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Cosmetic Counterfeits: Lebanon Grapples with the Surge of Fake Beauty Products (2/3)
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-15 21:16 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Cosmetic Counterfeits Beauty Products Skin Care Health
On Instagram, just a few clicks on reseller accounts or sponsored stories plunge you into a sleek, alluring world where top brands — Lancôme, Estée Lauder, Guerlain, Dior, La Roche-Posay — are sold at slashed prices. Descriptions sound convincing: “imported from the US,” “end-of-line stock before ...
Parliament Debates Security, Sovereignty and State Reforms
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 20:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah United Nations Nabih Berri Samy Gemayel
Parliament reconvened on Tuesday afternoon to resume discussions on the government’s general policy agenda, following a break announced by Speaker Nabih Berri earlier in the day. The morning session had opened at 11 AM in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, cabinet ministers and MPs. Although the session was largely calm and orderly, a ...
Hiroshima Marks 80 Years as Us-Russia Nuclear Tensions Rise
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear "Doomsday Clock" close to midnight. A silent prayer was held at 8:15 am (2315 GMT), the moment when US aircraft Enola Gay dropped ...
Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Operative in Bekaa
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Drone
The Israeli army said Wednesday that it had killed a Hezbollah operative in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon, who it said was directing militant cells in Syria. "Yesterday evening (Tuesday), the Israeli Air Force... struck Hossam Qasem Ghorab, a Hezbollah operative who operated from Lebanese territory to direct terrorist cells in ...
BRICS Summit in Rio: A Leaderless Giant in a Fractured World
Sarah Martin 2025-07-07 18:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
They were meant to embody an alternative. In Rio de Janeiro, the expanded BRICS+ group of emerging powers showcased impressive numbers: over 50% of the world’s population and around 40% of global GDP. But the summit on July 6 and 7 mostly highlighted their shortcomings — a striking lack of leadership, an absence of cohesion and a political ...
Iran’s Nuclear Defiance: Diplomacy on Hold, Escalation on Standby
Salam El Zaatari 2025-09-04 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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By every measure that counts, Iran is once again daring the West to call its bluff. Less than three months after US and Israeli airstrikes tore into its nuclear facilities, Tehran has chosen defiance over accountability—expelling inspectors, hiding its enriched uranium stockpile and openly daring the international community to stop it. Europe ...
Cuba Suffers Fifth Nationwide Blackout in a Year
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Cuba Energy Electricity Blackout
Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Wednesday, the fifth on the cash-strapped Caribbean island in under a year, the energy ministry announced. "A total disconnection of the SEN electricity system has occurred, which may be associated with an unexpected shutdown" of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant, the island's biggest, the ...
Parliamentary Committee Approves New Banknote Amid Currency Collapse
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, approved on Wednesday a legislative amendment authorizing the Central Bank of Lebanon (BDL) to issue new banknotes, including a denomination of LBP 5 million. The move, seen as emblematic of the national currency’s collapse, was justified as a technical step to facilitate daily ...
Qatar PM Says Reserves the Right to Respond to Israeli Attack
This is Beirut 2025-09-09 23:23 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Qatar’s Prime Minister said Tuesday that the country reserves the right to respond to the Israeli attack on its territory, calling it a “turning point” for the Middle East. “Qatar reserves the right to retaliate against this blatant attack,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said. “We believe today marks a pivotal moment. There ...
France Coach Deschamps Plays Down Rift with PSG Over Dembele, Doue Injuries
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France coach Didier Deschamps calmed suggestions of a rift between the national team and Paris Saint-Germain after the European champions were left fuming after Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue picked up injuries on international duty. Dembele, PSG's leading scorer last season and one of the favourites to win the Ballon d'Or, has been ruled out ...
EU Asylum Applications Down 23% in 1st Half of 2025
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Asylum applications to the European Union fell by 23 percent in the first six months of 2025, driven by a massive drop in Syrians seeking protection, the EU's asylum agency said Monday. Data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed Syrians lodged around 25,000 requests in the 27-nation bloc plus Switzerland and Norway (EU+), down ...
Cancel Culture: A Word on Trial
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-09-07 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The debate is still alive in 2025: Is cancel culture a tool of justice or a weapon of excess? The term resurfaces regularly, from university debates to international headlines, because it captures one of the defining tensions of our digital era: the balance between accountability and freedom of expression. And with social media platforms now ...
Budget 2026: 1,051 Pages, Zero Tax Reform, Spending on the Rise
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-06 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The 2026 draft budget spans 1,051 pages and 50 articles, yet still avoids any real tax reform. Distributed to ministers within the constitutional deadline, it relies almost entirely on indirect taxation, the most unfair burden for low- and middle-income households. In essence, it offers nothing new, repeating the same approach as the 2025 budget ...
US Sanctions Palestinian Rights Groups Over ICC Probe
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States has imposed sanctions on three leading Palestinian NGOs, accusing them of supporting International Criminal Court efforts to prosecute Israeli nationals. The move is the latest in Washington's effort to hobble the ICC, which has sought arrest warrants for Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in Gaza. The court has also ...
Judge Overturns Trump Funding Cuts to Harvard
This is Beirut 2025-09-04 04:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution. The administration insisted its move was legally justified over Harvard's alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students ...
Qatari PM Says Netanyahu Must Be "Brought to Justice"
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 23:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
Qatar's prime minister warned Wednesday that an unprecedented Israeli strike in Doha targeting Hamas killed hope for Gaza hostages, calling for Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to be "brought to justice." His comments came a day after deadly strikes targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar, a US ally, a first in the oil-rich Gulf that ...
EDL vs. Private Generators: Lebanon’s Daily Electricity Battle
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-03 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Electricité du Liban (EDL) collection agents occasionally remember to bill subscribers. Neighborhood generator operators, on the other hand, never forget the last day of the month. They collect payments even before reading meters, already knowing exactly how much they will extract. The idea of EDL self-financing its fuel purchases remains ...
At Least 21,000 Children Disabled in Gaza War
This is Beirut 2025-09-03 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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At least 21,000 children in Gaza have been disabled since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023, a United Nations committee said Wednesday. Around 40,500 children have suffered "new war-related injuries" in the nearly two years since the war erupted, with more than half of them left disabled, said the UN Committee on the ...
ChatGPT to Get Parental Controls After Teen's Death
This is Beirut 2025-09-03 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
OpenAI AI ChatGPT Parental Control
American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself. "Within the next month, parents will be able to... link their account with their teen's account" and "control how ChatGPT responds to their ...
Xi Tells Iran President China Opposes 'Use of Force... to Resolve Differences'
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Xi Jinping told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday that China supported Iran's right to civilian nuclear energy and opposed the use of force to resolve differences, state media reported. "The use of force is not the right way to resolve differences. Communication and dialogue are the right path to achieving lasting ...
'Fortress' on Wheels: Kim Jong Un's Bulletproof Train
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will also attend. Since taking power in 2011, Kim has now made nine international trips and crossed the border into South Korea twice, using his ...
What if Israel Was Right and the Arabs Were Wrong?
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-09-02 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Arabs United States
For over five decades, many Arab leaders have blamed Israel’s alleged intransigence, belligerence, and unfulfilled promises for the persistent failure to achieve Arab-Israeli peace. Yet, Lebanon’s handling of the November 2024 Cessation of Hostilities agreement with Israel tells a different story—one where Lebanese leaders, particularly ...
Russian Drone Attacks on Ukraine Dropped in August
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia's long-range drone strikes on Ukraine dipped sharply over August, an AFP analysis published on Monday showed, during a flurry of high-profile but fruitless meetings aimed at ending Moscow's grinding invasion. The falloff in drone strikes came after months of escalating aerial attacks and meetings US President Donald Trump hosted with the ...
Thousands Protest in Indonesia as Military Deployed in Capital
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 12:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Thousands rallied across Indonesia Monday as the military was deployed in the capital after six people were killed in nationwide protests sparked by anger over lavish perks for lawmakers. At least 500 protesters gathered outside the nation's parliament in Jakarta on Monday afternoon as dozens of police officers watched on. Soldiers were present ...
Missiles, Drones, Lasers: New Weapons Expected at Beijing Military Parade
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA China Missiles Drones Lasers
China will showcase a range of new weapons during a vast military parade on Wednesday, in a show of strength that is being seen as a challenge to US military dominance. Military experts have been analyzing social media photos and footage from several recent rehearsals, which have shown anti-ship missiles, cutting-edge underwater drones, ...
Israel Vows to Strike Foes Anywhere after Qatar Attack
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 22:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel warned its enemies Wednesday they were not safe anywhere, a day after strikes targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar, a US ally, drew a rare rebuke from President Donald Trump. Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed that Israel would "act against its enemies anywhere," while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Qatar to expel Hamas officials or ...
Kidnapped Academic Tsurkov in Israel after Release from Iraq
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 23:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov arrived in Israel on Monday, a day after she was released more than two years after her kidnapping in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the release of Tsurkov, who had been held hostage since March 2023. "Elizabeth Tsurkov, ...
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 ...
Syria Announces Plan with Jordan, U.S. to Restore Calm in Druze-Majority Sweida
This is Beirut 2025-09-16 17:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced on Tuesday a plan backed by Jordan and the United States to restore calm to Druze-majority Sweida province, which witnessed deadly sectarian violence in July. The situation in the province has been tense since the clashes, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said killed more than 2,000 ...
The Controversy and Potential Behind Jaden Smith’s Rise at Christian Louboutin
This is Beirut 2025-09-18 18:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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French fashion icon Christian Louboutin's decision to name Will Smith's son Jaden as his chief menswear designer is a bold choice that took the industry by surprise, and stirred up fresh allegations of "nepo-baby" favoritism. When not following in the footsteps of his famous father into acting and rap music, 27-year-old Smith ...