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Jafar Panahi Accelerates Awards Campaign Amid Global Political Constraints
This is Beirut 2025-11-21 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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After years of being banned from leaving Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi is enjoying his tour of the United States — visiting Los Angeles, New York and Telluride — as he promotes his Oscar-hopeful It Was Just an Accident. The film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has been selected by France as its official nomination for the Academy Awards, ...
Repairing the Spine Without Opening the Body: The Promise of Surgical Robotics
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-20 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The spine has always symbolized human fragility. Operating on it once meant risking pain, complications, or even paralysis. Spine surgery traditionally involved large incisions, long recoveries, and deep scars. Now, in Nancy, a trio of pioneering doctors is redefining the rules with minimally invasive robotic spine surgery: a breakthrough that ...
42 Feared Dead in Migrant Shipwreck Off Libya: UN
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations said Wednesday that 42 migrants were missing, presumed dead, after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast last week. It was the latest in a series of similar disasters in a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea that has claimed the lives of more than a thousand people so far this year. Only seven survivors were rescued after ...
Australia Yields to Turkey in Standoff Over Next Climate Summit
This is Beirut 2025-11-20 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Australia has conceded defeat in a bruising diplomatic struggle over hosting rights to next year's UN climate summit, with Turkey prevailing despite holding a much weaker hand. Exactly who presides over the blockbuster global event is still in play, but Australia's long-running campaign to bring COP31 to Adelaide is over. "Obviously, it would be ...
US Presses Ukraine to Cede Land as Russian Strikes Kill 26
This is Beirut 2025-11-20 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
A new US peace proposal would see Kyiv ceding land and more than halving its army, a source told AFP Wednesday, as a Russian strike in the west of Ukraine killed 26 people, including three children. The proposal appears to repeat Russia's maximalist terms to end the war -- demands consistently rejected by Ukraine as tantamount to ...
Is Hamas Rebuilding Its Military Presence in Lebanon?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-19 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Israeli strike that targeted the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in southern Lebanon on Tuesday night has brought back into focus a question that had mostly stayed out of the spotlight in the conflict, at least since the November 27, 2024 ceasefire, which shifted attention primarily to Hezbollah: Is Hamas in the process of rebuilding ...
'Below the Clouds': Gianfranco Rosi’s Meditative Portrait of Naples
This is Beirut 2025-11-18 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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If the regular recipe for success in the modern entertainment industry or on social media is being loud, attention-seeking, and a prolific creator of "content," Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi has carved out a career doing the exact opposite. The work of the award-winning documentary producer is everything our contemporary culture is not: slow, ...
When French Luxury Meets India’s Deep Fashion Traditions
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 17:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The globe's biggest luxury brands have dreamt of India's vast consumer base for decades, but navigating the market has proven to be a complex task. French retailer Galeries Lafayette is the latest to try its luck, opening its first Indian store on Sunday: a sprawling five-floor outlet in Mumbai, the country's financial capital. Its ...
A New Epicenter Emerges in the Near East
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-17 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The situation in the Near East is still groping its way towards a new equilibrium. So far, it seems that the destruction of the proxy networks mounted by Iran’s Islamic regime has not yet eclipsed pursuit of political revanche all along the geopolitical spectrum extending through Iraq, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, Gaza, and their ...
Jeita Grotto: The Hidden Truth the State Refuses to See
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-14 16:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Instead of properly closing a case that should never have existed, the report published on November 13 about the Jeita Grotto incident only deepens the concern, revealing a far more troubling reality. Institutional and scientific oversight is disturbingly lax. Procedures are improvised, responsibilities evaporate, decisions are made without a ...
UN Rights Council Orders Probe of Abuses in Sudan's El-Fasher
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 14:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to seek to identify all those behind alleged atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher to help ensure they are brought to justice. The United Nations' top rights body adopted a resolution ordering the UN's independent fact-finding mission on Sudan to urgently investigate violations of ...
Video Podcasts Become Next Streaming Battleground
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 11:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Big tech platforms, including TikTok and Netflix, are all looking to add video podcasts to their content, a rapidly growing format that attracts a young audience prized by advertisers and where YouTube dominates. Roman Wasenmüller, the head of podcasts at Spotify, said that the development "marks a new chapter for podcasting," as he announced a ...
Blue Origin Launches NASA Mars Mission and Nails Booster Landing
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard and, in a breakthrough, nailed the landing of its booster. The launch was stalled for days over weather both on Earth and in space, but it was worth the wait: in the rocket's second-ever flight, Blue Origin managed to ...
What Lies Ahead in Iraq: The Hard Task of Forming a Government
This is Beirut 2025-11-13 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Following Iraq's parliamentary election this week, the complex and often lengthy task of choosing the country's next leader is set to begin. Incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani claimed victory for his coalition after preliminary results showed it was the largest bloc -- though it still falls short of the majority needed to ...
Caesar Act Suspended: Can Lebanon Ride Syria’s Recovery?
Mario Chartouni 2025-11-13 13:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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For the first time since 2019, Washington has eased sanctions on Damascus, granting a 180-day exemption under the Caesar Act to allow certain “humanitarian” and “civilian” transactions. The move, though temporary, carries clear political weight. It appears to be a test to see how far neighboring countries can reconnect with the Syrian ...
Sharaa in Washington: A Turning Point for Syria
Seth J. Frantzman 2025-11-12 16:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited the White House on Monday for a historic meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that capped a year in which Damascus has rapidly come in from the cold and reintegrated into the international community. Sharaa has helped steer Syria through this complex path, beginning with pushing the Assad regime out of ...
US Says 'Framework' Deal with China on TikTok Ownership
This is Beirut 2025-09-15 21:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States and China announced a "framework" deal on Monday to resolve their dispute over TikTok that calls for the Chinese-owned app to pass to US-controlled ownership. In a social media post, US President Donald Trump said, without directly naming the social media giant, that a deal was reached with a "certain company that ...
Alonso's Real Madrid Revitalised For New Champions League Mission
This is Beirut 2025-09-15 14:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Record 15-time kings of Europe Real Madrid open their new Champions League campaign on Tuesday against Marseille hoping they now have the coach and squad to reconquer the throne. Madrid refreshed their squad this summer with several new signings at a cost of around 170 million euros ($200 million) and hired former midfielder Xabi Alonso to ...
Most World Heritage Sites at Risk of Drought or Flooding: UN
This is Beirut 2025-07-01 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, scientists warn. Seventy-three ...
WHO Chief Says 'Large Proportion' of Gaza's People 'Starving'
This is Beirut 2025-07-23 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The World Health Organization's chief warned Wednesday of widespread starvation in Gaza, saying food deliveries into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory were "far below what is needed for the survival of the population". "A large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving. I don't know what you would call it other than mass ...
New Cryptocurrency May Be Aiding Russia to Dodge Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-07-25 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russia could be turning to a new cryptocurrency called A7A5 to allow money to flow in and out of the country and avoid Western sanctions, experts have told AFP. Multiple rounds of international sanctions have been imposed on Moscow since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine seeking to ramp up economic pressure to halt the war. But the launch of ...
Zelensky Says Russian Negotiators Have 'Begun to Discuss' Possible Putin Meeting
This is Beirut 2025-07-25 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv discussed the possibility of a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their talks in Istanbul this week, Zelensky said in comments released Friday. Ukraine has been pushing for a meeting between the two leaders and has expressed hope that Donald Trump, ...
No Rental Car in Sight! Lebanon’s Cars Are Fully Booked
Christiane Tager 2025-07-25 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon is in rental saturation mode. Bad luck for latecomers: this summer, finding a rental car in Lebanon is nothing short of a miracle. With the rush of returning expats, agencies are fully booked and every set of keys is already in someone’s hand. Between traffic jams, soaring prices and empty apps, Lebanon is on the move. There are about ...
Unseen and Unspoken: The Enigma of Pregnancy Denial
David Sahyoun 2025-07-24 22:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Some births occur without anticipation, as if the child arrived out of time. Pregnancy denial is neither deception nor performance. It is a psychic reality that takes shape without words, a pregnancy the body conceals and the mind excludes. This clinical enigma raises profound questions about motherhood, the female body, generational transmission ...
Omar Jamaleddine Responds After Suspension Threats
Hala Abdallah 2025-07-24 14:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Basketball player Omar Jamaleddine announced his return to the national team a day after facing sharp criticism and disciplinary threats from Lebanese Basketball Federation President Akram Halabi. The controversy began earlier this week when Halabi, speaking in an exclusive interview on This is Sports, accused Jamaleddine of deliberately avoiding ...
UN Report Calls for Urgent, Coordinated Recovery Plan to Avert Lebanon’s Collapse
This is Beirut 2025-07-24 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations issued a stark warning Thursday, urging immediate and coordinated efforts to steer Lebanon away from a deepening crisis. In a newly released joint report, UN agencies outlined the devastating impact of the ongoing conflict and proposed key recovery pathways to help the country regain its footing. The report, titled “The ...
Madame Tussauds Honors Taylor Swift With Record 13 Wax Figures
This is Beirut 2025-07-24 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US pop megastar Taylor Swift will be honored with 13 waxworks of her at Madame Tussauds venues around the globe, the museum said on Wednesday. In honor of Swift's lucky number, 13 of the waxwork museum's 22 branches will each receive a statue of the Love Story and Blank Space singer, in what it called the "most ambitious project" of its 250-year ...
The Druze of Syria: A Minority Seeking Stability in the Post-Assad Transition
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-07-24 13:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Since July 13, deadly clashes in Syria’s southern province of Sweida have left more than 1,300 people dead, including at least 630 local residents, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The violence erupted after the abduction of a merchant from the Druze community, triggering a wave of bloodshed that underscores the region’s ...
The Middle East: Recalibrations, Fractures and a Coming Storm
Salam El Zaatari 2025-07-24 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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By now, we should know that when the Middle East falls silent, it’s rarely a good sign. As if history itself were pausing for breath, the region today is locked in what I call a “violent pause”—not peace, not war, but something infinitely more dangerous: indecision. The past six months have redrawn the map of alliances and threats, but ...
Rashford 'At Home' at Barca After Sealing Loan From Man United
This is Beirut 2025-07-24 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Marcus Rashford said his new club, Barcelona, already "feels like home" after the Spanish champions loaned the attacker from Manchester United on Wednesday with a future purchase option. "Barcelona and Manchester United have reached a deal for the loan of the player Marcus Rashford until June 30, 2026," announced the La Liga champions in a ...