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A US military team of 200 people will be deployed in the Middle East to "oversee" the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after a peace deal brokered by President Donald Trump, senior US officials said Thursday. Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of the US military's Central Command, "will initially have 200 people on the ground. His role will be ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday that the government had "approved the framework" of a hostage release deal with Hamas, as both sides edged closer to ending more than two years of hostilities in Gaza. Israel previously said "all parties" had signed the first phase of a ceasefire ...
This is Beirut, 09/10 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV called Thursday for the poor and marginalized, including migrants, to be at the center of the Catholic Church's mission, in the first major publication of his papacy. In the Apostolic Exhortation "Dilexi te" ("I have loved you", in Latin), the US pope warned against the "growth of a wealthy elite, living ...
David Sahyoun, 09/10 11:10 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
For humans, the skin is the body’s first layer. From an early age, it becomes a canvas, on which time leaves its marks and exposes our anxieties. In everyday life, a single white hair, a faint wrinkle or a subtle sag can trigger a profound inner crisis. D.W. Winnicott spoke of a “threat to the integrity of the self.” The moment this outer ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 09/10 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
From aesthetic clinics to Instagram feeds, exosomes are everywhere. Celebrated as the next breakthrough in cellular rejuvenation, these microscopic vesicles derived from stem cells are said to boost skin regeneration, refine texture, and restore firmness, all without surgery. But what exactly are exosomes? They are nanoparticles naturally ...
This is Beirut, 09/10 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Concerns over flight delays and missed paychecks due to the US government shutdown escalated Wednesday, as senators rejected yet another bid to end the standoff. Democrats voted for a sixth time to block a Republican stopgap funding measure to reopen government departments, keeping much of the federal workforce home or working without pay. With ...
Marc Saikali, 09/10 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Yes, we are the four and a half million Lebanese – prisoners of a country that has been hijacked. We live trapped in the open, under the rule of a militia that has seized a nation, its people and the state itself. Hezbollah is no force of resistance. It is an occupying power from within. It decides when Lebanon goes to war, whom it must obey ...
Tylia El Helou, 08/10 22:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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On this week’s episode of This is America, we cover the ongoing negotiations in Cairo over Gaza and the US government shutdown. We also feature an exclusive interview with Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), who shares his insights on the Gaza conflict and the prospects for peace in the region.
This is Beirut, 08/10 08:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Qatar's prime minister and senior delegates from the United States and Turkey will join Hamas and Israeli negotiators on Wednesday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the Gaza war. Israel and Hamas are holding indirect negotiations in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, based on a 20-point plan proposed by US President Donald Trump ...
This is Beirut, 07/10 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work on quantum physics in action, the Nobel jury said. The trio was honoured "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit," the jury said. Quantum mechanics ...
Paul Guillot, 07/10 11:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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AI is hailed for boosting efficiency, speed, and productivity. But behind the hype, a global concern looms: could it put millions of jobs at risk? From Salesforce headquarters to Amazon warehouses, from New York offices to emerging markets, one question dominates: is AI a ticking social time bomb? A Subtle but Global Threat The IMF estimates ...
Paul Guillot, 07/10 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
It has no face. No body. And yet, it is everywhere. Artificial intelligence (AI) has slipped into our phones, our cars, our medical diagnoses, our administrative decisions, our screens. It simulates and executes. So why do we still hesitate to look it straight in the eye? Because it is abstract? Because we still think it’s meant only for ...