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Trump Asks US Supreme Court to Pause Law Threatening TikTok Ban
This is Beirut 2024-12-28 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. "In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing ...
Syrian Authorities Arrest Official Responsible for Saydnaya Death Penalties
This is Beirut 2024-12-26 20:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Syria's new authorities have arrested a military justice official who under ousted president Bashar al-Assad issued death sentences for detainees in the notorious Saydnaya prison, a war monitor said Thursday. The confirmation by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights of his detention came a day after deadly clashes erupted in the coastal ...
Iran Lifts WhatsApp Ban After Two Years of Restrictions
This is Beirut 2024-12-24 17:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran's top council responsible for safeguarding the internet voted Tuesday to lift a ban on the popular messaging application WhatsApp, which has been subject to restrictions for over two years, state media reported. "The ban on WhatsApp and Google Play was removed by unanimous vote of the members of the Supreme Council of ...
Italian Police Dismantle Terror Propaganda Cell
This is Beirut 2024-12-24 14:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Italian police said Tuesday they had dismantled a cell which promoted jihadist propaganda online, with five suspects of foreign origin targeted including their alleged leader, a Pakistani woman. Four of the suspects are accused of having "formed a terrorist association of Salafist-jihadist inspiration" through which they promoted Al-Qaeda and the ...
Parastoo Ahmadi Released on Bail after her Arrest
This is Beirut 2024-12-24 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was released on bail on December 23 by a Tehran court, two weeks after her arrest for performing an online concert without wearing the mandatory veil for women in Iran. According to local media, the young artist appeared at the 38th district court in Tehran with her lawyers. The charges against her were detailed, and ...
Syrian Medical Staff Claim They Were Coerced Into False Chemical Attack Testimony
This is Beirut 2024-12-23 18:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack. The three, who treated the wounded at a field hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus after the ...
Germany Mourns Five Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Christmas Market Attack
This is Beirut 2024-12-21 17:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday condemned the "terrible, insane" car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more than 200. Police arrested a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatry doctor at the scene Friday, next to the battered SUV that had ploughed through the festive crowd leaving a trail of ...
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral: Modern Stained Glass Sparks Controversy
This is Beirut 2024-12-19 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On Wednesday, December 18, the designs for six new stained glass windows for the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral were unveiled for the first time. French contemporary artist Claire Tabouret has been selected to infuse the iconic 12th-century structure with a modern twist as part of its ongoing restoration, following the devastating 2019 ...
'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' Arrives on Valentine’s Day 2025
Madeleine Cadoux 2024-12-16 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After eight years of speculation, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has finally arrived. Following Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), the upcoming film adapts Helen Fielding’s bestselling novel of the same name. This chapter takes a dramatic turn: Bridget is a widowed single mother navigating ...
Angélique Angarni-Filopon Crowned Miss France at 34: Historic Feminist Victory
Madeleine Cadoux 2024-12-15 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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With an all-female jury and a presidency led by Sylvie Vartan, who succeeded Sylvie Tellier, the 2024 edition of Miss France broke boundaries and embraced a distinctly feminist tone. The evening celebrated diversity and the evolution of beauty standards by awarding the crown to Angélique Angarni-Filopon, Miss Martinique 2024, the first-ever ...
Founder of Spain’s Mango Clothing Chain Dies in Accident
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 22:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango, one of Europe's largest fashion groups, with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, died Saturday in an accident, the company said. While the company did not provide further details, Spanish media reports said the 71-year-old died after falling while hiking with several members of his family ...
US Says in Contact With New Syria Rulers
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 20:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The United States has made contact with Syria's victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, despite previously designating the group as terrorists. Blinken's comments, after talks on Syria in Jordan, came as Turkey reopened its embassy in Damascus, nearly a week after the Islamist-led rebels toppled ...
Iran: Two Judges Shot Dead at Supreme Court
This is Beirut 2025-01-18 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, Iranian state media reported. "This morning, a gunman infiltrated the Supreme Court in a planned act of assassination of two brave and experienced judges. The two judges were martyred in the act," the judiciary's Mizan Online website ...
Trade Wars, Culture Wars, and Anti-Immigration: Trump's Big Promises
This is Beirut 2025-01-20 09:06 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A sweeping deportation program, "drill, baby, drill," and peace for Ukraine: President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move big and fast when he returns to the White House on Monday. Here is a look at his sensational but frequently vague promises for a second term -- much of them likely to be enacted through executive ...
Zara owner Inditex posts new record profit
This is Beirut 2024-12-11 13:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Zara owner Inditex posted another record quarterly profit on Wednesday as strong online and in-store sales gave the world's biggest fashion retailer a boost. The Spanish group, whose other brands include Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear and Bershka, reported a profit after tax of 1.68 billion euros ($1.77 billion) for the third quarter, up six percent ...
Summit in Kyiv For The Third Anniversary of the War
This is Beirut 2025-02-24 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his country's "resistance" and "heroism" on Monday on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion as EU leaders arrived in Kyiv in a show of solidarity. Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch what he called a "special military operation" set off the biggest conflict in Europe since World ...
SpaceX Crew Dragon Opens Hatch with ISS to Reach Stranded Astronauts
This is Beirut 2025-03-16 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station were a step closer to returning home Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost. The astronauts were shown on live TV embracing and hugging their counterparts in zero gravity on the space station shortly after their SpaceX Crew Dragon ...
Syrian Foreign Minister Conducts First Visit to Iraq Since Assad's Fall
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's interim foreign minister arrived in Iraq on Friday, conducting his first visit to the country since his Islamist alliance toppled Bashar al-Assad. Relations between neighbors Syria and Iraq have become more complicated since the fall of Assad, who was a close ally of the government in Baghdad. In Baghdad, Syria's top diplomat, Assaad ...
BDH: $100,000 to Support Aspiring Lebanese Homeowners
Christiane Tager 2025-03-12 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Housing Bank (BDH) is set to dramatically increase its loans, raising the amount from $50,000 to $100,000 with support from the Qatari Development Fund. BDH President Antoine Habib confirmed to This is Beirut that “the bank will soon offer $100,000 housing loans to low and middle-income individuals, as well as those with special needs, with ...
North Sea Cargo Ship Owner Says One Crew Member Missing
This is Beirut 2025-03-10 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
North Sea UK Coastguard Tanker Collision
One crew member is missing from a cargo ship that was involved in a collision with a US-military chartered tanker carrying jet fuel in the North Sea on Monday, the cargo ship's owner said. The thirteen other crew members on board the cargo ship Solong "have been brought safely" ashore after the incident off the English coast, German ...
Syria President Calls for Unity After Reports of Mass Killings
This is Beirut 2025-03-09 18:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for national unity and peace on Sunday amid a growing international backlash following the killing of Alawite civilians in the worst violence since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. United Nations rights chief Volker Turk said the killings "must cease immediately", while the Arab League, the United ...
Russia Takes Ukrainian Villages in Kursk Border Region
This is Beirut 2025-03-09 05:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia said Saturday its troops had retaken three villages seized by Ukraine in its Kursk border region, in a fresh setback for Kyiv ahead of talks to try to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday named a high-level delegation including ministers to meet US negotiators in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, seeking to repair ties ...
Global Stocks Mixed As Trump Shifts on Tariffs Weighs on Sentiment
This is Beirut 2025-03-08 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Global stocks were mixed Friday as President Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff tinkering weighed down sentiment even as Wall Street stocks shot higher following reassuring comments from the head of the Federal Reserve. After a down day in Europe, US stocks looked poised for another rocky round following mixed employment data. Briefing.com ...
Minister of Economy Launches Electronic Service for Market and Exhibition Organizers
This is Beirut 2025-03-07 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Minister of Economy and Trade, Amer Bsat, announced in a statement the launch of a new electronic service that allows market and exhibition organizers in Lebanon to submit their license applications online. This initiative is part of the ministry's digital transformation project, aimed at simplifying procedures and enhancing ...
UN Report Finds Women's Rights Weakened in Quarter of Countries
This is Beirut 2025-03-06 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Women's rights regressed last year in a quarter of countries around the world, according to a report published by UN Women on Thursday, due to factors ranging from climate change to democratic backsliding. "The weakening of democratic institutions has gone hand in hand with backlash on gender equality," the report said, adding that "anti-rights ...
The Fragmented Self: When Social Media and AI Redefine the Psyche
David Sahyoun 2025-03-05 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The virtual world, driven by artificial intelligence and social media, is profoundly reshaping the human psyche. Through this digital lens, identity fractures, narcissism intensifies, subjective truth falters, and the way we connect with others is redefined. Identity formation depends on a balance between internal psychological reality and the ...
UN Urges Israel to Restore Gaza Aid as Hamas Sees 'Coup' Against Truce
This is Beirut 2025-03-02 20:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The United Nations on Sunday called on Israel to immediately allow aid into Gaza, hours after it suspended humanitarian deliveries into the war-battered territory as talks on a truce extension appeared to hit an impasse. With uncertainty looming over the truce, both Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Israeli military strikes in the Gaza ...
Syria National Conference Lays Out Post-Assad Priorities
This is Beirut 2025-02-25 20:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Syria's national dialogue conference, held Tuesday in Damascus, called for transitional justice, freedom and a state monopoly on arms to be among the cornerstones of the country's reconstruction after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow. Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in a speech earlier to the hundreds of attendees, said the country was ...
China's Alibaba to Invest $50 bn in AI, Cloud Computing
This is Beirut 2025-02-24 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping. Investors have piled into Chinese technology stocks since the start of the year, with Alibaba – which runs some of the ...
Hospitalized Pope had Peaceful Night, up and Eating
This is Beirut 2025-02-20 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, "got up and had breakfast in his armchair", the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital last Friday with bronchitis, but it later developed into pneumonia in both lungs, sparking widespread ...