Notre-Dame de Paris: A Jewel of French Popular Culture

Elie Valluy - Paris Correspondent 2024-11-08 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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In a month, on December 7 and 8, 2024, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen for visitors and worshipers, five years after it was devastated by fire. Beyond being an emblematic (religious and historical) monument of Paris, and more broadly of France, Notre-Dame de Paris has, for decades and even centuries, inspired numerous writers, ...

VideosClashes in Amsterdam

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 16:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Violence broke out in Amsterdam following a football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

UN Probe Says Women, Children Comprise the Majority of Gaza War Dead

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The UN on Friday condemned the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel's war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 percent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to verify. In a fresh report, slammed by Israel, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) detailed a raft of violations of international law ...

PoliticsReforming Europe's Economy Urgent Following Trump Win, Says EU

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 15:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Reforming Europe's economy is all the more urgent following Donald Trump's US election win, warned the author of a blockbuster report, Mario Draghi, ahead of talks Friday with EU leaders in Budapest on tackling the challenge. Although Europe's public reaction to the Republican's return has been cautious, officials are on full ...

Erdogan Confident Trump Can Help End Ukraine, Gaza Wars

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he was confident in the diplomatic efforts of the new Trump administration to help end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Erdogan spoke while returning from a summit in Budapest a day after Donald Trump's decisive victory in the US election. "If we see a US administration that ...

Iran Kills Four Militants in South East

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed four more militants during an operation in the country's southeast region where jihadists killed 10 police last month, state media said on Friday. The deaths were part of an "ongoing operation" in Sistan-Baluchistan province, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Ahmad Shafaei said, adding that a soldier was ...

The New-Old World Order... and Trump's Promises

Johnny Kortbawi 2024-11-08 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States, as the leading global power, holds a decisive role in shaping the world’s future. From this perspective, many recognize that an election in the US is, in essence, an election for the entire world. Following Donald Trump’s victory, and his attempt to avenge his previous defeat, it is striking how the emerging new world order ...

Russian Strikes on Ukraine Kill and Wound Many

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The death toll from a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has doubled to eight, including an infant, the regional governor said Friday. Thursday's attack on the industrial hub has also wounded 42 people and damaged a hospital. Zaporizhzhia city has come under increasing Russian aerial bombardments in recent weeks and six people ...

Israeli Fans Attacked in Amsterdam, Sparking Outcry in Europe

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israeli, Dutch and European leaders on Friday condemned "anti-Semitic" clashes that erupted in Amsterdam overnight after a Europa League football match, with Israel sending rescue planes for their citizens. The violence flared after the game between home team Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv that Ajax won 5-0. Five people were hospitalised ...

Trump Makes First Cabinet Appointment, Intends to "Speak" to Putin

This is Beirut 2024-11-08 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday made his first cabinet appointment after his decisive election win, while signaling his intent to ditch the outgoing administration's policies by talking to Vladimir Putin. Trump's campaign manager Susie Wiles will serve as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to be named to the high-profile ...

France Mulling New Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Minister Says in West Bank

This is Beirut 2024-11-07 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France is mulling new sanctions on those enabling the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, regarded as illegal under international law, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on a visit to the territory on Thursday. "France has been a driving force to establish the first sanction regime at the European level targeting ...

Blinken to Keep Working to End Mideast conflict in Remainder of Term

This is Beirut 2024-11-07 21:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to keep working to end the Gaza and Lebanon wars in his time remaining before handing over to President-elect Donald Trump, the State Department said Thursday. "We will continue to pursue an end to the war in Gaza, an end to the war in Lebanon, a surge of humanitarian assistance (to Gaza), and that is ...