This is Beirut 30/06 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Thousands of Buddhists gather around the Dalai Lama at his exile lair in McLeod Ganj, northern India, to launch several days of celebrations marking his 90th birthday with a prayer.
This is Beirut 30/06 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Meta Artificial intelligence Talent Race
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are spending billions of dollars for top talent to make up ground in the generative artificial intelligence race, sparking doubt about the wisdom of the spree. OpenAI boss Sam Altman recently lamented that Meta has offered $100 million bonuses to engineers who jump to Zuckerberg's ship, where hefty salaries await. A few ...
Amal Chmouny 30/06 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Syria United States
As the United States escalates its initiatives aimed at the disarmament of Hezbollah, the Lebanese government finds itself at a critical juncture, facing a multitude of internal and external challenges. A recent statement from Tom Barrack, the US Ambassador to Turkey, the Presidential Envoy to Syria, and the "de facto envoy" to Lebanon, ...
This is Beirut 30/06 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A punishing heat wave gripped southern Europe on Monday, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as temperatures are expected to soar again. France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain have been sweltering for several days as the mercury climbed to 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) in some places. "This is unprecedented," Agner ...
This is Beirut 30/06 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Senate United States Donald Trump
US senators were inching Sunday towards a vote on Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" spending bill, a hugely divisive proposal that would deliver key parts of the US president's domestic agenda while making massive cuts to social welfare programs. Trump is hoping the "One Big Beautiful Bill" will help seal his legacy, extending his expiring ...
This is Beirut 30/06 10:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Freshly married to a policeman, office manager Angelina Alexeyeva has been motivated by President Vladimir Putin's plea for Russians to have more children, part of the Kremlin's ultra-patriotic drive as its Ukraine offensive drags on. Russia's dwindling birth rate has been one of Putin's main worries during his 25-year rule. And with Moscow ...
This is Beirut 30/06 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Canada Ottawa Mark Carney Donald Trump
Canada will rescind taxes impacting US tech firms that had prompted President Donald Trump to retaliate by calling off trade talks, Ottawa said Sunday, adding that negotiations with Washington would resume. The digital services tax, enacted last year, would have seen US service providers such as Alphabet and Amazon on the hook for a ...
This is Beirut 30/06 09:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Johann Wadephul Germany Russia Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to surrender, Germany's top diplomat said on Monday as he visited Kyiv after weeks of stepped-up Russian bombardments of the country. Amid stalled peace talks to end the more than three-year war, "Putin is not ceding on any of his maximalist demands – he doesn't want negotiations; he wants a ...
This is Beirut 30/06 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China United States Europe Wang Yi
China's top diplomat heads to Europe on Monday for a visit that Beijing said will highlight ties as an "anchor of stability" in a world in turmoil. Wang Yi's tour will take him to the European Union's headquarters in Brussels as well as France and Germany as China seeks to improve relations with the bloc as a counterweight to superpower rival the ...
Charles Chartouni 30/06 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran Israel United States Syria Donald Trump
The truce finalized by US President Donald Trump should presumably pave the way to the end of the war and tentatively usher in a peace agreement. Otherwise, the restoration of the status quo ante and the rehabilitation of the older scripts of negotiations are highly questionable. The viability of the truce depends largely on the alternative ...
This is Beirut 30/06 05:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
U.S. authorities found the body of a lone gunman suspected of starting a wildfire on Sunday, then opening fire on firefighters battling the blaze in the northwestern state of Idaho, killing two. The suspected shooter was discovered dead with a firearm on Canfield Mountain in Kootenai County — a popular park and hiking area — following ...
This is Beirut 29/06 21:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his country's "victory" over Iran in their 12-day war had created "opportunities", including for freeing Israeli hostages held in Gaza. "Many opportunities have opened up now following this victory. First of all, to rescue the hostages," Netanyahu said in an address to officers of the ...