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US Summit in Alaska a 'Personal Victory' for Putin and Zelensky
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 22:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had scored a "personal victory" by getting invited to talks with Donald Trump on US soil and that the meeting further delayed sanctions on Moscow. Zelensky also ruled out withdrawing troops from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as part ...
The Institutionalized Impasses
Charles Chartouni 2025-08-11 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Gaza Hezbollah
Eight months after the Presidential election and the formation of a new cabinet, Lebanon is still debating the decommissioning of Hezbollah and the restoration of the state’s sovereignty. The constitutional terms and the international mandates were not enough to sway the recalcitrance of the government, to dissuade Hezbollah and to stop the ...
Sheila Jordan, the Voice of Jazz, Dies at 96
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 18:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sheila Jordan Jazz Singer Homage
The jazz world has lost one of its most singular voices. Sheila Jordan, singer, composer and educator known for her unique timbre and unmatched improvisational skill, died on August 11, 2025, in New York at the age of 96. The news was confirmed by her longtime bassist, Harvie S., on US public radio NPR, prompting a wave of tributes ...
How Long Will Impunity Prevail in Syria?
Moncef Ait-Kaci 2025-08-12 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In Sweida, the worst escalation in years erupted on July 12 after reciprocal kidnappings between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes spiraled into rapidly escalating armed clashes. The Syrian Army intervened but, according to the UN and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the fighting left more than 1,400 dead, mostly Druze civilians, and ...
Syria, Kurdish Officials Meet after Paris Talks Canned
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Kurds Syrian Democratic Forces Ahmad al-Sharaa
Syria's foreign minister and a senior official in the country's Kurdish administration have met in Damascus, sources from both sides told AFP on Tuesday, days after the government boycotted talks in France. Damascus had said it would not participate in the Paris talks after the Kurds hosted a meeting last week involving Syria's Druze and Alawite ...
Steely Sinner Advances Amid Cincinnati Power-Failure Chaos
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Jannik Sinner ignored power failure interruptions and a blaring alarm to defeat Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) on Monday's day of distractions at the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open. The top-seeded defending champion got down to business against a Canadian ranked 35th who was plagued by eight first-set double-faults and 49 unforced errors in the match ...
Syria Vows Accountability After Video of Sweida Hospital Killing
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syria said Monday it would hold accountable those responsible for the apparent killing of an unarmed man at a hospital during violence last month in Druze-majority Sweida province, after a purported video of the incident emerged. "We condemn and denounce this act in the strongest terms and affirm that the perpetrators will be held accountable and ...
Norway Sovereign Fund Drops Investments in 11 Israeli Companies
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 18:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund said Monday that it was selling its investments in 11 Israeli companies following reports it had invested in an Israeli jet engine maker even as the war in Gaza raged. Nicolai Tangen, chief of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund, said the decision was taken "in response to ...
Poetry and Song Keep Oman’s Ancient Language Alive
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Against the backdrop of southern Oman’s lush mountains, men in traditional attire chant ancient poems in an ancient language, fighting to keep alive a spoken tradition used by just two percent of the population. Sitting under a tent, poet Khalid Ahmed al-Kathiri recites the verses, while men clad in robes and headdresses echo back his words in ...
Trump Slams Own Supporters as Epstein Row Grows
This is Beirut 2025-07-17 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump blasted his own supporters and "stupid" Republicans Wednesday as he went on the attack against anyone questioning his administration's handling of the case of dead sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Trump took his most combative tone yet to try and shut down the issue, after days of struggling to brush off a conspiracy theory ...
BDL Takes Action: Ban on Transactions with Al-Qard Al-Hassan & co.
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 14:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Banks Banque du Liban Central Bank of Lebanon
The circular (No. 170) published by the Banque du Liban, accompanied by Basic Decision No. 13335, marks a decisive turning point in regulating the Lebanese financial sector. By formally banning banks and financial institutions from any relationship with unauthorized entities, particularly the association Al-Qard Al-Hassan, the Banque du Liban is ...
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 ...
Duran Lantink, the Bold Designer Taking Over Gaultier
This is Beirut 2025-10-04 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Paris Fashion Week Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Luxury Culture
Could Duran Lantink become fashion’s next great provocateur? The 37-year-old Dutch designer, celebrated for his fearless creativity, unveils his first Jean Paul Gaultier collection this Sunday in Paris. Appointed creative director of the couture house last April, he is the first permanent successor to Jean Paul Gaultier, who retired from ...
Westbrook Signs With Kings For 18th NBA Season
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Former NBA Most Valuable Player Russell Westbrook, who will launch his 18th season next week, has signed with the Sacramento Kings, the club announced Thursday. Westbrook, 36, played the 2024-25 season with the Denver Nuggets, averaging 13.3 points, 6.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds in 75 games. The Kings had been reported to be in contact with the ...
Israel Returns 45 Palestinian Bodies to Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel returned the bodies of 45 Palestinians on Wednesday, bringing the total number handed over to 90, Gaza's health ministry said. Under a ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli returned. On Monday, Hamas gave up three Israeli bodies and one ...
#MeToo: Navigating Art by Controversial Creators
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-14 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On the sidewalk outside the Champo in Paris in 2019, during the release of J’accuse, filmgoers’ queue mingled with banners protesting the selection of Polanski’s work. That same month, Spotify announced the temporary removal of R. Kelly’s tracks from its official playlists, bowing to media pressure. But six weeks later, the platform ...
Suicide: The Silence That Breaks Lives
Yara Germany 2025-10-10 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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Every two days, someone takes their own life in Lebanon, and more than 700,000 people do so every year worldwide. Through testimonies and data addressing causes, psychology and religion, This is Beirut delves into this phenomenon. This World Mental Health Day, we shed light on suffering too often buried under shame, misinformation, social pressure ...
Netflix Docuseries: Inside Victoria Beckham’s Journey from Spice Girl to Fashion Mogul
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Ex-Spice Girl turned designer Victoria Beckham describes herself as someone who "desperately wanted to be liked" in a new three-part documentary about her life. In the Netflix series due to launch on Thursday, the 51-year-old once known as "Posh Spice" recounts her battle to reinvent herself as a fashion designer after the British girl band ...
Algorithms, Lavender, and the Art of War
Paul Guillot 2025-10-07 11:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In 2023, the conflict between Israel and certain armed groups in Gaza saw the large-scale use of artificial intelligence in military operations. One program, called Lavender, became a central tool for target selection. It relies on machine learning algorithms that cross-reference multiple sources – images, intercepted communications, and ...
Are Things Looking Brighter for the Middle East?
David Hale 2025-10-03 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A year after Israel defanged Hezbollah, and in the wake of the annual opening of the UN General Assembly and several developments related to the Middle East, it may be a good time to take stock. In my 38-year career of diplomacy in the Middle East, anytime someone expressed optimism, I would suggest a head examination might be in order. However, ...
From Excitement to Frustration: Louvre Visitors Caught Off Guard by Closure
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Visitors pressed against the Louvre's iron gates on Monday, peering through bars locked after thieves pulled off a daylight jewel heist inside the world-famous museum the day before. Would-be museum-goers queued outside the famed tourist attraction for the scheduled 0900 (0700 GMT) opening, a day after robbers stole precious jewelry and fled on ...
Hezbollah: From Military Power to Spoiler Power
Tilda Abou Rizk 2025-09-27 09:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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By defying an official ban and illuminating Pigeon Rock in Raouche with portraits of its two former leaders assassinated by Israel in 2024, and mobilizing thousands of supporters for a flagrantly ostentatious show of force, Hezbollah once again pushed the boundaries of its provocative maneuvers. This time, it was through deeds rather than words ...
Macron Warns Israel against Closing France's Jerusalem Consulate
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 20:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday warned Israel against closing down the French consulate in Jerusalem as a possible retaliatory measure following his announcement earlier this week that France now recognizes a Palestinian state. "I think that would be a major error, and therefore I don't believe it will happen," he said in an ...
Iran's Carpet Industry Unravelling Under Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Once a symbol of cultural prestige, Iran's handmade rugs are no longer selling as fast as they once did, as sanctions weigh on an already troubled economy and buyers' tastes change. Commanding more than $2 billion in export revenues in its heyday of the early 1990s, the industry now struggles to scrape together around $40 million, marking a ...
Between the State and the Rock…
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-09-23 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Baalbeck Banks Free Patriotic Movement Hezbollah
In Lebanon, even rocks can spark existential crises. The Raoucheh Rock has become the focus of a growing political and public controversy after plans emerged to project an image of Hezbollah’s former Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, alongside Hashem Safieddine, onto the rock to mark the anniversary of their death last year. What began as a ...
Drone Flights 'Most Serious Attack' on Danish Infrastructure, PM says
This is Beirut 2025-09-23 14:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Large drones that flew over Copenhagen airport for hours and caused it to shut down constituted the "most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure" to date, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday. Airports in Copenhagen and Oslo reopened early Tuesday, hours after unidentified drones in their airspace caused dozens of ...
ABBA, the Eternal Celebration: 50 Years of Mamma Mia
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-09-19 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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There are songs that never grow old, choruses that stand the test of time, always ready to appear at a party, on the radio or during a karaoke session, as if opening the door to an old attic full of memories. “Mamma Mia” is one of those songs. This September 2025 marks a rare milestone: 50 years of energy, bright harmonies, hands clapping on ...
Art and Faith Unite in Tehran’s Virgin Mary Station
This is Beirut 2025-10-19 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Shiite Islam may be the official religion in Iran, but entering Tehran's brand-new Maryam Moghaddas metro station, you could be forgiven for feeling as if you're stepping inside a Christian church. Maryam Moghaddas in Persian translates as "Holy Mary." And the station's vaulted and arched concourse, with a dome decorated with Persian motifs, ...
Chess World Grieves Loss of US Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 10:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Chess Culture Art Heritage Daniel Naroditsky
The chess world has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of prominent US grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, aged 29. Governing body the International Chess Federation (FIDE) remembered Naroditsky, who was also a chess commentator and streamer, as someone "whose influence extended far beyond the chessboard." Fellow grandmaster and ...
Lecornu: Macron's Discreet 'Loyal Soldier'
This is Beirut 2025-09-09 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sebastien Lecornu, named Tuesday as France's new prime minister, has served as defense minister for over three years during much of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and is seen as a deeply loyal, if discreet, ally of President Emmanuel Macron. Still just 39, Lecornu has been one of the few faces of continuity in the French cabinet at a time of ...