Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, received Tuesday at her ministry office, a delegation of the Cultural Forum of Arab Tribes in Lebanon, chaired by Sheikh Talal Daher. The meeting reportedly touched on the current general situation on the local scene, in addition to the Forum’s activities. NNA Read More »
Ministers Of Industry, Information Sign MOC: ‘Media Production A Need For Industrial Production’
Minister of Industry, Dr. Imad Hoballah, and Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday inaugurated a media gathering at the Industrial Research Institute, titled “Media production is a need for industrial production”. The MoC signature event, which aims to activate cooperation between the industrial and media sectors, ... Read More »
Ministry of Health confirms 16 new Coronavirus cases, total 1603
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 16 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 1603. The new cases were divided as follows: 11 among the residents and 5 cases among the returnees. The ministry said during its daily report that no ... Read More »
Abdel Samad Meets With National Committee Of Tenants
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Mondaywelcomed in her office at the Ministry a delegation from the national committee of tenants, chaired by Antoine Karam. The delegation briefed Minister Abdel Samad on the plight endured by the old tenants, in terms of the “unfair” and “unfeasible” law ... Read More »
NASA Funds Major New Search For Signs Of Life Else Where In The Universe
Nasa is funding a major new search for alien life elsewhere in the universe. The project – which is being run by scientists at Harvard and the University of Rochester – will scan the skies for signs of life known as technosignatures. Those are indications of alien technologies, which would be revealed to us either on ... Read More »
Why lockdown silence was golden for science
One of the few upsides of lockdown was that, if a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, you had a chance of hearing it. City dwellers across the globe delighted in the silence, the freedom from the incessant rumble of traffic, and the joy of birdsong. How cleaner the air seemed, ... Read More »
Rare ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse to cast shadow over Africa and Asia
Event will be visible across a narrow band from Congo-Brazzaville to southern China Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian peninsula, India and southern China will witness the most dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse in years on Sunday. Annular eclipses occur when the moon passes between Earth ... Read More »
Ministry of Health confirms 51 new Coronavirus cases
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 51 new Coronavirus cases were registered during the past 24 hours in Lebanon. The new cases were divided as follows: 19 among the residents and 32 among the returnees. This brings the total number of cases in the country to 1587. LBCI Read More »
Ministry of Health says new Coronavirus cases jump to 26
The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 26 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country. The ministry added that 24 Coronavirus were registered among the residents and only 2 among the returnees. LBCI Read More »
Coronavirus pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of those in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. “The world is in a new and dangerous phase,” Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing from WHO ... Read More »