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AI Stirs Drama in Bollywood: Innovation or Invasion?
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Bollywood, famed for its lavish song-and-dance numbers and vast production crews, now finds itself confronting a new kind of spectacle: artificial intelligence. From altering iconic endings to generating entire films, AI is shaking up India's multibillion-dollar film industry, raising alarm for some, excitement for others. The debate first ...
Xi and Putin Lash Out at the West Before Eurasian leaders
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 17:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and center of regional relations. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), comprising China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan ...
Iran and the Sanctions’ Reinstatement: From Balance to Isolation
Paul Guillot 2025-09-01 15:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Three months after the “twelve-day war” with Israel, Iran is struggling to keep its economy afloat under severe US sanctions. With mounting military pressure, the return of European sanctions and the continuing collapse of its currency, the Islamic Republic has never been more vulnerable. Fragile Growth Despite decades of international ...
Argentine Cinema Shines at Venice Amidst Budget Cuts and Uncertainty
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Although Argentina has been underrepresented at recent international festivals due to government cuts to the sector, five Argentine films are on show at the Venice Film Festival, including Lucrecia Martel's documentary Nuestra Tierra (Our Land). Since President Javier Milei came to power in December 2023, his austerity measures have had a major ...
Solomonic Judgment
Charles Chartouni 2025-09-01 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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International issues are pending, and nothing seems to move toward negotiated solutions across Ukraine and the wide arc of conflicts extending through the Middle East. None of the actors is interested in peacemaking; on the contrary, these zones of active conflict tend to work in the best interests of countries vying for imperial conquests and ...
Putin to Meet Iranian President After Europe Triggers Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss Tehran's nuclear program with his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, in China on Monday, a meeting that comes as Iran faces fresh Western pressure. Britain, France and Germany have moved to reimpose sanctions on Iran, saying the country is failing to comply with a 2015 nuclear deal. Moscow on ...
Germany Lose Opening World Cup Qualifier As Spain Cruise
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Germany went down to a shock 2-0 defeat in Slovakia in their opening World Cup qualifier on Thursday, while Spain kicked off their bid to reach next year's finals with a comfortable 3-0 victory in Bulgaria. Atletico Madrid's David Hancko burst untracked into the penalty box to fire Slovakia into the lead just before half-time against Germany in ...
Tom Barrack Calls on Netanyahu to Show ‘Tolerance and Understanding’ Toward Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In an interview held after his departure from Lebanon, US special envoy Tom Barrack urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show “tolerance and understanding” toward Lebanon, stressing that such an approach would benefit both countries. “I come from your region, I have Lebanese blood,” said Barrack, whose family hails from ...
Hope and Hate: How Migrant Influx has Changed Germany
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade. Many came during the huge migrant influx of 2015, when a million people arrived in a matter of months -- mostly from ...
Iranian Nuclear Issue: Moscow and Beijing Express Concerns Over EU Ultimatum
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Following the European decision to trigger the mechanism that could reinstate international sanctions against Iran within a month—a move set to be reviewed Friday by the UN Security Council, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-president, Kaja Kallas said Friday, “Western countries now have 30 days to find ...
Another Serious Paragliding Accident Off Lebanese Coast
This is Beirut 2025-08-28 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A man in his thirties was critically injured Thursday after crashing on the rocks while paragliding off the coast of Jbeil. The victim, a father of two and an experienced paraglider, was rushed to hospital in critical condition. The accident comes just days after a fatal crash in Jounieh Bay, where another paragliding enthusiast lost his life in ...
Messi Brace Propels Miami Into Leagues Cup final
This is Beirut 2025-08-28 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lionel Messi scored twice late on as Inter Miami fought back to beat Orlando City 3-1 and reach the final of the Leagues Cup on Wednesday. After missing two straight matches with a right thigh injury, Messi converted a penalty in the 77th minute to pull Inter level at 1-1 then combined with Jordi Alba to put the hosts ahead in the 88th. Telasco ...
Gaza at 'Breaking Point', Says UN Food Agency Chief After Visit
This is Beirut 2025-08-28 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The head of the UN's World Food Programme warned Thursday that famine-hit Gaza is "at breaking point", appealing for the urgent revival of its network of 200 food distribution points. "Enough is enough," the WFP's executive director Cindy McCain said after visiting the besieged Palestinian territory, where Israel is pressing operations in its ...
Israel Demands UN-Backed Monitor Retract Gaza Famine Report
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel on Wednesday called on the UN-backed hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC), to immediately retract a report that determined that famine was present in parts of Gaza. "Israel demands that the IPC immediately retract its fabricated report and publish a notice," the director general of ...
Italy’s Sorrentino Embraces Doubt in Euthanasia Film at Venice
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 18:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Italian director Paolo Sorrentino hopes his latest film premiering Wednesday in Venice will bring attention to the controversial topic of euthanasia, while encouraging those in power to reject the need for certainty and embrace doubt. La Grazia, about an Italian president grappling with indecision over whether to sign a euthanasia bill into law, ...
Thumbs, Pacifiers and Other Lifelines for Struggling Adults
David Sahyoun 2025-08-27 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Once confined to the private world of early childhood, this scene has now entered the public eye: on TikTok, adults share their “comfort moments,” thumb in mouth or a trendy pacifier between their lips, openly embracing a return to childhood or the soothing pull of regression. In one viral video, viewed more than three million times, a young ...
Brain at Risk: Toxic Effect of Short Videos
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-08-27 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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You open the app for “just two minutes.” Two hours later, you are still there, eyes glued to the screen, hypnotized by an endless stream of 15-second clips. You are not alone. TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts… these little capsules of digital dopamine, designed to flow effortlessly from one to the next, don’t just eat up your time; ...
France: Macron, Bayrou and a Perilous Political Rentrée
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-08-27 16:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
France’s political rentrée promises to be fraught with tensions. The Prime Minister is staking the government’s survival on a controversial austerity plan, while nationwide strikes scheduled for September 10 are already casting doubt on the country’s stability. With a fractured National Assembly and growing public anger, the executive is ...
25 Countries Suspend Postal Services to US over Tariffs
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 19:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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At least 25 countries have decided to suspend package deliveries to the United States, as concern grows over the impact of President Donald Trump's looming tariffs, a UN body said Tuesday. The Trump administration said late last month that it will abolish a tax exemption on small packages entering the United States from August 29. The move ...
Women’s Equality Day: How Culture Reflects and Drives the Fight for Women’s Rights
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-08-26 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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August 26 is not an ordinary day in the United States. It is Women’s Equality Day, a moment to remember the victory of women’s suffrage and to reflect on the progress that remains to be made. Established in 1973, this date commemorates the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, a milestone that secured the right to vote for women. A ...
Sudan's RSF Commits 'Myriad Crimes Against Humanity': UN Probe
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 16:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan has committed numerous crimes against humanity in Sudan's civil war, in particular in its siege of El-Fasher in western Darfur, UN investigators said Friday. The United Nations' fact-finding mission for Sudan also found evidence of war crimes by both sides in the conflict between the regular ...
European Body Seeks Release of Jailed Turkish Activist
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Council of Europe body on Friday voiced hope a youth delegate detained in Turkey for criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government would be released immediately. Enes Hocaogullari, 23, was detained last month as he arrived at Ankara airport. He had been targeted by Turkish authorities after a March speech at the Congress of ...
Expats: Lebanon at Any Cost!
Marilyne Jallad 2025-08-26 15:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Although they’re delighted to return to their homeland, Lebanese expats in their thirties and Gen Z youth agree on one thing: the cost of living in Lebanon is staggering. Even so, it doesn’t stop them from coming back each summer to celebrate, reconnect with loved ones, and enjoy a season where every moment is worth the sacrifice. “It’s a ...
Informing Parents not Enough to Fight Childhood Obesity
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Government-led programs attempting to curb childhood obesity by educating parents do not work, an international study published Thursday concluded, and researchers are calling for policies that prioritize society-wide solutions. Obesity is a major health crisis with more than one in eight people globally now obese, according to the World Health ...
Palestinian Circumlocutions
Charles Chartouni 2025-09-15 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The unending Palestinian saga seems to thrive on power politics entanglements, unwinding political patronages and the externalization of blame without any critical retrospection to figure out the rationale behind the unending cycles of political entrapment and outright instrumentation. We are faced with a behavioral pattern that never belied ...
New Round of US-China Trade Talks Kicks Off in Madrid
This is Beirut 2025-09-14 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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China and the United States kicked off the latest round of trade talks on Sunday in Madrid, where they are set to thrash out their TikTok dispute and President Donald Trump's promised hefty tariffs. The Chinese delegation is in the Spanish capital until Wednesday and senior officials, including Vice Premier He Lifeng, will meet with the US ...
The Tom & Jerry of Politics: When Enemies Become Friends
Pierre Nahas 2025-09-14 16:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Have you ever watched that episode of Tom & Jerry when Jerry befriended Tom to plot against their common enemy, the bulldog Spike? This phenomenon, which is much more common than people think, has been around for centuries across various fields, particularly politics. Among the most unusual and controversial friendships out there, we find the ...
Shrekking: When Modern Dating Gets Ugly
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-09-14 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
What happens when fairytales meet the brutal realities of modern dating? Welcome to the world of shrekking, the latest Gen Z dating term making waves on TikTok and Instagram. On the surface, it sounds fanciful, even harmless. After all, who doesn’t love Shrek, the green ogre with a heart of gold? But in dating slang, shrekking has little to do ...
Israel Army Says over 250,000 Residents Have Left Gaza City
This is Beirut 2025-09-13 19:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli military said Saturday that more than 250,000 people had fled Gaza City since it began intensifying operations there, as Palestinian officials reported many had been unable to evacuate south due to overcrowding. The United Nations estimated in late August that about one million Palestinians lived in and around Gaza's largest urban ...
Tyler Robinson Named as Suspect in Charlie Kirk Assassination, Arrested after Manhunt
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US authorities said Friday they had captured the man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk after a family member helped to turn him in after a frantic manhunt. "We got him," Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference. Cox identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson and said the arrest was made after one of Robinson's ...