This is Beirut, 25/09 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The French navy has seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine worth more than $600 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday. The seizure by two navy ships on Monday followed a tip-off by anti-drug and maritime intelligence authorities and British police, authorities in France's northwestern Atlantic ...
This is Beirut, 24/09 20:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday warned Israel against closing down the French consulate in Jerusalem as a possible retaliatory measure following his announcement earlier this week that France now recognizes a Palestinian state. "I think that would be a major error, and therefore I don't believe it will happen," he said in an ...
This is Beirut, 24/09 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Obituary Claudia Cardinal Icon Film Italy France Culture
Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini. With her fierce beauty and husky voice, Cardinale not only captivated Italy's greatest filmmakers, but she also played opposite most of the leading men of ...
This is Beirut, 23/09 22:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A Paris court will rule this week whether former French president Nicolas Sarkozy accepted illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, after his key accuser died on Tuesday in Beirut. Thursday's verdict represents another critical juncture for Sarkozy, who denies the charges. The 70-year-old, who was president from 2007 ...
This is Beirut, 23/09 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump could only win the Nobel Peace Prize if he stopped the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians over Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Macron told BFMTV in an interview from the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that "there is only one person who could do something in the ...
This is Beirut, 23/09 00:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ousmane Dembele Ballon d'Or Football PSG France
France forward Ousmane Dembele on Monday won the men's Ballon d'Or, the most prestigious individual prize in football, rewarding his starring role in the Paris Saint-Germain side that lifted the Champions League trophy last season. Dembele, 28, pipped Barcelona and Spain teenage sensation Lamine Yamal to the prize at a ceremony in Paris and ...
This is Beirut, 22/09 23:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron officially recognized a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday, spurring a wave of Western moves to defy Israel in making the landmark -- if symbolic -- move. Macron, speaking at a summit that Israel and its chief backer the United States did not attend, called for an end to the war in Gaza. "The ...
This is Beirut, 22/09 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Museum Bayeux Tapestry Heritage France Britain Culture
French President Emmanuel Macron's office stressed Monday that the planned loan of the nearly 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry to Britain next year was a surmountable challenge following expert outcry over the diplomatic gesture. Several heritage advisors have argued that the extremely fragile 11th-century masterpiece depicting the Norman conquest ...
This is Beirut, 20/09 16:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football France Ligue 1 PSG OM
Marseille play host to Paris Saint-Germain in French football's biggest club fixture on Sunday, and are hoping it is the ideal time to face the reigning European champions. PSG top the Ligue 1 table as the only team to have won their first four games. They sit six points clear of their weekend opponents. Luis Enrique's PSG side had a drastically ...
This is Beirut, 20/09 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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For over two decades, David Guetta has been a global hit-making machine. Now, the French DJ is taking on what he calls a “big challenge”: headlining the Stade de France for the very first time on June 13, 2026. His goal, he told AFP, is simple: to share “a moment of positivity.” Guetta, who has two Grammy Awards and four “Best DJ in the ...
This is Beirut, 20/09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
History Lady Hamilton Admiral Nelson Britain France Culture
Remains that could belong to Lady Emma Hamilton, the legendary lover of British naval hero Horatio Nelson who defeated French forces at the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, went on display at a French church on Friday after a year-long investigation. It is not 100 percent certain that the remains are those of Lady Hamilton, who died in poverty in the ...
This is Beirut, 19/09 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Heritage Architecture Notre-Dame Tourism France Culture
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reopened the two great medieval towers of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris for public visits, one of the final steps in its immense reconstruction following a devastating fire. The inauguration of the restored towers by Macron, who has spearheaded reconstruction efforts since the April 15, 2019 fire, ...