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French Court Frees Ex-President Sarkozy From Jail Pending Appeal
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 16:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday was freed from prison, a 20-day experience the former president called a "nightmare," as a judge ordered his release pending an appeal decision over Libyan funding. Sarkozy was freed from La Santé prison in Paris shortly before 3 pm (1400 GMT) on Monday, a source familiar with the case told AFP. The ...
Booker Prize 2025: Six Authors Compete for One of Literature’s Top Honors
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Literature Booker Prize Award Front Runners Britain Culture
The winner of the Booker Prize will be announced on Monday, with six novels competing for the prestigious English-language literary award and two veterans favored by bookmakers. British author Andrew Miller, who has previously been shortlisted, and Indian author Kiran Desai, the 2006 Booker winner, were predicted to scoop the award at the London ...
Belly Dancing: A Quiet Act of Freedom in Riyadh
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 11:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Saudi Arabia Belly Dancing Private
Riyadh: In a women-only gym, the beat of drums fills the air. Barefoot and with scarves tied around their hips, Saudi women practice belly dancing away from prying eyes. Once taboo, the dance has become a way for them to reclaim their bodies, boost their confidence, and assert their strength. In a transforming Saudi Arabia, they dance for ...
Ukraine Scrambles for Energy with Power Generation at 'Zero'
This is Beirut 2025-11-09 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on Sunday after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure, with the state's power provider saying its generating capacity was reduced to "zero." Moscow, which has escalated attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure in recent months, launched hundreds of drones at energy facilities across the ...
Amman Drift: Nael Madi Puts Lebanon on the Podium
Makram Haddad 2025-11-09 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Jordan Drift Nael Madi
Car park drift takes place on a closed parking lot, with a track drawn to the millimetre, zones to brush and trajectories to respect. We are not talking about a stopwatch but about scoring. The judges evaluate the line, the angle, the perceived speed and the cleanliness of the transitions. A good run reads in one go: committed entry, sustained ...
OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Infrastructure Deal with Cloud Giant AWS
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
OpenAI Amazon AWS Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal Monday with Amazon's AWS cloud computing arm, as the artificial intelligence company continues on a major partnership spree that has also included Oracle, Broadcom, AMD, and chip-making juggernaut Nvidia. Under the seven-year agreement, OpenAI, which is partly owned by AWS's archrival Microsoft, will ...
Football – West Asia U17: Lebanon into the Final, Syria Knocked out on Penalties
Makram Haddad 2025-11-03 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mission accomplished. In the heat of Aqaba, the Lebanon U17 national team kept their nerves to clinch their ticket to the final of the 12th West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) edition. A cup-tie script: early opener from Youssef Badran (12'), Syrian equalizer, then a knife-edge shootout where the young Cedars kept a steady hand (4–3). ...
The Power Cartel: Inside, a State Run on Generators
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-12 15:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanon is trapped in an opaque, sprawling energy system that keeps the country locked in an outdated model. Massive fuel imports, a relentless reliance on private generators, a fragile or even nonexistent national sovereignty, and a perpetually postponed shift to renewable energy all feed chronic dependency and block meaningful reform. This ...
Inside Gaza’s Technocratic Committee: What’s at Stake
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-27 16:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Following a meeting in Cairo on Friday, the main Palestinian factions, including Hamas, announced that they had agreed to entrust the administration of the Gaza Strip to a temporary Palestinian committee composed of independent technocrats. According to a statement posted on Hamas’s website, the committee will oversee day-to-day affairs and ...
The CCMC: A New International Coordination Hub for Gaza
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-28 15:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Unites States Donald Trump Gaza
The Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), based in Kiryat Gat, Israel, has become the most visible symbol of international involvement in Gaza’s postwar phase. Inaugurated in mid-October 2025, it was established by the United States as part of Washington’s peace plan to oversee humanitarian aid, reconstruction, and compliance with the ...
Atletico Win at Betis to Bounce Back from Arsenal Drubbing
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Atletico Football Liga Real Betis
Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Real Betis on Monday to move fourth in La Liga and bounce back from their Champions League thrashing by Arsenal. Diego Simeone's side lost 4-0 last week in north London but put that defeat behind them with a strong display at La Cartuja stadium, where Betis are playing on a temporary basis. They were ...
Spurs, Thunder, Bulls and Sixers Remain NBA's Unbeatens
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Reigning champion Oklahoma City, the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Chicago Bulls remained undefeated with impressive NBA triumphs on Monday. The league's last four unbeaten clubs topped a busy 11-game slate. Philadelphia guard Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points, and Bahamian rookie guard VJ Edgecombe added 26 to lead the 76ers ...
Serbian Theater Festival in Turmoil over Censorship Claims
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Allegations of censorship threw a major theater festival in Serbia into turmoil on Monday, as the government faces increasing complaints it is stifling dissent while trying to face down long-running protests. Artists claim the Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF), long regarded as an outlet for free expression, is now under political ...
Chinese Premier Slams 'Law of the Jungle' in Trade Ahead of Xi-Trump Talks
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 19:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday denounced "unilateralism" and said the world should not return to "the law of the jungle" when it came to trade, days ahead of talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. His comments, made at a regional summit in Kuala Lumpur, were a clear reference to tariffs imposed by US President Trump on ...
No Electoral Reform in Sight as Parliament Faces Quorum Doubts
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-10-27 18:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Forces Amal Banks Central Bank of Lebanon
Uncertainty continues to surround the plenary session scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday. The session is set to resume the review of bills and draft laws that were on the agenda for the September 29 meeting. That session was postponed after MPs from several parliamentary blocs, including the Lebanese Forces (LF), Kataeb, the Progressive Socialist ...
Struggling Juventus Sack Coach Tudor
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Juventus on Monday sacked coach Igor Tudor after the Serie A club's 1-0 defeat by Lazio meant they had accumulated just five points in their last five matches. Men's first team coach Massimiliano Brambilla will be on the bench for the match against Udinese on Wednesday, the Turin club said. "Juventus FC announces that it has today relieved Igor ...
Thunder, 76ers Remain Unbeaten With NBA Comeback Wins
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 13:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City NBA
The reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, fueled by 31 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 107-101 on Tuesday to improve to 5-0 in the young season. The Philadelphia 76ers also remained unbeaten, erasing a double-digit deficit to improve to 4-0 with a thrilling 139-134 overtime victory over the Wizards ...
Rick Owens Turns Palais Galliera into a Temple of Dark Love
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-10-27 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Rick Owens Culture Art Culture Palais Galliera
Known as both an avant-gardist and a mystic, Rick Owens reinvents fashion as a sacred ritual. With his exhibition Temple of Love, the Palais Galliera takes on the aura of a pagan cathedral, where darkness and light merge in an act of aesthetic and chaotic faith. Since last June, the Palais Galliera has been hosting Rick Owens: Temple of Love. ...
Spurs Pay Tribute To Popovich Before Wemby Sparks NBA Win
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
NBA Popovich Victor Wembanyama
On a Sunday when the San Antonio Spurs paid tribute to long-time coach Gregg Popovich, Victor Wembanyama made sure the unbeaten NBA club celebrated a victory as well. The 7-foot-4 (2.224m) French center scored 31 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, blocked six shots, passed off four assists and made three steals to spark the Spurs over Brooklyn ...
Eze Haunts Palace as Arsenal Bolster Charge
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 19:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Mikel Arteta said Arsenal still have room for improvement after Eberechi Eze's first Premier League goal for the club gave the leaders a 1-0 win against his former club Crystal Palace on Sunday. Eze struck late in the first half at the Emirates Stadium to ensure Arsenal took full advantage of the latest losses for title rivals Liverpool and ...
US and Malaysia Sign Deal to Secure Access to Rare Earths
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Malaysia United States Rare earths
US President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signed a trade agreement Sunday, boosting US access to critical minerals as China tightens controls on rare earths. Beijing this month announced sweeping restrictions on the rare earths industry, prompting Trump to threaten 100 percent tariffs on imports from China in ...
Magic Returns: Sleepovers Revive 'Night at the Museum' Tradition
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
It's nearly 10:00 p.m. on Friday night, and a group of children shine their flashlights on the imposing skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. Though the scene seems like something out of a movie, it is in fact a whimsical sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Once a month, and for a not insignificant fee, parents and kids can ...
Trump Says Increasing Tariffs on Canada by 10 Percent
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 05:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was hiking tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 percent, in the latest fallout over a Canadian anti-tariff ad that featured late US leader Ronald Reagan. The announcement came two days after Trump said he had terminated all trade talks with Canada over what he called the "fake" ad ...
Liverpool Beaten Again at Brentford, In-Form Man Utd Go Fourth
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 01:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Football Premier League Manchester United Liverpool
Liverpool lost for the fourth consecutive game in the Premier League as Brentford beat the champions 3-2 on Saturday, while Manchester United climbed into the top four with a 4-2 victory over Brighton. Less than a month since starting the season with five straight wins, Liverpool's title defence has come off the rails as the defensive frailties ...
Aoun Calls on Media to Defend Truth Amid Global Misinformation
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Lebanese Army Media Truth Digital
President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday warned that truth is losing its place as a universal value in an age dominated by misinformation and digital noise, urging media professionals to reclaim their role as guardians of honesty and accountability. “The truth is dull, the rumor is seductive,” Aoun said, quoting a communications expert as he ...
Benching: Keeping the Other on Hold
David Sahyoun 2025-10-29 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Benching Psychoanalysis Culture Relationships
In the new digital dictionary, we are learning to decode, “to bench” means keeping someone on the sidelines, like a player who is sent neither off the field nor fully into the game, but kept warmed up, available, and waiting. Benching is not the radical severing of connection seen in ghosting, nor the deliberate freezing of icing. It ...
Iran Banking on Iraq Vote to Retain Regional Influence
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Tehran Iran Iraq
Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying Iran will be watching closely as it hopes to retain influence over its neighbor after losing regional leverage during the Gaza war. The past two years have seen Iran-backed groups including Palestinian militants Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Huthis in Yemen suffer ...
Funk Legend George Clinton Brings Psychedelic Energy to Paris Gallery
This is Beirut 2025-11-01 14:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Music Paris France Culture Africa
At 84, George Clinton is a funk legend, ubiquitous hip-hop sample source, father of psychedelic Afrofuturism — and now, a painter with a show opening in Paris. Through it all, the self-taught American artist, the force behind the celebrated groups Parliament and Funkadelic, has hewed to his signature vision: “Gotta have that funk.” A life ...
‘Innovation’ in Destruction: The Forgery of University Degrees
Michel Touma 2025-11-03 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Amal Hezbollah United States University education
During one of his many mass rallies held in a French province, the leader of La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, told his supporters that it was important to constantly maintain a climate of aggression and escalating verbal tension in political discourse, combined with efforts to stir up persistent instability on the ground. His stated goal ...
Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Avoid the Price of Hollow Politics
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-03 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah United States
While Washington’s latest diplomatic efforts sought to convey a sense of urgency to Lebanon and forestall Israel from launching a new war, the country’s leaders have shown themselves to be ineffective and unwilling to break from the past. Just listening to President Joseph Aoun’s hollow pronouncements is enough to lose hope that Lebanon will ...