There has been a lot of panic in the news lately especially for those who have been keeping up this past week as Lebanon announced its first case of Coronavirus, which has since risen to 13 confirmed cases as of date. In light of this crisis, the Minister of Information Manal ... Read More »
Germany, France and Britain said Monday that they would be sending emergency equipment to Iran to fight the coronavirus outbreak as well as giving five million euros in financial aid. “France, Germany and the United Kingdom express their full solidarity with all impacted by COVID-19 in Iran,” the three countries ... Read More »
Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi discussed with his Jordanian counterpart, Atef Tarawneh, Monday, the unification of Arab positions on the Palestinian issue, and bilateral cooperation between the two countries in all fields. “Jordan is of great importance as it represents the first line of defence of the central cause of ... Read More »
So far, airline companies in the Middle East, which serves as a connection hub for east-west travel, have incurred losses amounting to $100 million following the outbreak of the Coronavirus, International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced yesterday. “Air ticket sales too, from, and within the Middle East are expected to ... Read More »
Bonds designed to provide fast funding for poor countries branded ‘obscene’ because of complex payout criteria A flagship $500m World Bank scheme to help the poorest countries deal with a health emergency is “too little too late” for the coronavirus outbreak, say health experts. The first pandemic emergency financing ... Read More »
International efforts to broker a Libyan ceasefire have been plunged further into chaos by the unexpected resignation of Ghassan Salamé, the UN special envoy to the country. Salamé’s move, amid UN-led talks in Geneva, is an admission that he has been unable to persuade major powers to use their leverage ... Read More »
Almost half of the world’s sandy beaches will have retreated significantly by the end of the century as a result of climate-driven coastal flooding and human interference, according to new research. The sand erosion will endanger wildlife and could inflict a heavy toll on coastal settlements that will no longer ... Read More »
A planet twice the size of Earth may be habitable, say scientists, opening up new possibilities in the search for alien life. The exoplanet K2-18b might have liquid water underneath the hydrogen-rich atmosphere on its surface. Researchers looked at the mass, radius and atmospheric data of the distant exoplanet and used models to find the ... Read More »
Astronomers have detected the biggest explosion ever seen in the universe. The vast blast came from a supermassive black hole and left a crater so big that it could hold 15 Milky Ways, according to the researchers behind the discovery. Astronomers are unable to explain why the explosion was quite ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, renewed calls on Monday to refer to the state-run news agency for accurate and correct news on the freshly spread coronavirus. “Ever since the first case of corona was detected, we agreed with Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, that the National News Agency is the ... Read More »
Lebanese Ministry of Information
