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Global Cybercrime Losses Hit $9.5 Trillion in 2024

This is Beirut 09/06 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Artificial Intelligence Cost of Data Breaches SoSafe

The global cost of cyberattacks soared to an estimated $9.5 trillion in 2024, underscoring an alarming rise in digital threats facing businesses, governments and critical infrastructure, according to a new report by cybersecurity firm BD Emerson. IBM’s annual Cost of Data Breaches report revealed that the average data breach cost surged to ...

VideosDrought and Extreme Climate: Indian Farmers at Breaking Point

This is Beirut 09/06 15:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Climate change India

Between 2022 and 2024, around three farmers took their own lives each day in India, according to the local Minister of Agriculture. This staggering figure reflects a deepening agricultural crisis driven by climate change, crushing debt, lack of institutional support and increasingly barren land caused by extreme weather conditions.

ExplainerHow Can Your Phone Be Compromised in Seconds?

Chelsea Al Arif 09/06 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Unit 81 Israel Spy Hacking Pegasus

A recent investigative video aired by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority offers a look at just how easily a phone can be hacked, revealing the capacities of Unit 81, Israel’s military tech unit. In a controlled demonstration, a cybersecurity expert shows how quickly and discreetly a phone can be taken over: camera, microphone and location, all ...

Israel Diverts Gaza-Bound aid Boat Carrying Greta Thunberg

This is Beirut 09/06 14:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Gaza Aid Boat Thurnberg

Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid boat on Monday, preventing the activists on board -- including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg -- from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory. The Madleen set sail from Italy on June 1 to raise awareness of food shortages in Gaza, which the United Nations has called the "hungriest place on ...

Don't Let Deep sea Become 'Wild West', Guterres tells World Leaders

This is Beirut 09/06 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron United Nations Oceans Nice

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans "become the wild west", at the start in France of a global summit on the seas. World leaders are attending the UN Ocean Conference in Nice as nations tussle over contentious rules on mining the seabed for critical minerals and the terms of ...

VideosClashes Break Out in Los Angeles Over Immigration Issues

This is Beirut 09/06 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Donald Trump Los Angeles Protests

Violent clashes erupt in Los Angeles as protesters take to the streets against Donald Trump’s immigration policy, blocking highways and facing off with police amid tear gas and arrests.

Russia Fired Record 479 Drones at Ukraine Overnight

This is Beirut 09/06 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ukraine Russia Drones attack

Russia fired a record 479 drones at Ukraine in an overnight aerial barrage, Kyiv's air force said on Monday, the latest massive attack as Moscow rejects calls for a ceasefire. The attack caused damage in several Ukrainian regions, though there were no reports of people killed or mass casualties. "Enemy air strikes were recorded in 10 spots," the ...

Trump Travel Ban in Effect, Citizens from 12 Nations Barred From US

This is Beirut 09/06 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Iran Libya Sudan Donald Trump USA

President Donald Trump's sweeping new travel ban came into effect early Monday immediately after midnight, barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States and reviving a divisive measure from his first term. The move is expected to disrupt refugee pathways and further restrict immigration as the Trump administration expands ...

Four Injured in Explosion at US air Base in Japan

This is Beirut 09/06 09:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

USA Japan

An explosion injured four men at a Japanese facility for storing unexploded bombs at a US air base in Okinawa on Monday, a fire official said, with their condition reportedly not critical. Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members at the facility at Kadena Air Base were trying to wipe rust off items at the facility to re-assess if they were bombs, ...

National Guard Deployment Sparks Unrest in Los Angeles

This is Beirut 09/06 08:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump Los Angeles USA National Guard Immigration

Demonstrators torched cars and scuffled with security forces in Los Angeles on Sunday as police kept protesters away from the National Guard troops President Donald Trump sent to the streets of America's second-biggest city. Unrest broke out for a third day, with protesters angry at action by immigration officials that has resulted in dozens of ...

AnalysisLebanon, the Unraveling Country

Charles Chartouni 09/06 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Hezbollah Israel

Lebanon is disintegrating. The country faces a myriad of challenges, including economic collapse, political instability and social unrest, which threaten to unravel the fabric of society and plunge its citizens into further despair. The mere observation of political and security events in Lebanon yields the unequivocal impression of a decaying ...

SpotlightWhat If We Could Archive Scents to Awaken Memories?

Bélinda Ibrahim 08/06 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Scent Archive Memories Perfume History

Today, researchers, perfumers and artists are trying to capture these invisible traces. Rather than merely describing smells, they are now trying to recreate them. Like restoring a painting or documenting a dying language, their goal is to preserve the world’s disappearing aromas — those of the past and those vanishing before our eyes. In an ...