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Asterix and Obelix Return in New 3D Animated Series
This is Beirut 2025-03-24 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 20 years after his success with Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, French director Alain Chabat has again teamed up with the plucky Gauls for a 3D animated series that was presented Sunday at a festival in Lille before it runs on Netflix. The series is based on the 1961 comic book Asterix and the Big Fight, the seventh in the ...
Defense: As the US Disengages, Turkey Eyes the Old Continent
Malo Pinatel 2025-03-26 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Turkey European Union Donald Trump Europe Middle East
While the world’s attention was fixed on the March 12 summit between Ukraine and the United States in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, another important meeting was taking place in the region – in Ankara. It brought together Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with the aim of strengthening ties between the ...
Following US Withdrawal, WHO Faces 20% Budget Cut
This is Beirut 2025-03-29 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
World Health Organization United States Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
In response to the US decision to withdraw its support, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a 20% budget reduction, necessitating cuts to its missions and staff, according to an internal email from its director accessed by AFP on Saturday. WHO is confronting a projected shortfall of nearly $600 million by 2025 and has "no other ...
Ineligibility and Prison: The End of Marine Le Pen’s Presidential Dreams?
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-03-31 21:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Five years of ineligibility with immediate effect and four years in prison, two of which are to be served, in the fake jobs scandal at the European Parliament. This ruling, handed down today by the Paris Criminal Court, may well wipe out Marine Le Pen’s chances of running in the 2027 presidential election. It’s nothing less than a major ...
Trumps Says US Will Be "Kind" With Tariffs For Other Countries
This is Beirut 2025-04-01 04:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Economy Trade
US President Donald Trump said Monday he would be "very kind" to trading partners when he unveils further tariffs this week, risking global turmoil to address what he says are unfair trade imbalances. Trump -- who has been making unprecedented use of presidential powers since taking office in January -- said he could announce as early ...
Lebanon’s Ossified Left and Its Stance on Palestine
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-05-06 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Palestine Christian Muslim
After the French Revolution of 1789, the king conceded some of his powers to Parliament. His supporters sat to his right and his opponents to his left. Forever after, the Right denoted supporters of the ruler and traditions, while the Left meant breaking with the old and yearning for the new. But that was only in theory. In practice, as time ...
Prevost becomes first US pope as Leo XIV
This Is Beirut 2025-05-08 20:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States on Thursday, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Tens of thousands of people packed in St Peter's Square cheered as Prevost appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, waving with both ...
Basketball: Lebanon Sinks Against Egypt in Doha Opener
Makram Haddad 2025-02-15 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
They thought they were untouchable. Buoyed by the success of their clubs in regional competitions, the Lebanese team entered the Doha Tournament with overconfidence. But Egypt brought them crashing back to reality, securing a dominant 82-70 victory on Friday night at Qatar University Arena. This tournament, organized by the Qatari Federation, is ...
Macron Turns to Politics on Second Day of UK State Visit
This is Beirut 2025-07-09 19:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France Emmanuel Macron United Kingdom Keir Starmer
French President Emmanuel Macron held talks Wednesday with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as the issue of small-boat crossings of the Channel dominated the second day of his UK state visit. It was all smiles as Starmer welcomed Macron to his Downing Street residence and office. The UK leader said, "we think alike; we work together," as he described ...
Khamenei Chooses Three Potential Successors, Fills Senior Military Posts from Bunker
This is Beirut 2025-06-21 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nominated three clerics as potential successors while hiding in a bunker as he faces threats of assassination by Israel in the ongoing war, The New York Times reports. Khamenei has also begun filling the posts of senior commanders eliminated by Israel, according to the report, which cites three Iranian ...
Atletico Win in Vain as Botafogo Advance at Club World Cup
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Brazilian side Botafogo booked their place in the last 16 of the Club World Cup on Monday despite a 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid which was not enough to prevent the Spaniards crashing out. Atletico, routed 4-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in their opening game of the tournament, went into the final round of Group B fixtures knowing they would likely ...
Minimum Wage: The Debate Heats Up Again
Liliane Mokbel 2025-06-24 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
As regional tensions momentarily subside, Lebanese households refocus on their most urgent issue: wages. The minimum wage debate has resurfaced under intense social pressure, yet concrete progress remains elusive. The sudden silence from the labor minister adds to the growing uncertainty. Notably, the latest minimum wage increase did not ...
Israel and Iran: A Conflict Fueled by Desire
David Sahyoun 2025-06-25 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam War Iran Psychoanalysis Desire
“The master’s discourse is one that refuses to acknowledge its unconscious.” – Jacques Lacan The war we are witnessing today is fought as much through scorched landscapes as through language. What is unfolding between Iran and Israel is not simply a military or geopolitical confrontation – it is a war of discourse. Each side constructs ...
CNSS: 45 Billion Lebanese Pounds Allocated to Hospitals
This is Beirut 2025-06-27 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon CNSS Healthcare Hospitals
The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has approved a new financial advance of 45 billion Lebanese pounds for contracted hospitals. It aims to cover fixed-rate surgical procedures. The funds will be transferred to healthcare institutions and doctors in the coming days, as part of the CNSS’s policy of maintaining regular payments. CNSS ...
Lebanon: A Laboratory for a Pharmaceutical Industry in Full Transformation
Makram Haddad 2025-07-02 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Pharmaceutical industry Crisis
Lebanon has always played a central role in the health field in the Middle East. A land of renowned hospitals, foreign-trained doctors, Gulf patients and proven pharmaceutical know-how, the 1990s saw the return in force of multinational drug companies, firmly established in a country relying on imports as a guarantee of quality in a liberal ...
Lebanon Relaunches PPPs to Rescue Airports and Ports
Liliane Mokbel 2025-07-03 16:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon PPP BOT DBOT Privatization
With public finances exhausted, Nawaf Salam’s government is turning to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to revive Lebanon’s airports and ports. The list of planned projects is extensive, including Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, Kleiat Airport, and the ports of Beirut, Tripoli, and Saida. But the shift toward private ...
EDL Setback in Beirut Leaves Lebanese Relying on Generators
Liliane Mokbel 2025-07-07 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
One month after Nawaf Salam’s government took office, Lebanese citizens are facing a surprising drop in public electricity supply. In Beirut and surrounding areas, daily power from Électricité du Liban (EDL) has fallen sharply—from nine hours to just six. This sudden decline has reignited frustration among a population already exhausted by ...
Lebanon–Syria: Borderlines and Broken Promises
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-07-07 20:50 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon France Syria Beirut
When Greater Lebanon was proclaimed on September 1, 1920, by General Henri Gouraud, a new geopolitical reality emerged. The newly formed Lebanese State extended beyond historic Mount Lebanon to include parts of the Sanjaks of Tripoli and Saida, the city of Beirut and 4 districts annexed to Lebanese territory: Baalbeck, the Beqaa, Rashaya and ...
Has America Reversed Itself on Hezbollah?
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-07-08 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon USA Hezbollah
US Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has reversed three decades of US policy by no longer labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The shift de-internationalizes the issue of the Iranian proxy militia, whose disarmament is mandated by UN Security Council resolutions and the November ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and ...
Macron Urges New Era of Anglo-French Unity in Address to UK Parliament
This is Beirut 2025-07-08 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France United Kingdom Emmanuel Macron
President Emmanuel Macron argued Tuesday that France and Britain must work together to defend the post-World War II "international order," as he addressed parliament on the first day of his UK state visit. The first such visit by an EU head of state since Brexit, Macron said in a wide-ranging speech that the two countries must renew their ...
Russia Intercepts 155 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: Defense Ministry
This is Beirut 2025-07-11 08:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian air defense systems intercepted 155 Ukrainian drones in an overnight barrage, the defense ministry said Friday, with local officials saying at least two people were killed by drones. From 11:00 pm (2000 GMT) Thursday to 7:00 am Friday, "air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 155 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the ...
A Rescue Plan for Sustainable Development
António Guterres 2025-06-18 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
António Guterres Sevilla Sustainable development
The stakes could not be higher. A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and many global commitments to finance them, two-thirds of the targets are lagging. The world is also falling short by over $4 trillion annually in the resources that developing countries need to deliver on these promises by 2030. Meanwhile, the ...
Syrian Prisoners and Islamist Detainees in Lebanon: A Ticking Time Bomb
Badih Karhani 2025-07-14 11:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Syria Islamist Hezbollah
The issue of Syrian prisoners in Lebanon has resurfaced, alongside that of Islamist detainees, many of whom have been held for years without trial or clear charges. This tragic reality highlights a blatant pattern of ongoing political and judicial injustice, where hundreds of individuals are denied their most basic legal and human rights under ...
Trump Says Any ‘Credible’ Epstein Files Should Be Released
This is Beirut 2025-07-16 05:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Politics Justice
President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Justice Department should release all "credible" information from its probe into notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein as he sought to douse a firestorm of criticism from his supporters over his handling of the case. Trump is facing the most serious split of his political career from his famously loyal ...
French Foreign Minister in Kyiv For Official Visit
Ici Beyrouth 2025-07-21 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky European Union Ukraine France\
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday arrived in Kyiv for a two-day visit aimed at supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, AFP journalists reported. Barrot is expected to meet counterpart Andriy Sybiga, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and newly-nominated Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. "In the wake of ...
NSSF Grants LL 65 Billion Advance to Hospitals
This is Beirut 2025-07-21 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a new move to support Lebanon’s struggling hospital sector, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced on Monday an advance payment of 65 billion Lebanese pounds to contracted hospitals to cover hospitalization fees under fixed-rate agreements. This payment, expected in the coming days, is part of a broader strategy of regular ...
The Female Body: Object of the Gaze, Forbidden Subject (1/2)
David Sahyoun 2025-07-23 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Female Body Psychoanalysis Object Subject Fantasy Desire
The female body is never simply a body. It carries myth and memory. It feeds both fantasy and repression. It often appears where it is least expected, slips through language, escapes definition and resists categorization. From cave paintings to fashion runways, from fairy tales to biology textbooks, the female body has been spoken about, ...
Lebanon: The Art of Giving Directions Without Addresses
Rayan Chami 2025-07-24 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
In Lebanon, most streets have no names, and buildings aren’t registered. Here is why the address system fails, and what was done to fix it.
South Lebanon’s Risky Homecoming
Katia Kahil 2025-07-25 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah South Lebanon
More than six months after the ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Beirut, tension still grips southern Lebanon. Israeli troops remain stationed in parts of the border region, even though the withdrawal deadline has passed. Yet amid the uncertainty, families are making their way back - cautiously, deliberately - to villages scarred by the ...
Beirut Airport Taxis: The End of Random Fares?
Lyne Sammouri 2025-07-25 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
No more guessing the taxi fare at Beirut International Airport? The Ministry of Transport has introduced fixed rates for airport taxis. Travelers welcome the move, but on the ground, things are still far from clear.