The Ministry of Public Health announced, in its daily report on Saturday, the registration of 104 new infections with Coronavirus, which raised the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 543,371. It added that 4 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours. Read More »
The Covid Delta Variant: How Effective Are The Vaccines?
As lockdown easing in England is delayed from 21 June to a possible date of 19 July amid concerns of a substantial wave of hospitalisations due to the Delta variant of coronavirus, we take a look at the latest data on the protection offered by vaccines. What does vaccine effectiveness mean? Vaccine ... Read More »
Abdel Samad Bound For Egypt To Partake In 51st Session Of Arab Information Ministers’ Council
Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday left Beirut heading to Egypt to partake in the 51st session of the Arab Information Ministers’ Council, which will be held at the League of Arab States headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Read More »
Health Ministry: 71 New Coronavirus Cases, 6 Deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 45 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 542649. 3 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours. NNA Read More »
Carbon Dioxide In The Air At Highest Level Since Measurements Began
Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth’s atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday showed. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ... Read More »
Scientists FindHundreds Of Examples Of Mysterious Radio Blasts Coming From Deep In The Universe
Scientists say they have found hundreds more examples of mysterious blasts of radio energy coming from deep in the universe. The number of the fast radio bursts catalogued has dramatically increased, after a Canadian telescope detected 535 new examples. Fast radio bursts are intensely powerful, but extremely short, blasts of ... Read More »
Abdel Samad Addresses Letter To Justice And Administration Committee Chairman On Information Ministry’s Media Draft Law Amendments
Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday addressed a letter to the Chairman of the Administration and Justice House committee, MP George Adwan, including the amendments introduced by the Information Ministry to the media draft law in its final version, in addition to the observations made ... Read More »
Ministry Of Health: 139 New Infections, 6 Deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 139 new coronavirus infection cases, which brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 541940. Six deaths have been reported. NNA Read More »
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid The Size Of A Skyscraper Flying Past Earth
A “potentially hazardous” asteroid will fly past Earth, as part of a host of objects coming nearby in the current days. But despite its classification, the object scientifically known as 2021 KT1 does not post any hazard at all, at least during this trip around our planet. 2021 KT1 will pass by at ... Read More »
World Bank: Lebanon’s Crisis Among World’s Worst Since 1850s
The World Bank says Lebanon’s severe economic and financial crisis is likely to rank as one of the worst the world has seen in the past 150 years Lebanon’s severe economic and financial crisis is likely to rank as one of the worst the world has seen in more than ... Read More »