This is Beirut 2025-06-29 13:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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Europe wakes up to a second day of heatwave, as climate change pushes thermometers into the red on the world's fastest-warming continent.
This is Beirut 2025-06-29 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must leave office, his predecessor Naftali Bennett has said in a televised interview, refusing to say whether he intends to challenge the country's longest-serving leader in an election. In an interview with Israel's Channel 12 that aired on Saturday, former prime minister Bennett said Netanyahu "has ...
Alexandre Baz 2025-06-29 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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After decades of prosperity built on fossil fuels, the Gulf monarchies are increasingly turning toward green hydrogen, pursuing a dual goal: diversifying their economies and demonstrating a credible commitment to tackling climate change. As Karim Elgendy, an ecological transition specialist, told AFP, “The Gulf states want to lead the global ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-29 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The "Atlantic Initiative" promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-29 09:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals. In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic's latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-29 05:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was "not going to stand" for the continued prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges. "The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-29 05:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium "in a matter of months," despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday. Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites on June 13, saying it was aimed at ...
Badih Karhani 2025-06-28 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The deadly June 22 attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, which killed at least 25 people, has brought back into focus a lingering threat: the Islamic State group, commonly known as ISIS (or Daesh). While the terrorist organization appeared weakened in recent years, a new affiliated jihadist faction, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna, claimed ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-28 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran has expanded access to its airspace for international overflights following a ceasefire with Israel, though flight restrictions remain in place across much of the country, an official said Saturday. "In addition to the eastern half of the country's airspace being available for domestic, international and overflight operations, the airspace ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-28 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Mourners in Tehran take part in the funeral of some 60 people, including military commanders, killed in Iran’s war with Israel. Mourners in #Tehran take part in the funeral of some 60 people, including military commanders, killed in #Iran's war with #Israel. pic.twitter.com/PmXG622yra— This is Beirut (@ThisIsBeirut_) June 28, ...
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Gaza’s Civil Defense reported Saturday that 23 people were killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire across the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, which has endured over 20 months of conflict. "At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured and taken to hospitals following Israeli gunfire and air raids," Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-28 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Six Israelis were detained for assaulting soldiers near a town in the occupied West Bank where clashes with Palestinians erupted earlier this week, the military said on Saturday. Soldiers went to disperse a gathering of Israelis near the central West Bank town of Kafr Malik overnight Friday to Saturday, the military said in a statement. "Upon ...