Marc Saikali, 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump UN Security Council Damascus Europe Hezbollah
Warning: the following lines may upset the delicate. Like it or not, Donald Trump keeps rewriting the script. While much of the mainstream media dedicates entire columns to tearing him down, the American president is busy bending global diplomacy to his own rhythm. A single post on X is enough to send foreign ministries into overdrive, forcing ...
This is Beirut, 17/09 21:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 15,000 deaths this summer in major European cities could be attributed to climate change, according to researchers in a preliminary study that has already been welcomed by other scientists. “Focusing on 854 European cities, this study concludes that climate change is behind 68% of the 24,400 deaths estimated to be linked to heat this ...
This is Beirut, 17/09 19:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran Europe Iran Nuclear Program E3
Iran said Wednesday it was ready to reach a "fair and balanced" solution with European powers over its nuclear program, following over-the-phone talks with Britain, France and Germany. "Iran is prepared to achieve a fair and balanced solution that ensures mutual interests. Attaining such a goal requires a responsible and independent approach by ...
This is Beirut, 17/09 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran said Wednesday it expects European powers who triggered a snapback of UN sanctions to respond positively to its signing of a new cooperation agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog. The statement came as Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepared to speak by telephone on Wednesday with his British, French and German counterparts. "We have ...
This is Beirut, 16/09 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Europe Champions League Football PSG Atalanta
There is the sense that the new season gets up and running for real this week for Paris Saint-Germain as they begin their defense of the Champions League title amid doubts as to how much longer their squad can handle being pushed to the limit by a crowded calendar. PSG host Atalanta on Wednesday for their first game in Europe, three and a half ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 15/09 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Tuesday, September 16, Lebanese and Cypriot officials are scheduled to hold a negotiation session to continue discussions on the maritime border demarcation between the two countries. According to available information, Lebanon will seek to extend the maritime boundary line northward to Point 7, a position it submitted to the United Nations in ...
Liliane Mokbel, 13/09 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In Lebanon, the back-to-school season is no longer about fresh notebooks and new backpacks. Instead, it unfolds in the shadow of economic hardship and painful trade-offs. Families, overwhelmed by the ongoing financial crisis, are slashing their spending on school supplies, even as private schools continue to require new textbooks every year, often ...
This is Beirut, 12/09 12:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Europe Champions League Final 2027 Madrid
The 2027 Champions League final will be played at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, European football's governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. It will be the second time that Atletico Madrid's home stadium has hosted the final of Europe's elite club competition after Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur there in 2019. Azerbaijan's capital ...
This is Beirut, 11/09 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The pipes of a medieval organ, buried for centuries and discovered near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, are once more filling a Jerusalem monastery with ancient melodies. "This is a window into the past... we have the opportunity for the first time in modern history of listening to a medieval sound which is ...
This is Beirut, 10/09 16:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Europe England Serbia Norway Erling Haaland
England sent out a warning to their World Cup rivals with a brilliant 5-0 thrashing of Serbia in qualifying on Tuesday, while Erling Haaland scored five as Norway emphatically maintained their 100 percent record. Elsewhere in Europe, Portugal and France overturned deficits to make it back-to-back wins to open their bids to reach next year's ...
This is Beirut, 09/09 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Surrounded by thousands of objects bearing the likeness of Nintendo's mustachioed plumber, 40-year-old Kikai reflects that his "life would be totally different without Mario" who also marks four decades this week. The colorful "Super Mario Bros.", released for Nintendo's home consoles in Japan on September 13, 1985, was a landmark of early video ...
Mario Chartouni, 08/09 19:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
UN Security Council Europe Iran nuclear snapback
At the end of August, the United Kingdom, France and Germany (the E3) officially triggered the snapback mechanism outlined in UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which governs the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA). This unprecedented procedure in the multilateral system stipulates that all previous UN ...