All eyes are focused on the tender held by the Energy Ministry to import 150 thousand tons of gasoline by the state’s oil facilities. In this regard, caretaker energy Minister Nada Boustani raised concerns over potential pressures that could have been exerted on the relevant companies so that they do ... Read More »
‘Are you trying to kill us?’: Police fire teargas at Hong Kong protesters as thousands return to the streets
Pro-democracy demonstrators seek to build upon the successes at the recent district council elections – with a number throwing bricks and smoke bombs Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, but they were met with teargas fired by police after some ... Read More »
Another Breakthrough Surgery by a Lebanese Makes the News in Canada!
For the first time in Canada, a dramatic change in managing pain. This is not just a surgery of a mild health disorder. This doctor from the Lebanese coastal city of Batroun has actually released a patient from his daily 8-year pain due to a chronic condition called Complex Regional ... Read More »
He lead an innovative 10-patient medical trial making a paralyzed man walk again The Lebanese American surgeon Dr. Mohammed Baydoun brought an unexpected hope to so many families worldwide. He just made a patient, who was paralyzed from the neck down, walk again. After an accident two years earlier that ... Read More »
Scientists spot huge stellar black hole, many times bigger than ever thought possible
Black holes of such mass should not even exist in our Galaxy,’ says scientist Astronomers have spotted a huge stellar black hole in our galaxy, many times bigger than ever thought possible. Scientists thought that such black holes could only reach about 20 times the mass of the Sun. ... Read More »
Climate emergency: world ‘may have crossed tipping points’
Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events The world may already have crossed a series of climate tipping points, according to a stark warning from scientists. This risk is “an existential threat to civilisation”, they say, meaning “we are in a state ... Read More »
As Hong Kong suffers, China risks losing its financial window on the world
The territory’s recession is getting deeper and the US is threatening its special trading status, bringing serious consequences for Beijing Almost six months after the protest movement that has upended life in Hong Kong began, the region is now facing serious questions about its future as Asia’s leading international ... Read More »
Turkey holds up NATO military plans over Syria dispute – sources
Turkey is refusing to back a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland until the alliance offers Ankara more political support for its fight against Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria, four senior alliance sources said. Ankara has told its NATO envoy not to sign off on the plan ... Read More »
Hope for treating ‘deadliest form of cancer’ as scientists find drug combination ‘can shrink pancreatic tumours’
Hope has been raised for treating pancreatic cancer as scientists have found drugs that can shrink the killer tumours when taken together. Researchers found the one-two punch combination starves tumours of key nutrients needed to grow, and stops them adapting to survive. Both drugs – L-asparaginase and an MEK inhibitor – ... Read More »
Bolivia edges toward peace as torn country mourns its dead
Bolivians have taken down roadblocks and struck peace deals after a month of protests and deadly clashes that have convulsed the nation after a disputed election in October and the resignation of long-term leader Evo Morales. But fast-moving probes into Morales’ former supporters have threatened to reignite hostilities and ... Read More »