This is Beirut, 07/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
New York Music AI Donald Trump Art
The music industry is fighting on multiple fronts—through streaming platforms, in the courts, and with lawmakers—to prevent the looting and misuse of its content by generative artificial intelligence (AI). But the results so far remain underwhelming. 75,000. That’s the number of deepfakes that Sony Music says it has already requested to be ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 10:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Tariffs China Asia
Asian equities collapsed on a black Monday for markets after China hammered the United States with its own hefty tariffs, ramping up a trade war many fear could spark a recession. Trading floors were overcome by a wave of selling as investors fled to the hills, with Hong Kong's loss of 12 percent its worst in more than 16 years, while Taipei ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Israel Kataib Hezbollah Iran
In a significant shift, several powerful Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert an escalating conflict with the Trump administration, according to 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials. The move comes after repeated private warnings from U.S. officials to Baghdad, threatening airstrikes if the ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Israel Gaza Tariffs
Talks on Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are expected to be dominated by Washington's shock tariffs on Israel and escalating tensions with Iran. Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet with Trump in the US capital since the president unveiled sweeping levies on multiple countries ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 05:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Economy Markets
Asian markets took a huge plunge Monday as US futures pointed to significant losses on Wall Street over Donald Trump's punishing tariffs, even as countries sought compromise with the defiant president. Trump denied Sunday he was intentionally engineering a selloff and insisted he could not foresee market reactions, saying he would not make a ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Abbas Araghchi USA Donald Trump
Iran's top diplomat has dismissed direct negotiations with the United States as pointless, his office said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he preferred face-to-face talks over its nuclear program. Trump sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last month calling for negotiations but warning of military ...
This is Beirut, 05/04 22:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Elon Musk
Thousands of people descended Saturday on Washington's National Mall and rallied in other cities across the United States and abroad in opposition to the policies of Donald Trump, in the largest protests since he returned to the presidency. A big "HANDS OFF!" banner stretched across the stage of an outdoor theater just a few blocks ...
This is Beirut, 05/04 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump United States Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled for a high-stakes White House meeting with President Trump on Monday, according to four knowledgeable sources who spoke with Axios. This potential visit marks Netanyahu as the first international leader to personally engage with President Trump in an attempt to negotiate relief from the ...
This is Beirut, 05/04 16:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Republicans Democrats US Congress USA
US senators on Saturday approved a budget blueprint unlocking trillions of dollars for sweeping tax cuts promised by President Donald Trump, despite bitter infighting among the majority Republicans over the savings that will be needed to fund them. Working deep into the night, lawmakers voted 51-48, mostly along party lines, to approve the ...
This is Beirut, 05/04 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump China Tariffs
President Donald Trump's widest-ranging tariffs to date took effect Saturday, in a move which could trigger retaliation and escalating trade tensions that could upset the global economy. A 10 percent "baseline" tariff came into place past midnight, hitting most US imports except goods from Mexico and Canada as Trump invoked emergency economic ...
This is Beirut, 05/04 05:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Tariffs Economy
President Donald Trump goaded China on Friday after the United States' chief economic rival retaliated against his tariffs, and he dismissed falling stock markets over the growing global trade war, touting it as a chance to "get rich." "China played it wrong, they panicked -- the one thing they cannot afford to do!" Trump ...
This is Beirut, 04/04 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Donald Trump USA Lebanon Morgan Ortagus
France has advised Lebanese officials to respond positively to US calls for negotiations with Israel on the prisoners’ issue, Israel’s withdrawal from five strategic positions it occupies in South Lebanon, the settlement of disputed border points and the demarcation of the land border. According to Western diplomatic sources, France conveyed ...