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Messi Signs New Inter Miami Contract Through 2028
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lionel Messi has agreed a contract extension with Inter Miami which will see the Argentine superstar remain in Major League Soccer until the end of the 2028 season, the club confirmed on Thursday. Inter Miami's X feed posted a video of Messi signing a contract sitting at a table in the middle of the club's new Freedom Park stadium, which is under ...
Gilgeous-Alexander Hits Career-High 55 In Thunder Double Overtime Win
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 11:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 55 points to lead reigning champion Oklahoma City over Indiana 141-135 in double overtime on Thursday in a historic rematch of last season's NBA Finals. Hours after the league was rocked by a massive illegal gambling probe, reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander dragged the Thunder to ...
Lebanese Households Struggle with Falling Purchasing Power
Christiane Tager 2025-10-24 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
From Beirut to Tripoli and throughout the Beqaa Valley, a common refrain echoes: “Prices have skyrocketed, it’s becoming unbearable.” “We’re facing hardship after hardship,” laments Mona, a mother of three. According to the Central Administration of Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.6% in September and by 15% over ...
UN Day 2025: Lebanon Marks Ties with the United Nations
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun marked United Nations Day 2025 by recalling the principles that have guided both Lebanon and the UN since the organization’s founding 80 years ago. “This day is a reminder of a pact made eight decades ago – a pact that feels like a charter for Lebanon’s mission and struggle,” he said on Friday. Emphasizing the ...
August 4, 2020: Key Developments in the Grechushkin Case
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-23 17:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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There are renewed signs of progress in the investigation into the Beirut port explosion of August 4, 2020. Two judicial tracks are taking shape: that of investigating judge Tarek Bitar, still mired in the legal actions brought against him, and that of Igor Grechushkin, the presumed owner of the Rhosus, currently detained in Bulgaria. Meanwhile, ...
Lebanon 2019: Behind a Programmed Revolution (2/2)
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-22 12:30 - Reading : 11 minute(s)
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Lebanon has an exceptionally dense civil society sector. Hundreds of local NGOs receive funding from international organizations such as the European Union, various United Nations agencies, private foundations like Ford, Rockefeller and Open Society, as well as contributions from the diaspora. Most of this funding is fully declared, independently ...
Giant Kermit Sculpture Set to Lighten Mood at Art Basel Paris
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fair Art Basel Paris France Culture
A huge inflatable Kermit the frog will be the star of the Art Basel Paris contemporary art fair this week in the French capital, unnerved by a daring heist at the Louvre. "Kermit the Frog, Even" is a 20-metre (66-foot) blow-up figure by Venezuelan-US artist Alex Da Corte, with its head deflated at the artist's request. The beloved Muppet Show ...
Assassination Casts Dark Cloud over Iraqi Elections
Seth J. Frantzman 2025-10-23 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the early hours of October 15, an IED tore through a Chevy Tahoe in Baghdad’s northern outskirts, killing Safaa al-Mashhadani, a candidate in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Three days later, gunmen opened fire on the office of another candidate, Muthanna al-Azzawi, 25 kilometers south of the Iraqi ...
The Shamkhani Wedding Scandal: How a Leaked Wedding Became Iran’s Mirror of Moral Collapse
Salam El Zaatari 2025-10-23 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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In mid-October 2025, a leaked video from a private wedding set Iran ablaze, digitally, politically and morally. It wasn’t just any celebration. The footage showed the daughter of Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, one of Iran’s most powerful men and a close confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, parading in a strapless white gown at the ...
Trump Slaps ‘Tremendous’ Sanctions on Russian Oil for Ukraine War
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 23:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies on Wednesday, complaining that his talks with Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war "don't go anywhere." The European Union also unveiled a fresh wave of sanctions to pressure Russia to end its relentless, three-and-a-half-year invasion of its ...
12 UN Staff Leave Yemen's Sanaa After Huthi Detention: UN Statement
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Twelve international United Nations employees who had been held by Yemen's Huthis inside their compound flew out of the rebel-held capital on Wednesday, the UN said. The Iran-backed Huthis raided the UN compound in the capital Sanaa last weekend, holding 20 staff including 15 foreigners. Five Yemeni nationals were released on Sunday. The rebels ...
Icing: When Love Goes into Freeze Mode
David Sahyoun 2025-10-22 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Icing Love Culture Relationships
The Anglicism icing, literally “putting on ice,” is not just a lexical novelty born of online platforms. It can also be understood as a technique of connection. It is neither a breakup nor a clear absence, but a controlled freezing. The icer keeps the other in reserve, present yet unavailable. The act consists of responding sporadically, ...
SGA Leads Thunder Past Rockets In Season-Opening Thriller
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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 ...