Fady Noun, 2025-01-24 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The unity of Christians has never been more vital amid the evolving realities of the Middle East. The “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,” observed from January 18 to 25, offers a timely opportunity to reaffirm this essential mission. This annual tradition boasts a complex history. It originated from the 19th-century ecumenical movement aimed ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-23 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The US film industry's first major gathering since wildfires devastated Los Angeles begins Thursday at Sundance, where Olivia Colman and John Lithgow will kick off the indie movie festival under somber circumstances. Hollywood's annual pilgrimage to the Rocky Mountains to debut the coming year's top indie films takes place two weeks after blazes ...
Salam El Zaatari, 2025-01-23 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In a world where optics often speak louder than words, the intertwining of fashion and politics has become a language of its own. Few people encapsulate this better than Melania Trump. On January 20, 2025, during her husband’s second inauguration, First Lady Melania Trump made a significant fashion statement that blended elegance with subtle ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-23 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An explosive new wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes and setting nerves jangling in an area still reeling from two deadly blazes. Ferocious flames devoured hillsides near Castaic Lake, spreading rapidly to cover more than 9,400 acres (3,800 hectares) in just a few ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-23 05:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The new head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio, pledged ‘unwavering support’ for Israel in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the State Department said on Wednesday. Rubio spoke with Netanyahu to ‘underscore that continued unwavering US support for Israel is a top priority for President Donald Trump,’ State Department ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-22 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Netflix on Tuesday said it added nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday season to finish out last year with more than 300 million subscribers. Company executives credited steady investments in shows and films with helping power growth at the streaming behemoth, while announcing it is increasing prices in Argentina, Canada, Portugal and ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-21 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump has claimed a mandate from God to reshape America, but the earthly powers of the US courts, a super-thin majority in Congress and foreign capitals may have other ideas. The Republican president unleashed a "shock and awe" blitz of executive orders in his first 24 hours back in power that overturned many of his predecessor ...
David Hale , 2025-01-21 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A window for peace between Israel and Lebanon just unexpectedly opened. There was an old adage that "Lebanon will never be the first Arab state to make peace with Israel, but it won't be the last." Sadly, with Lebanese decisions dictated by the Assad family backed by Iran, that concept became obsolete. Since 1983, the Assads ensured that South ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-21 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Brazilian coffee producer Moacir Donizetti first smelled the smoke, and then watched in desperation as a blaze consumed his family coffee plantation last year. The 54-year-old was one of hundreds of farmers hit by a brutal forest fire in Sao Paulo state, where years of soaring heat and erratic rains are set to drive up the cost of an espresso or ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-21 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The World Health Organization said Tuesday it regretted US President Donald Trump's decision -- just hours after taking power -- to withdraw his country from the UN agency, saying it hoped he would "reconsider". Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the WHO, a body he has repeatedly criticized over ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-21 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Taliban government said Tuesday they had released American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar. Discussions about the prisoner exchange were confirmed last year, but the swap was announced after outgoing US president Joe Biden handed over to Donald Trump, who was ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-21 06:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A state of emergency on the border with Mexico and ‘millions’ of promised deportations, withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, pardons for hundreds of Capitol Hill attackers... Barely inaugurated as President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders on Monday to mark his return to power. However, some of ...