WhatsApp is set to update its Terms of Service in 2021, forcing users to agree to new privacy rules or else lose access to the app, according to early testers of the popular messaging platform. Screenshots of the “Terms and Privacy Policy Updates” were shared by WaBetaInfo, who said the new ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk recently announced that humans will land on Mars in four years   Humankind’s quest to set up base on Mars has received a boost as scientists have now claimed to have discovered a way that can help extract oxygen and fuel from the salty water found ...

Astronomers have discovered a cold brown dwarf – otherwise known as a “super planet” – for the first time using a radio telescope. Brown dwarfs are vast, sized between 15 and 75 times the mass of Jupiter, and have gaseous atmospheres similar to some of the planets in our solar system. They are also often known as “failed stars” ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 1842 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country during the past 24 hours with 22 deaths. LBCI

“According to a poll conducted by Lebanon’s Ministry of Information, 75% support the inclusion of a penalty in the media law to protect female journalists. We should work together, governments, multinationals, and civil society to fight against and prevent gender-based violence,” tweeted Caretaker Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis, with whom she discussed general issues and an array of projects of interest to Lebanon, especially those related to the media sector. In the wake of the meeting, Abdel Samad ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed UNDP Director in Lebanon, Celine Moyroud, accompanied by United Nations Regional Ambassador for Climate Action, Michael Haddad. Moyroud and Haddad briefed Minister Abdel Samad on the UNDP’s campaign, which is set to take place on December 3, 2020, ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, has partaken in the 4th Arab Chinese Cooperation symposium, virtually held in Cairo via conference video under the theme “responsibility of media in enhancing Arab Chinese joint development amid coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic”, organized by the Arab League in coordination with China’s Information Bureau ...

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday an interim analysis of clinical trials showed its coronavirus vaccine has an average efficacy of 70% in protecting against the virus. It comes after a string of encouraging vaccine results in recent weeks, following late-stage trial readouts from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Pfizer and Moderna reported preliminary results showing that ...

Mouthwash could become a vital part of people’s daily routine after laboratory tests found it can kill off coronavirus within 30 seconds. The initial results of a non-peer-reviewed Cardiff University study showed “promising signs” of mouthwashes containing at least 0.07 per cent cetypyridinium chloride (CPC) being capable of combatting the virus. Scientists carried out tests ...