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Hundreds of Syrian Druze Clerics Head to Israel on Pilgrimage
This is Beirut 2025-04-25 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hundreds of clerics from Syria's Druze minority on Friday are heading to Israel where they will conduct a pilgrimage to a sacred shrine, the second such visit since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad's ouster. The clerics from the esoteric, monotheistic faith, are to cross the border on foot, according to a Syrian official and a local news ...
Russian General Killed by Car Bomb Near Moscow
This is Beirut 2025-04-25 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia explosion investigation
An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, the Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes said, adding it had launched a murder probe. Authorities named General-lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational directorate of the military's General Staff, as the ...
Carlo Acutis: Sainthood Deferred, Hope Intact
Ryan Chaba 2025-04-27 11:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis Carlo Acutis Vatican canonization
The canonization of young Carlo Acutis, initially scheduled for today in Rome, has been suspended following the death of Pope Francis. While the process itself remains unchanged, the event has been postponed sine die. This decision has saddened thousands of faithful, especially young people, for whom “God’s geek” represents a modern figure ...
Iran’s President Visits Site of Port Blast That Killed 40
This is Beirut 2025-04-27 18:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran's president visited on Sunday the scene of a massive port blast that killed 40 people and injured more than 1,000, as fires still blazed more than 24 hours after the explosion. The blast occurred on Saturday at Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of world oil output passes. With choking ...
Death toll from Iran port blast rises to 40
This is Beirut 2025-04-27 18:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The death toll from a massive explosion at Iran's largest commercial port has risen to 40, according to the Health Commission of the Iranian Parliament. The Red Crescent chief Pirhossein Koolivand said Sunday, in a video published on the Iranian government's official website, updating earlier figures reported by state media ...
Massive Blackout Hits Spain, Portugal, France
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 15:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France Spain Portugal Blackout
Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal on Monday, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after an emergency government meeting on the situation, "we have no conclusive information about the reasons for this outage". He ...
ChatGPT Adds Shopping Help, Intensifying Google Rivalry
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 18:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Internet AI CHATGPT Technology
OpenAI announced Monday that ChatGPT is now helping users find products online, enhancing its challenge to Google amid regulatory pressure on the search giant's market dominance. The new shopping capability further blurs the line between AI chatbots and search engines, signaling OpenAI's ambition to compete with Google in a market the ...
Lebanon Registers Highest Commercial Electricity Tariffs in Arab World
This Is Beirut 2025-05-01 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanon now ranks among the Arab countries with the highest commercial electricity tariffs, according to recent data from the Global Petrol Prices (GPP) website, underscoring the toll of the country’s prolonged energy crisis on its struggling business sector. With a commercial electricity rate of $0.247 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2025, Lebanon ...
Microsoft Announces a Global Price Increase for Its Xbox Console
This is Beirut 2025-05-01 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
USA Microsoft XBOX game console
Microsoft announced Thursday that it will increase Xbox console prices worldwide, citing "market conditions" just days after Sony made a similar move with its PlayStation 5. The tech giant also plans to raise prices for some new games developed by its video game subsidiaries. "We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made ...
Mount Lebanon Votes: Early Tallies Hint at New Political Balance
This is Beirut 2025-05-05 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amal Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Forces Hezbollah Kataëb PSP
The first phase of municipal elections concluded on Sunday evening with the closure of polling stations in Mount Lebanon at 7:00 PM. Voter turnout stood at 45.08%, slightly below the 47.4% recorded in 2016. As ballot counting got underway, early results began revealing key trends across several districts. On Monday morning, Mount Lebanon Governor ...
AI Personal Shoppers Hunt Down Bargain Buys
This is Beirut 2025-05-29 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Internet giants are diving deeper into e-commerce with digital aides that know shoppers' likes, let them virtually try clothes on, hunt for deals and even place orders. The rise of virtual personal shoppers springs from generative artificial intelligence (AI) being put to work in "agents" specializing in specific tasks and given ...
Trent Alexander-Arnold Announces Liverpool Departure
This is Beirut 2025-05-05 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Football Liverpool Premier League Real Madrid
Trent Alexander-Arnold announced Monday he will leave boyhood club Liverpool when his contract expires at the end of the season, saying it was the "hardest decision" of his life. The England defender, who helped Liverpool win the Premier League this season, has been heavily linked with a free transfer to Real Madrid. "After 20 years at Liverpool ...
When Smoke Becomes Symbol: The Subtle Art of Papal Election
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When Catholic cardinals vote in the conclave, they then burn their ballots, sending up black smoke to signal no decision or white smoke to show they have chosen a new pope. The centuries-old tradition of using smoke has changed over time -- as has the technology used. Gunshot All conclaves bar one have taken place in Rome since the 15th ...
"Bkerzay en Musique" Returns: A Cultural Summer in the Chouf
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Festival Bkerzay en Musique Chouf Artists Culture
The “Bkerzay en Musique” festival is back this summer for its second season of live performances in the lush eco-village of Bkerzay, nestled in the heart of the Chouf mountains. The launch of the second edition was announced Friday morning at a press conference held at the Ministry of Tourism, in the presence of Minister of Tourism Laura ...
No Truce in India-Pakistan Disinformation War
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine Ukraine United Nations USA
India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation. Platforms such as Facebook and X are still awash with misrepresented footage of the attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing. ...
Qatar Airways Makes Record-Breaking Order for Boeing Planes
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 21:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday Qatar Airways had placed a "record" order for 160 planes from Boeing as he signed a raft of deals in Doha alongside Qatar's emir. The order, which the White House said was Boeing's largest ever for wide-body jets, deepens ties between the US aerospace giant and the giant Middle East ...
Official Results Released for Municipal and Mukhtar Elections in North and Akkar
This is Beirut 2025-05-15 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Ministry of Interior Municipal Elections Results North Lebanon
Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior has released the official results of the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 11 in the North and Akkar governorates. The full results were made available on the ministry’s website (@MOIM_Lebanon) by Thursday, May 15. In Tripoli, the municipal results were announced on Wednesday evening, following ...
Sanctions Lifted on Syria: Damascus Faces Hope and Real Challenges
Liliane Mokbel 2025-05-15 15:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damascus Donald Trump Gulf Syria Sanctions Reconstruction
From Riyadh on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced—at the request of the Saudi crown prince—the full lifting, not just suspension, of economic and diplomatic sanctions on Syria. It was a crucial distinction, noted by many observers attending the US-Saudi Investment Forum, where every word of the American president’s remarks was ...
Official Municipal and Mukhtar Election Results Out for Beirut, Zahle, Baalbeck, Rachaya, West Bekaa, and Hermel
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Municipal Elections Hermel West Bekaa Rachaya Ministry of the Interior
The Ministry of Interior has published partial official results for the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 18 in the governorates of Beirut, Bekaa, and Hermel. The results for Beirut were announced on Tuesday. The "Beirut Btejma3na" list won 23 seats while one seat was secured by Mahmud Mehyeddine el-Jamal, a candidate ...
Ads Pressured to Evolve as AI Changes Google Search
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Google Artificial Intelligence AI
As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine. The internet giant is dabbling with ads in its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to fend off competition from ChatGPT while adapting its advertising business for an AI ...
Iran Summons French Diplomat over Minister's Cannes Remarks
This is Beirut 2025-05-25 19:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran Cannes Film Festival France
France's envoy in Tehran was summoned Sunday over "insulting" comments by France's foreign minister after an Iranian film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, state media reported. In a post on X after dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or on Saturday, Jean-Noel Barrot called his victory "a ...
Lebanon Activates Civil Aviation Authority 22 Years After Law Passed
This is Beirut 2025-05-27 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Aviation Rasamny Recruitement Government Reform
More than two decades after the legal framework was put in place, Lebanon is finally taking steps to activate its General Directorate of Civil Aviation. Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny has officially reopened the candidacy process for key leadership positions within the authority, 22 years after the passage of Law No. 481, which ...
Brigitte, Macron and the Republican Fantasy: Analyzing a Viral Moment
David Sahyoun 2025-05-28 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Emmanuel Macron Slap Brigitte Macron Vietnam
Certain gestures exceed their expected boundaries and unsettle the scene in which they occur. Brigitte Macron’s gesture, filmed as she stepped off a plane in Hanoi on May 25, is a striking example. This fleeting moment—interpreted alternately as a slap or a simple sign of complicity—ignited a torrent of interpretations. Beyond ...
Firefighters Master one Turkey Wildfire as Two Others Rage On
This is Beirut 2025-07-04 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Firefighters early Friday gained control over a major wildfire in the western Turkish province of Izmir but two others continued to ravage forests there, a minister said. Although Turkey was spared the recent heatwaves that hit the rest of southern Europe, firefighters have been battling more than 600 fires in the drought-hit nation over the past ...
Three More Turkish Opposition Mayors Arrested in Graft Probe Amid CHP Crackdown
This is Beirut 2025-07-05 13:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan opposition
Turkey arrested three more opposition mayors early on Saturday as part of an investigation into alleged graft, officials from the main opposition CHP said, denouncing it as a "political operation." The early morning arrests were the latest move targeting elected officials of the Republican People's Party (CHP) as the government of ...
European Airports Hit by 'Cyber-Related Disruption'
This is Beirut 2025-09-20 19:13 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Brussels Berlin London Travel Cyber Attack
Major European airports, including Brussels, Berlin and London's Heathrow, were hit on Saturday by a cyberattack on check-in systems that caused cancellations and long delays for thousands of passengers. Dublin and Cork airports in Ireland were also affected, Dublin airport said on X, adding that it was experiencing "minor impacts" ...
Leon XIV to Visit Lebanon 'by December,' Pending Official Confirmation
Fady Noun 2025-08-22 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Pope Francis Hezbollah Middle East Maronite
The announcement quickly sparked a media storm in both Lebanon and Italy: Pope Leo XIV is expected to visit Lebanon “by December.” According to Patriarch Rai, the trip would mark the Pope’s first journey outside Italy since his election. “We are waiting for the Vatican to announce the exact date of the visit,” he told ...
Ministries of Tourism and Technology Launch “Smart Tourism App”
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Tourism AI App Technology Innovation
Tourism Minister Laura Lahoud and Minister of Technology and Artificial Intelligence Kamal Shehadeh on Tuesday launched a free smart tourism application during a press conference at the Tourism Ministry. Designed and developed by Rodolphe Khalat and Hanna Daoud, the app serves as a personal assistant powered by artificial intelligence, offering ...
First Woman to Ref Men’s Basketball
Hala Abdallah 2025-08-12 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Jennifer Ammoury This is Sports sports basketball referee Lebanese basketball
Jennifer Ammoury made history as the first woman to referee men’s Division 1 basketball in Lebanon. But the road wasn’t easy. How did she handle the pressure early on? And how did players and fans really react when she officiated the Beirut Derby? Watch her story now in Episode 10 of This is Sports, only on This is Beirut’s website and ...
Taylor Swift Announces 12th Album for 'pre pre-order'
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Taylor Swift Tour Music Culture Art Singer
US popstar Taylor Swift announced her 12th album, titled The Life of a Showgirl, for "pre pre-order" just after midnight Tuesday in posts on her website. Her online shop displayed blurred images of a record, CD and cassette tape overlaid with a glittery orange lock, explaining the album artwork would be "revealed at a later date." A disclaimer ...