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Germany Says Israel 'Increasingly in The Minority' on Palestinian Issue
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Germany Conflict
Germany's foreign minister said Thursday that Israel was increasingly isolated diplomatically over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the push by some countries to recognize a Palestinian state. Johann Wadephul said in a statement before heading to Israel that the recent UN conference on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ...
What if Superman’s Power Was Humanity After All?
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-07-25 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Superman Cinema Movie Culture Art David Corenswet
The new Superman movie, featuring new actors, is all over the place. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent/Superman, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion and Isabela Merced. Ranking number one internationally, the film attracts crowds eager to see their favorite hero’s new adventures. The plot ...
Five Years Later... Finding the Words with Rony Mecattaf
Yara Germany 2025-08-03 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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On August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Rony Mecattaf lost an eye. Since then, he has gotten back up, written a book and is rebuilding through testimony. A tribute by This is Beirut to those who still carry August 4 in their bodies, their hearts and their silence.
Five Years Later... Finding the Words with Hussein Baydoun
Yara Germany 2025-08-04 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute
explosion blast beirut survivor
On August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Hussein Baydoun didn’t understand what was happening. Bleeding, he photographed the disaster and lost faith in this country. A tribute by This is Beirut to those who still carry August 4 in their bodies, their hearts and their silence.
Plastic Pollution 'Grave and Growing' Health Threat: Lancet
This is Beirut 2025-08-04 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the existing evidence, which was carried out by leading health researchers and doctors, was published one day ahead of fresh talks opening in Geneva aiming ...
Five Years Later... Finding the Words with Mireille Khoury
Yara Germany 2025-08-04 10:30 - Reading : less than a minute
explosion blast survivor beirut
On August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Mireille Khoury lost her son Elias, killed by the explosion. Since that day, she says she no longer exists. A tribute by This is Beirut to those who still carry August 4 in their bodies, their hearts and their silence.
Bolsonaro Backers Rally to Praise Trump for Brazil Pressure
This is Beirut 2025-08-04 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Washington Brazil Jair Bolsonaro
Thousands of fervent supporters of Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets Sunday, showing support for US President Donald Trump's pressure campaign against the trial of his right-wing ally. Bolsonaro is currently being tried in the capital Brasilia for plotting a coup after failing to win reelection in 2022 against leftist Luiz ...
Lebanon, the Unraveling Republic
Charles Chartouni 2025-08-04 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Iran United States
American political scientists in the sixties were quite pessimistic when analyzing the cascading political crises befalling Lebanon since the late fifties. Leila Meo used the label of “improbable nation” (1963), and Michael Hudson characterized it as a “precarious republic" (1965). This sense of instability prompted numerous scholars to ...
Eight OPEC+ Countries Raise Production by 547,000 Bpd
This is Beirut 2025-08-03 17:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia, Russia and six key members of the OPEC+ alliance said Sunday they will increase production by 547,000 barrels a day in a move that analysts say aims to regain market share amid resilient crude prices. Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman, along with the Saudis and Russians, together nicknamed the ...
Second Seed Fritz Ends Canadian Hopes at ATP Toronto Masters
This is Beirut 2025-08-02 13:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Taylor Fritz ended Canadian hopes at the ATP Toronto Masters on Friday as he crushed Gabriel Diallo 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the fourth round. The American second seed needed just 77 minutes to dispatch the the 37th-ranked local and book a meeting with Jiri Lehecka, a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 winner over France's Arthur Fils. Fritz is aiming to at ...
Trump's Envoy in Israel as Gaza Criticism Mounts
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 14:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Steve Witkoff
US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in Israel on Thursday on ways to end the crisis in Gaza, where nearly 22 months of grinding war and dire shortages of food have drawn mounting international criticism. Witkoff, who has been involved in months of stalled negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, met Prime ...
Five Years Later... Finding the Words with Lina Khoury
Yara Germany 2025-08-02 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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On August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Lina Khoury’s life was blown apart. Despite being a mental health professional, she stayed silent for years. A tribute by This is Beirut to those who still carry August 4 in their bodies, their hearts and their silence.
Beirut Port: The Dormant Strategic Hub
Liliane Mokbel 2025-08-02 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Levant’s maritime landscape is rapidly shifting. Since the easing of Western sanctions on Syria, investors have flocked to its shores. Emirati logistics giant DP World has launched an $800 million investment plan to modernize Tartus port. Meanwhile, CMA CGM is investing $262 million in Lattakia, and China is expanding its footprint in ...
Norris on Top as McLaren Dominate Opening Hungary Practice
This is Beirut 2025-08-01 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Formula One F1 Max Verstappen Lando Norris
Lando Norris topped the times ahead of series leader and team-mate Oscar Piastri as McLaren ruled Friday's opening practice for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris, who is 16 points adrift of Piastri in the drivers' world championship, clocked a best lap in one minute and 16.052 seconds to outpace the Australian by 0.019 seconds on a dry ...
Honkytonk Kenya: Country Music’s Unlikely African Capital
This is Beirut 2025-08-01 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The party is in Kenya, but the vibe is distinctly Americana: a sea of cowboy hats and boots with a soundtrack of whisky-soaked tales about heartbreak and good ol' boys. Kenya has become the unlikely home of a growing country music scene, possibly the biggest in Africa, as testified by the thousands line-dancing in a field in the capital Nairobi at ...
Underwater Serenade: The Surprising Songs of Leopard Seals
This is Beirut 2025-08-01 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When male leopard seals dive down into icy Antarctic waters, they sing songs structured like nursery rhymes in performances that can last up to 13 hours, scientists said Thursday. The Australian-led team of researchers compared the complexity of the songs composed by the big blubbery mammals to those of other animals, as well as human musicians ...
What are All These Microplastics Doing to Our Brains?
This is Beirut 2025-08-01 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in human brains, but there is not yet enough evidence to say whether this is doing us harm, experts have said. These mostly invisible pieces of plastic have been found everywhere, from the top of mountains to the bottom of oceans, in the air we breathe and the food we ...
Syria Forms Committee to Investigate Violence in Druze Heartland
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Sweida Syria Druze Commmittee
Syria's justice ministry announced on Thursday the formation of a committee to investigate deadly violence in the southern Druze-majority province of Sweida. The week-long clashes which began on July 13 killed more than 1,400 people, many of them Druze civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor. In a decree issued ...
Israel and Hezbollah Tighten the Noose Around the Lebanese Government
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-07-27 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun’s statement that he is holding talks with Hezbollah over its weapons and that negotiations are progressing slowly was especially noteworthy. Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt’s remarks were equally notable, as he called on Hezbollah to give up its heavy weaponry, deeming it ineffective in confronting ...
New Cryptocurrency May Be Aiding Russia to Dodge Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-07-25 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia Sanctions EU Crypto Stablecoin
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 ...
Basketball – Asia Cup: Everyone Behind Lebanon!
Makram Haddad 2025-08-05 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
From August 5 to 17 in Jeddah, the Lebanese national team will try to move past recent tensions and misfortunes. Arakji is back, but might miss the first two games. Can El Darwich lead the team? And what is a promise worth if it’s forced, Jamaleddine? A Ruthless Format The stage is set. Sixteen nations, four groups, one coveted trophy: the ...
Slop: The Digital Waste Flooding Our Feeds
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-07-20 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) surges, a new term is gaining traction: slop. No longer just a word for literal mud or lukewarm food, in digital lingo it now refers to a rising wave of unwanted, AI-generated content, vacantly produced, algorithmically amplified, and clogging up social media. From Messy Mud to Messy Media In ...
US Treasury Chief Says China Talks Could Cover Iran, Russia Oil Buys
This is Beirut 2025-07-21 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States China Russia Iran Oil
The next round of US-China talks could include Chinese purchases of Russian and Iranian oil, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, a move that would shift the focus of trade negotiations into national security issues. US President Donald Trump has imposed fresh tariffs on allies and competitors alike this year, and Washington and ...
England Face Dark Horses Italy With Sights Set on Women's Euro Final
This is Beirut 2025-07-21 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Having come back from the brink of elimination against Sweden in the last eight, England will hope to live up to their billing as favorites when they face Italy in the semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Tuesday. The holders are tantalizingly close to another major tournament final, with a showdown next Sunday against either Germany or world ...
UK Battles Anti-Vax Misinformation After Child's Death
This is Beirut 2025-07-21 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Kingdom Donald Trump Vaccination
A child's death from measles has sparked urgent calls from British public health officials to get children vaccinated, as the UK faces an onslaught of misinformation on social media, much of it from the United States. Measles is a highly infectious disease that can cause serious complications. It is preventable through double MMR (measles, mumps ...
Iran Confirms Fresh Nuclear Talks with European Powers: State Media
This is Beirut 2025-07-21 08:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Tehran Nuclear Istanbul Europe
Iran confirmed fresh talks with European powers to be held on Friday in Istanbul, the country's state media reported, the first since the United States attacked Iranian nuclear facilities a month ago. Iranian diplomats will meet counterparts from Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, after the trio warned that sanctions could be ...
Hezbollah: A Gun to Lebanon’s Head
Marc Saikali 2025-07-20 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah United States
Same clarity, same concern — and this time, perhaps, a colder anger. The American envoy didn’t come for coffee. He came to assess the situation. And to restate the facts as they are: Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon toward civil war, and the world may well decide to walk away. This isn’t a threat — it’s a possible outcome of the current ...
European Powers Plan Fresh Nuclear Talks with Iran This Week
This is Beirut 2025-07-20 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran Germany France United Kingdom Iran Nuclear Program
The United Kingdom, France, and Germany are planning to hold fresh talks with Iran on its nuclear program in the coming days, a German diplomatic source told AFP on Sunday. The European powers, known as the E3, "are in contact with Iran to schedule further talks for the coming week", the source said, following warnings from the trio ...
New Clashes Rock Syria's Druze Heartland as Tribal Fighters Reinforce Bedouin
This is Beirut 2025-07-19 00:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure. The United Nations called for an end to the "bloodshed" and demanded an "independent" investigation of the ...
Barrack to Lebanon: Address Your Internal Issues!
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-07-22 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah United States Tom Barrack
Tom Barrack’s third visit to Lebanon warrants a careful reading between the lines—coming, as it does, after Beirut conveyed its message to Washington and received a US response. On his first trip, the US emissary was notably diplomatic and optimistic, speaking at length about Lebanon’s prospects. But that optimism was tempered ...