Recovery efforts from the Beirut port explosion of 4 August must look beyond the reconstruction of buildings and infrastructure to ensure a people-centred response, according to a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report launched today. The report argues that the response needs to be inclusive, addressing in just and ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 634 new Coronavirus infections were recorded in Lebanon during the past 24 hours. The new cases were distributed as follows: 624 were locally transmitted and only 10 cases were registered among the returnees. The ministry confirmed also 7 new Coronavirus deaths. LBCI Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday paid an inspection visit to Tele Liban’s transmission station in Naas-Bekfaya, in the company of Ministry of Information General Director and the Government’s Commissioner to Tele Liban, Dr. Hassan Falha, as well as a number of Tele Liban directors ... Read More »
World stocks nudged higher on Monday on hopes for a coronavirus vaccine after AstraZeneca resumed its phase-3 trial, but the gains were limited as caution prevailed before a host of central bank meetings this week. Sterling, which has been hurt by renewed Brexit turmoil, firmed before a key vote on ... Read More »
The detection of a gas in the planet’s atmosphere could turn scientists’ gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life. High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life. If the discovery is confirmed by ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health said on Monday that 547 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country The ministry added that 5 new Coronavirus deaths were also registered during the past 24 hours. LBCI Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday visited the Annahar Newspaper in Beirut’s Downtown, where she met with the Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, Nayla Tueini, Editorial Director Ghassan Al-Hajjar, and Journalist Ali Hamadeh. After touring the Newspaper’s variuos departments and having a closer look at the huge damages ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 546 new Coronavirus cases were registered during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 10 new Coronavirus deaths were also recorded in the country during the past 24 hours. LBCI Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, on Thursday sent a letter to Caretaker Finance Minister, Ghazi Wazni, hereby asking him to reinclude the credits earmarked for media syndicates in the 2021 state budget. NNA Read More »
Scientists have been able to create an army of tiny, walking robots in a new breakthrough. The objects are the first microscopic robots that are made out of semiconductor components. That allows them to be controlled and forced to walk with standard electronic signals, allowing them to be integrated into more traditional ... Read More »
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