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Paris Fashion Week to Open With Bold Industry Transformations Ahead
This is Beirut 2025-09-28 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Week Paris France Culture Brands Art
Paris Fashion Week kicks off on Monday with a dozen new faces set to make their debuts at major labels, including Matthieu Blazy at Chanel. Reflecting an unprecedented shake-up of creative directors, the Spring-Summer 2026 season will showcase the renewal of the top ranks of the global luxury clothing industry on a scale rarely seen. The sector, ...
Rayo Vallecano: A Madrid Spark for Lebanese Karim Jaafar
Makram Haddad 2025-09-24 18:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Rayo Vallecano Karim Jaafar
A Deal That Changes Scale Captain of the youth categories at al-Safa and product of the Tawfir Project, Karim Jaafar takes a major step: joining Rayo's Juvenil squad means entering a championship where competition wears down even the toughest players and where every minute counts to go pro. This transfer is nothing like a throw of the dice; it ...
What Pakistan’s Nuclear Pact Means for Saudi Arabia’s Defense
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 12:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Pakistan Saudi Arabia Nuclear United States Russia
Pakistan has extended its nuclear umbrella to Saudi Arabia in a surprise defense agreement that could reshape strategic alliances in both the Middle East and South Asia. Signed in Riyadh on September 17 between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the treaty commits both countries to mutual ...
New Revelations About Nasrallah's Assassination
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 13:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Hezbollah Yedioth Ahronot
On the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth published new details about the operation which it described as “worthy of a science-fiction movie.” The mission took place in September 2024, while Israeli fighter jets were heavily bombing Hezbollah strongholds in the southern suburbs of ...
Government Reacts Following Nationwide Protests by Retired Personnel
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Internal Security Forces Lebanese Army Ahmad Hajjar
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Monday approved measures to support retired military personnel, including the disbursement of two additional allowances this month. School allowances will be aligned with those of civil servants, at a full rate of 100% and previous grants and bonuses will be incorporated into their core salaries. The announcement ...
The Deception of the Obstructionist Axis: Did You Say ‘Resistance’?
Michel Touma 2025-09-22 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Naim Qassem Saudi Arabia Iran
A textbook example of deceit and blatant bad faith — that’s how one could describe the speech delivered late last week by Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Sheikh Naim Qassem. With a straight face, he called on Saudi Arabia to “open a new page in its relations with the resistance,” and he added, almost innocently, that “the weapons of the ...
Does Intelligence Really Come from the Mother? Science Explains
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-09-16 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Intelligence Mother Father Genes Science
The notion that a child's intelligence stems primarily from their mother is a persistent belief, amplified by popular media and casual conversation. It portrays mothers as the chief architects of cognitive potential, an idea that’s both appealing and seemingly rooted in biology. Science, however, paints a much more complex picture. It is true ...
Americans Would Dominate Board of New TikTok US Entity
This is Beirut 2025-09-20 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday. "There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans," White House press secretary ...
Public Sector Shake-Up: 10,000 Jobs Under Review
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-20 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A total of 2,600 job titles are set to be eliminated from the public administration, as proposed by Nisrine Machmouchi, President of the Civil Service Council. These roles, considered obsolete, are the result of years of what she describes as “anarchic recruitment” and “unusual” job titles, often lacking clear job descriptions. To ...
London Fashion Week Kicks Off with Bold Plans to Boost British Creativity
This is Beirut 2025-09-18 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Week London Kick-Off Britain Luxury Culture
London Fashion Week, which is under new leadership after 16 years, opens Thursday with hopes of reinvigorating its runway schedule and easing the financial woes of its young designers. "This season marks... the beginning of a new era for British fashion," said Laura Weir, former creative director of luxury department store Selfridges, who ...
Beirut Port Explosion: Grechushkin Arrest Reopens Key Questions
Moncef Ait-Kaci 2025-09-17 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Beirut Port Rhosus Justice Family of the victims
The Rhosus was far from an ordinary ship. Decrepit, burdened with debt, and repeatedly banned from sailing, it was carrying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in 2013 – a chemical classified as explosive under Lebanese law when its nitrogen concentration exceeds 33.5%. During an unscheduled stop in Beirut, the cargo ship was detained and ...
Robert Redford on Screen: Classic Roles That Shaped Hollywood
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Film Robert Redford Icon Culture Cinema
US screen legend Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday, aged 89, was one of the most successful stars of his generation as well as an Oscar-winning director. Here are some of his most famous films: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Redford formed one of Hollywood's greatest double acts with Paul Newman in his breakthrough film, a hippy ...
Royal Honors and Fault Lines: Donald Trump’s Highly Anticipated Visit to London
Ali A. Hamadé 2025-09-16 15:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine United Kingdom United States
This Tuesday, London is preparing to welcome Donald Trump for his second state visit; an unprecedented honor for a US president and, more broadly, for a non-royal head of state. By accepting a fresh invitation from the Crown, a privilege exceedingly rare in the history of international relations, the American president is receiving what he likely ...
Hawk III: A Ship, Fuel, and the Enduring Shadows of Lebanon’s Power Crisis
Christiane Tager 2025-09-16 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In Lebanon, even a single fuel ship can spiral into a political-judicial drama. Between Friday night and Saturday morning, the Lebanese navy intercepted Hawk III, carrying fuel destined for Électricité du Liban (EDL), as it attempted to evade territorial waters. Behind this incident lies a story of contradictions, suspicion, and opacity, ...
Lebanon, UNIFIL, and the Return of Sovereignty and Peace
David Hale 2025-09-01 18:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon UNIFIL Hezbollah Iran
There was a real possibility earlier this summer that the United States was going to veto the renewal of the UNIFIL mandate in August. Ultimately, a wiser course prevailed, when the UN Security Council extended UNIFIL's mandate "for a final time" last week until the end of 2026. This step is a positive one for everyone concerned except ...
Missiles, Drones, Lasers: New Weapons Expected at Beijing Military Parade
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA China Missiles Drones Lasers
China will showcase a range of new weapons during a vast military parade on Wednesday, in a show of strength that is being seen as a challenge to US military dominance. Military experts have been analyzing social media photos and footage from several recent rehearsals, which have shown anti-ship missiles, cutting-edge underwater drones, ...
EU Leaders Plot Defense Boost in Shadow of Denmark Drones
This is Beirut 2025-10-01 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
EU leaders will discuss bolstering Europe's defenses and Ukraine's financial firepower at a Wednesday summit in Denmark, where mysterious drone flights have ramped up fears about the threat from Russia. Thousands of police are on high alert, civilian drones have been banned and NATO allies have sent reinforcements as the continent converges on ...
The Many Faces of Sexual Desire: When Psychoanalysis Listens Without Judgment
David Sahyoun 2025-08-13 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Desire Sexuality Rules
Psychoanalysis does not seek to confine desire within categories. It does not judge, direct, or impose a model. It listens. Since Freud, it has recognized that human desire follows neither a straight nor a strictly logical path. What we love, what we move toward, what attracts or unsettles us – all are shaped by the subject’s ...
Terrorists' Brinkmanship
Charles Chartouni 2025-08-18 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Gaza Syria Hamas Hezbollah
The riddled negotiations taking place in Lebanon and Gaza and the equivocations of the Syrian transition are quite compelling since they convey the ambiguities undermining political stability in these different environments. Nonetheless, they illustrate the difficulties of political transitioning in countries partially or totally controlled by ...
Witkoff: Trump-Putin Summit Produced "Game-Changing" Security Pledges
This is Beirut 2025-08-17 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Steve Witkoff Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to "robust security guarantees" for Ukraine during their high-stakes summit in Alaska, a top White House envoy said Sunday, adding that he was hopeful for a "productive meeting" with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders the next day. Speaking on ...
Haaland Fires Man City to Opening Win at Wolves
This is Beirut 2025-08-17 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football Premier League Manchester City
Manchester City signalled their intent to take back the Premier League title as Erling Haaland struck twice in a 4-0 win at Wolves on Saturday to begin their campaign. After four consecutive titles, City finished a distant third last season as Pep Guardiola's men failed to win any trophy for the first time in eight years. New signings Tijjani ...
Ukraine: From the First Shot to the Trump-Putin Summit
Moncef Ait-Kaci 2025-08-15 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Ukraine Vladimir Putin Alaska Russia
It all began in Maidan Square, at the heart of what history would remember as the “Revolution of Dignity” or “Euromaidan.” In November 2013, thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv to say “no” to a pro-Russian turn and to demand “a European future.” Months of violently repressed protests led to the flight of President Viktor ...
Hezbollah: The Coup d’État
Marc Saikali 2025-08-15 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Coup d’État
In Lebanon, some speeches go beyond conveying information, they amount to declarations of war. On Friday, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General delivered a statement so incendiary it pushed the nation to the edge. “The army is incapable of protecting the nation,” he declared. “The government is selling the country to Israel and the ...
Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks in Disarray
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
International Plastic Pollution Climate
Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo. With time running out to seal a deal among the 184 countries gathered at the United Nations in Geneva, several countries slammed a ...
For Trump, Putin Summit Presents the Ultimate Test of Dealmaking
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:36 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky European Union Vladimir Putin
Among the constants in Donald Trump's turbulent career has been a belief in his dealmaking powers. In inviting Vladimir Putin, Trump will put these powers to the ultimate test. Trump will speak to his Russian counterpart about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, the two presidents' first standalone summit since a 2018 meeting in ...
Mediators Await Israeli Response to New Truce Offer
This is Beirut 2025-08-19 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Palestine United Nations
Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response Tuesday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war. The foes have held on-and-off indirect negotiations throughout the war resulting in two short truces and the releases of Israeli ...
Passwords Under Threat as Tech Giants Seek Tougher Security
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cybercrime Wireless Telecommunication Password
Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also running into public hesitancy. "The password era is ending," two senior figures at Microsoft wrote in a July blog post. The tech giant has been building "more secure" alternatives to log in for years -- ...
Jannati Dismisses Hezbollah Disarmament as ‘Illusory Dream’
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Iran
The Secretary of the Iranian Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati, dismissed the prospect of disarming the pro-Iranian militia Hezbollah as an “illusory dream” in remarks at a council meeting on Monday. Jannati’s comments coincided with the anniversary of the 33-day war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006, which he described as a ...
Four Days Left to Square the Circle on Global Plastic Pollution Treaty
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations Plastic Pollution
Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution poses an increasing threat to the environment and the human body -- and every day the garbage accumulates on ...
Hezbollah: A Legacy of Lies, Manipulation and Deception
Michel Touma 2025-08-11 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Taif agreement shebaa farms
For many years, Hezbollah has faced a cascade of criticism and direct attacks. However, one must acknowledge the party’s remarkable feat—an important factor that could be listed among its “assets” (forgive the figure of speech…). The pro-Iranian group has indeed mastered the art of deception and the manipulation of well-established ...