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Iranian Embassy in Syria "Attacked" After Assad's Fall
This is Beirut 2024-12-08 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's embassy in Syria was "attacked" on Sunday, Iranian state TV said, after Islamist-led rebels declared the fall of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping offensive that culminated in Damascus. "Unknown individuals have attacked the Iranian embassy, as you can see in these images shared by various networks," a state TV broadcaster ...
Syria Government Sets Up Security Cordon as Rebels Advance on Damascus
This is Beirut 2024-12-07 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Bashar Assad HTS Syrian Arab Army
Syria's embattled government said Saturday it was setting up a military cordon around Damascus, state media reported, as rebels on a lightning advance said they were bearing down on the city. "There is a very strong security and military cordon on the far edges of Damascus and its countryside, and no one... can penetrate this defensive line that ...
Islamist-Led Rebels Advance Towards Damascus
This is Beirut 2024-12-07 17:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Damascus Syria HTS Bashar al-Assad
Rebels on a lightning advance through Syria said they were nearing Damascus on Saturday, although Bashar al-Assad's government denied that the army had withdrawn from areas around the capital. "Our forces have begun the final phase of encircling the capital," said rebel commander Hassan Abdel Ghani, with the Islamist-led alliance ...
USJ Choir's Mass in Blue: A Defiant Stand Against War
Bélinda Ibrahim 2024-12-07 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Concert USJ Yasmina Sabbah Choir
In these troubled times, as Lebanon faces one of the darkest periods in its recent history, a beacon of hope shines in the heart of Beirut. The University of Saint Joseph Choir, under the direction of Yasmina Sabbah, is set to present its annual Christmas concert on December 18 and 19, 2024, at Saint Joseph Church in Monnot. This year's event ...
Syria: Government Forces Retreat on All Fronts
This is Beirut 2024-12-06 23:22 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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According to a security source in Damascus, rebels have taken control of three army and police posts in Sweida, and most of Deraa is no longer in the hands of the regime. Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published on Friday. The ...
Water Authority Calls for Payment of Dues
This is Beirut 2024-12-06 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Establishment of The Water of Beirut and Mount Lebanon (EBML) has urged its subscribers to settle their fees for the current year (2024). Payments can be made at water office branches or through the Online Money Transfer SAL (OMT) service. Bank card payments are accepted at the water office branches. However, the EBML noted that, due to ...
Syrian Rebels Capture Strategic City of Hama, Vow to Target Homs Next
This is Beirut 2024-12-05 17:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Rebels Hama Bashar al Assad
Islamist-led rebel forces captured the central Syrian city of Hama on Thursday, days after seizing the country's commercial hub Aleppo in a lightning offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Rebel forces spokesman Hassan Abdel Ghani was quick to announce on Telegram that, after the fall of Hama, Homs was now the new target of ...
E-commerce Is Thriving in Lebanon
Liliane Mokbel 2024-12-05 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The sector shows significant growth potential, however, realizing this requires enhancements to logistical infrastructure and improvements to the regulatory framework. According to Statista Market Insight, Lebanon’s e-commerce market is expected to reach $1.311 billion in revenue in 2024, with an average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.88% ...
Trump Nominates Private Astronaut Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA
This is Beirut 2024-12-04 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Jared Isaacman, the online payments billionaire and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk, as the next head of NASA. The nod could spark questions about potential conflicts of interest, given Isaacman's extensive financial ties to Elon Musk, who is set to co-chair a ...
PlayStation: 30 Years of Innovation, Controversy, and Success
Béatrice Moreau 2024-12-01 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
On December 3, 1994, Sony made a dramatic entry into the world of gaming consoles with the launch of the PlayStation in Japan. This machine, which would be released a few months later in the United States and Europe, was born from a failed collaboration with Nintendo. Humiliated by its partner's sudden decision to side with Philips instead, Sony ...
Social Media Giants Slam Australia Banning Under-16s
This is Beirut 2024-11-29 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Social media giants on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian law banning them from signing up under-16s, describing it as a rush job littered with "many unanswered questions". The UN children's charity UNICEF Australia warned the law was no "silver bullet" against online harm and could push kids into "covert and unregulated" spaces online. The ...
Gaza's Civil Defense Halts Work in North Due to Israeli Threats
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 16:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said Thursday it can no longer provide first responder services in the north of the territory, accusing Israeli forces of threatening to "bomb and kill" its crews. Since October 6, the Israeli military has mounted a sweeping air and land assault on north Gaza, initially focused on the Jabalia area, describing it as an ...
Hochstein: US Ceasefire monitoring team expected in Beirut shortly
This is Beirut 2024-11-27 23:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Amos Hochstein Ceasefire Hezbollah South Lebanon
US envoy Amos Hochstein, who helped broker the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, announced on Wednesday that “an American team associated with the monitoring committee of the ceasefire agreement will arrive in Beirut this evening” (Wednesday night). “We must support the Lebanese army, economy and people, or we will return to this ...
How Hybrid Warfare has Turned Ukraine into a War on Many Fronts
Cian Ward 2024-11-26 12:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The war in Ukraine is in large part a battle of bullets, blood and trenches, yet it has also catalyzed new dimensions of ‘hybrid warfare’ beyond the conventional boundaries of conflict. In the days following Ukraine’s 2014 Revolution of Dignity, when incendiary protests in Kyiv’s Maidan Square led to the overthrow of ...
Celine Haidar: A Dream Shattered, Life in Suspense
Makram Haddad 2024-11-21 23:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football Tragedy Celine Haidar
On November 16, while walking through the Chiyah neighborhood in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Celine Haidar was struck on the head by debris from an Israeli airstrike. The young woman, who suffered a severe head trauma, was rushed to a hospital in Hadath before being transferred to Saint George's Hospital, where a first surgery was successfully ...
US Seeks for Google to Sell Chrome Browser
This is Beirut 2024-11-19 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday. Antitrust officials with the US Department of Justice declined to comment on a Bloomberg report that they will ask for a sell-off of Chrome and a shake-up of ...
Vinyl Revival in India: A Slow but Steady Journey
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
"I feel like a child in a toy store," says Saji Pillai, who has never tired of the magic of making a vinyl record: engraving the mold, pressing the disc, and hearing the crackle of the first note under the needle. In recent years, this seasoned professional in the music industry imported records from Europe for his own label or for film ...
Trump Picks Karoline Leavitt as New White House Press Secretary
This is Beirut 2024-11-16 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump's 27-year-old pick for White House press secretary, has had a meteoric rise since getting her break as a student assistant for Fox News during Trump’s 2016 campaign for the White House. After serving as an assistant press secretary during Trump's first stint as president, she is set to return as ...
Mainstream Media Distorted Events in Amsterdam
Salam Zaatari 2024-11-14 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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In the wake of riots involving Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, Western media outlets have faced intense scrutiny for allegedly misrepresenting the events. According to eyewitnesses, including local journalist accounts, Israeli fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv caused significant disruptions, engaging in hooligan behavior and chanting anti-Arab slogans. ...
A Mysterious German Song Identified After 17 Years
This is Beirut 2024-11-07 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Dubbed "the most mysterious song on the internet," this German pop song was at the center of a virtual treasure hunt for nearly two decades. Through the dedication and passion of an online community, the song was ultimately identified as Subways of Your Mind, performed by the little-known 1980s German band FEX. The story began in 2007, when a ...
Qataris Vote in Referendum on Scrapping Legislative Elections
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qataris went to the polls on Tuesday in a referendum on ending a brief and limited experiment with legislative elections in the wealthy emirate. Voters among the gas-rich peninsula's roughly 380,000 Qatari nationals cast their ballots on constitutional changes that would scrap the legislative council polls. In 2021, a year before Qatar held the ...
The Role of Social Media in the American Presidential Election
Tylia El Helou 2024-11-03 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Social media has profoundly reshaped the American presidential election landscape, influencing campaign strategies, candidate-voter interactions and the direction of public debate. These platforms have become indispensable tools for capturing voters' attention, mobilizing support bases and shaping public opinion. However, they also present ...
Honmaru: A New Chapter in Tokyo's Bookstore Culture
This is Beirut 2024-11-03 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In the Kanda Jimbocho district of Tokyo, a new bookstore concept is taking shape, revitalizing the reading experience and the quest for books. Tomoyo Ozumi, an enthusiastic customer, rejoices at her recent discovery: an illustrated book on cheeses that she found in an innovative bookstore where anyone can rent a shelf to sell their works. This ...
The Passport Crisis is Back: Long Waits, Crowded Lines, and Quotas
Bouchra Al-Wajeh 2024-10-31 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Passport General Security
Since the first day of the war, General Security centers have been crowded with people displaced from their homes in the South, Beqaa, and Beirut’s southern suburbs, along with citizens from areas considered safe, all seeking to issue new passports. While some have managed to leave the country, the majority are on standby, ready to depart if ...
Makary: Lebanon Filed Complaints Against Israel over Journalists' Killing
This is Beirut 2024-10-26 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, said the government has taken “necessary measures” regarding the assassination of three journalists in Hasbaya, in south Lebanon, adding that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has filed official complaints against Israel. In a press conference held on Saturday, Makary affirmed ...
Godard's 'Breathless' Script Set to Be Auctioned
This is Beirut 2025-03-20 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The only known script of French director Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave classic "À bout de souffle" (Breathless) that includes pages of his handwritten notes is set to be sold at auction in June, Sotheby's said Thursday. The script comes from the estate of the film's producer, Georges de Beauregard, another pillar of the New Wave movement of the ...
London's Heathrow Airport Closed After Fire Causes Major Power Cut
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Britain's Heathrow airport, Europe's busiest, was shut down early Friday for 24 hours after a major fire at an electricity substation cut power to the sprawling facility west of London, officials said. Airport authorities said they "expect significant disruption" over the coming days, with hundreds of flights and thousands of passengers ...
Japan's Sega Eyes Return to 1990s Gaming Glory
This is Beirut 2025-07-17 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The big-screen success of 1990s video game speedster "Sonic the Hedgehog" has brought new fans to Japan's Sega, which says it is poised for a comeback after two tough decades. This year all eyes have been on Nintendo, whose Switch 2 recently became the fastest-selling console in history. But unlike its former arch-rival, Sega has not sold gaming ...
Israeli Drone Strike Kills One in Nmairiya, South Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-06-09 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle on the Wadi al-Nmairiya, Zefta road, near an unfinished mosque, killing Hassan Hijazi, a resident of Kawthariyat al-Sayyad. The attack occurred around 5:10 PM, when two guided missiles hit the car, setting it on fire and pushing it off the road. Following the strike, Israeli drones continued flying at ...
Fifth Night of Israel-Iran Clashes: Missiles, Casualties, Diplomatic Deadlock
Alissar Boulos 2025-06-17 09:40 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The military conflict between Israel and Iran escalated for a fifth consecutive night on Tuesday, with ongoing missile exchanges fueling growing concern among world powers. Despite repeated international calls for de-escalation, Tehran and Tel Aviv remain locked in an unprecedented military confrontation that began with Israel’s offensive ...