Source: Sky News
Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
My Hope for Lebanon
A company of Lebanese soldiers assigned to maintain order in this anxious wartime capital is gathered at its headquarters 100 yards from the Mediterranean. I make the blunder of asking their commander how many of his men are Shiites, Sunnis, Christians and Druze.
Monday, November 4, 2024
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Sports
FC Barcelona Fears First Team Star Will Be Banned From Playing, Reports SPORT
FC Barcelona is concerned that one of its main first-team stars will be banned from playing at the turn of 2025 because of issues related to his registration and Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
Friday, November 1, 2024
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Tuesday 25 July 2023 13:21:56
Spotify Raises Price of Premium Subscription Service in More than 50 Countries
Spotify is raising the price of its ad-free premium service in more than 50 countries, including the US, UK and Ireland.
The music-streaming company, which has more than 200m Premium subscribers, said the move will result in a $1 (78p) increase for US-based plans.
This means the price of a single plan will now start at a monthly rate of $10.99 (£8.56), duo at $14.99 (£11.68), the family plan at $16.99 (£13.29) and the student plan at $5.99 (£4.67).
The price of UK-based plans is set to increase by £1, according to technology news website The Verge.
A total of 53 countries will be affected by the price hike, including Spain, Australia, Canada and France.
The company said existing subscribers will be notified one-month before price changes come into effect.
It comes as the other streaming services have also raised prices due to increasing pressure from investors to boost profitability after years of growing user numbers.
Services from Apple and Amazon have increased prices this year, while YouTube also hiked prices last week on its monthly and annual premium plans in the US, the first time since the subscription service was launched in 2018.
In recent months, Spotify has laid off hundreds of staff and restructured the podcast unit, which it had built up with billions of dollars in investment, in order to improve profit.
The Sweden-based company said Premium subscribers will have to change to their free ad-supported service if they do not wish to pay the higher fee.
