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SGA Leads Thunder Past Rockets In Season-Opening Thriller
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
NBA Rockets Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder launched the defense of their NBA crown with a thrilling season-opening 125-124 triple-overtime victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday. Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning NBA and NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, drew a crucial foul with 2.3 seconds remaining before nailing ...
On the Sidewalk of Forgetfulness: Lebanon’s Street Children Forced to Survive
Maria Chami 2025-10-18 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At an age when they should be playing and learning, these children are weighed down by harsh realities. One hand offers chewing gum, flowers or tissues for sale; the other carries the burden of a childhood stolen too soon. School is a distant dream. Safety is out of reach. Innocence is lost. A UNICEF and Save the Children report reveals that ...
Leonardo, Callas, Beethoven… Could Europe’s Icons Appear on Euro Banknotes?
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-17 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe Euros Banknotes Culture
Nearly a quarter of a century after their introduction, euro banknotes are set to be completely redesigned, both aesthetically and in terms of security. If the ECB stays on schedule, the new banknotes are expected to be unveiled from 2026, following an unprecedented public consultation and design process. Since 2002, euro banknotes have depicted ...
Scotland Take Lead in World Cup Qualifying Group, Dutch Move Closer
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 21:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Scotland moved top of their 2026 World Cup qualifying group with a tense 2-1 win at home to Belarus on Sunday, while the Netherlands closed in on securing their berth at the tournament with a comfortable win over Finland. Steve Clarke's Scotland provisionally lead Group C by three points ahead of Denmark, although the Danes can hit back to take ...
Trump Hails 'Tremendous Day for Middle East' as Leaders Sign Gaza Declaration
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 21:27 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration Monday meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. Trump made a lightning visit to Israel, where he lauded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an address to ...
#MeToo: Navigating Art by Controversial Creators
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-14 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
#MeToo Culture Artists Music Movies
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 ...
Civil Defense Says Israeli Forces Kill Six People in Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in separate incidents Tuesday, while the military reported its troops had opened fire on suspects who approached their positions. Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defense agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas, said five people were killed as they ...
Iran Hands Down Prison Sentences to Two French Nationals for Spying
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian authorities on Tuesday handed down lengthy prison sentences to two French nationals after convicting them on multiple charges, including spying for Israel, the judiciary said. The two unidentified French nationals were arrested in March 2023, according to the judiciary's Mizan Online website, which did not provide details on the ...
Lebanon Still Charms, but Tourism Numbers Fall
Christiane Tager 2025-10-14 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In the 2010s, Lebanon ranked among the world’s top tourist destinations, celebrated for its festivals, crowded beaches, boutique hotels and award-winning cuisine. Tourism then accounted for nearly a fifth of GDP and was at the very heart of the economy. Today, that postcard-perfect image has faded. Two years after a brief recovery, the sector ...
Nasser Taghvai, Iranian Cinema Pioneer and Longtime Regime Critic, Passes Away
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Filmmaker Nasser Taghvai Obituary Anti-censorship Iran Culture
Prominent Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai, widely known for his long struggle against censorship, Taghvai has died at the age of 84, his wife said Tuesday. "Nasser Taghvai, an artist who chose the difficulty of living freely, has earned his liberation," his wife, actor Marzieh Vafamehr, wrote on Instagram. Taghvai was born on July 13, 1941 in ...
Four Gaza hostage bodies brought into Israel
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Red Cross Gaza Hamas
The bodies of four hostages held in Gaza and handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas on Monday were brought back to Israel, the army said. The remains in four coffins arrived on Monday night at the National Institute for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, an AFP journalist reported. There, "identification procedures will be carried out," the ...
Trump Arrives in Sharm el-Sheikh After Hero’s Welcome in Jerusalem
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 18:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza Sharm el-Sheikh
Donald Trump arrived in Egypt on Monday to co-chair a Gaza summit, following his address in Jerusalem, where he proclaimed an end to a “long nightmare” for Israelis and Palestinians on the day the last 20 living hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. The U.S. president, who initiated the plan that established a ...
What Comes Next in Trump’s Gaza Plan?
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-10-14 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas
As the first phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan nears completion, attention is shifting to the next steps. Significant progress has been made, though the process remains far from finished. On Monday, Hamas announced the release of the 28 Israeli hostages still alive in Gaza, along with four bodies from a total of 28. In exchange, Israel confirmed ...
Israeli Hostages Reunite with Their Families
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Israël hostages Tel Aviv Donald Trump
After more than two years, the last 20 Israeli hostages have been freed and reunited with their families. At Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, crowds celebrated the moment. A key step in Donald Trump’s proposed plan.
From Waste to Runway: Kenyan Designers Transform Used Clothes Into Art
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 17:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Fashion Recycling Designers Kenya Culture
In a dusty alley in the heart of Kenya's largest open-air market, fashion models strut down a makeshift runway in bold, upcycled outfits made from waste collected at dumpsites and market cast-offs, proof that even trash can dazzle. Every year, thousands of tons of used clothes from Europe, the United States, and beyond make their way to ...
Israel Releases Murderers to Rescue Its Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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This Monday, Israel finds itself caught between celebration and unease. The joy of hostages returning home is tempered by a bitter reality: to secure the release of citizens still held in Gaza, the Israeli government is freeing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including several convicted of violent crimes. The deal, brokered under US President ...
Hamas Hands Over Surviving Israeli Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 11:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Donald Trump Middle East Hostage
Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire agreement, as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza. In Tel Aviv, a huge crowd which gathered to support hostage families erupted in joy, tears and song as news broke of the first releases, though the pain for the loss of ...
Trump on His Way to Israel: “The War in Gaza Has Ended”
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas United States of America Ben Gurion
US President Donald Trump arrived Monday morning at Ben Gurion Airport for a short visit to Israel, the first stop on a Middle East tour described as a mission for peace. Welcomed by President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump is set to continue to Egypt, where an international summit in Sharm el-Sheikh will focus on ...
Boualem Sansal Elected to Belgium’s Royal Academy While Imprisoned
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 10:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Boualem Sansal Algeria France Literature Prize Culture
Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who has been imprisoned in Algeria for nearly a year, has been elected to the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium, the Academy’s permanent secretary Yves Namur told AFP on Sunday. “Boualem Sansal embodies the creative spirit of the writer, which is inseparable from the freedom it ...
Donald Trump Arrives in Israel as First Group of Hostages Released in Historic Gaza Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 08:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Israel early Monday morning to bolster support for a landmark peace deal, as the first group of Israeli hostages was released from Gaza under a ceasefire agreement brokered with his direct involvement. The Israeli Army spokesperson has confirmed that seven Israeli hostages — named Matan Angrest, ...
Music Hits Turned into Multi-Billion-Dollar Investment Assets
Christiane Tager 2025-10-14 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The music industry is increasingly merging with finance as artists and investors tap into the lucrative market of securitized music catalogs. Following David Bowie’s groundbreaking “Bowie Bonds” in 1997, which allowed him to raise $55 million by turning his song royalties into tradable bonds, this market has grown exponentially. In 2025, it ...
Trump Says 'We Will Disarm' Hamas, Urges Return of Gaza Bodies
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Donald Trump Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "we will disarm" Hamas if the Palestinian militants refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the bodies of hostages in Gaza. Trump's comments came the day after he swung through the Middle East to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire deal, with questions swirling about the ...
Pink October at LAU-Rizk: Breaking the Silence on Breast Cancer
Makram Haddad 2025-10-17 13:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
LAU Lebanese University Rizk Hospital Christina Khater
The film avoids slogans and the “campaign” aesthetic to favor narration at the level of everyday life. One perceives what the illness upsets — confidence, self-image, intimacy — and what speech can repair. The room reacts: a few nervous laughs when self-mockery defuses embarrassment, longer silences over the metamorphoses of the body and ...
Bangladesh Prosecution Demands Death Penalty for ex-PM Hasina
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bangladeshi prosecution lawyers demanded on Thursday that fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina receive the death penalty in her trial for crimes against humanity. Hasina has defied court orders to return from India, where she fled last year, to face charges of ordering a deadly crackdown in a failed attempt to crush a student-led ...
Hermès’ Designer Veronique Nichanian to Step Down after 37 Years
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Hermès Mode Art Fashion
Hermes chief menswear designer Veronique Nichanian is to step down after 37 years in charge and will present her final show for the luxury house in January, the company announced on Friday. Hermes announced the change "with heartfelt emotion", paying tribute to Nichanian's "eye, her vision, her generosity, her energy and her curiosity" in a press ...
Global Markets 2025: From Soaring Peaks to Sudden Crashes
Christiane Tager 2025-10-17 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Monetary Fund Markets economy stocks
Since January, major stock indices such as the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Euro Stoxx have shattered records. Fueled by surging optimism around artificial intelligence, global finance seems to be reliving its golden era. Yet beneath this spectacular rise, the ground is quaking. Every peak is followed by a dark day. In just hours, billions of dollars could ...
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 ...
Hamas says Committed to Ceasefire Agreement, to Return all Bodies
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 10:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ceasefire Hamas Palestine
Hamas said it was committed to the US-brokered agreement that halted its war with Israel, and to returning all the bodies of hostages still unaccounted for under the ruins of Gaza. Responding to a call from the militant group for assistance with locating the bodies of the 19 hostages, buried under the rubble alongside an untold number of ...
New York Mayoral Hopefuls Clash in High-Stakes Debate
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 05:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
New York United States Election
A socialist, an accused molester and a vigilante all hoping to be New York's next mayor clashed in a debate with "high levels of testosterone" Thursday as the unpredictable campaign enters the homestretch. Democratic candidate and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, independent former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis ...
French PM Survives Two Confidence Votes Days After Reappointment
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two confidence motions Thursday, just days after appointing his new government and making a key political concession to stay in power. The votes followed Lecornu's decision Tuesday to back suspending a divisive 2023 pension reform, in a bid to keep his cabinet afloat long enough to pass a ...