Private- Amid tensions between Tehran and Washington, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a mock-up of US aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The drill, in a waterway through which 20% of all traded oil passes, underlines the lingering threat of military conflict ...

Plastic waste in the oceans is expected to triple by the year 2040, more than tripling compared to current levels unless drastic measures are taken, according to a new study. The research, which comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ, found that 29 million metric tons of plastic pollution will enter ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 141 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country. The ministry also noted that 3 more deaths among the Coronavirus patients were registered during the past 24 hours. In its report, the ministry added that the new cases were distributed as follows: ...

Private- In an attempt to contain the virus and to avoid a full lockdown, several European countries are now taking additional safety measures. In the UK, cases have surpassed 300,000 on Monday and in Germany, Chief of Staff Helge Braun urged the German people to lower the daily cases back ...

International rating agency Moody’s Monday downgraded Lebanon’s issuer rating from Ca to C due to the country’s enormous financial and economic woes. In the expected move, the agency also downgraded the senior unsecured Medium Term Note (MTN) Program rating to (P)C from (P)Ca and affirmed the other short-term rating at ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 132 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 120 were locally transmitted whereas 12 cases were recorded among the returnees. LBCI

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, met Monday at her ministry office with chairman of Green Hand Organization, Zaher Radwan, with whom she discussed an array of environment-related affairs. During the meeting, Radwan explained to his host his development strategy for the region of Aley. Abdel Samad later welcomed a ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday discussed with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Lebanon, Celine Moyroud, and Arkan El-Seblani, the Project Manager and Chief Technical Advisor of the UNDP’s “Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Arab Countries” (ACIAC), the importance of revamping the Ministry of ...

Telecommunications Minister, Talal Hawat, on Monday welcomed at his ministerial office Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, who visited him in the company Information Ministry’s General Director, Dr. Hassan Falha. “We’re here to coordinate efforts between the two ministries in light of the great technological development that has occurred ...

Information Ministry is to arrange for PCR tests to be conducted for its employees, as requested by Information Minister Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, upcoming Wednesday as of 10 a.m. NNA