This is Beirut 04/09 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's defense minister vowed Thursday to inflict the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt on Yemen's Houthi after they stepped up their missile attacks against Israel. "The Houthis are firing missiles at Israel again. A plague of darkness, a plague of the firstborn -- we will complete all 10 plagues," Israel Katz posted on X. He was ...
This is Beirut 04/09 04:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution. The administration insisted its move was legally justified over Harvard's alleged failure to protect Jewish and Israeli students ...
This is Beirut 03/09 23:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's deadly strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat from Venezuela marks a significant escalation from law enforcement to military action against cartels that his administration has branded as terror groups. Video footage posted by Trump on social media Tuesday showed a multi-engine speedboat with several people aboard ...
This is Beirut 03/09 23:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thousands rallied in protest late Wednesday after a court ousted the main opposition CHP's Istanbul leadership on allegations of graft, further ratcheting up the legal pressure on the party. The Republican People's Party (CHP), which won a huge victory over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP in the 2024 local elections and is rising in the ...
This is Beirut 03/09 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday at fresh Russia sanctions if it fails to end its Ukraine war, saying "you'll see things happen" if he's dissatisfied with President Vladimir Putin's response. Trump will also speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, a White House official told AFP, after Zelensky and European ...
This is Beirut 03/09 21:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army said Wednesday it intercepted two missiles launched from Yemen, where Houthis have vowed to avenge their prime minister, killed last week in an Israeli strike on Sanaa. "Following sirens that sounded earlier in several areas of the country, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted," the army said in a statement. According ...
This is Beirut 03/09 19:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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President Donald Trump said the United States could deploy more troops to Poland, which borders both Ukraine and Russia, he told reporters at the White House Wednesday during a visit with Polish President Karol Nawrocki. "We'll put more there if they want," Trump said when a reporter asked if he was considering reducing the US troop presence in ...
This is Beirut 03/09 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel's internal security service said on Wednesday it had foiled a plot by Palestinian militant group Hamas to kill far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. In a statement, the Shin Bet security service said the planned attack would have involved "explosive drones." It said that in a joint operation with the army in recent weeks, ...
This is Beirut 03/09 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran IAEA Iran Nuclear Program
Iran boosted its sensitive stockpile of highly enriched uranium just before a 12-day war with Israel broke out, a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Wednesday showed. The UN nuclear watchdog's quarterly report said that Iran has an estimated 440.9 kilograms enriched to up to 60 percent as of 13 ...
This is Beirut 03/09 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A senior Israeli military official said on Wednesday that authorities estimated that an imminent offensive in the Gaza Strip would displace one million Palestinians, planning a new "humanitarian area" for them. The vast majority of Gaza's more than two million people have been displaced at least once during nearly two years of war. The Israeli ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 03/09 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Regenerative Medicine Aging Youth Cells
Just a few decades ago, regrowing a lost limb or fully rejuvenating tissues seemed almost impossible, like something out of a fairy tale. Today, biomedical research is moving fast, and two recent studies published in Nature are changing the landscape. One team has uncovered new insights into how human blood stem cells age, while another has ...
This is Beirut 03/09 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel announced on Wednesday that it had launched a new spy satellite into orbit, called Ofek 19. According to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, “This is also a message to all our enemies, wherever they may be: we are watching you constantly and under all circumstances.” For his part, Israeli President Isaac Herzog declared that “Israel ...