Information Ministry has concluded its amendments to the media project law currently present at the House Administration and Justice Committee, following Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd’s request for a grace period to introduce amendments to the project law in a manner that honors international standards for media ... Read More »
US orders Chinese consulate in Houston to close
Private- On Wednesday, and in the latest escalation between the two countries, the United States ordered Chinese consulate in Houston to close its doors within 72 hours. A day before the announcement, unknown people were filmed setting what appeared to be paper on fire outside the consulate. Emergency services were ... Read More »
Global Heating: Best and Worst Case Scenarios Less Likely Than Thought
Uncertainty over climate outcomes reduced but experts warn urgent reduction in CO2 levels is essential Doomsayers and hopemongers alike may need to revise their climate predictions after a study that almost rules out the most optimistic forecasts for global heating while downplaying the likelihood of worst-case scenarios. The international ... Read More »
GPT-3: ‘Mind-Blowing’ AI Tool Can Design Websites And Prescribe Medicine
The artificial intelligence tool GPT-3 has been causing a stir online, due to its impressive ability to design websites, prescribe medication, and answer questions. GPT-3 is short for Generative Pre-training Transformer and is the third generation of the machine learning model. Machine learning is when computers can automatically learn from their experiences ... Read More »
Scientists Find ‘Lost’ Planet In Breakthrough That Could Help Us Discover Alien Life
Scientists have found a “lost” planet, in a breakthrough that could help us discover alien life. The planet is thought to be among hundreds of worlds that have gone missing and now can be discovered once more using new techniques. NGTS-11b, as the planet is known, was first seen in ... Read More »
Solar Energy Breakthrough Creates Electricity From Invisible Light
Two major breakthroughs in solar cell technology could vastly improve the way energy is harvested from the sun. The two studies, published in Nature Energy and Nature Photonics, will transform the efficiency and significantly reduce the cost of producing solar cells, scientists say. The first breakthrough involves “upconverting” low energy, non-visible light into high energy ... Read More »
Abdel Samad: We Will Work On Making Wage Increase Among Government’s Priorities
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, said Wednesday that there will be endeavors to make the increase of wages a priority for the government, once the USD to LBP exchange rate is officially fixed. Her remarks came during a meeting with a delegation of Syndicate of Lebanese Press Design ... Read More »
Ministry of Health: 124 New Coronavirus Infections
The Ministry of Public Health announced on Wednesday 124 new coronavirus infections, which raised the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 3,104. 115 cases were locally detected and 9 among returnees. NNA Read More »
Coronavirus in Lebanon: on the verge of critical stage in virus cases
Private As the coronavirus cases record double and triple digits with an increase in untraceable cases, the Lebanese government is not ready to impose a full lockdown or to tighten restrictions yet. Lebanon’s public health minister Dr. Hamad Hassan said Tuesday that the country which has so far managed to ... Read More »
EU leaders reach historic €750bn Covid-19 recovery deal
After almost five days of sometimes bitter negotiations in Brussels, European Union leaders finally agreed on a massive €750bn ($859bn) post-coronavirus recovery package. The summit began on Friday morning and saw more than 90 hours of talks, making it the longest summit since the meeting held in the French ... Read More »