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'Conclave' Shakes Up SAG Awards, Strengthening Its Oscar Prospects
This is Beirut 2025-02-24 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Vatican thriller Conclave won top prize at an unpredictable Screen Actors Guild Awards gala Sunday, throwing a potential late curveball into the Oscars race just a week before the Academy Awards. The movie about the mysterious, behind-closed-doors selection process for choosing a new pope won the prize for best cast—the SAG equivalent to ...
Shifting Paradigms and Policy-Making
Charles Chartouni 2025-02-24 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The cascading events that have resulted in the defeat of Iranian proxies in the Near East have not yet elicited the due questioning among political actors. The systematic dismantling of the power nodes that have structured the strategic continuum patiently woven by Iran throughout the last two decades should have impelled political actors to ...
The Regalian Function and the Poor Exercise of Power
Charles Chartouni 2025-02-17 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The new government of Lebanon was welcomed as symptomatic of a new era. Nonetheless, its shortcomings are obvious, and its inaugural performance is not a good omen. The political subtext is plainly contradictory, and its steering committee doesn’t seem to realize that its multiple inconsistencies are self-defeating. Surfing on the false idea of ...
Trump Offers Trade Deal to Modi in Full 'Bromance' Mode
This is Beirut 2025-02-14 04:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday offered to sell state-of-the-art fighter jets to India as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up trade, rekindling a bond that defies the new US administration's punitive approach to much of the world. Modi, only the fourth world leader to visit the White House since Trump's return, ...
India's Modi Seeks to Avoid Trump's Wrath
This is Beirut 2025-02-13 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will try to rekindle his bromance with Donald Trump – and avoid the US president's wrath on tariffs and immigration – when they meet on Thursday at the White House. Modi will also hold a joint press conference with Trump, the White House said – a rare move from the Indian leader, who is a prolific social ...
Where Things Stand in China-US Trade Tensions
This is Beirut 2025-02-04 12:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
China has made good on its threats to retaliate in the escalating trade war with the United States, imposing tariffs on American imports of energy, cars and machinery parts. That came just minutes after a 10 percent tariff hike on Chinese goods, announced by US President Donald Trump on Saturday, came into effect. Here's the state of play in the ...
Grammy Awards: Beyoncé’s Historic Win and Glamour Moments
Madeleine Cadoux 2025-02-03 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Beyoncé claimed her first-ever Album of the Year Grammy for Cowboy Carter, marking a long-awaited triumph in her illustrious career. This landmark moment cemented her as the most decorated artist in Grammy history and made her the first Black woman of the 21st century to win the prestigious award. Cowboy Carter is a genre-defying album paying ...
Mitigated or Stifled Transitions?
Charles Chartouni 2025-02-03 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The transitions in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza are still controversial, and their actors are undecided about their outcomes. Observers ask whether the various actors are genuinely interested in the transformative courses and to what extent. The newly set dynamics that have taken place throughout the Near East have not yet been relayed by steadier, ...
US Supreme Court Lifts Order Barring Deportations Using Wartime Law
This is Beirut 2025-04-08 05:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Monday by lifting a lower court order barring the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. But the nation's top court also said that migrants subject to deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act must be given an opportunity to legally ...
American-Iranian Talks Spring Eternal
David Hale 2025-04-12 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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President Trump prides himself on his mastery of the art of the deal. On April 12, those skills will begin to be tested for the first time in the arena of the 45-year-old contest between America and Iran. All who care about stability and peace in the Middle East should wish him well and hope he and his team come to the negotiation prepared and in ...
Immersive Matrix Experience Aims To Bring Audiences Back
This is Beirut 2025-06-01 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Quasi-hypnotic lighting, surround sound, a dome-shaped screen: a new immersive experience in the United States is trying to lure audiences out of their living rooms and back into movie theaters, which have been struggling against the rise of streaming platforms. Cosm Theater in Los Angeles is one of the driving forces behind this trend and is ...
Man Utd Crush Athletic Bilbao to Set Up Spurs Europa League Final
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 14:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Mason Mount starred as Manchester United roared back to crush Athletic Bilbao 4-1 on Thursday and 7-1 on aggregate, setting up a mouthwatering Europa League final against Tottenham. United, 3-0 up after the first leg, fell behind to a superb strike from Mikel Jauregizar and looked nervy and untidy as they fought to find their feet at Old ...
The Cost of No Peace: What Lebanon Loses by Staying in a Perpetual State of 'Resistance'
Tara B. Moussallem 2025-05-30 10:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In Lebanon, the word “resistance” has long been romanticized—chanted in songs, woven into political slogans and wrapped in the symbolism of national pride. Yet, behind this idealized notion lies a sobering truth: Lebanon is a nation trapped in a permanent state of conflict, with its sovereignty and future held hostage by Hezbollah’s ...
The Future of US-Iranian Negotiations
Charles Chartouni 2025-05-26 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The finalization of negotiations between Iran and the United States is unending guesswork. What are the benchmarks that we should enlist if we were to track the evolution of the process, and is there any deadline that we may expect down the road? Unfortunately, none of these questions is likely to be answered since the Iranian agenda is shifting ...
After Brief X Outage, Musk Says Refocusing on Businesses
This is Beirut 2025-05-25 05:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Social media platform X was hit by a two-hour outage Saturday, prompting owner Elon Musk to say he needs to spend more time focusing on his companies. His statement echoed comments earlier this month suggesting he would reduce his role in US President Donald Trump's administration. The world's richest person has an extraordinarily full ...
Cannes 2025: ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ Revisits the Julian Assange Story
This is Beirut 2025-05-21 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has recovered well after his release from jail last year, his wife told AFP ahead of the premiere of a documentary Wednesday that includes never-seen-before footage of the whistleblower. Assange is at the Cannes Festival to promote the documentary by American filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, who said he was trying to ...
Trump’s Regional Peace Play: A New Pax Americana?
Philippe Abi-Akl 2025-05-20 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE was far more than a ceremonial diplomatic visit. Grounded in deep strategic, political and economic stakes, it marked a decisive attempt to recast the American role in a region long scarred by conflict and fractured alliances. Arriving with a regional peace blueprint in hand, ...
Jailbreaking
Charles Chartouni 2025-05-19 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The proactive diplomacy of President Donald Trump is proceeding steadily on multiple fronts. The very fact that he is moving on multiple fronts and breaking the taboos that have hobbled international political life is a good omen. The sanctioning tariffs seem to open up the fray for negotiations on the outside and for renewed investment dynamics ...
No Truce in India-Pakistan Disinformation War
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation. Platforms such as Facebook and X are still awash with misrepresented footage of the attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing. ...
Trump Celebrates 100 Days in Office With Campaign-Style Rally
This is Beirut 2025-04-30 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Donald Trump promised Tuesday that he is just getting started as he marked the radical and vengeful beginning of a presidency that has shaken the world and destabilized the United States. Basking in the adulation of cheering supporters in Michigan, the 78-year-old touted the "most successful first 100 days of any administration in the ...
Mbappe Sent Off as Real Madrid Beat Alaves
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 08:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe was sent off for an ugly lunge, but his side still beat Alaves 1-0 on Sunday to stay four points behind Barcelona at the top of La Liga. Mbappe's dismissal put his teammates under pressure, but Alaves were also reduced to 10 players in the second half when Manu Sanchez hacked down Vinicius Junior. Eduardo ...
France Accuses Russia of Being Behind Series of Cyberattacks Against It
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of being behind a series of cyberattacks against the country over the last decade, including against an organization involved in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Emmanuel Macron's first presidential campaign in 2017. Since 2021, a branch of Russian military intelligence (GRU) dedicated to ...
Barca Edge Real Madrid in Extra-Time to Win Wild Copa Del Rey Final
This is Beirut 2025-04-27 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Barcelona defender Jules Kounde struck deep in extra-time to decide a gripping Copa del Rey Clasico final on Saturday in Seville, earning his side a 3-2 win over rivals Real Madrid. The Catalans, aiming for a quadruple this season, won the first major trophy of Hansi Flick's reign as coach and a record-extending 32nd Spanish cup in dramatic ...
Carlos Santana Postpones Shows After Testing Positive for Covid-19
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Celebrated rocker Carlos Santana was forced to postpone several tour dates after testing positive for Covid-19, his manager said Wednesday. The 77-year-old guitar icon "experienced dehydration" before canceling Tuesday's show in San Antonio, and "out of an abundance of caution" is doing the same for Wednesday's performance in Sugar Land, Texas, ...
‘No One Else Will’: Sudan’s Journalists Risk All to Report the War
This is Beirut 2025-04-23 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On a mountain near Sudan's border, journalists climb rugged slopes, phones held high, hoping to catch a faint signal from neighboring Chad to send stories amid the war's two-year communications blackout. Journalists say efforts like these are their only way to tell the world about the horrors unfolding in Darfur, where accounts of sexual ...
Netherlands Confirms First Russian Cyberattack on National Infrastructure
This is Beirut 2025-04-22 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian hackers targeted a Dutch public facility last year in what is believed to be the first such attack on the country's infrastructure, the Netherlands’ military intelligence service said on Monday. The Netherlands remains an "interesting target country" for Moscow due to its continued support for Ukraine, the presence of Hague-based ...
Luxury Chocolate, Pistachio Crisis: When Dubai Drives Up World Prices
This is Beirut 2025-04-21 17:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The global pistachio market is experiencing an unprecedented surge, fueled by a glaring imbalance between supply and demand — boosted, notably, by the famous “Dubai chocolate”. According to the Financial Times, this ultra-popular delicacy has contributed to a worldwide shortage, driving up prices from $7.65 to $10.30 per pound in the space ...
Iran and the Unresolved Dilemmas
Charles Chartouni 2025-04-21 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Political observers are taken aback while trying to make sense of the Iranian regime's shifting postures. The first striking features are the ostensible cleavages among the Iranian concentric circles of power: moderates are deliberately engaging in the negotiations, while extremists are still jockeying. The second feature relates to the substance ...
US Threatens to Withdraw from Ukraine Talks if no Progress
This is Beirut 2025-04-18 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that Washington could soon exit efforts to reach a Ukraine ceasefire if it decided peace was not "doable", after meeting European and Ukrainian officials in Paris. European powers have been seeking a seat at the table since US President Donald Trump's shock decision to open talks with Russia to end ...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Delicate Position of Iran’s Jews
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-10-19 19:10 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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With around 10,000 members, Iran’s Jewish community is the second largest in the Middle East. Its presence is discreet but tangible in a nation marked by pronounced hostility toward Israel, most recently expressed during 12 days of open conflict last June. The Jewish presence in the lands of present-day Iran dates back to the eighth century ...