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TikTok Restores Service in US, Thanking Trump

This is Beirut, 20/01 09:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect. The video-sharing platform credited President-elect Donald Trump, who retakes power on Monday, for making the reversal possible – though the outgoing administration of President ...

Oscars Nominees’ Lunch Cancelled, Industry Rallies Amid LA Wildfires

This is Beirut, 14/01 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday the cancellation of its glitzy nominees’ luncheon, as Los Angeles grapples with devastating wildfires. Nominations will now be revealed during a virtual event on January 23, marking a major adjustment to the traditional awards season. “We are all devastated by the impact of the ...

Los Angeles Grammys 2025 Set to Support Wildfire Relief

This is Beirut, 14/01 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Grammys, scheduled for February 2, will "proceed as planned" despite the devastating wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, the Recording Academy announced Monday. In a letter to Academy members, organizers confirmed that the 67th annual music awards gala will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles "in close coordination with ...

Search for Bodies as LA Firefighters Brace for More Wind

This is Beirut, 14/01 10:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Search teams with dogs fanned out looking for victims in Los Angeles on Monday, as firefighters girded for hurricane-force winds that could spark new blazes. With the disaster in America's second biggest city in its seventh day, 24 people are known to have died -- a toll expected to rise -- and more than 90,000 people remain displaced. But the ...

Lakers, Clippers Return to Court Amid LA Wildfire Devastation

This is Beirut, 14/01 10:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Lakers and Clippers returned to NBA action on Monday with a strong nod to the first responders battling the Los Angeles wildfires and hoping to bring "some joy" to their ravaged city. The Lakers fell to the San Antonio Spurs 126-102 at their Crypto.com Arena in downtown LA while the Clippers beat the Miami Heat 109-98 at the Intuit Dome in ...

Death Toll From Los Angeles Fires Rises, with Dangerous Winds Incoming

This is Beirut, 13/01 16:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Firefighters were battling massive wildfires Monday that have ravaged Los Angeles and killed at least 24 people, with officials warning of incoming dangerous winds that could whip up the blazes further. The fires ripped through the United States' second-largest city for the seventh day, reducing whole communities to scorched rubble and ...

Meghan Markle Postpones Netflix Show Amid Los Angeles Wildfires

This is Beirut, 13/01 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Originally set to debut this week, Meghan Markle’s Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, has been postponed to March as a gesture of solidarity with those affected by the disaster. A Compassionate Decision Amid Crisis The Duchess of Sussex expressed her gratitude to Netflix for supporting the decision to delay the release, emphasizing the ...

Fueling the Los Angeles Fires: the Santa Ana Winds

This is Beirut, 13/01 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur when cold air gathers in the neighboring states of Nevada and Utah. As it moves west and then rushes down California's mountains, it heats up -- and ...

California: Wildfire Victims Facing a Housing Crisis

This is Beirut, 12/01 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Days after an inferno razed Pacific Palisades, Maya Lieberman is desperate to find somewhere to live. But unscrupulous landlords who are jacking up prices are making it hard. "The price gouging is going haywire, it's obscene," the 50-year-old stylist told AFP. "I can't find anywhere for us to go." Huge fires that have torn through Los Angeles ...

Fires in Los Angeles: the death toll rises to 16

This is Beirut, 12/01 13:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The multiple fires that have been raging in Los Angeles for the past five days have claimed at least 16 lives, and spread to previously unscathed areas on Saturday. Besieged by flames since Tuesday, the American megalopolis continues to count its dead: the death toll, which had hitherto stood at 11, rose on Saturday evening Despite huge ...

Morant Lifts Grizzlies Over Timberwolves, Cunningham Sparks Pistons

This is Beirut, 12/01 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Memphis star Ja Morant scored the game-winner with 18.6 seconds left on Saturday, lifting the Memphis Grizzlies to a 117-125 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in a tension-packed NBA shootout. Morant, playing his second game back from a shoulder injury, scored a modest 12 points and missed all four of his three-point attempts. But he came ...

NBA Postpones Lakers-Hornets Game Due to LA-Area Wildfires

This is Beirut, 10/01 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The NBA has postponed Thursday's scheduled game between the Charlotte Hornets and Los Angeles Lakers due to the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The NBA announced the move without naming a new date for the contest, the first of a scheduled five-game homestand for LeBron James and his teammates. Rampaging blazes have killed at least ...