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Stench of Death as Sudan Army, Paramilitaries Battle for Capital
This is Beirut 2025-03-19 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In a war-ravaged neighbourhood of Sudan's capital Khartoum, the stench from a gaping sewage pit is unbearable as Red Crescent workers pull a bloated body from deep underground. The volunteers say 14 more remain below. "They were shot in the head, some have crushed skulls," Hisham Zein al-Abdeen, head of forensic medicine at Sudan's health ...
Scholz and Macron Vow to Continue Military Support to Ukraine
This is Beirut 2025-03-18 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Tuesday to continue providing military aid to Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a "complete cessation" of Western military support. "We both agree that Ukraine can count on us, that Ukraine can count on Europe, and that we will not let (Kyiv) ...
Oil Prices Rally, Stocks Edge Up After Trump's Latest Iran Threat
This is Beirut 07/04 11:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Oil prices rose Tuesday while equities edged up tentatively as investors assessed Donald Trump's latest deadline for Iran to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz or be "decimated." As the Middle East war entered its sixth week, the U.S. president warned Tehran that its civilian infrastructure would be destroyed if it did not let ...
Tech Firms Lead Stock Rout as AI Bubble Fears Linger
This is Beirut 2025-11-21 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Tech firms led stock losses on Friday as investors struggled to shake off fears about an AI bubble, and after a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by job data dealt a further blow to hopes for a US interest rate cut. A blockbuster earnings report from chip bellwether Nvidia on Wednesday seemed to settle nerves that vast investments in the artificial ...
Asia Stocks Surge on US-China Trade Deal Breakthrough
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Asian equities surged Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalize a deal, averting an escalation in the world's biggest trade dispute. Markets rallied after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the threat of the US president imposing an additional ...
Trump, Intel Announce Deal Giving US a 10% Stake in Chipmaker
This is Beirut 2025-08-23 12:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the US government a 10-percent stake in its business, the company and President Donald Trump announced Friday. The deal came after Trump's administration said Intel should give Washington an equity stake in exchange for large grants committed when Joe Biden was president. Under the agreement, the US government ...
Google Faces Breakup Threat Over Chrome Monopoly
This is Beirut 2025-04-21 23:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US government attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to make Google spin off its Chrome browser, arguing artificial intelligence is poised to ramp up the tech giant's online search dominance. The Department of Justice (DOJ) made its pitch at a hearing before District Judge Amit Mehta, who is considering "remedies" after making a landmark decision ...
China Slams 'Appeasement' of US as Nations Rush to Secure Trade Deals
This is Beirut 2025-04-21 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China on Monday hit out at other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing's expense, vowing countermeasures against those who "appease" Washington in the blistering tariff war as its neighbors rush to secure favorable terms from the White House. While the rest of the world has been hit with a blanket 10 percent ...
Pager Explosion: Three Questions for Khalil Sehnaoui
2024-09-17 22:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than two thousand people were injured, and eight were killed following the explosion of pagers, also know as beepers, used by Hezbollah members on Tuesday afternoon. This is Beirut spoke with cybersecurity expert Khalil Sehnaoui to better understand the incident. What is a pager, and why does Hezbollah use it? A pager is a mostly one-way ...
'Emily in Paris:' A Glamorous Showcase?
Béatrice Moreau 2024-09-11 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Netflix series Emily in Paris pushes the boundaries of product placement, making it a central character in the storyline. Luxury brands, mainstream retailers and tech giants compete creatively to grab viewers’ attention, turning fiction into a massive catalog. It’s hard to escape the flood of logos that bombard viewers of Emily in Paris. ...
U.S. Strike in Venezuela a Blow to Hezbollah’s Revival Efforts
Ian Talley 13/01 15:30 - Reading : 218 minute(s)
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The United States dealt Iran and its proxy Hezbollah a strategic blow over the weekend by seizing key ally, Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro. While the dominant narrative of the complex military strike has focused on its framing as a counternarcotics operation and aggressive energy politics, coverage has largely missed a critical strategic ...
Trump Says ‘Not Joking’ About Possible Third Term as Us President
This is Beirut 2025-03-30 21:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his suggestion that he might seek a third term as US president, NBC News reported, which would defy the two-term limit stipulated in the US constitution. In a Sunday-morning phone call with NBC News, Trump said "I'm not joking," when asked to clarify a remark on seeking another term, adding: "There are methods ...
UK Imposes Travel Permit on Europeans from Wednesday
This is Beirut 2025-03-31 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In a shake-up of long-standing travel rules, European nationals heading to the UK will from Wednesday need a mandatory entry permit, which the British government says will strengthen border security. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) can be bought online in the next few days for £10 (12 euros), but the price is rising swiftly from April ...
France Expels 12 Algerian Officials and Recalls Envoy
This is Beirut 2025-04-15 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France's President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday decided to expel 12 Algerian consular and diplomatic officials and recalled the French ambassador in Algiers, his office said, as a spat escalates between the two countries. The retaliatory measure came after the former French colony on Sunday ordered 12 French officials from the interior ministry to ...
China Calls on US to 'Completely Cancel' Reciprocal Tariffs
This is Beirut 2025-04-13 17:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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China on Sunday called on the United States to "completely cancel" its reciprocal tariffs after Washington announced exemptions for consumer electronics and key chipmaking equipment. "We urge the US to... take a big step to correct its mistakes, completely cancel the wrong practice of 'reciprocal tariffs,' and return to the ...
Lebanon Expresses Solidarity with Jordan amid Security Threats
This is Beirut 2025-04-15 20:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam spoke by phone with his Jordanian counterpart, Jafar Hassan, expressing Lebanon’s full solidarity with the Kingdom of Jordan in the face of plots aimed at undermining its security and stability. Salam conveyed Lebanon’s readiness to cooperate with Jordanian authorities regarding reports that some individuals ...
Trump Says China 'Reneged' on Boeing Deal as Tensions Flare
This is Beirut 2025-04-15 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that China has gone back on a major Boeing deal, after a news report that Beijing ordered airlines not to take further deliveries of the US aviation giant's jets. Trump's comments on social media followed a Bloomberg news report about the halt. The report also said that Beijing requested Chinese carriers to ...
Netanyahu Tells Macron: Palestinian State 'Huge Reward for Terrorism'
This is Beirut 2025-04-15 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday that the establishment of a Palestinian state would be a "huge reward for terrorism". Macron, meanwhile, posted on X that he had told Netanyahu the suffering of civilians in Gaza "must end" and only a ceasefire in the war with Hamas would free the remaining ...
Israel Demands Hostage release for Gaza Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-04-15 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hamas said Monday that Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, which the United Nations said is now in the grip of its worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the war. A Hamas official told AFP that Israel had also demanded that the Palestinian militants disarm to secure an end to the ...
US Opens Door to Tariffs on Pharma, Semiconductors
This is Beirut 2025-04-15 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States opened the door Monday to tariffs targeting high-end technology and pharmaceuticals, feeding the uncertainty gripping the global economy in a trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned can have "no winner." After weeks of indications such a move was coming, the US Commerce secretary formally announced ...
Macron and Abbas Agree on 'Urgent' Need for Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 17:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and French President Emmanuel Macron called for an "urgent" ceasefire in Gaza during a phone conversation on Monday, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. "They emphasized the urgent need for a ceasefire, the acceleration of humanitarian aid delivery, the rejection of the displacement of the ...
'A Minecraft Movie' Breaks Records, Tops Box Office Again
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A Minecraft Movie easily held on to the top spot in North American theaters this weekend with estimated ticket sales of a solid $80.6 million, analysts said Sunday. That was roughly half the total of its huge opening last weekend. But with $281 million in domestic ticket sales to date, along with $269 million internationally, Minecraft has set ...
European Stocks Jump Over 2% After Tech Tariff Exemptions
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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European stock markets rose sharply Monday after the United States announced exemptions from sweeping tariffs for smartphones, laptops, semiconductors and other electronic products, tempering trade war fears. Despite US President Donald Trump suggesting that the exemptions could be short-lived, European stocks rallied around two percent at the ...
Trump Says no One 'Off the Hook' on Tariffs but Markets Rise
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 11:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Markets on Monday welcomed a US tariffs reprieve for electronics, but President Donald Trump warned no country would get "off the hook" in his trade war -- especially China. The world's two largest economies have been locked in a fast-moving game of brinkmanship since Trump launched a global tariff assault that particularly targeted ...
Chinese exports soared in March ahead of Trump's 'Liberation Day'
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Chinese exports soared more than 12 percent last month, according to data Monday, beating expectations as businesses rushed to get ahead of swingeing tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on his so-called "Liberation Day". Beijing and Washington have been locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since Trump launched a ...
Asian Stocks Rise on Electronics Tariffs Exemption, Gold Hits New High
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Asian stocks rose Monday as trade war fears were tempered by Donald Trump's announcement of tariff exemptions for electronics, though the dollar weakened and safe-haven gold hit a fresh record amid fears the relief would be short-lived. After the wild gyrations witnessed last week, markets got off to a relatively stable start following news ...
UAE President says Ready to Support Syria Reconstruction
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Arab Emirates wants to support Syria's reconstruction, the Gulf nation's president said as he met Sunday with Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, state media said. At the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan "affirmed the UAE's keenness to support... Syria to confront the challenges of the transitional phase and ...
Syria Leader Makes First Visit to Wealthy Emirates
This is Beirut 2025-04-13 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose war-devastated country seeks Gulf financial support, traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for his first visit since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, state media said. Nearly a week after rebels toppled Assad in December, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said his government found ...
Microsoft Celebrates 50 Years on April 4: Between Successes, Setbacks, and Investments
This is Beirut 2025-03-31 17:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century, becoming a tech stalwart almost taken for granted as lifestyles embraced the internet. As the company, founded with a vision of putting computers in every home and office, celebrates its 50th anniversary on Friday, it is looking to boost its fortunes by being a leader in the ...
April 13, 1975: "A Day Engraved in Our Memory"
Elie Valluy - correspondant à Paris 2025-04-13 11:28 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
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François Boustani remembers Sunday, April 13, 1975 — the day the Lebanese civil war began — with vivid clarity. “That day is etched in our memory,” recalls the cardiologist, who was in Zahleh, eastern Lebanon, at the time. “The phone rang that afternoon. My parents had friends over for lunch. It was my uncle, calling to warn my father ...