“The delay in the investigation impedes the achievement of justice…This message applies to all files whose results are not yet known, most notably the Beirut Port explosion and the explosion of Tariq Jdideh yesterday,” Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, said on Saturday via her Twitter account. ...

Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri,  on Monday welcomed Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, with whom he discussed the new media law, as well as other MoI affairs. “We’ve discussed the media law, on which we have made our observations, and then proposed as a law. ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said on Monday, highlighting the need for frequent cleaning and handwashing. Findings from the study by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, appear to show ...

The Lebanese Ministry of Information publishes on its website, as well as on the National News Agency’s website, its course of action within the government’s six-month stint. The Ministry of Information has worked on a plethora of projects starting the day it gained confidence back on the 11th of February, ...

A new discovery, just 30 miles west of London, may help transform historians’ understanding of the long process that led to the birth of England. Archaeologists from the University of Reading have begun an investigation into a Dark Age military leader whose grave has been discovered on a hill overlooking the Thames near the ...

Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necropolis just days ago. The 59 coffins were discovered in August at the UNESCO world heritage site ...

Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February. The new coronavirus was already wreaking havoc in wealthy Asian and European nations, and a United Nations agency said in April that, even with social-distancing measures, ...

The mortality rate for COVID-19 is also “significantly higher” than for flu and pneumonia this year. Coronavirus caused three times more deaths than pneumonia and flu combined in the first eight months of this year, according to new figures. There were 48,168 deaths due to COVID-19, 13,619 due to pneumonia and ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 1367 new infections were registered in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 6 new Coronavirus deaths were also recorded. LBCI

Caretaker Information Minister, Manal Abdel Samad, on Wednesday decided to assign two Information Ministry employees to follow up on people’s requests to access information, as per Law 28/2017. The minister requested that all decisions, memorandums, and other documents be published on the ministry’s website, in accordance with this law. She ...