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Hezbollah Halts University Stipends for Children of Killed Fighters

This is Beirut, 27/07 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah has informed the families of its members who were killed in battles of a new decision to halt all university education stipends for their children. Exclusive information obtained by Al Arabiya/Al Hadath reveals that Hezbollah’s “Martyr Foundation,” responsible for supporting the families of the deceased, has begun systematically ...

Errollyn Wallen: King’s Composer Breaking Barriers in Music

This is Beirut, 21/07 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Told she would never belong in the world of classical music, Errollyn Wallen has risen to become the composer to King Charles III and the first person of color in the historic role. The 67-year-old became the Master of the King's Music last year, a 400-year-old post and one of the classical world's top honors that involves composing works for ...

When Students Stop Thinking: The Hidden Cost of AI-Written Essays

This is Beirut, 02/07 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman named Sally was the victim in many of the stories. "It was very clear that ChatGPT had decided this is a common woman's name," said Leitzinger, who teaches an undergraduate class on business and society ...

Board of US Fulbright Program Quits, Citing Trump Interference

This is Beirut, 11/06 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The board overseeing the Fulbright program, the prestigious exchanges between US and foreign scholars, quit on Wednesday, accusing President Donald Trump's administration of political interference. Members of the board, nominated by successive presidents, voiced alarm about "injecting politics and ideological mandates" into a long non-partisan ...

French Schools to Screen Netflix’s "Adolescence" in Fight Against Online Violence

This is Beirut, 09/06 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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British Netflix drama Adolescence - which has sparked widespread debate about the toxic and misogynistic influences to which young boys are exposed online, can now be shown in French secondary schools - a minister has said. The initiative follows a precedent set in the UK. The producer of the series broadcast on Netflix has "opened up the rights ...

Lebanon Among Top 10 Arab Countries in UN Human Development Ranking

This is Beirut, 21/05 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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In its 33rd Human Development Report, titled “Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World,” the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ranks Lebanon among countries with high human development, assigning it a Human Development Index (HDI) score of 0.752 for the year 2023. Lebanon ranks 102nd out of 193 globally and ...

Lebanon's Official Exams to Begin on July 9, School Year Extended to June 13

This Is Beirut, 30/04 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Minister of Education Rima Karami announced on Wednesday that Lebanon’s official baccalaureate exams will begin on July 9 and span five days. The academic year will be extended until June 13, with school principals granted the flexibility to organize schedules as they see fit. Speaking at a press conference dedicated to the official ...

Trump Admin Probes Harvard Law Review for Race Discrimination

This is Beirut, 29/04 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump's administration said it has launched an investigation into Harvard University and Harvard Law Review for "race-based discrimination" after receiving reports about the prestigious legal journal's selection process for articles. The probe comes as Trump cracks down on US universities on several fronts, alleging widespread ...

President Aoun Files Appeals Over New Laws

This is Beirut, 17/04 11:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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President Joseph Aoun has filed two appeals Thursday before the Constitutional Council challenging recently enacted laws that came into effect automatically. The first appeal concerns the law on the liberalization of non-residential rent contracts, while the second targets amendments to legislation regulating the organization of private schools ...

Trump Signs Order to Close Education Department

This is Beirut, 20/03 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order aimed at shutting down the Department of Education, a decades-long goal on the US right that objects to federal involvement in school systems run by individual states. "We're gonna shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible. It's doing us no good. We want to return our ...

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