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US R&B Singer Joins Russia’s Intervision Revival in Moscow
This is Beirut 2025-08-22 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An American R&B artist will take part in Russia's revival of a song contest billed as a rival to Eurovision, which has excluded Russian singers since the Ukraine offensive, organizers said Thursday. Brandon Howard, known professionally as B. Howard, is mostly famous for his resemblance to Michael Jackson—sparking media speculation in the past ...
Record EU Wildfires Burnt More Than 1 mn Hectares in 2025
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres) in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began in 2006, according to an AFP analysis of official data. Surpassing the annual record of 988,524 hectares burnt in 2017, the figure reached 1,015,731 hectares by midday Thursday, representing an area ...
Sweida at the Center of Damascus-Tel Aviv Talks in Paris
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-08-20 20:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Syria and Israel resumed direct dialogue on Tuesday in Paris. Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Chaibani met with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to explore ways to stabilize southern Syria, which has been rocked by violent clashes in recent weeks. This marks the second direct meeting between the two countries in less than a ...
Neither Man nor Woman? Psychoanalysis and the New Faces of Gender
David Sahyoun 2025-08-20 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Gender Sexuality Binarity Man Woman
For centuries, gender identity was regarded as self-evident. To be a man or a woman seemed obvious. Biological sex was expected to dictate one’s role, tastes, gestures, clothing, and even destiny. One was born a girl or a boy, and society vigilantly preserved this division. Early psychoanalysis did not escape this binary logic. Freud himself ...
Israel-France Row Flares Over Macron's Move to Recognize Palestinian State
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A row between Israel and France over Paris's plan to recognize a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting "antisemitism". The Élysée hit back, calling Netanyahu's allegation "abject" and "erroneous". "This is a time for seriousness ...
Forget Stocks: Your Next Investment Could Be a Handbag
Christiane Tager 2025-08-20 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Buying a Hermès or Chanel bag is no longer just a style statement – it has become a serious investment. Take the legendary Birkin. A Baghunter study found it delivered average annual returns of 14.2% over 35 years, outpacing the S&P 500’s 11.7% in the same period. Even more remarkable, some rare or exotic models have doubled in value in just ...
Netanyahu Slams Macron for Fuelling 'Antisemitic Fire'
This is Beirut 2025-08-19 21:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upbraided President Emmanuel Macron in a letter seen by AFP on Tuesday, blaming the French leader's move to recognize a Palestinian state for fueling antisemitism. France slammed as "abject" and "erroneous" Netanyahu's accusation of antisemitism against President Emmanuel ...
How Adolescents Today Access and React to the News
Marilyne Jallad 2025-07-07 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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At a time when global headlines are shaped by uncertainty, conflict, climate disruption, and political unrest, how are younger generations getting their news? And how do they make sense of the events shaking both their countries and the wider world? The voices of Generation Alpha and Gen Z—aged 11 to 16, living in Lebanon and abroad—offer a ...
Is Iran’s Economy on the Brink?
Christiane Tager 2025-07-07 17:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The war may be over in Iran, the missiles silenced — but another battle rages on: the economy. After decades under crippling sanctions, battered by soaring inflation and a plunging currency, Tehran is still holding on. But for how long? While the military front has quieted, the economic one remains on high alert. For years, the Islamic Republic ...
EU Proposes Ban of Russian LNG Fuel in Latest Sanctions Package
This is Beirut 2025-09-19 18:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The European Union proposed Friday to bring forward by a year a ban on Russian gas imports as part of new sanctions to sap Moscow's war chest and please US President Donald Trump. The 19th package of EU sanctions targeting Moscow since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine also seeks to hit firms as well as banks and traders in China, India, and other ...
Who Is Behind the New Phase of SMS Warfare in Lebanon and Israel?
Vanessa Kallas 2024-09-21 08:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
If you’re a citizen of southern Lebanon, you may have received a chilling message from an unknown number: “It has become clear to us that you are a big supporter of Hassan Nasrallah, so you will be rewarded by meeting him in hell.” These are not harmless pranks. Although it is not clear who is behind these messages, signs point to ...
Canonization of the Massabki Brothers: A Triumph of Blood Ecumenism
Fady Noun 2024-10-20 19:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Today, October 20, the universal Church has been graced with the addition of 14 new figures of holiness, including eleven martyrs: eight Franciscan religious and three Maronite laymen, the brothers Francis, Abdel Mohti, and Raphael Massabki. All were brutally killed in Damascus during the night of July 9 to 10, 1860, for their refusal to ...
'Endurance': In the Footsteps of a Legendary Shipwreck
This is Beirut 2024-10-17 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A century after the sinking of the Endurance, the famous ship of Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton, a documentary titled Endurance reveals the “breathtaking” preservation conditions of the wreck, discovered two years ago at a depth of 3,000 meters in the Weddell Sea, off Antarctica. Produced by National Geographic, Endurance showcases ...
Al-Qard Al-Hassan: Is Hezbollah's 'Bank' in Jeopardy? (2/2)
Maurice Matta 2024-10-16 08:30 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Many legal experts agree on the idea that "the Al-Qard Al-Hasan Association is a loophole in Lebanese law." The change in terminology does not alter the legal nature, which means that it is, in essence, a bank under legal reality and cannot be considered a non-profit charity organization, as it identifies itself. Specific circulars about Al-Qard ...
Telecom Ministry Clarifies Mobile Screen Symbols
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 13:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Telecommunications released a statement on Tuesday to reassure mobile phone users about certain symbols that may appear on their screens, showing the names of the two mobile network operators, Touch and Alfa. The ministry emphasized that these symbols are not a cause for concern and there are no hacking attempts targeting users’ ...
War and the Pitfalls of Truce
2024-09-30 09:08 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon is in a state of war, and this reality should be acknowledged if we are to cope with its manifold consequences. The first question to be raised is with whom, because it’s the starting point before engaging the issues that attach to it: the war is between the State of Israel and Hezbollah and not between Israel and Lebanon. The ...
Israeli Infiltration of Airport Communications, Iranian Plane Landing Banned
This Is Beirut 2024-09-28 13:08 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli media Haaretz reported that Israel hacked the control system in Beirut airport and warned an Iranian passenger plane not to land there. Moreover, Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh instructed Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on Saturday to request the Iranian plane, which was headed to the airport, ...
Hezbollah’s Telecom Network Reportedly Remains Fully Intact
2024-09-23 18:48 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s telecom network, which reportedly spans nearly the entire national territory, is believed to be used almost exclusively by its military wing and activated only in times of combat or large-scale conflict. Israel's dramatic twin assault using booby-trapped transmission devices on Tuesday, September 17, and Wednesday, September 18, ...
Lebanese Officials Receive Threats Amid Alleged Israeli Communications Interference
This Is Beirut 2024-09-23 11:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The office of the caretaker Minister of Culture, Judge Mohammad Mortada, received a call on Monday from a person speaking in formal Arabic, warning of the need to evacuate the office as it was being targeted. Additionally, the office of the caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, also received a voice threat from an automated message, ...
The Israeli Trap Set for Hezbollah
Tilda Abou Rizk 2024-09-19 16:26 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Almost everything has been said about the methods Israel has used to deliver a painful double blow to Hezbollah, both militarily and psychologically, through two deadly attacks involving booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies, targeting thousands of the group's members. The main question that comes up now is whether Hezbollah’s pledged ...
Dilemmas of Security
Charles Chartouni 2024-11-18 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon is in a state of open warfare with no signs of abating. Dynamics are multipronged and resourced through coalescing conflicts. The prevalent stasis seems to thrive in the absence of working state institutions, the lack of national consensus, the abiding influence of the Iranian regime, and the ideological enthrallment that dominates the ...
The New Warfare: A Digital Checkmate in the Age of Conflict
Salam Zaatari 2024-09-19 08:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Never in the history of modern warfare have we witnessed such an attack. On Tuesday, Israel simultaneously detonated thousands of pagers, killing 25 people, including two children, and injuring more than 3,000. This attack targeted Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria. Codenamed “Below the Belt,” the operation caused injuries ...
The Pager Operation: Key Details and Pressing Questions
2024-09-18 14:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Without firing a single shot, Israel managed to remove thousands of Hezbollah fighters from the battlefield in southern Lebanon. Some will be out of action for days, others for months, while some may never return to combat or their duties due to the severity of their injuries, which could permanently prevent them from resuming their ...
What Is a Pager?
Malo Pinatel 2024-09-17 17:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hundreds of Hezbollah fighters were injured on Tuesday in Dahiyé, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon. The cause: the explosion of their pagers, likely after being hacked by Israel. Predecessor to Mobile Phones A pager, or beeper, is a mobile communication device widely used before the rise of mobile phones. Its main purpose is to receive ...
'Shogun' Shatters Emmy Records With 18 Awards
2024-09-16 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Shogun triumphed at the Emmy Awards, breaking records with 18 trophies and becoming the first non-English series to win. The 76th Emmy Awards ceremony saw a groundbreaking win for Shogun, which took home 18 trophies, making it the first non-English language series to claim the Best Drama award. This adaptation of James Clavell’s novel, set in ...
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Left to Spain for Asylum
This Is Beirut 2024-09-08 11:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Venezuelan government said on Saturday that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who disputed President Nicolas Maduro's July 28 reelection, has left the country to seek asylum in Spain. Gonzalez Urrutia had been in hiding for a month, ignoring three successive summons to appear before prosecutors, saying attending the hearing could ...
Arrest Warrant for Venezuelan Opposition Leader, the US Seize One of Maduro's Planes
This Is Beirut 2024-09-03 04:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A Venezuelan court granted an arrest warrant Monday for opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims to have rightfully won July elections that authorities awarded to incumbent Nicolas Maduro. The court, the prosecutor's office said on Instagram, had granted its request for a warrant for Gonzalez Urrutia for "serious ...
A Decaying Near-East and the Purview of Negotiations
2024-08-26 11:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The striking fact about the ongoing truce negotiations is the nature of their stakes, their partners and their projected outcomes. After 10 months of open-ended wars on three battlefronts, we are left with one successful truce, the comeback of an unhindered course of violence, the looming hazards of a total war destroying whatever is left ...
Southport: What Do Racist Riots Reveal About British Far Right Reality?
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-08-24 17:54 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Everything seemed to indicate that the Southport tragedy would remain a significant topic in public debate, particularly regarding illegal immigration. However, the far-right's cynical exploitation of a single crime, portraying it as a racially and Islamist-motivated act, changed everything. This disgraceful manipulation triggered weeks of ...
Venezuela High Court Confirms Maduro's Reelection
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 21:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Venezuela's Supreme Court, which observers say is loyal to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, on Thursday declared him the winner of the disputed July 28 election amid opposition claims of widespread vote fraud. In its ruling read by presiding judge Caryslia Rodriguez, the court said it had "indisputably certified election materials and ...