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Brain Rot: The Word That Defines Our Digital Decay
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-08-17 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Have you ever tried to swipe a printed page like it’s a touchscreen? Then you may have had your first brain rot moment. The phrase exploded across social media in 2023 and 2024, describing what happens when online habits spill into everyday life. Whether it’s quoting TikTok slang in real conversations, interpreting real-world images like ...
US Ends Tariff Exemption for Small Packages Shipped Globally
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States on Friday ended tariff exemptions on small packages entering the country from abroad, in a move that has sparked concern among small businesses and warnings of consumer price hikes. President Donald Trump's administration cited the use of low-value shipments to evade tariffs and smuggle drugs in ending duty-free treatment for ...
Lebanese Army Denies Syrian Airspace Violations Amid Cross-Border Threats
This is Beirut 2025-08-17 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese Army has denied recent media claims that its Air Force breached Syrian airspace to monitor military activity along the border. Some news sources had suggested that the patrols were in response to threats from armed Syrian groups intending to enter Lebanon and carry out security operations. In an official statement, the Army ...
Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The online falsehoods spreading across tech platforms were muddying the waters around Friday's closely ...
Golden Controllers: The Hidden Economy of Video Games
Christiane Tager 2025-08-15 20:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Free to play… yet astonishingly profitable, today’s video games turn our clicks into cash. Microtransactions, virtual concerts and blockbuster partnerships have made Fortnite, Candy Crush and their peers billion-dollar giants. And in Lebanon, players show no sign of putting down their controllers anytime soon. Video games, once seen as mere ...
YouTube Turns to AI to Guess Users' Age and Protect Minors
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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YouTube has started testing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify the age of its users in the United States, in an effort to better protect minors from content and online habits considered inappropriate for them. "This technology will allow us to infer a user’s age and use that signal independently of the date of birth listed on the ...
Five Things to Know About Nigeria's Oil Sector
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Africa's biggest oil refinery will on Friday start direct and free shipping of fuel to retailers in Nigeria, a move expected to disrupt the oil sector in the continent's largest crude producer. Nigeria's Dangote Refinery says that the plan will boost efficiency by cutting down on intermediaries while providing more competitive options for ...
EDL: Years of Neglect Behind Lebanon’s Power Cuts
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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In a statement released Thursday, Electricité du Liban (EDL) said Lebanon’s electricity network continues to struggle after years of neglect and chronic underinvestment, with key infrastructure destroyed in the 2020 Beirut Port explosion still unreplaced. EDL identified three main causes for the recurring power cuts: production capacity at ...
Zelensky in London Meets PM Ahead of US-Russia Summit
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with ally UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday ahead of a key US-Russia summit in Alaska. Zelensky arrived at 9:30 am (0830 GMT) at Downing Street, after Starmer on Wednesday maintained there was now a "viable" chance for a Ukraine ceasefire. US President Donald Trump and ...
I Could Have Told You… But You Already Know
Marc Saikali 2025-08-14 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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When putting together an editorial, you spend a lot of time mulling things over before settling on what we in the business call an “angle.” But sometimes, there are so many angles, overlapping in every direction, that you end up going in… circles (I know, not the most mathematically precise image). I could have told you about Ahmad ...
Trump Eyes Three-Way Meeting with Putin and Zelensky
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 21:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would seek a three-way meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin immediately after his Alaska summit with the Russian leader aimed at ending the three-year war in Ukraine. Trump spoke after what he described as a "very good" call with European leaders, including Zelensky, even as ...
Russia Imposes Curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram Calls
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 17:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported. "In order to combat criminals, measures are being taken to partially restrict calls on these foreign messaging apps (WhatsApp and Telegram)," communications watchdog ...
European Leaders To Hold Ukraine Online Summit Before Trump-Putin Meet
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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European leaders will hold online talks with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hoping to convince him to respect Ukraine's interests when he discusses the war with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has invited Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as the French, British and other European ...
Lebanon Resumes Issuing Driving Licenses
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 15:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday that driving licenses will be issued for transactions completed as of August 14, 2025, based on the receipt’s issuance center, and through prior appointment booking on the Traffic Authority’s online platform. It is worthy to remember that Lebanon halted the issuance of new licenses in November ...
Heritage and Cool Comfort: Paris’ Underground Catacombs Treasure
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The moment visitors step inside the Paris Catacombs, the hundred or so people who had been waiting outside in the shade of the trees put away their caps, sunglasses, and hand fans, swapping them for sweaters and jackets in hopes of escaping the oppressive summer heat. Those dressed too lightly wrap their arms around themselves for warmth. Beatriz ...
US Health Secretary RFK Jr Bashes Health Agency After Its Chief Is Sacked
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 03:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday lashed out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a day after its director was ousted, saying the renowned agency needs to be overhauled. Appearing on Fox News, Kennedy was asked about a statement from lawyers for fired CDC chief Susan Monarez, which accused him of endangering ...
Algorithm: From Ancient Math to AI
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-08-31 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From Babylonian clay tablets to TikTok feeds and ChatGPT, algorithms have shaped human thought for millennia. Born from a Persian mathematician’s name, the word traveled through languages, sciences and machines, becoming one of the most powerful concepts of our digital age. Rooted in Ancient Persia The English word algorithm has a surprisingly ...
When Luxury Faces Economic Headwinds
Christiane Tager 2025-08-13 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tourism has long been the lifeblood of luxury, injecting vitality and a steady flow of affluent clients into prestigious fashion houses. Each summer, cities like Paris, Milan and Tokyo transform into prime destinations for wealthy international shoppers eager to find unique pieces and limited editions. In 2024, the system worked smoothly: a ...
110,000 Turn Out for Far-Right Rally in London
This is Beirut 2025-09-13 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
More than 100,000 people massed Saturday in central London for a march and rally organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, as anti-racism campaigners held a smaller counter-protest. Huge crowds, many draped in English and British flags, gathered through the morning just south of Westminster for what Robinson, a veteran of UK far-right ...
Russia Withdraws from European Anti-Torture Convention
This is Beirut 2025-09-29 17:05 - Reading : less than a minute
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law to pull Russia out of a European anti-torture convention, Moscow's latest rejection of Western institutions and rights protections amid its offensive on Ukraine. According to a document published online by Russian authorities, Putin approved a law to denounce the European Convention for the ...
Inkript's Bold Exploitation of Citizens: A Scandal Exposed
Karine al-Kassis 2025-09-29 15:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Inkript is one of the most blatant examples of how a public institution can be hijacked and transformed into a private revenue stream. The company entered the Vehicle Registration Authority – al-Nafaa – under the banner of “digital progress and modernization.” But it did not stop at controlling the system; it also reached directly into the ...
Iran Says it Executed One of Israel's Top Spies
This is Beirut 2025-09-29 09:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran said Monday it executed a man it described as one of Israel's top spies after he was convicted of working for its arch-enemy. "One of the leading spies of the Zionist regime in Iran, Bahman Choubi Asl, was hanged this morning," the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported. Iran and Israel fought a 12-day war in June after ...
South Lebanon’s Mouneh: A Living Culinary Heritage
Katia Kahil 2025-09-28 15:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
In South Lebanon, life continues under the shadow of targeted Israeli strikes, and the future remains uncertain. Yet in Marjayoun and Hasbaya, daily life carries on. Amid the threat of renewed conflict and the slow, difficult return to their villages, residents hold fast to their traditions, especially the ancestral practice of Mouneh, the careful ...
One Year After Nasrallah: The End of Hezbollah?
Abd Farchoukh 2025-09-26 20:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Internal divisions, regional isolation, military pressure. Is the movement approaching a turning point? Watch the teaser video before the full series goes online.
China's Alibaba Teams Up with Nvidia on AI Robot Tech
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Alibaba announced on Wednesday a "milestone collaboration" in AI tech with US chip giant Nvidia that the Chinese company said will accelerate its development of humanoid robots. The news came as Alibaba's shares soared more than nine percent in Hong Kong after chief executive Eddie Wu unveiled plans to further ramp up spending on artificial ...
Iran's Carpet Industry Unravelling Under Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Once a symbol of cultural prestige, Iran's handmade rugs are no longer selling as fast as they once did, as sanctions weigh on an already troubled economy and buyers' tastes change. Commanding more than $2 billion in export revenues in its heyday of the early 1990s, the industry now struggles to scrape together around $40 million, marking a ...
European Airports Hit by 'Cyber-Related Disruption'
This is Beirut 2025-09-20 19:13 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Major European airports, including Brussels, Berlin and London's Heathrow, were hit on Saturday by a cyberattack on check-in systems that caused cancellations and long delays for thousands of passengers. Dublin and Cork airports in Ireland were also affected, Dublin airport said on X, adding that it was experiencing "minor impacts" ...
Notre-Dame’s Twin Towers Reopen: A New Chapter in Parisian Heritage
This is Beirut 2025-09-19 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reopened the two great medieval towers of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris for public visits, one of the final steps in its immense reconstruction following a devastating fire. The inauguration of the restored towers by Macron, who has spearheaded reconstruction efforts since the April 15, 2019 fire, ...
Robert Redford’s Sundance Vision Shaped Generations of Filmmakers
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Robert Redford was rarely spotted at Sundance in his final years, yet the late Hollywood legend forever looms large at the influential US movie festival he co-created. Set up in the 1980s to support creative, independent directors at a time when the blockbuster era launched by Jaws and Star Wars held sway over Hollywood, Sundance is for many ...
Downton Abbey Auction Raises Millions, Shatters Expectations Worldwide
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Props, costumes and other items from the hit TV series Downton Abbey sold for £1.7 million ($2.3 million) at a London auction, six times the pre-sale estimate, Bonhams revealed Tuesday. The "bell wall", the servant's call system that appears from the first series to the last, proved to be the prize item, selling for an eye-watering £216,300 ...