This is Beirut 26/06 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Washington Donald Trump Israel Iran
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran was not able to evacuate nuclear materials from a deep underground site bombed by long-range US planes last week. "Nothing was taken out of facility. Would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move!" Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform, referring to the ...
This is Beirut 26/06 16:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump weighed in on ally Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial Wednesday, urging for Israel's "Great War Time Prime Minister" to be exonerated after the conflict with Iran. "Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me," Trump wrote in a long post on his ...
This is Beirut 26/06 16:35 - Reading : less than a minute
The global matcha craze is putting serious pressure on Japanese producers. In Los Angeles, some matcha bars are nearly out of stock. Now, Japan faces the challenge of meeting demand while preserving tradition.
This is Beirut 26/06 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed 56 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Thursday, updating a previous toll of 35. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 56 people were killed by Israeli fire across Gaza, including six who were waiting for aid in two separate locations. AFP
This is Beirut 26/06 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday spoke out against Moscow's key ally Iran suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after Iranian lawmakers voted in favor of halting work with the UN nuclear agency. "We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects ...
This is Beirut 26/06 15:05 - Reading : less than a minute
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Syrian architect Abdel Aziz al-Mohammad returns to his war-ravaged hometown, Tal Mardikh, using drone footage to chart a path toward reconstruction.
This is Beirut 26/06 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia politics arrest Bagrat Galstanyan Nikol Pashinyan
An Armenian court on Thursday sent an influential cleric into a two-month pre-trial detention on coup attempt charges, a day after authorities claimed to foil a plot to overthrow the government. Authorities on Wednesday arrested Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a charismatic senior church figure opposing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, along with ...
This is Beirut 26/06 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference on Thursday to offer a fresh assessment of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, following a stinging row over how much American bombardment set back Tehran's nuclear program. After waves of Israeli attacks on nuclear and military sites and retaliatory missile fire from Iran since ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 26/06 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Mirror Bacteria Pandemic Lab-Created Health Chirality
What if a completely foreign form of life—built according to rules opposite to our own—were to emerge from a laboratory? Long confined to the realm of science fiction, the idea is gaining new relevance with recent advances in synthetic biology. At the heart of the concern is the possible creation of a “mirror bacterium,” an organism based ...
Salam El Zaatari 26/06 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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On the morning of June 22, 2025, the world woke up to the smoldering ruins of Iran’s most fortified nuclear facilities – Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. The strikes, led by Israel and backed silently but unmistakably by the United States, were not a surprise to those watching closely. This wasn’t a spontaneous act of self-defense. It was the ...
This is Beirut 26/06 09:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's intelligence services have arrested 26 people, accusing them of collaborating with Israel, state media Fars news agency reported, days after a ceasefire between the two countries was announced. "These individuals were identified as operatives and deceived participants in the recent imposed war by the Zionist regime have been arrested by ...
This is Beirut 26/06 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Matcha is the new drink of choice at hip cafes worldwide, but Japanese producers are struggling to keep up with soaring demand for the powdered green tea. Here's what you need to know about the drink beloved of weekend treat-seekers and "wellness" influencers: What is matcha? The word matcha means "ground tea" in Japanese and comes in the ...