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Rewriting 'Ben-Hur:' 'Aletheia' by Luigi A. Kohli on Faith, Empire and Fiction

Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-07-13 12:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

Writing UK Beirut Author Culture Art

Luigi A. Kohli, author of Aletheia, a Ben-Hur saga, followed a dream that never left him. After years in the corporate world, he found the courage to step away and embrace the calling he had carried since youth: to write. What began as a long-held fascination with epic films and ancient history transformed into a powerful, imaginative ...

Two Dead as Wildfires Rage Near Turkish Resort of Izmir

This is Beirut 2025-07-03 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Europe Turkey Izmir Fires

An elderly man and a forestry worker died on Thursday in wildfires in Turkey, as firefighters battled high winds fanning two blazes in the western province of Izmir, lawmakers said. Turkey, which was spared the recent heatwaves that gripped the rest of Southern Europe, has been battling the effects of a long-term drought brought on by climate ...

Iran Diplomat Says Open to Talks if US Rules Out Military Action

This is Beirut 2025-07-03 20:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam USA Middle East Tehran United States

A senior Iranian diplomat said Thursday his country remains open to diplomacy provided the United States offers guarantees it will not resort to military action against the Islamic republic. The remarks came as US news website Axios, citing two unidentified sources, reported that White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was planning to meet ...

ALMA Telescope Reveals Unprecedented Detail in Early Galaxies

This is Beirut 2025-07-02 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

USA

Chile's ALMA observatory, which houses some of the world's most powerful telescopes, has captured its most detailed images to date of the building blocks of the early universe – primarily cold gases, dust, and stellar light in 39 galaxies. "We've never achieved so much detail and depth in galaxies from the early universe," Sergio Martin, head ...

Iran Unleashes 'Wave of Repression' after Israel War

This is Beirut 2025-06-30 22:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Iran Human Rights Iran Human Rights

Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war with Israel, activists say, accusing the Islamic republic of using fear to compensate for weaknesses revealed by the conflict. Campaigners have been detained on the street or at home, executions expedited, prisoners ...

Rescuers Evacuate 50,000 as Turkey Battles Wildfires

This is Beirut 2025-06-30 18:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Turkey Wildfire AFAD

Rescuers in Turkey have evacuated more than 50,000 people, mostly from the western province of Izmir, as firefighters battled a string of wildfires, the AFAD disaster agency said Monday. The worst blaze began Sunday in Seferihisar, a forested area 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of the resort city of Izmir, spreading rapidly with winds of up ...

Zelensky Signs Decree for Ukraine's Withdrawal from Anti-Landmine Treaty

This is Beirut 2025-06-29 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Ottawa Convention

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, according to a document published on his website. The treaty bans signatories from acquiring, producing, stockpiling or using anti-personnel mines, which are designed to be buried or hidden on the ...

The Economics of Peace: How Trade Disarms Nations

Mario Chartouni 2025-07-09 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

International Court of Justice Donald Trump peace war economics

Warlords often repeat the same line to their followers: We know what’s best for you, and you must fight for a cause we’ve already defined. But in a world where conflicts can be resolved through law, why drive people into violence that is both senseless and costly? War: A Losing Proposition In societies built on cooperation and the rule of ...

Anti-Counterfeit Guide: How to Spot Fake Skincare and Shop Safely (3/3)

Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-13 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Counterfeit Cosmetics Skin care Beauty Health Awereness

Today’s counterfeit cosmetics are almost indistinguishable to the naked eye: they have the same bottle, same typography and nearly the same texture as genuine ones. Moisturizers, serums, sunscreens, micellar waters, foundations, luxury sets — no category is spared. And no country, either. From the US to Lebanon, France to South Korea, ...

Pop Memorabilia: Glittery Michael Jackson Sock Fetches $8,822 at French Auction

This is Beirut 2025-07-30 22:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Music Michael Jackson Auction Legend France Culture

A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold for more than $8,000 on Wednesday, a French auctioneer said. A technician found the used sock discarded near Jackson's dressing room after the concert in the southern city of Nimes in July 1997, auctioneer Aurore Illy told AFP. The ...

Musical Satirist Tom Lehrer, Droll Prophet of Doom, Dead at 97

This is Beirut 2025-07-28 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Tom Lehrer Satirist Music Culture Art Heritage

Tom Lehrer, the acclaimed humorist and pianist whose satirical songs made him one of America's favorite prophets of doom before he retreated to academia, has died, US media reported Sunday. He was 97. The singer-songwriter died Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his friend David Herder said, according to The New York ...

WE4LEAD Drives Real Change for Gender Equality at Universities

Sana Richa Choucair 2025-07-27 18:30 - Reading : 8 minute(s)

Lebanese University WE4LEAD Gender equality Erasmus

Two Years After Its Launch in 2023, Where Does the Euro-Mediterranean Project Women’s Empowerment for Leadership and Equity in Higher Education Institutions (WE4LEAD) Stand? The project’s mission is to increase the representation of women in key academic leadership roles by transforming institutional practices and fostering a genuine culture ...

Caminos Lebanon: When Pilgrimage Routes Drive Economic Revival

Christiane Tager 2025-07-25 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon tourism economy

The idea is bold: stimulate the economy by banking on pilgrimages. That is the goal of Caminos Lebanon, a sustainable religious tourism initiative backed by the Association for Pilgrimages in Lebanon (APL) and led by expert Nour Farra Haddad. The ambition is to turn Lebanon into a key destination for faith-based travel. But this goes far beyond ...

New Cryptocurrency May Be Aiding Russia to Dodge Sanctions

This is Beirut 2025-07-25 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Russia Sanctions EU Crypto Stablecoin

Russia could be turning to a new cryptocurrency called A7A5 to allow money to flow in and out of the country and avoid Western sanctions, experts have told AFP. Multiple rounds of international sanctions have been imposed on Moscow since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine seeking to ramp up economic pressure to halt the war. But the launch of ...

Versailles Invades Wall Street with Poisons, Drag, and Opera

This is Beirut 2025-07-23 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Versailles NYC Spectacle Theater Culture Art

Acrobatics, fortune tellers, opulent gowns and palace intrigue: the New York debut of the Versailles Royal Opera Orchestra was a performance befitting the era it recalls. Monday's immersive show: The Affair of the Poisons centered on France's 17th-century period of excess and seediness that its creator, Andrew Ousley, told AFP has parallels to ...

'The Shed at Dulwich': The Hoax That Topped TripAdvisor

Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-22 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

London Restaurant TripAdvisor The Shed at Dulwich Hoax

No menu. No chef. No real kitchen. Just a shed, a mobile phone, and a lot of nerve. In just a few months, The Shed at Dulwich became London’s top-rated restaurant on TripAdvisor, outranking thousands of Michelin-starred, gourmet, and trendy venues. Except it never actually existed. This brilliant hoax was the brainchild of a young British ...

Slop: The Digital Waste Flooding Our Feeds

Sana Richa Choucair 2025-07-20 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) surges, a new term is gaining traction: slop. No longer just a word for literal mud or lukewarm food, in digital lingo it now refers to a rising wave of unwanted, AI-generated content, vacantly produced, algorithmically amplified, and clogging up social media. From Messy Mud to Messy Media In ...

Cosmetic Counterfeits: Lebanon Grapples with the Surge of Fake Beauty Products (2/3)

Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-15 21:16 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Lebanon Cosmetic Counterfeits Beauty Products Skin Care Health

On Instagram, just a few clicks on reseller accounts or sponsored stories plunge you into a sleek, alluring world where top brands — Lancôme, Estée Lauder, Guerlain, Dior, La Roche-Posay — are sold at slashed prices. Descriptions sound convincing: “imported from the US,” “end-of-line stock before ...

Rasamny Denies Tripoli Exit Rumors Amid Sweida Tensions

This is Beirut 2025-07-18 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Lebanon Fayez Rasamny Najib Mikati Tripoli Port Sweida

Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny denied on Friday rumors claiming he cut short his visit to Tripoli due to security threats linked to recent clashes in Syria’s Sweida province.  Rasamny said his visit was completed as scheduled and focused on launching development projects at the city’s port. “My visit was not ...

Snoop Dogg Joins Swansea City as Co-Owner

This is Beirut 2025-07-18 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Music Snoop Dog Culture Art Rap

Snoop Dogg has become co-owner of Championship side Swansea City in an unlikely alliance between the world of rap and football, the Welsh club has announced. The 53-year-old American star joins former Real Madrid stalwart and Croatia World Cup finalist Luka Modrić in the club's ownership structure. Snoop Dogg made a surprise appearance on the ...

Lebanon Launches National Campaign to Combat Water Shortage

This is Beirut 2025-07-18 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Water Drought Campaign Rainfall Crisis

In response to an alarming drop in rainfall and a looming summer water crisis, Lebanon’s Ministry of Energy and Water has launched a national campaign on Friday to encourage water conservation and raise public awareness. The initiative seeks to rally citizens around smarter water usage as the country faces one of its driest years in recent ...

Israel Strikes Near Syrian Army HQ: State TV

This is Beirut 2025-07-16 19:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Damascus Benjamin Netanyahu Syria

An Israeli strike on Wednesday hit near the Syrian army and defense ministry headquarters in Damascus, the state-run Alekhbariya channel reported on Telegram, after Israel's military said it had struck there. AFP correspondents heard a loud explosion echoing throughout much of the capital shortly after a first air strike had targeted the same ...

Astronomers Observe Birth of a Solar System for First Time

This is Beirut 2025-07-16 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Astronomy Solar System Space

Astronomers said Wednesday they had observed the moment when planets start forming around a distant star for the first time, revealing a process that sheds light on the birth of our own solar system. The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315, which resembles our own Sun in its youth, 1,300 light years from Earth in the ...

Khamenei Says Israel War Meant to 'Overthrow System' in Iran

This is Beirut 2025-07-16 14:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Khamenei Ali Khamenei

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Israel's attacks during last month's 12-day war were intended to weaken the Islamic republic's system and spark unrest to topple it. "The calculation and plan of the aggressors was to weaken the system by targeting certain figures and sensitive centres in ...

Syrian Forces Accused of 'Executions' in Druze Area as Israel Launches Strikes

This is Beirut 2025-07-15 23:16 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Damascus Syria Sweida

Syrian authorities were accused on Tuesday of carrying out summary executions of civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida, where Israel said it had launched strikes against government forces in defense of the religious minority. Damascus deployed troops to the area after clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes killed ...

Ethiopia Inaugurates Africa's Biggest Dam

This is Beirut 2025-09-09 12:51 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Ethiopia Nil Egypt Dam

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calling it a "great achievement for all black people" despite years of diplomatic rancour over the dam with downstream neighbour Egypt. For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), straddling a tributary of the River ...

Cloudflare Resolves Outage That Disrupted Parts of the Internet

This is Beirut 2025-11-18 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Cloudflare Technology Cloud

Services from Cloudflare, a software company that supports thousands of websites, including X, Spotify, and OpenAI, on Tuesday reported a crash in one of its software systems, according to a report in the New York Times. Cloudflare, which provides tools to secure and manage internet traffic for websites, reported earlier in the day that it was ...