday in Lyon, central France, reflecting on his part as a sadistic soldier in his latest film One Battle After Another. Honored as the guest of the 17th Lumière Film Festival—an event celebrating global cinema—Penn shared insights ...
De Bruyne's Penalty Double Fires Belgium to Vital Win Over Wales
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Kevin De Bruyne scored a pair of penalties as Belgium boosted their bid to qualify for the World Cup with a crucial 4-2 win against Wales on Monday. Rudi Garcia's side trailed to Joe Rodon's early opener at the Cardiff City Stadium. But De Bruyne leveled from the penalty spot, and Thomas Meunier fired Belgium ahead before halftime. De Bruyne ...
Tested by Russia, NATO Looks to Strengthen its Defenses
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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NATO defense ministers will look Wednesday at shoring up the alliance's ability to counter Russian air incursions, as fears grow that Moscow is testing the West in a grey zone between war and peace. Focus will also be on bolstering support for Ukraine as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins his 31 NATO counterparts with his boss, President ...
Uncertainty Surrounds Rafah Crossing Reopening Despite Initial Israeli Announcement
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 09:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine United Nations Hamas Rafah Aid
Despite earlier reports indicating that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip would reopen on Wednesday for the delivery of humanitarian aid, its status remains uncertain, with conflicting information emerging from Israeli sources. According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Israeli authorities had approved the reopening of ...
Gaza: Senior US Military Official Urges Hamas to “Stop Firing on Palestinian Civilians”
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States CENTCOM Gaza Hamas
A senior US official for the Middle East (CENTCOM) called on Wednesday for Hamas to “stop firing on Palestinian civilians” following the release by the Palestinian Islamist movement of a video showing summary executions of alleged “collaborators.” “We strongly urge Hamas to cease targeting innocent Palestinian ...
NATO and EU Scramble to Boost Drone Defenses to Counter Russia
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 21:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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NATO and the EU on Wednesday sought ways to boost anti-drone defenses, as Europe scrambles to counter the threat from Russia after a series of air incursions. High-profile incidents in Poland and Estonia have set off a flurry of activity from European officials to plug gaps in the continent's defenses. NATO has launched a new mission and beefed ...
Sandra Oh Makes Her Opera Debut
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Best known for her acclaimed TV roles in Grey's Anatomy and Killing Eve, Sandra Oh says she finds herself "amazed" by the magic of the stage as she readies for her operatic debut in New York on Friday. In La Fille du Regiment, Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera, the Canadian-American actress plays the Duchess of ...
The Kremlin Says it is Working to Organize a Putin-Trump Summit.
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 23:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Kremlin said Thursday it is working to arrange a new meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, possibly in Budapest, after a lengthy phone call between the two leaders that Moscow described as “extremely frank and marked by mutual trust.” The conversation, initiated by Russia, took place on the eve of Trump’s scheduled meeting ...
Trump to Meet Zelensky after Announcing Putin Summit
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House Friday, seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president reaches out to Russia's Vladimir Putin for a fresh summit. Zelensky will be making his third trip to Washington since Trump returned to office, following a disastrous televised shouting match in ...
Climate and Poverty: UN Warns of a Double Burden for 900 Million People
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday. "No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air ...
Israeli Army Strikes Hezbollah Training Compounds in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-12-12 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A new wave of Israeli airstrikes hit multiple areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley on Friday morning, targeting a training camp and Hezbollah positions in the region. The strikes reportedly focused on the villages of Jarmak, Mahmoudiyeh, Jabal Rafih (Jezzine), Jabal Safi (Nabatieh), the outskirts of Soujoud in Iqlim al-Tuffah, and the ...
Paris to Host Meeting on Lebanon Next Week
This is Beirut 2025-12-12 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A meeting on Lebanon will be held in Paris next week with the commander of the Lebanese army and U.S. officials, as France and the United States push Beirut to speed up Hezbollah’s disarmament process, four sources familiar with the matter told AFP. “Rodolphe Haykal is expected on Wednesday,” one of the sources said. U.S. Middle East envoy ...
Sebastião Salgado, Photographer of Humanity and Nature, Dies at 81
This is Beirut 2025-05-23 22:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sebastião Salgado Photographer Brazil Culture France
French-Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, acclaimed for his monumental body of work depicting wildlife, landscapes, and people across the globe, died on Friday at the age of 81, the French Academy of Fine Arts announced. Salgado was a member of the Academy since 2016. The Academy expressed its deep sorrow, describing him as “a great ...
Explaining the U.S. Troop Buildup as Trump Pushes Iran Talks
Claudia Groeling 27/03 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Amid escalating rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump, including threats of further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island, Washington has signaled openness to negotiations with Tehran. While Trump has not formally indicated plans to invade Kharg Island, through which 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports flow, he has made ...
Syrian President Says Working to Keep Country out of Regional War
This is Beirut 20/03 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Friday he is working to keep his country away from conflict, against the backdrop of the Middle East war, stressing that his government is on good terms with all regional countries. In a speech delivered after the Eid al-Fitr prayer in the presidential palace in Damascus, Sharaa said: "We are calculating our ...
Israel Says Struck Syrian Army Camps After Druze 'Attacked'
This is Beirut 20/03 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's military said on Friday it had struck Syrian army camps in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in the southern Sweida province. The latest flare-up between the neighbouring countries comes as war roils the Middle East after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. "Overnight, the IDF struck a ...
Israeli Reservist Arrested on Suspicion of Spying for Iran
This is Beirut 20/03 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli police said on Friday they had arrested an army reservist who served on the Iron Dome air defence system on suspicion of passing secrets to Iran. The arrest comes as Israel and the United States are locked in a war with Iran that has spread across the Middle East. “Raz Cohen, a 26‑year‑old resident of Jerusalem who served in the ...
UAE Dismantles 'Terrorist Network' Linked to Hezbollah
This is Beirut 20/03 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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United Arab Emirates security authorities announced on Friday that they had dismantled a “terrorist network” allegedly funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and backed by Iran. Officials said the network, operating under a fake commercial cover, was involved in money laundering, financing terrorism, and threatening national ...