A daily pill can double survival time in patients with the world’s deadliest cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial that experts are saying is a “gamechanger” and one of the biggest breakthroughs in decades. Currently, there are few treatments for pancreatic cancer, and most do little or ... Read More »
President of the Lebanese Republic, Joseph Aoun, congratulated the Lebanese people, both residents and expatriates, on the centenary of the proclamation of the Lebanese Constitution and the Lebanese Republic (May 23, 1926), which falls today. He stated: “In this year, which we have declared the Year of the Constitution, we ... Read More »
The First General Assembly of the Global South NGO Platform (GSNP) officially opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 14 as part of the Baku Urban Week, bringing together representatives of civil society organizations and NGOs from more than 110 countries across Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. The ... Read More »
President of the American University of Beirut (AUB) Fadlo Khuri announced that during AUB’s 157th commencement on June 5, 2026, the university will confer its highest recognition— the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters —on three individuals whose work has shaped how we understand, document, and engage with the ... Read More »
Lebanon advanced four places to 89th worldwide and eighth Arab in the 2025 WRCES annual ranking, which assesses 206 countries across 115 Olympic summer and winter sports. The index is overseen by the International Center for Sport Policy and Governance at Notre Dame University–Louaize in cooperation with World Sports Rankings. ... Read More »
The universe is dying a lot faster than previously thought, according to scientists. But the news is not an immediate cause for concern after the end is bookmarked a long way into the future. In fact, the calculation for the time the universe is believed to end is 10^78, or a one with ... Read More »
A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Professor José R Penadés and his team at Imperial College London had spent years working out and proving why some superbugs are ... Read More »
A simple blood test could predict a person’s risk of major diseases, such as cancer or dementia, by identifying which organs are ageing at different rates, a new study has found. Researchers from the University College London (UCL) were able to show that accelerated organ ageing predicted the risk of ... Read More »
The tomb of Thutmose II, the last undiscovered king of the 18th dynasty, has been located in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis. It is the first time in over a century, since the unearthing of Tutankhamun’s tomb, archaeologists have discovered the final resting place of another Egyptian pharaoh. ... Read More »
Ancient DNA present in humans may be linked to major psychiatric disorders like depression, researchers have said. DNA sequences originating from ancient infections are found in the brain, with some contributing to susceptibility for conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, a study found. About 8% of the genome (the complete set of DNA) is made ... Read More »
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