Elon Musk Reveals Plan for 48-Minute Hyperloop Tunnel Between New York and London

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 12:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Elon Musk continues to push the boundaries of engineering. According to The Economic Times, the founder of SpaceX has revealed new details about his ambitious project for an underwater tunnel connecting New York to London in just 48 minutes using Hyperloop technology. The concept is based on magnetic levitation trains propelled through vacuum ...

Ortagus Reaffirms U.S. Support for Lebanon’s Disarmament Plan

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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  U.S. Special Envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus on Wednesday reaffirmed Washington’s support for the Lebanese government’s decision to place all weapons under state control by the end of the year. Speaking during the 12th meeting of the Committee for the Supervision of the Ceasefire (the Mechanism) in Naqoura, Ortagus emphasized that the ...

Syria Attracted $28 Bn in Investment Since Assad's Fall

This is Beirut 2025-10-29 17:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday his country had managed to secure $28 billion worth of investments in the past 10 months following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government last year. The president cited the figure while speaking in Riyadh at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, where he ...

From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World

Christiane Tager 2025-10-29 21:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World Christiane Tager During a visit to Asia, Donald Trump traded speeches for deals. In Gyeongju, South Korea, the former U.S. president sealed a major trade agreement with Seoul, one that extends beyond economics and is already sending shivers through global markets, from gold to the ...

G7 Meets on Countering China's Critical Mineral Dominance

This is Beirut 2025-10-30 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Curbing China's critical mineral dominance will top the agenda at a G7 energy ministers meeting in Canada on Thursday, as industrialized democracies seek more reliable access to the resources that power future technologies. The Group of Seven, including US President Donald Trump's administration, has sounded the alarm over China's stranglehold on ...

Block 8: A Test for Lebanon’s Energy Strategy

This is Beirut 2025-10-28 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon has approved the exploration of Block 8 and ratified its maritime border agreement with Cyprus. The goal is to revive a long-stalled energy sector. After years of paralysis, the Lebanese government is seeking to prove it can overcome institutional deadlock, secure its maritime borders, and attract investors. The question now is whether ...

Gold Demand Hit Records as Price Soared

This is Beirut 2025-10-30 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Demand for gold hit a record high in the third quarter as the precious metal's price hit all-time highs on geopolitical unrest, industry data showed Thursday. Total demand grew three percent year-on-year in the July-September period to 1,313 tonnes, the World Gold Council said, as the metal, perceived as a safe haven investment, benefitted from ...

How Venezuela Became America’s Next Battleground — And Why Iran Is in the Room

Salam El Zaatari 2025-10-30 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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There has been no formal declaration of war, no vote in Congress, and no rousing call to liberate a people from tyranny. Yet one of the largest U.S. military build-ups in the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War is sitting a few miles off Venezuela’s coastline. Washington calls it a counter-narcotics mission. Caracas fears it is a slow-motion ...

Nvidia, 1st Company to Top $5 Trillion in Market Value

This is Beirut 2025-10-30 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to push the limits – literally. On Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company in the world to surpass $5 trillion in market capitalization, a historical record cementing its dominance in the semiconductor industry. Once a simple graphics card manufacturer, Nvidia has become a cornerstone of the AI ...

Football: Andre Harriman-Annous, A Missed Opportunity For The Lebanese Federation?

Pierre Daccache 2025-10-30 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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At just 17, Andre Harriman-Annous broke into Arsenal’s starting eleven in the Carabao Cup against Brighton & Hove Albion, marking a turning point in his career. A player with Lebanese roots, he is now under the spotlight, and, ironically, it seems the Lebanese Football Association may have missed the boat. The Next Generation is Already ...

Ukraine: The War Lab of the Future

Rayan Chami 2025-10-31 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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In Ukraine, drones now rule the battlefield. Fast, precise, and remotely operated, they are redefining modern warfare. From hypersonic missiles and AI to advanced air defenses, the front line has become a high-tech laboratory.

Richard Linklater Says AI Can’t Capture Human Genius in Film

This is Beirut 2025-10-31 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Can great art be made without human genius and all its flaws? It's a vital question at a time when artificial intelligence threatens to subsume Hollywood. Through new movies Nouvelle Vague and Blue Moon, director Richard Linklater offers an answer—delving into the lives of two brilliant, volatile men whose films and plays shaped French New Wave ...

Aoun: Lebanese Army Is the Sole Guarantee of Sovereignty

This is Beirut 2025-10-31 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun reaffirmed on Friday that the Lebanese Army (LAF) remains “the only guarantee for protecting Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring its defense,” stressing that “there can be no sustainable security without it.” During a meeting at Baabda Palace with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Aoun said “Lebanon is ...

UN Security Council Backs Morocco’s Plan for W. Sahara Autonomy

This is Beirut 2025-11-01 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UN Security Council voted Friday in favor of a resolution brought forward by the United States backing Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara as the "most feasible" solution for the disputed territory, despite Algeria's opposition. The Western Sahara is a vast mineral-rich former Spanish colony that is largely controlled by Morocco but ...

Egypt Set to Open Grand Museum in Lavish Ceremony

This is Beirut 2025-11-01 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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After years of delays, Cairo is finally set to open the Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Egypt hopes will help revive tourism and boost its troubled economy. Seventy-nine delegations, including 39 heads of state and government, are expected at the ceremony, which begins at 7:30 ...

Funk Legend George Clinton Brings Psychedelic Energy to Paris Gallery

This is Beirut 2025-11-01 14:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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 ...

Egypt Unveils Grand Egyptian Museum Near Ancient Pyramids

This is Beirut 2025-11-02 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Egypt officially opened on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism and boost its battered economy. "Today, as we celebrate together the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, we are writing a new chapter in the history of the present and the future," ...

Berri Adjourns Parliamentary Session Over Lack of Quorum

This is Beirut 2025-10-28 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri on Tuesday adjourned a scheduled legislative session after failing to secure the required quorum, with only 63 of the 128 lawmakers in attendance. The plenary session had been set to resume discussion of draft laws and proposals carried over from the September 29, 2025, agenda. However, it was boycotted by ...

Saudi Hosts World's Business Elite with Eyes on Gigaprojects, AI

This is Beirut 2025-10-28 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Saudi Arabia welcomes heads of state and the global business elite at a major investment conference this week as it seeks support for its sprawling "gigaprojects" and sky-high AI ambitions. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, joined by several ministers and more than 150 business leaders, and Syria's interim president are among the guests at the ...

Turkey Set to Rally Muslim Allies Over Gaza war

This is Beirut 2025-11-03 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkey will on Monday canvass peers in the Islamic world to bring their influence to bear on the future of Gaza, as fears grow for a just weeks-old truce. The October 10 ceasefire in the two-year-long Israel-Hamas war, brokered by US President Donald Trump, has become increasingly fragile, tested by continued Israeli strikes and claims of ...

Cyprus Border Deal Reaffirms Mikati’s 2011 Decision

Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-10-23 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Cabinet is set to approve the Lebanon-Cyprus maritime border agreement, despite claims that Lebanon forfeited around 5,000 square kilometers along the median line of the two countries’ exclusive economic zones. Lebanese negotiators assert that these claims have no basis in international law, and studies indicate that disputing them would ...

Trump and Putin's Budapest Summit Shelved

This is Beirut 2025-10-21 23:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump put plans to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest on hold Tuesday, as efforts to end the war in Ukraine ran into yet another roadblock. Trump said just days ago that he would meet Putin within two weeks, while at the same time pressuring Ukraine to give up the eastern Donbas region in exchange for peace, a ...

North Korea Fires Multiple Ballistic Missiles, First Launch in Months

This is Beirut 2025-10-22 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Wednesday, its first such launch in months and just a week before world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, descend on South Korea for a summit. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had "detected several projectiles, believed to be short-range ballistic missiles". The ...

JD Vance Voices ‘Great Optimism' for Gaza Truce on Israel Visit

This is Beirut 2025-10-22 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US Vice President JD Vance expressed "great optimism" that the Gaza truce would hold, ahead of a meeting Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Vance is in Israel to shore up support for the US-brokered ceasefire and post-war reconstruction plans. Despite concerns in Israel that Hamas has seized on the pause to ...

A Subretinal Chip Brings New Hope for AMD Patients

Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-22 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Losing central vision is like watching the heart of the world blur, then fade to black, until you can no longer recognize a loved one’s face or read the lines of a book. This silent suffering affects over 200 million people worldwide: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is now the leading cause of vision loss in those over 60. The disease ...

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 ...

UK King to Be First to Pray With Pope in Five Centuries

This is Beirut 2025-10-22 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years ago. The visit comes at a delicate time for the British king following new revelations about his brother, ...

U.S. Pushes Plan to Disarm Hamas and Rebuild Gaza

This is Beirut 2025-10-22 13:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US Vice President JD Vance warned Wednesday of the tough task ahead in disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure its ally Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal. Vance met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the second day of a trip to Israel, part of a diplomatic blitz in ...

Israeli Lawmakers Approve Advancement of West Bank Annexation Bills

This is Beirut 2025-10-22 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of advancing two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, an ambition openly promoted by far-right ministers in recent months. The vote came with US Vice President JD Vance visiting Israel to shore up a Gaza ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump, who has made clear he would not back ...

Drone Attacks Target Khartoum Airport for Second Day

This is Beirut 2025-10-22 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Paramilitary drone attacks targeted Khartoum International Airport for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, a Sudanese military source told AFP, as authorities attempted to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years. The airport has been closed since April 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese ...