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Atletico Win at Betis to Bounce Back from Arsenal Drubbing
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Real Betis on Monday to move fourth in La Liga and bounce back from their Champions League thrashing by Arsenal. Diego Simeone's side lost 4-0 last week in north London but put that defeat behind them with a strong display at La Cartuja stadium, where Betis are playing on a temporary basis. They were ...
Why Normalization with Israel Will Revive Saudi Arabia
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-11-18 10:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia is rapidly losing regional relevance, with Sunni rivals Qatar and Turkey encroaching on its traditional leadership roles. The Kingdom’s economy remains mired in second gear, unable to transition from oil dependency to a knowledge-based model. Riyadh’s repeated promises of financial windfalls to the U.S. now appear to be ...
Pegula Ends Sabalenka’s Perfect Wuhan Record to Set Up Gauff Final
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 19:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Jessica Pegula fought back to end Aryna Sabalenka's perfect record in Wuhan with a dramatic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) victory in the semi-finals on Saturday and will face Coco Gauff for the title. Contesting an eighth consecutive three-setter, Pegula clawed her way back from 2-5 down in the decider to shock the world number one and set up a final ...
EU Says Drone Defenses Not 'Optional' in Push to Face Russia
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 16:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The EU had no choice but to build up anti-drone defenses against Russia, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Thursday, as Brussels unveiled a "roadmap" to prepare for potential conflict by 2030. The initiative is one of several flagship projects in the EU's "readiness roadmap" aimed at preparing the bloc for a possible attack from ...
Israel's Netanyahu says Determined to Secure Return of all Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 14:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he was determined to ensure that Hamas hands back the remains of hostages still in Gaza, adding that the fight "is not over yet". Under a ceasefire agreement spearheaded by US President Donald Trump, Hamas returned the last 20 surviving hostages to Israel, and said it ...
Sandra Oh Makes Her Opera Debut
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Best known for her acclaimed TV roles in Grey's Anatomy and Killing Eve, Sandra Oh says she finds herself "amazed" by the magic of the stage as she readies for her operatic debut in New York on Friday. In La Fille du Regiment, Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera, the Canadian-American actress plays the Duchess of ...
Russell, Antonelli Extend Mercedes Deals for 2026
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
British driver George Russell and Italian Kimi Antonelli have signed contract extensions with Mercedes for next season, the Formula One team announced on Wednesday. Russell, who won the Singapore Grand Prix earlier this month, will race full-time for the team in F1 for a fifth year. The 27-year-old's future with Mercedes was in doubt earlier ...
Syrian Leader Seeks Reset in Russia Relations in Putin Meeting
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 18:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Wednesday he wanted to "redefine" relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him in their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year. In front of the television cameras, Putin greeted Sharaa warmly at the Kremlin, but behind closed doors the ...
Extradition Treaties and the Assad Case
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-15 14:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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This Wednesday, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is visiting Moscow to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. According to Reuters, he may request the extradition of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been taking refuge in Russia since fleeing Damascus in December 2024. Behind this politically charged episode lies a longstanding and ...
England Clinch 2026 World Cup Qualification, Portugal Forced to Wait
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Harry Kane scored twice as England thrashed Latvia 5-0 on Tuesday to secure qualification for the 2026 World Cup, while Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal were forced to wait to clinch their spot at the finals after being held by Hungary. Elsewhere, pro-Palestinian demonstrations prefaced Italy's vital win over Israel and Spain took another step ...
French Films Thrive in Russia Despite Deep Political Divide
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On a cold autumn evening in Moscow, Alexandra was headed to a cinema, hoping to escape reality for a few hours by taking in a new French comedy. With Hollywood boycotting the Russian market over Moscow's offensive on Ukraine, French films are one of the few cultural windows Russians have left to the West. And even as relations between Paris ...
From Waste to Runway: Kenyan Designers Transform Used Clothes Into Art
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 17:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Fashion Recycling Designers Kenya Culture
In a dusty alley in the heart of Kenya's largest open-air market, fashion models strut down a makeshift runway in bold, upcycled outfits made from waste collected at dumpsites and market cast-offs, proof that even trash can dazzle. Every year, thousands of tons of used clothes from Europe, the United States, and beyond make their way to ...
From Paris to Lagos: Exhibition Celebrates Fela Kuti’s Musical Legacy
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The "King of Afrobeat", "Black President", activist and legendary musician Fela Kuti has returned to his hometown and Nigeria's cultural capital Lagos through a landmark exhibition that celebrates his life and legacy and opens Monday. The Afrobeat Rebellion exhibition, organized by the French Embassy and the Kuti family, builds on one held in ...
Mobile Telecom Workers Union Appeals NSSF Decree Extension
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 12:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a strongly worded statement, the union representing employees in the mobile telecommunications sector (Alfa and Touch) announced that it had filed an appeal on October 13, 2025, before the Council of State against the government’s decision of October 6, 2025, which extended by one year the validity of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) ...
'Northern Shield:' Deep Beneath the Border, a Hunt for the Tunnels of Death
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-12 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A siren pierces the cold southern Lebanese night. Peacekeepers cross the Blue Line, weapons and detectors in hand. Beneath their feet, invisible and silent, tunnels snake for hundreds of meters, potential routes for stealth incursions or kidnappings. It’s December 2018. Israel is about to launch Operation “Northern Shield,” a systematic hunt ...
Ailing Djokovic Beaten in Shanghai Semis by Qualifier Vacherot
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An ailing Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Saturday by world number 204 Valentin Vacherot. The 26-year-old qualifier from Monaco beat Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to deny him a record-extending fifth title in Shanghai. A hobbling Djokovic, 38, threw up courtside and received medical treatment multiple times. Vacherot ...
Picasso Painting Disappears en Route to Granada Exhibition
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Painting Picasso Disappearance Spain Culture
Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a Pablo Picasso painting, which vanished while in transit from Madrid to the southern city of Granada for an exhibition, authorities said Thursday. Still Life with Guitar, an oil-on-canvas painting valued at 600,000 euros ($700,000), was scheduled to go on display at an exhibition organized by ...
Palestinians Return to Devastated Gaza City as Truce Holds
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 16:18 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City on Saturday, the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with many stunned by the destruction even as others were relieved to find their homes still standing. Israel agreed to the truce on Friday and pulled back troops from several areas of the territory, ...
Monet’s Venetian Masterpieces Shine Bright at Brooklyn Museum
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Claude Monet did not want to travel to Venice in 1908—at the time, he was 68 and working on his famed Water Lilies paintings, and only reluctantly agreed to accompany his wife Alice Hoschede. But his time spent there became one of his most prolific, resulting in 37 paintings, many of which are being put on display at an exhibit opening Saturday ...
Columbus Day 2025: A Holiday Still Dividing America
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As October 13, 2025, approaches, President Donald Trump has reignited the national debate over Columbus Day by signing a proclamation on Thursday, honoring Christopher Columbus as “a true American hero.” At a Cabinet meeting in the White House on October 9, Trump declared, “We’re back, Italians,” officially reaffirming the federal ...
Qaraoun Lake: Lebanon’s Silent Ecological Disaster
Liliane Mokbel 2025-10-11 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Every year, an estimated 50 million cubic meters of domestic wastewater are discharged into Lake Qaraoun. Added to this are 2 million cubic meters of industrial wastewater, as well as waste from Syrian migrant camps established by the state along the riverbanks. This toxic mix is putting one of Lebanon’s largest freshwater reservoirs at serious ...
Drive-In Dreams Fade as America’s Outdoor Theaters Struggle
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Film buffs sit snugly in cars watching a drive-in movie, munching popcorn on a lovely recent fall night. Michelle Hutson, 52, has been coming to the Family Drive-In since childhood, enjoying what is now a dying form of quintessentially American entertainment. With a sigh, she notes she might soon see the last picture show as the nearly ...
Foreign Press Group Urges Immediate Access to Gaza After Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An organization representing international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories on Friday urged Israel to grant journalists immediate, independent access to Gaza following the declaration of a ceasefire. Since the Gaza war broke out in October 2023, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from entering the devastated ...
Burning Issues in the Syrian Visit to Beirut
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-10 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shaibani is visiting Beirut this Friday for his first official trip since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Long postponed, the visit marks a symbolic step toward restoring ties between Lebanon and Syria after a decade of mistrust. It follows a series of technical missions by Syrian officials exploring ...
Farewell to John Lodge: 'The Moody Blues' Soul and Sound
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Obituary John Lodge The Moody Blues Britain Culture
British singer and guitarist John Lodge, a longtime member of the band The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 82, his family announced on Friday. Lodge, a bass player, vocalist and songwriter who joined the English rock band two years after its 1964 formation, died "unexpectedly" surrounded by loved ones, relatives said. "It is ...
Beirut and Damascus Reopen Diplomatic Channels as al-Shaibani Visits Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 13:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Raggi described the visit of his Syrian counterpart, Assaad al-Shaibani, to Beirut as the beginning of “a new chapter” in relations between Lebanon and Syria. Al-Shaibani arrived in the Lebanese capital on Friday morning at the head of a high-level delegation for a one-day official visit, signaling ...
Saka Lights Up England's Confident Friendly Win Over Wales
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Bukayo Saka's stunning strike and a first international goal for Morgan Rogers inspired England in a 3-0 win over Wales, but Thomas Tuchel slammed "silent" fans at Thursday's friendly. Tuchel's side delivered their second successive dominant display to maintain the feelgood factor after their 5-0 rout of Serbia in a World Cup qualifier last ...
French Cinema Emerges as Russia’s Cultural Lifeline Amid Western Boycotts
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On a cold autumn evening in Moscow, Alexandra was headed to a cinema, hoping to escape reality for a few hours by taking in a new French comedy. With Hollywood boycotting the Russian market over Moscow's offensive on Ukraine, French films are one of the few cultural windows Russians have left to the West. And even as relations between Paris and ...
New York Attorney General Letitia James Indicted on Federal Charges
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted on Thursday. James, 66, a Democrat, was indicted by a grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, on one count of bank fraud and a second one of making false statements to a financial institution. The charges against James were brought one day after former FBI director James Comey, pleaded not guilty ...
Robert Badinter Enters the Pantheon as France Honors the Champion of Human Rights
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 22:05 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Robert Badinter Pantheon France
Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday, just hours after his grave was vandalized. Badinter, a lawyer who campaigned for an end to capital punishment after one of his clients was beheaded with a guillotine in the ...