Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Thursday said in a joint “Coronavirus awareness” press conference at the Ministry of Education that the media played an unignorable and substantial role in raising awareness. “The golden and wise rule that is best used amid the prevailing circumstances is: No ... Read More »
By Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN)On December 30, Li Wenliang dropped a bombshell in his medical school alumni group on the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat: seven patients from a local seafood market had been diagnosed with a SARS-like illness and quarantined in his hospital. Li explained that, ... Read More »
The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon’s English-language newspaper The Daily Star regrets to announce the temporary suspension of its print edition due to the financial challenges facing the Lebanese press which have been exacerbated by the deterioration of the economic situation in the country. The Daily Star’s website – http://www.dailystar.com.lb – ... Read More »
Discussions featured high on a plan to revitalize the ministry’s work in its different departments, as well as on the importance of cooperation and positive interaction so as to bolster media creativity in line with future challenges — most particularly in the field of digital media. The meeting also reviewed ... Read More »
Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week stoked fears of a new Middle East war. Iranian state television said Iran had fired 15 missiles at U.S. targets in Iraq early on Wednesday. ... Read More »
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son thinks singularity will hit humankind by 2047, while futurist Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, is betting on machines matching human intelligence by 2029 and singularity happening by 2045. SoftBank’s Vision Fund recently invested in CloudMinds, a Chinese startup developing a “cloud brain” or cloud-based ... Read More »
There was 54 per cent increase in data breaches in 2019 as compared to 2018 and 2020 will see significant rise in the number of mobile-focused malware and banking Trojans, a new report has predicted. With 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) devices arriving on the horizon, data speed will ... Read More »
Using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio telescope, a team of astronomers has captured for the first time an image of large-scale, coherent, magnetic fields in the halo of a faraway spiral galaxy, confirming theoretical modeling of how galaxies generate magnetic fields and potentially increasing ... Read More »
Army Chief, General Joseph Aoun, delivered this Thursday the Order of the Day on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day: “Fellow troops This year, our Independence Day coincides with many national occasions of deep meanings, dimensions and indications, despite the exceptional circumstances our country is witnessing with repercussions and ... Read More »
The Army Command – Orientation Directorate – issued the following statement: “Further to the previous statements issued by the Army Command, and thirteen days after the start of the protests and popular demonstrations and expression of demands, and the worsening clashes between citizens as a result of cutting vital roads ... Read More »
Lebanese Ministry of Information
