Amphora Wines Find Their Place in French Cellars
This Is Beirut 2025-05-22 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The great return of the amphora, for a fruitier, more mineral wine.
Middle East
Turkey to Increase Energy Exports to Syria, Says Minister
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 17:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Thursday in Damascus that his country would ramp up energy exports to Syria to help boost electricity supplies as its neighbour seeks to recover after years of war. "We want to triple our current electricity exports to meet Syria's electricity needs, and realise an electricity export of ...
Kremlin Says No Agreement Yet on Vatican Peace Talks
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Kremlin said Thursday it had not yet agreed to peace talks with Ukraine at the Vatican, after US media reported the city state could host a meeting soon. Russian and Ukrainian officials held their first face-to-face talks on the conflict in more than three years last week in Istanbul, but did not reach an agreement on a ceasefire. The Wall ...
SpotlightSyrians Hope for Economic Recovery After West Lifts Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 14:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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At a currency exchange in Damascus, Anas al-Shammaa is one of many Syrians hopeful that promised relief from Western sanctions will help revive their country's economy after years of war and isolation. "We were totally cut off from the world," said Shammaa, 45, who has been running the exchange shop since 2008. With the lifting of ...
Israel Military Says Intercepted Missile Fired From Yemen
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem, where AFP journalists reported loud booms overhead, as the Israeli military announced it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen Thursday for the second time in less than 12 hours. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was ...
Irish Rappers Kneecap Deny Hezbollah Support After Terror Charge: Statement
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Irish rappers Kneecap on Thursday denied supporting a proscribed group and vowed to "vehemently defend ourselves" after a member of the band was charged with a terror offense for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a London concert. "We deny this 'offense' and will vehemently defend ourselves. This is political policing. This is a carnival ...
Ads Pressured to Evolve as AI Changes Google Search
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine. The internet giant is dabbling with ads in its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to fend off competition from ChatGPT while adapting its advertising business for an AI ...
UN Says Around 90 Aid Trucks 'Dispatched' Into Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 09:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The UN said Wednesday it had "dispatched" around 90 trucks carrying aid into Gaza, as international pressure intensified over Israel's renewed offensive and blockade of the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The first aid distribution in Gaza since early March came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was open to a "temporary ...
Republicans Eye Thursday Vote On Trump's Tax Cut Mega-Bill
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Republicans announced Wednesday they will vote early Thursday on US President Donald Trump's sprawling domestic policy mega-bill pairing tax relief with spending cuts that critics say would decimate health care while ballooning the debt. The "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" would usher into law Trump's vision for a new "Golden Age," achieved through ...
Op-edLines in the Sand: Syria on the Brink, and Lebanon’s Vanishing Moment
Salam El Zaatari 2025-05-22 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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If you want to understand the Middle East in 2025, don’t look at the maps. Look at the fault lines. They’re not drawn in ink – they’re drawn in fear, legacy and a deep unease that this time, the region isn’t just shifting, it’s splintering. This week, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio sounded an alarm loud enough to rattle ...
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Halt Flights at Moscow Airports
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Air traffic around Moscow was disrupted on Thursday as the Russian capital came under attack, with the defense ministry saying 35 Ukrainian drones targeting the city had been downed overnight. "Air defense systems destroyed and intercepted 105 Ukrainian drones," of which 35 were heading towards Moscow, the ministry said in a statement. Moscow's ...
Two Israeli Embassy Staff Shot Dead Outside Jewish Museum in Washington
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot dead late Wednesday outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a gunman who shouted "free Palestine," authorities said, with US, Israeli and other world leaders expressing outrage over the killings. President Donald Trump condemned the attack in the heart of the US capital, saying: "These ...