Two studies offered new hope of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus on Monday, seven months after the disease was first identified in China and spread rapidly across the globe. The positive news came as alarm grows over fresh outbreaks of the disease that has killed more than 600,000 ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 46 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that the new cases were distributed as follows: 28 new cases among the residents and 18 new cases among the returnees. LBCI

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday welcomed at her ministerial office World Bank advisor, Dr. Mounir Hamza, with whom she discussed the latest developments, as well as the important role of media and the modernization of public administrations. Minister Abdel Samad separately met with a delegation ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday tweeted, “May the soul of Lebanon’s angel, Dr. Loai Ismail, rest in peace, who has met his fate after contracting the coronavirus from one of the patients. He [Dr. Ismail] devoted his time and life to help others in the ...

Private The UK’s foreign secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the country’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday over China’s moves against the city-state. The extradition treaty means that, if someone in Hong Kong is suspected of a crime in the UK, then the British authorities can ask ...

British scientists analysing data from a widely-used COVID-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms. A King’s College London team found that the six types also correlated with levels of severity of infection, and with the likelihood of ...

The Ministry of Health issued on Sunday its daily report on Coronavirus in which it said that 84 new infections were registered in the country. The ministry added that 65 cases were locally transmitted and 19 cases were recorded among the returnees. LBCI

Solar Orbiter images shot from between Venus and Mercury orbits show ‘campfires’ in corona   The closest ever images of the sun reveal its surface is speckled with “campfires”, miniature versions of the dramatic solar flares visible from Earth. The observations, beamed back from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, which is ...

A rocket carrying the unmanned probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, joins China and US in race to red planet The first Arab space mission to Mars has blasted off aboard a rocket from Japan, with its unmanned probe – called Al-Amal, or Hope – successfully separating about an hour after liftoff. ...

The Ministry of Health issued on Saturday its daily report on Coronavirus in which it said that 75 new infection were registered in the country. The ministry added that 55 cases were locally transmitted and 20 cases were recorded among the returnees. NNA