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All Eyes on the 2025 Nobel Prizes: What You Need to Know

Vanessa Kallas 07/10 18:55 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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The 2025 Nobel Prizes have officially begun, with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarding the prizes for medicine on Monday and physics on Tuesday. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won the Medicine Prize for discoveries on immune system function, while John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis received the ...

VideosWhen CBD Goes Wrong

This is Beirut 07/10 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Behind the calming image of legal CBD in France lies a darker reality: products adulterated with synthetic cannabinoids have triggered hundreds of poisonings since early 2024. Anxiety attacks, hallucinations, and heart palpitations result from chemicals imported from countries like China or India, mimicking THC but with stronger, unpredictable, ...

Trio Wins Physics Nobel for Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling

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 ...

Op-edTwo Years of Arab and Muslim Failure

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 07/10 13:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Today marks the second anniversary of the horrific attacks when Hamas militants stormed out of the Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns. They killed, maimed and burned 1,200 civilians in a brutal door-to-door rampage, kidnapping 250. This assault demanded unequivocal condemnation from Arab and Muslim populations, yet responses ranged from ...

ChronicleGaza: Two Years After the War, A Devastating Toll

Marie de La Roche Saint-André 07/10 12:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Two years after Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which claimed 1,219 Israeli lives according to AFP, the conflict continues to wreak havoc on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Of the 251 Israelis abducted during the attack, 47 remain in captivity in Gaza, including 25 who have since died, according to Israeli military ...

AnalysisTwo Years After October 7, Israel Still Awaits Its Official Truth

Mario Chartouni 07/10 12:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Two years on from Hamas’s deadly attack on southern Israel, the country is still waiting for an official account of the events. Although the Israeli army and security services have acknowledged a “total failure,” no State Commission—the most powerful investigative body under Israeli law—has yet been convened. This absence has fueled ...

Israel Marks October 7 Anniversary as Talks Held to End Gaza War

This is Beirut 07/10 10:56 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel marks the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack on Tuesday, as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in Gaza under a US-proposed peace plan. Two years ago to the day, at the close of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Hamas-led militants launched a massive assault on Israel, making it the ...

Gaza talks 'positive', resuming Tuesday: sources close to Hamas negotiators

This is Beirut 07/10 10:10 - Reading : less than a minute

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Indirect talks in Egypt between Israel and Hamas have been "positive" so far, two sources close to the Palestinian militants' negotiating team told AFP on Tuesday, with discussions set to resume around midday. "The talks were positive last night, with the first round lasting four hours," one of the sources said. "The indirect negotiations are ...

SpotlightHow Much Do Iran’s Proxies Really Cost?

Natasha Metni Torbey 07/10 10:00 - Reading : 9 minute(s)

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A US Treasury delegation has begun a series of meetings in Beirut with the Central Bank, several commercial banks, and government officials. The mission’s goal is straightforward: to assess how effectively sanctions meant to curb Hezbollah’s financing are being enforced on the ground. This timing of the visit is significant. On September ...

Medical Helicopter Crashes on California Highway

This is Beirut 07/10 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Three people were in critical condition after a medical helicopter crashed onto a California highway on Monday, US media reported, with local authorities saying emergency crews had closed some traffic lanes. The helicopter crashed just after 7:00 pm (0200 GMT Tuesday) on eastbound Highway 50 in state capital Sacramento, with flight-tracking data ...

Hamas and Israel Open talks in Egypt Under Trump's Gaza Peace Plan

This is Beirut 07/10 08:56 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Delegations from Hamas and Israel on Monday began indirect talks in Egypt on ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, with US President Donald Trump judging that the Palestinian militant group was ready to compromise over his proposals for a deal. Al-Qahera News, which is linked to Egyptian state intelligence, said the first round of talks ended ...

Trump Says May Invoke Insurrection Act To Deploy More Troops in US

This is Beirut 07/10 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump threatened Monday to use emergency powers against rebellion to deploy more troops into Democratic-led US cities, intensifying his rhetoric as his attempts to mobilize the military face legal challenges. The Republican leader openly mulled use of the Insurrection Act after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted a ...