Advisor to the president of the Arab Volunteer Union in Bahrain, Charbel Qabalan, visited on Thursday Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, at her ministry office, and presented her with an invitation to partake in the Union’s Arab Campaign for Environmental Development. Qabalan, who also chairs the Noble Order of ... Read More »
Ministry of Health: 8 New Coronavirus Cases Recorded in Lebanon
The Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 8 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country. The new cases are distributed as follows: 7 cases among the residents and only one case among the returnees. The ministry added that one death was recorded among the Coronavirus patients during the ... Read More »
Cabinet Extends General Mobilization Until August 2
Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad said on Thursday that the Cabinet session chaired by Prime Minister Hassan Diab listened to the explanation given by the Minister of Energy on the causes of power outages and the late arrival of the fuel ships. On another note, Abdel Samad also announced ... Read More »
Surge in coronavirus death rates in Yemen’s Aden might surpass its wartime death toll
Private Yemen is a country that endured years of raging civil wars, Cholera and extreme poverty. As the coronavirus started spreading across the country, the city of Aden recorded 950 deaths in the first two weeks of May, which represents almost half the number of casualties the city suffered in ... Read More »
Coronavirus: Nearly Third of Symptomless People May Have Developed Immunity, Study Says
Covid-19 immunity levels in the public could be as high as 30 per cent, according to a new international study. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found that people with mild or no symptoms had developed “T-cell” immunity — despite testing negative for antibodies that fight the novel disease. T-cells are a type ... Read More »
Astronomers Discover Nearby Super-Earths that Could “Potentially Host Life”
Scientists may be one step closer to figuring out if we’re alone in the universe. Astronomers recently discovered several nearby exoplanets that they say could “potentially host life,” orbiting the brightest red dwarf star in the sky. According to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, a planet-hunting team of astronomers ... Read More »
Are Rising Covid-19 Cases About to Crash Stock Markets Again?
Investors are right to ignore rising coronavirus cases at the moment, according to experts Investors should look past the alarming number of new coronavirus cases in America and stay invested in the stock market, fund managers are advising. While they concede there is a risk of another stock market crash, ... Read More »
‘People Will Die Within Months’: Lebanon Heads for Famine as Pandemic Accelerates Hunger
Mohamad barely looks surprised when his phone vibrates with an update on the devaluation of the Lebanese pound. “Great, now my salary is worth $60,” the 30-year-old Syrian economics teacher turned refugee said, shaking his head. In the past week alone, the Lebanese pound has lost over 40 per cent ... Read More »
Ministry of Health confirms 10 new Coronavirus cases
The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 10 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases in the country to 1788. The new cases are distributed as follows: One infection among the returnees (from Nigeria) and 9 locally ... Read More »
Ministry of Health announces 33 new infections
The Ministry of Public Health announced 33 new coronavirus infection cases, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 1778. NNA Read More »