Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cites lack of understanding of virus and lasting health effects The head of the World Health Organization has warned against deliberately allowing coronavirus to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying the idea is unethical. “Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in ... Read More »
Governments from the UK, USA, Australia, Japan, India, and more are seeking the ability to read users’ messages The governments of the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, and Japan have signed a statement asking technology companies to provide a backdoor into encrypted services. End-to-end encryption lets users use messaging services without the owners of those services ... Read More »
Scientists have watched a rare blast of light from a star as it was eaten by a black hole. The unusual “tidal disruption event” was visible in telescopes across the world. It appeared as a bright flare of energy, the closest of its kind ever recorded, at just 215 million light-years away. Such ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health confirmed on Monday 1056 new Coronavirus cases and 7 new deaths in Lebanon during the past 24 hours. LBCI Read More »
“The delay in the investigation impedes the achievement of justice…This message applies to all files whose results are not yet known, most notably the Beirut Port explosion and the explosion of Tariq Jdideh yesterday,” Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, said on Saturday via her Twitter account. ... Read More »
Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, on Monday welcomed Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, with whom he discussed the new media law, as well as other MoI affairs. “We’ve discussed the media law, on which we have made our observations, and then proposed as a law. ... Read More »
The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said on Monday, highlighting the need for frequent cleaning and handwashing. Findings from the study by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, appear to show ... Read More »
A new discovery, just 30 miles west of London, may help transform historians’ understanding of the long process that led to the birth of England. Archaeologists from the University of Reading have begun an investigation into a Dark Age military leader whose grave has been discovered on a hill overlooking the Thames near the ... Read More »
Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necropolis just days ago. The 59 coffins were discovered in August at the UNESCO world heritage site ... Read More »
Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February. The new coronavirus was already wreaking havoc in wealthy Asian and European nations, and a United Nations agency said in April that, even with social-distancing measures, ... Read More »
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