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Turkey Braces for More Protests Over Istanbul Mayor's Arrest
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 16:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Istanbul Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu Protests
Turkey braced for a third day of protests on Friday as anger spread across the country over the arrest of Istanbul's popular Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in a graft and terror probe. Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, was arrested at dawn on Wednesday, just days before he was due to be named the candidate for the main ...
Turkish Opposition Calls for Boycott over Jailed Students
This is Beirut 2025-04-01 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Ozgur Ozel Ekrem Imamoglu CHP Party
The leader of Turkey's main opposition party has called for a boycott on Wednesday to protest the detention of students rallying in support of Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor. "Stop all purchases! Supermarkets, online shopping, restaurants, petrol, coffees, bills, buy nothing," said Ozgur Ozel, head of the CHP party to which Mayor Ekrem ...
When AI Meets Therapy: The Promise and Pitfalls of Digital Healing
David Sahyoun 2025-04-16 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Therapy Artificial Intelligence AI Culture
AI (artificial intelligence) is a computer system designed to replicate human thought and behavior. It can reason, process information, and search for answers across vast pools of relevant content available online. A chatbot, by contrast, is a conversational tool designed to simulate human interaction. It runs on pre-scripted responses, ...
Europe Seeks to Break its US Tech Addiction
This is Beirut 2025-04-16 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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With President Donald Trump more unpredictable than ever and transatlantic ties reaching new lows, calls are growing louder for Europe to declare independence from US tech. From Microsoft to Meta, Apple to Uber, cloud computing to AI, much of the day-to-day technology used by Europeans is American. The risks that brings were hotly debated before ...
Caroline Torbey: ‘Ramdam au Gymnase’ Gives Voice to Victims of School Bullying
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-04-11 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Caroline Torbey Bullying Schools Theatre
On Saturday, April 12, Théâtre Monnot in Ashrafieh will raise its curtain on Ramdam au Gymnase, an original and innovative creation that delicately addresses the issue of school bullying. This play, Caroline Torbey’s first venture into dramatic writing, could not have chosen a more relevant subject, in a world where social media often ...
Students Have Until April 23 to Share Their Education Reform Priorities in National Survey
This is Beirut 2025-04-11 10:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Minister of Education Dr. Rima Karami reiterated her call on Friday for students across all academic levels to participate in a nationwide education survey launched nearly a month ago. The initiative calls on students to share their perspectives and help shape reform priorities within Lebanon’s education sector. The survey, available online, ...
HTS: Repression Driving the Protests
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-04-10 16:15 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Starting in February 2024, a wave of protests has swept through the cities of Idlib, Binnish and Sarmada, quickly spreading across much of Syria's northwestern province. The demonstrations are a direct response to the repressive governance of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), compounded by worsening economic conditions and a collapse in basic ...
The Sound of Music: One Movie, Countless Lives, Sixty Years of Emotion
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-04-08 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Sound of Music Film Music Homage Culture
We all remember that iconic image: a silhouette spinning atop alpine meadows, arms wide open beneath a boundless blue sky. Picture March 2, 1965—the day The Sound of Music premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York. And now, six decades later, its charm remains as vibrant as ever. Years may have passed, but the first notes of “Do-Re-Mi” or ...
Zelensky Says Ukraine Captured Two Chinese Nationals Fighting for Russia
This is Beirut 2025-04-08 17:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine China Volodymyr Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces, adding that Kyiv would demand an explanation from Beijing and a reaction from its allies. Moscow and Beijing have in recent years boasted of their "no limits" partnership and deepened political, military, and ...
Meta to Launch Teen Accounts on Facebook
This is Beirut 2025-04-08 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
INTERNET Meta Facebook Messanger Teenagers
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was extending its teen accounts to its social network Facebook, after recently introducing restrictions on Instagram. The accounts were brought in for 13- to 15-year-old users of the company's popular photo-sharing app last September as part of moves to shield vulnerable underage internet users from online ...
Black Monday: A Global Stock Market Rollercoaster
Christiane Tager 2025-04-07 22:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The rollout of new tariffs under Donald Trump's leadership has been enough to trigger what many are now calling an economic apocalypse. Global financial markets began tumbling as early as Friday, and it has only deepened this Monday. The Paris stock exchange has already wiped out all its gains for the year, opening down 6.46%, while London’s ...
Dollar, Stocks Sink as Gold Hits High on Trump Tariffs
This is Beirut 2025-04-03 15:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The dollar and equity markets tumbled Thursday after President Donald Trump's latest tariffs salvo against countries worldwide, fanning a trade war that many fear will spark recession and ramp up inflation. The dollar slumped by as much as 2.6 percent versus the euro, its biggest intraday plunge in a decade, and suffered sharp losses also against ...
Finance Minister and Banque de l’Habitat CEO Sign Agreement for Online Property Certificate
This is Beirut 2025-04-03 14:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Yassine Jaber Finance Minister Housing Loan
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber and General Manager of the Banque de l'Habitat (BDH) Antoine Habib signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, launching an electronic link between the two organizations. This new system allows the bank to instantly and at no cost access an online certificate of non-ownership for borrowers, streamlining the ...
AI Grows in Anime, but Miyazaki Stays Untouchable
This is Beirut 2025-04-03 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Art AI Culture Animation Miyazaki
Artificial intelligence might take over some of the work done by Japanese animation artists, but it will never match the brilliance of Hayao Miyazaki — the creative soul of Studio Ghibli — according to his son Goro, speaking to AFP. After the release of the latest ChatGPT version (GPT-4o), the internet was flooded with AI-generated images and ...
Israel PM Says 'Dissecting' Gaza to Force Hamas to Free Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-04-03 09:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the military was "dissecting" the Gaza Strip and seizing territory to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages still held in the enclave. It came as rescuers said 34 people were killed in continued Israeli strikes on the territory, including on a UN building. The military ...
Microsoft Celebrates 50 Years on April 4: Between Successes, Setbacks, and Investments
This is Beirut 2025-03-31 17:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century, becoming a tech stalwart almost taken for granted as lifestyles embraced the internet. As the company, founded with a vision of putting computers in every home and office, celebrates its 50th anniversary on Friday, it is looking to boost its fortunes by being a leader in the ...
From Messi to Trump: AI Action Figures Take Over Social Media!
This is Beirut 2025-04-19 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The latest internet obsession is one impossible to escape on social media: images of well-known figures in plastic toy packaging, alongside evocative props... welcome to the meme of AI action figures. The figurines aren't real, but thanks to ChatGPT's new image generator, they look genuine, and they are flooding platforms from TikTok to ...
UK Imposes Travel Permit on Europeans from Wednesday
This is Beirut 2025-03-31 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In a shake-up of long-standing travel rules, European nationals heading to the UK will from Wednesday need a mandatory entry permit, which the British government says will strengthen border security. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) can be bought online in the next few days for £10 (12 euros), but the price is rising swiftly from April ...
European Orbital Rocket Crashes after Launch
This is Beirut 2025-03-30 19:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday in a closely watched test for the continent's bid to build a new space economy. The Spectrum rocket, developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace, started smoking from its sides, then crashed back to Earth with a powerful explosion just after launching ...
Rare Original E.T. Model Up for Auction at Sotheby’s
This is Beirut 2025-03-29 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An original model of E.T., created for Steven Spielberg’s cult classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, is going under the hammer at Sotheby’s auction house. The piece comes from the personal collection of Italian special effects legend Carlo Rambaldi, who won three Academy Awards for his work on David Lynch’s Dune, Spielberg’s Close Encounters ...
Ghosting: A Strategy of Avoidance
David Sahyoun 2025-03-26 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Ghosting Psychoanalysis Culture Social Media
The anglicisms used to illustrate certain phenomena observed in virtual exchanges have surprising meanings. Far from indicating a mundane behavior, they carry meanings that reveal deeper characteristics about their users. This week, we will try to understand what “ghosting” is, which shares common traits with “breadcrumbing.” The ...
Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health: A Turning Point for a Healthier Future
Karl Hajj Moussa 2025-03-25 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health is taking place from March 24 to 28, 2025, in Cartagena, Colombia. Co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Colombian government, the event focuses on concrete actions to ensure clean air, expand access to clean energy, and tackle climate change. With 90% of the world’s ...
Shakira Concerts Bring Major Economic Boom to Mexico City
This is Beirut 2025-03-25 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Concert Music Culture Art Shakira Mexico
Shakira fans flocking to see the Colombian star in concert are generating tens of millions of dollars for Mexico, according to the local chamber of commerce, underscoring the economic significance of major musical events. Home to around nine million people, Mexico City is a magnet for Latin and other international musicians who attract fans from ...
Turkey Detains 1,100 People Since Erdogan Rival's Arrest
This is Beirut 2025-03-24 15:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Arrests Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu
Turkish police have detained more than 1,100 people, including journalists, since the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival sparked the country's worst unrest in years, a minister said on Monday. The demonstrations began in Istanbul after Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest last week and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 ...
Does 'Vibe Coding' Make Everyone a Programmer?
This is Beirut 2025-03-24 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Can a complete tech novice create a website using everyday language on ChatGPT? That's the promise, misleading for some, of "vibe coding," the latest Silicon Valley catchphrase for an advance in generative AI that some say makes computer programming as simple as chatting online. "You fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget ...
Istanbul's Imamoglu - Declared Opposition Presidential Candidate - Spends First Night in Jail
This is Beirut 2025-03-24 10:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Turkey Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu
Istanbul's embattled Ekrem Imamoglu spent his first night in jail Monday a day after his suspension as mayor, as 10 journalists were detained for covering the mass demonstrations that his detention sparked across Turkey. The protests began in Istanbul after Imamoglu's arrest on Wednesday and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 ...
Turkey Wants More Than 700 X Accounts Blocked
This is Beirut 2025-03-23 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Turkey Protests Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu
Turkey's authorities, faced with a mass opposition movement following the detention of the opposition mayor of Istanbul, have called for the closure of more than 700 accounts on X, the online platform said Sunday. "We object to multiple court orders from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority to block over 700 ...
Maternity: La Vie en Rose or the Blues?
Yara Germany 2025-03-22 12:05 - Reading : 11 minute(s)
Motherhood, which is considered one of life’s most beautiful experiences, is often idealized. Behind the picture-perfect image, lie darker realities, marked by physical pain, lack of support, and psychological upheaval. Between baby blues and postpartum depression, many mothers find themselves isolated, misunderstood, and sometimes even in ...
Marcin Patrzałek: Proving His Guitar Genius Is No Trick
This is Beirut 2025-03-22 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Traditionally, artists take to the stage to connect with their audience. For Marcin Patrzałek, a Polish guitar prodigy, there’s an added drive: to prove that his jaw-dropping technique, which has garnered tens of millions of views on Instagram, is no trick. “It bothers me a bit that people think it’s fake (...) but it’s good that it gets ...
Istanbul Bar Association Board Dismissed Over 'Terror Propaganda'
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey Istanbul Protests Istanbul Bar Association
The Istanbul Bar Association's executive board was dismissed Friday on grounds of "terrorist propaganda" and "publicly spreading false information", according to a court ruling published online by a lawyers' association. Prosecutors had filed suit on January 15 several weeks after the Istanbul Bar Association demanded an investigation into the ...