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G20 Nations Agree Central Bank Independence 'Crucial'
This is Beirut 2025-07-18 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The G20 finance ministers stressed Friday that central banks must remain independent, after months of escalating attacks by US President Donald Trump on Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell. It was the first communique under South Africa's G20 presidency and marked a rare consensus reached by a bloc jolted by the drastic trade policies of its ...
US Congress Approves $9 Bn in Trump Cuts to Foreign Aid, Public Media
This is Beirut 2025-07-18 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Congress Donald Trump USA Cuts Aid
US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump's plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget. The cuts achieve only a tiny fraction of the $1 trillion in annual savings that tech billionaire and estranged Trump ...
Trump Threatens To Sue WSJ Over Story on Alleged 2003 Letter to Epstein
This is Beirut 2025-07-18 05:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein Politics
US President Donald Trump threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal Thursday over a story about an alleged off-color letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, amid lingering political fallout over his administration's handling of the late financier's sex trafficking case. The Journal story says the letter featuring a sketch of a naked woman and ...
World-First IVF Trial Reduces Risk of Babies Inheriting Diseases
This is Beirut 2025-07-17 11:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Kingdom United States IVF Babies Mitochondrial
Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday. The findings were hailed as a breakthrough which raises hopes that women with mutations in their mitochondrial DNA could one day have ...
In 'Materialists,' Dakota Johnson Explores Love in the Age of Algorithms
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-07-17 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Dakota Johnson Cinema Culture Materialists Art Actress
In Materialists, Céline Song reinvents the romantic comedy with Lucy, a New York matchmaker specializing in high-end unions, who suddenly finds herself torn between two very different men: Harry, a wealthy, reassuring heir, and John, a struggling but genuine actor. Beneath its glamorous surface, the film dissects the bold machinery of an era ...
Dr. Al-Sharaa, Mr. Al-Jolani: The Metamorphosis Illusion
Marc Saikali 2025-07-17 08:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Syria Soueida Al-Jolani Ahmad el-Chareh Hezbollah
For two days, the Israeli Army has bombed Syrian militias now acting as auxiliaries to the regular army. On Wednesday, Israeli jets struck the outskirts of Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus—a clear political and military message: ongoing attacks on Syria’s Druze minority will not be tolerated. Yet on the ground, confusion reigns. ...
Between the Dilemma of Disarming Hezbollah and the Challenge of Rising Israeli Tensions
Amal Chmouny 2025-07-21 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah United States
The dialogue between the US and Lebanon concerning Hezbollah's disarmament has entered a crucial phase, characterized by urgency, skepticism and regional complexities. US envoy Tom Barrack emphasized the need for rapid and structured progress, a sentiment echoed in messages from Washington. However, as events unfold, the inherent challenges of ...
Iran says Will not Halt Nuclear Enrichment Ahead of European Talks
This is Beirut 2025-07-22 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran has no plans to abandon its nuclear program including uranium enrichment despite the "severe" damage caused by US strikes to its facilities, the country's foreign minister said ahead of renewed talks with European powers. Iran is scheduled to meet Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, to discuss its nuclear program, with Tehran ...
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, ...
The Middle East: Recalibrations, Fractures and a Coming Storm
Salam El Zaatari 2025-07-24 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon United States Syria Hezbollah
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 ...
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)
Lebanon Omar Jamaleddine Basket-ball
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)
Museum Taylor Swift Wax Statues Madame Tussauds Britain Culture
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)
Nawaf Salam Damascus Druze Minority
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 ...
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 ...
Julia Roberts, Jude Law to Feature at Star-Packed Venice Film Festival
This is Beirut 2025-07-22 17:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US megastar Julia Roberts is to make her debut at the Venice Film Festival this year, which will also feature Jude Law playing Russian leader Vladimir Putin and a hard-hitting film about Gaza. Roberts is one of many A-listers set to appear at the increasingly influential Venice film extravaganza from late August for the premiere of her latest ...
Caught Between the Hot Potato and the Pressure Cooker
Marc Saikali 2025-07-24 08:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon United States Tom Barrack Hezbollah
Tom Barrack left exactly as he came, with the same uncertainties and delays. The American envoy must have been tearing his hair out (figuratively speaking) at the careless attitude he observed. The hot potato of disarmament has officially been passed on. “It’s an internal matter. The United States does not negotiate with an organization they ...
White House Pushes Obama ‘Coup’ Story To Distract From Epstein
This is Beirut 2025-07-24 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The White House pulled out all the stops Wednesday to promote claims that Barack Obama headed a "treasonous conspiracy" against Donald Trump, seeking to redirect public attention from uproar over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Trump's intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard told a White House press briefing there had been a ...
WHO Chief Says 'Large Proportion' of Gaza's People 'Starving'
This is Beirut 2025-07-23 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine United Nations WHO Gaza
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 ...
HRW Accuses Houthis of War Crimes Over Red Sea Ship Attacks
This is Beirut 2025-07-23 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday condemned Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis for deadly attacks that sank two commercial vessels this month, calling them violations of the laws of war. The Houthis struck the Magic Seas and Eternity C cargo ships in the Red Sea, part of a campaign against maritime traffic they accuse of having links to Israel, launched ...
Bouchikian Loses Immunity, Ex-Ministers Face Probe
This is Beirut 2025-07-23 12:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Georges Boushikian Amin Salam Parliament Immunity
Parliament approved on Wednesday, the lifting of parliamentary immunity for MP and former Minister of Industry Georges Bouchikian by a vote of 99 in favor, with only one abstention. The decision was taken during a plenary session held in the morning at Nejmeh Square. The session also included hearings for former Ministers of Telecommunications ...
Tennis Against Oblivion: In Hammana, a Match to Rise Again
Makram Haddad 2025-07-23 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A court, a cause, and a powerful message: on Thursday, July 24, the peaceful town of Hammana will host a match like no other. Backed by the Cedar Rehab Center, in partnership with the Lebanese Tennis Federation, this symbolic event will bring together tennis pros, media figures, and committed influencers with one clear mission: to send a strong ...
Pedro Pascal Stars as Mister Fantastic in Marvel’s 'Fantastic Four' Blockbuster
This is Beirut 2025-07-23 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Movies Pedro Pascal Fantastic Four Culture
American Chilean actor Pedro Pascal is set to star as a stretchy Earth savior in Marvel's latest blockbuster The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which releases worldwide this week and will test the appetite for more superhero films. After wielding a sword in Gladiator 2 and a gun in The Last of Us, the 50-year-old plays the elastic Mister Fantastic ...
From Beirut’s August 4 Tragedy to 'Blooming Joy' by Rana Hatem Slim
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-08-04 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Painting August 4 Beirut Culture Art Beirut
Gemspace Art Gallery, tucked in the heart of Beirut, is hosting the solo exhibition of artist Rana Hatem Slim. Titled Blooming Joy, the collection invites visitors into a luminous, sensory world where color and emotion intertwine to celebrate joy in all its forms. Rana Hatem Slim spoke to This is Beirut about her work. In the gentle chaos of ...
Rodin’s "Thinker" Submerged in Plastic as UN Talks on Pollution Open
This is Beirut 2025-08-05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A replica of Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture The Thinker outside the United Nations headquarters was slowly submerged in plastic rubbish Monday as countries gathered in a bid to finalize a global treaty on plastic pollution. The sculpture will slowly disappear under layer upon layer of bottles, toys, fishing nets and other garbage during the 10 ...
Astronomers Observe Birth of a Solar System for First Time
This is Beirut 2025-07-16 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Astronomers said Wednesday they had observed the moment when planets start forming around a distant star for the first time, revealing a process that sheds light on the birth of our own solar system. The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315, which resembles our own Sun in its youth, 1,300 light years from Earth in the ...
UNIFIL and LAF Discover Tunnel and Unexploded Ordnance in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Lebanese Army South Lebanon UNIFIL Hezbollah Weapons
UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) peacekeepers have discovered a 50-meter-long tunnel and several unexploded pieces of ordnance near the town of al-Qusayr in southern Lebanon, the mission announced Wednesday. The discovery was made in coordination with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), according to a UNIFIL press release. “In ...
Man Utd Still Winless After Fulham Draw, Everton Open New Stadium with Victory
This is Beirut 2025-08-24 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Football Premier League Manchester United
Manchester United remain without a Premier League win this season after being held 1-1 at Fulham on Sunday, while a Jack Grealish-inspired Everton opened their new stadium with a 2-0 victory over Brighton. Ruben Amorim's United were left to rue Bruno Fernandes' wayward first-half penalty as they were pegged back at Craven Cottage. Rodrigo ...