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Climate Talks Run Into Night as COP30 Hosts Seek Breakthrough
This is Beirut 2025-11-18 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At COP30 in Brazil on Monday, UN climate talks stretched into the night as negotiators pushed for a rapid compromise among countries deeply divided on key issues. Following a difficult first week, Brazil set a deadline for nations to finalize "a significant part" of the negotiations by Tuesday evening for approval the following day. "It's super ...
'Demon Slayer' Film Shatters Historic Global Box Office Record
This is Beirut 2025-11-18 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The latest film adaptation of the Demon Slayer manga franchise has become the first Japanese movie to gross more than 100 billion yen ($644 million) worldwide, its distributors said. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba — Infinity Castle: Part 1, about sword-swishing Tanjiro Kamado's final showdown to slay demons and make his sister human again, is ...
'Below the Clouds': Gianfranco Rosi’s Meditative Portrait of Naples
This is Beirut 2025-11-18 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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If the regular recipe for success in the modern entertainment industry or on social media is being loud, attention-seeking, and a prolific creator of "content," Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi has carved out a career doing the exact opposite. The work of the award-winning documentary producer is everything our contemporary culture is not: slow, ...
Lebanon Faces Donor Backlash After Decision Extending Disability Benefits to Hezbollah Fighters
Tylia El Helou 2025-11-18 20:30 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Lebanon is facing mounting diplomatic backlash after the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) extended state and donor-funded disability benefits to the thousands of Hezbollah fighters wounded in Israel’s September 2024 operation targeting Hezbollah’s communication devices. What the ministry described as a humanitarian exemption is now being ...
Why Is Bitcoin Plunging?
This is Beirut 2025-11-19 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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What Has Caused the Latest Price Drop? Prior to the recent slump, Bitcoin broke a series of record highs in the wake of Donald Trump's return to the White House. The US president came out strongly in favor of cryptocurrencies before his re-election, and has continued to do so. Bitcoin first surpassed $100,000 in May before reaching its latest ...
Romania Scrambles Jets Over Fresh Drone Incursion
This is Beirut 2025-11-19 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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NATO member Romania, bordering Ukraine, scrambled fighter jets early on Wednesday after a fresh drone incursion, the defense ministry said, while neighboring Moldova also reported that its airspace was breached. Romania and Moldova have repeatedly seen violations of their airspaces, including drone fragments falling onto their soil, following ...
Iran: The Swan Song!
Marc Saikali 2025-11-20 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Some regimes govern with ideas; others thrive on chaos. Iran is clearly in the latter camp, lighting fires across the Middle East while hoping the smoke will hide its failures. Since 1982, Tehran has treated Lebanon—and its political-military proxy, Hezbollah—like a live grenade waved during negotiations: always a threat, never a plan. For ...
No Fossil Fuels Plan in Latest Draft Deal from COP30 Presidency
This is Beirut 2025-11-21 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
COP30 host Brazil unveiled a draft agreement on Friday that does not include a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels, a key demand by many countries at the climate summit. There is no mention of "fossil fuels" in the latest slimmed-down text proposal, released on the final day of the major UN climate conference in the rainforest city of ...
Silos of Beirut: Autopsy of an Announced Pollution
Makram Haddad 2025-11-29 09:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Silos Beirut Blast Pollution
On 4 August 2020, Beirut exploded a first time, in a flash of ammonium nitrate, debris and shattered glass. Since then, the city has continued to explode in a muffled way: in the bronchi of the inhabitants, in the lungs of the children of Karantina, in the gutted silos that spit back out heat, smoke and dust. Last Thursday, the file came back ...
New Israeli Strike on South Kills One
This is Beirut 2025-11-22 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, in the latest attack on the area despite a nearly year-long ceasefire. In a statement, the ministry said that the Israeli strike on a vehicle in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, south Lebanon, killed one person. The ministry also said that a grenade ...
Rome Exposes Sexist Paradigms with a 'Patriarchy' Exhibition
This is Beirut 2025-11-22 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A temporary exhibition on patriarchy in Rome showcases sexist paradigms in Italy’s male-dominated and macho society, where gender equality “is a distant prospect.” It is the year 2148 and women and men are equal: Rome’s temporary “Museum of the Patriarchy” looks back from the future to highlight the gender gap. Pink and blue payslips ...
Ornella Vanoni, a Timeless Voice who Shaped Six Decades of Italian Music
This is Beirut 2025-11-23 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Before becoming a singer, Vanoni was an actress. Trained at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, she made her debut in 1960 under the direction of Giorgio Strehler, her mentor and companion, performing in Brecht’s plays. It was there she developed her mastery of text, nuance and emotional presence, foundations of her future musical identity. Her early ...
Gunmen Seize 315 in Latest Nigerian Mass School Kidnapping
This is Beirut 2025-11-23 12:22 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St. Mary's co-education school in Niger State in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary ...
Sudan Army Chief Slams Quad Truce Proposal as 'Worst Yet'
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Sunday the latest truce proposal sent by US envoy Massad Boulos on behalf of a group of mediators was the "worst yet" and unacceptable to his government. In a video address released by his office, he said the Quad, which in addition to the United States includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United ...
'Wicked' Sequel Dominates Box Office With Record-Breaking Debut
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Universal's musical sequel Wicked: For Good stole the box office spotlight in its North America debut this weekend, with a record-setting haul to the tune of $150 million, industry estimates showed Sunday. Variety said the film's debut was the highest ever for a Broadway musical adaptation, while analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment ...
Israeli Military Sacks Several Generals Over October 7 Attack
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 13:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's military announced the dismissal of three generals and disciplinary actions against several other senior officers over their failure to prevent the October 2023 assault by Hamas, the deadliest attack in the country's history. The move comes two weeks after Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir called for a "systemic ...
Pianist Behind Paris ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Flash Mob Aims Higher
This is Beirut 2025-11-25 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The man behind a recent viral video featuring musicians playing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody to stunned bystanders in a Paris square has revealed to AFP the meticulous work that went into his latest, even bigger production. The "flash mob" Queen video has been viewed roughly 600 million times since being posted online in early ...
Israel Army Says Red Cross Received Body of Gaza Hostage
This is Beirut 2025-11-25 21:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel said the Red Cross had on Tuesday handed over the coffin of a hostage held in Gaza, adding that the remains would soon be taken for forensic identification. Prior to this latest handover, the remains of three deceased hostages were still being held in the Gaza Strip, two Israelis and one Thai national. Hamas and its allies have been ...
Serbian Theater Festival in Turmoil over Censorship Claims
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Allegations of censorship threw a major theater festival in Serbia into turmoil on Monday, as the government faces increasing complaints it is stifling dissent while trying to face down long-running protests. Artists claim the Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF), long regarded as an outlet for free expression, is now under political ...
'Chainsaw Man – The Movie' Slashes Competition at North American Box Office
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Japanese anime feature Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc triumphed at the North American box office, debuting in the top spot at $17.3 million and besting a much-anticipated biopic about Bruce Springsteen, industry estimates showed Sunday. Chainsaw Man, from Sony and Crunchyroll, had already scored big successes in Japan and across Asia, noted ...
US Envoy to UN Vows to 'Defend Every Inch of NATO Territory'
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 20:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Washington's new envoy to the United Nations vowed Monday to "defend every inch of NATO territory" as he addressed an emergency meeting over an incursion by Russian fighter jets into Estonia's airspace. NATO scrambled jets after three Russian MiG-31 fighters on Friday breached Estonian airspace for some 12 minutes, triggering complaints of a ...
Liverpool Suffer Third Consecutive Loss as Estevao Strikes Late for Chelsea
This is Beirut 2025-10-05 01:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Liverpool crashed to a third successive defeat as Estevao Willian's last-gasp strike condemned the spluttering Premier League champions to a 2-1 defeat against Chelsea on Saturday. Arne Slot's side were rocked by Estevao's close-range finish in the final seconds at Stamford Bridge after Cody Gakpo's second half equaliser had cancelled out Moises ...
Lebanon: Political Supervision and Army Support
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-10-01 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Western diplomatic sources have noted that international and regional focus on Lebanon has shifted toward the Palestinian and Syrian issues. This was particularly evident during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where attention to Syria and Palestine prevented a meeting between President Joseph Aoun and French President Emmanuel ...
Israeli Warships Intercept Gaza Aid Flotilla With Greta Onboard
This is Beirut 2025-10-02 02:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israeli naval forces on Wednesday intercepted a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, ending its latest bid to break an Israeli blockade of the war-battered Palestinian territory. The Global Sumud Flotilla -- involving around 45 vessels carrying politicians and activists including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg -- left Spain last month, ...
Israeli Strike in South Lebanon Kills Two, Injures One
This is Beirut 2025-10-02 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the latest in a wave of attacks, has heightened fears of a wider escalation in the region. The strike, which targeted a vehicle on the Jarmaq-Khardali road, comes amid growing tensions fueled by remarks from US envoy Tom Barrack, who on September 22 told Sky News Arabia that “the situation in Lebanon is ...
Munich Airport Closure 'Wake-up Call' Over Drone Danger
This is Beirut 2025-10-03 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Friday that the temporary closure of Munich airport after drone sightings was a "wake-up call" about the threat from drones, which have caused a string of similar aviation disruptions across Europe. Airports in Denmark, Norway and Poland have recently suspended flights due to unidentified ...
Virtual Jesus? People of Faith Divided as AI Enters Religion
This is Beirut 2025-10-03 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons -- a change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful. Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are growing in number, offering counsel, comfort and spiritual guidance during an age ...
US Government Shutdown Seen Dragging Into Next Week
This is Beirut 2025-10-03 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The US government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into next week as senators prepared Friday to vote for a fourth time on a funding fix proposed by Donald Trump's Republicans that has little hope of success. Federal agencies have been out of money since Wednesday—with a wide range of public services crippled—as a result of deadlocked ...
Public Education in Lebanon: Where Do We Stand?
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-10-04 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On September 30, 2025, Rima Karami, Minister of Education, launched the National Campaign for Public School Support, presenting it as “a collective space for dreams, hope, and reform.” The initiative aims to restore public schools’ central role in shaping citizens and driving Lebanon’s development. In parallel, the ministry introduced a ...
Israeli Army Still Operating in Gaza Despite Calls for Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-04 14:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel said Saturday its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return, despite calls from the families of Israeli hostages and US President Donald Trump for an immediate halt to the fighting. Trump issued the appeal to the key US ally after Palestinian militant group Hamas said it was ready to release all hostages and ...