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EU Asylum Applications Down 23% in 1st Half of 2025
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Asylum applications to the European Union fell by 23 percent in the first six months of 2025, driven by a massive drop in Syrians seeking protection, the EU's asylum agency said Monday. Data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed Syrians lodged around 25,000 requests in the 27-nation bloc plus Switzerland and Norway (EU+), down ...
Cancel Culture: A Word on Trial
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-09-07 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The debate is still alive in 2025: Is cancel culture a tool of justice or a weapon of excess? The term resurfaces regularly, from university debates to international headlines, because it captures one of the defining tensions of our digital era: the balance between accountability and freedom of expression. And with social media platforms now ...
Budget 2026: 1,051 Pages, Zero Tax Reform, Spending on the Rise
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-06 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The 2026 draft budget spans 1,051 pages and 50 articles, yet still avoids any real tax reform. Distributed to ministers within the constitutional deadline, it relies almost entirely on indirect taxation, the most unfair burden for low- and middle-income households. In essence, it offers nothing new, repeating the same approach as the 2025 budget ...
Iran’s Nuclear Defiance: Diplomacy on Hold, Escalation on Standby
Salam El Zaatari 2025-09-04 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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By every measure that counts, Iran is once again daring the West to call its bluff. Less than three months after US and Israeli airstrikes tore into its nuclear facilities, Tehran has chosen defiance over accountability—expelling inspectors, hiding its enriched uranium stockpile and openly daring the international community to stop it. Europe ...
Thousands Protest in Indonesia as Military Deployed in Capital
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 12:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Thousands rallied across Indonesia Monday as the military was deployed in the capital after six people were killed in nationwide protests sparked by anger over lavish perks for lawmakers. At least 500 protesters gathered outside the nation's parliament in Jakarta on Monday afternoon as dozens of police officers watched on. Soldiers were present ...
Judge Overturns Trump Funding Cuts to Harvard
This is Beirut 2025-09-04 04:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution. The administration insisted its move was legally justified over Harvard's alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students ...
EDL vs. Private Generators: Lebanon’s Daily Electricity Battle
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-03 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Electricité du Liban (EDL) collection agents occasionally remember to bill subscribers. Neighborhood generator operators, on the other hand, never forget the last day of the month. They collect payments even before reading meters, already knowing exactly how much they will extract. The idea of EDL self-financing its fuel purchases remains ...
At Least 21,000 Children Disabled in Gaza War
This is Beirut 2025-09-03 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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At least 21,000 children in Gaza have been disabled since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023, a United Nations committee said Wednesday. Around 40,500 children have suffered "new war-related injuries" in the nearly two years since the war erupted, with more than half of them left disabled, said the UN Committee on the ...
ChatGPT to Get Parental Controls After Teen's Death
This is Beirut 2025-09-03 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
OpenAI AI ChatGPT Parental Control
American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself. "Within the next month, parents will be able to... link their account with their teen's account" and "control how ChatGPT responds to their ...
Xi Tells Iran President China Opposes 'Use of Force... to Resolve Differences'
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Xi Jinping told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday that China supported Iran's right to civilian nuclear energy and opposed the use of force to resolve differences, state media reported. "The use of force is not the right way to resolve differences. Communication and dialogue are the right path to achieving lasting ...
'Fortress' on Wheels: Kim Jong Un's Bulletproof Train
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will also attend. Since taking power in 2011, Kim has now made nine international trips and crossed the border into South Korea twice, using his ...
What if Israel Was Right and the Arabs Were Wrong?
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-09-02 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Arabs United States
For over five decades, many Arab leaders have blamed Israel’s alleged intransigence, belligerence, and unfulfilled promises for the persistent failure to achieve Arab-Israeli peace. Yet, Lebanon’s handling of the November 2024 Cessation of Hostilities agreement with Israel tells a different story—one where Lebanese leaders, particularly ...
Russian Drone Attacks on Ukraine Dropped in August
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia's long-range drone strikes on Ukraine dipped sharply over August, an AFP analysis published on Monday showed, during a flurry of high-profile but fruitless meetings aimed at ending Moscow's grinding invasion. The falloff in drone strikes came after months of escalating aerial attacks and meetings US President Donald Trump hosted with the ...
US Ambassador Lisa Johnson Bids Farewell to Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-09-28 12:20 - Reading : less than a minute
US Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson addressed the Lebanese people as her mission in Lebanon comes to an end today. In a message posted on the US Embassy’s Instagram account, Johnson wrote, “As my tenure as US Ambassador to Lebanon comes to a close, I wish to express my deep gratitude to the Lebanese people for your warmth, generosity, and ...
Inkript's Bold Exploitation of Citizens: A Scandal Exposed
Karine al-Kassis 2025-09-29 15:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Inkript is one of the most blatant examples of how a public institution can be hijacked and transformed into a private revenue stream. The company entered the Vehicle Registration Authority – al-Nafaa – under the banner of “digital progress and modernization.” But it did not stop at controlling the system; it also reached directly into the ...
Neither Man nor Woman? Psychoanalysis and the New Faces of Gender
David Sahyoun 2025-08-20 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Gender Sexuality Binarity Man Woman
For centuries, gender identity was regarded as self-evident. To be a man or a woman seemed obvious. Biological sex was expected to dictate one’s role, tastes, gestures, clothing, and even destiny. One was born a girl or a boy, and society vigilantly preserved this division. Early psychoanalysis did not escape this binary logic. Freud himself ...
At Least 14 Dead as Migrant Boat Sinks off Turkey
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 13:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Bodrum Migrant Sink Boat
At least 14 migrants died when their inflatable dinghy capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the governor's office said Friday, raising an earlier toll of seven dead. "The lifeless bodies of 14 irregular migrants were recovered," the office of the Mugla governorate said on X, saying the coastguard was alerted ...
Palestinian Weapons Test Lebanon’s Credibility on Disarmament and Security
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-10-31 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The killing of Elio Abu Hanna by Palestinian gunmen in Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp this past weekend is not just another crime. His murder is a serious test for a Lebanese government dragging its feet on its commitment to disarm Hezbollah and other militias. There is no reason the Shatila refugee camp should remain off-limits to the ...
Gaza in the Grip of Hamas’s Reign of Terror
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 14:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Since the October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a new conflict has erupted in the Gaza Strip: an internal struggle as the Islamist movement targets its Palestinian rivals. The campaign has involved executions, raids, and armed clashes across multiple neighborhoods. Officially, Hamas says it is “restoring order” after two years of war ...
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 ...
Aoun Calls on Media to Defend Truth Amid Global Misinformation
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday warned that truth is losing its place as a universal value in an age dominated by misinformation and digital noise, urging media professionals to reclaim their role as guardians of honesty and accountability. “The truth is dull, the rumor is seductive,” Aoun said, quoting a communications expert as he ...
Mali’s Fuel Crisis: A Nationwide Standstill
Christiane Tager 2025-10-29 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Since early September, queues at gas stations in Bamako have been endlessly growing. The jihadist group JNIM (Jamaʿat Nuṣrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin) has blocked fuel convoys from Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, destroying nearly 100 tanker trucks, according to the Associated Press (AP). As a landlocked country, Mali relies on imports for more ...
Takaichi, Trump Swap Praise for ‘New Golden Age’ of Ties
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 05:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a "golden age of ties" on his visit to Tokyo Tuesday, before inking a deal with Washington aimed at securing critical minerals. Takaichi, Japan's first woman prime minister, lauded Trump's involvement in mediating conflicts and will ...
Young Lebanese Man Fatally Shot at Palestinian Checkpoint in Shatila Camp
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Elio Ernesto Abu Hanna, a young chemistry graduate, died on Sunday from injuries sustained after being shot by Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint at the entrance of the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, an area where armed factions continue to operate outside the control of the Lebanese state. According to relatives and friends, Abu Hanna was ...
Cabinet Approves Key Appointments and Oil Exploration Deal
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 19:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Council of Ministers convened on Thursday at Baabda presidential palace, approving a series of administrative, economic and financial decisions. The cabinet, chaired by President Joseph Aoun, reviewed 44 items on its agenda, focused on appointments, energy agreements and the banking and education sectors. Among the key decisions, the Cabinet ...
From Ribbons to Robots: Does AI Have a Role in Breast Cancer Screening
Alissar Boulos 2025-10-31 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
LAU Breast Cancer Screening AI Mammogram
Breast cancer doesn’t behave the same way in every woman, and it certainly doesn’t behave the same way across borders. From access to screening technology to the age and frequency of recommended mammograms, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Can artificial intelligence (AI) help make breast cancer screening smarter, more personal, and ...
Syria Urges Banks to Provision Their Claims on Lebanon
Liliane Mokbel 2025-10-23 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Central Bank of Syria has given domestic banks a six-month deadline to fully provision their claims on the Lebanese banking sector, estimated at $1.6 billion, according to a circular cited by Reuters. The directive does not specify the exact nature of these claims – whether deposits, placements or financial investments – making their ...
Assassination Casts Dark Cloud over Iraqi Elections
Seth J. Frantzman 2025-10-23 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the early hours of October 15, an IED tore through a Chevy Tahoe in Baghdad’s northern outskirts, killing Safaa al-Mashhadani, a candidate in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Three days later, gunmen opened fire on the office of another candidate, Muthanna al-Azzawi, 25 kilometers south of the Iraqi ...
Grade Tampering Scandal at the Lebanese University: Investigation Underway
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Lebanese University education scandal
The investigation into the grade-tampering scandal at the Faculty of Law of the Lebanese University has reached a turning point. Earlier this month, the public institution was rocked by revelations that exam scores had been falsified in favor of several Kuwaiti students. According to information reported by the local TV channel MTV, and on the ...
Online Search a Battleground for AI Titans
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Technology Google OpenAI Atlas
Tech firms battling for supremacy in artificial intelligence are out to transform how people search the web, challenging the dominance of the Chrome browser at the heart of Google's empire. Chatbots that started out as AI-powered assistants have gradually merged with web browsers and can independently scour the internet for detailed answers to ...