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When AI Meets Therapy: The Promise and Pitfalls of Digital Healing

David Sahyoun, 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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AI (artificial intelligence) is a computer system designed to replicate human thought and behavior. It can reason, process information, and search for answers across vast pools of relevant content available online. A chatbot, by contrast, is a conversational tool designed to simulate human interaction. It runs on pre-scripted responses, ...

Hala Schoukair on her Mother’s Legacy and Her New Solo Show, Nadey Hakim’s Sculpture Praised by Donald Trump

Lea Mehanna, 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Artist Hala Schoukair opens up about growing up as the daughter of legendary modernist Saloua Raouda Choucair, and how she continues to honor her mother’s legacy through the foundation in Ras El Matn. She also unveils her own creative path with her solo exhibition, “The Affirmative Happiness of a Green Dot,” at Saleh Barakat Gallery. Also ...

The Freida McFadden Phenomenon Confuses French Literary Critics

This is Beirut, 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Why are American author Freida McFadden’s psychological thrillers selling so well in France? French literary critics are trying to understand the craze but remain doubtful about the true merit of her work. The Housemaid was the best-selling book in France in 2024, with over 600,000 copies sold. By the end of February 2025, it had crossed the ...

When Vargas Llosa Punched García Márquez: A Journalist Witness Recalls

This is Beirut, 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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When journalist and novelist Elena Poniatowska headed to a film premiere in Mexico City, she had no idea she was about to witness the literary feud of the century as two future Nobel laureates came to blows. It was February 12, 1976, and Poniatowska wound up seated next to Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes to watch the ...

Peru Pays Final Tribute to Literary Giant Vargas Llosa

This is Beirut, 15/04 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Peruvian flag flew at half-staff Monday as the South American country marked the passing of literary great Mario Vargas Llosa with a day of national mourning. Tributes poured in from around the world as President Dina Boluarte attended a private wake at the Vargas Llosa family home for the novelist and Nobel laureate, who died there Sunday ...

American Singer Katy Perry Roared into First All-Woman Spaceflight

This is Beirut, 15/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Pop star Katy Perry became the biggest name in an all-woman group to safely blast off into space Monday, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos's rockets. The Firework and California Girls singer was lofted more than 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the Earth's surface in a vessel from Blue Origin, the space company owned by ...

Pope Recognizes 'God's Architect' Gaudi as 'Venerable'

This is Beirut, 14/04 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica nicknamed "God's architect", on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said Monday. Pope Francis recognized the Catalan architect's "heroic virtues" and authorized a decree declaring him "venerable", the Vatican said in a statement. This acknowledgement ...

'A Minecraft Movie' Breaks Records, Tops Box Office Again

This is Beirut, 14/04 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Minecraft Movie easily held on to the top spot in North American theaters this weekend with estimated ticket sales of a solid $80.6 million, analysts said Sunday. That was roughly half the total of its huge opening last weekend. But with $281 million in domestic ticket sales to date, along with $269 million internationally, Minecraft has set ...

Five Fascinating Things to Know About Expo 2025 Osaka

This is Beirut, 14/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A multi-eyed mascot, a vast wooden Grand Ring, 160 countries and regions strutting their stuff, and robots and sushi galore: Expo 2025 began on Sunday in Osaka, Japan. The World Expo is held every five years in different global locations. Here are five things to know about this event, which runs until mid-October. Grand Ring Encircling dozens of ...

Disneyland Paris Unveils First Fully Transformed Studio Building

This is Beirut, 13/04 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Disneyland Paris will open to the public on May 15 the newly redesigned “World Premiere,” a fully reimagined building and the first step in the massive renovation of its second park, Walt Disney Studios, which is set to double in size. The American group The Walt Disney Company announced in 2018 a large-scale expansion and transformation plan ...

Cartier Exhibition Shines at V&A with Rare Royal Jewels

This is Beirut, 13/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A spellbinding exhibition of Cartier jewels, many never seen before in public, is opening in London tracing the history of the luxury French design house beloved by the rich and famous, from Queen Elizabeth II to Rihanna. For the first time in three decades, the V&A museum is showing a retrospective of some of Cartier's most iconic ...

Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott Set Coachella on Fire

This is Beirut, 12/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The California desert was buzzing Friday as the premier music festival Coachella got underway, with Lady Gaga and Missy Elliott set to helm day one's main stage. Thousands of music fans traversed the sprawling grounds whipping paper fans and wielding parasols, as temperatures cracked the 100-degree Fahrenheit mark (37.8 degrees Celsius). That ...

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