Researchers use supercomputer to predict potential breeding areas as food security fears grow   Scientists monitoring the movements of the worst locust outbreak in Kenya in 70 years are hopeful that a new tracking programme they will be able to prevent a second surge of the crop-ravaging insects. The UN ...

Italy closed all schools and universities and took other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jumped. The total number of dead in Italy rose to 107 after 28 people died of ...

Possible answer to one of science’s biggest conundrums ‘doesn’t require any concepts new to physics’ Mysterious and invisible, dark matter is believed to be all around us and is estimated to make up 85 per cent of all matter in the universe. But why can’t we find it? Scientists are ...

Minister of Tourism and Social Affairs Ramzi Msharrafieh, Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan, and Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad, held a meeting this Friday at the Ministry of Tourism to discuss the means to promote medical tourism in Lebanon. After the meeting, Minister Msharrafieh said: “We grew on ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed in her office at the Ministry Director of the Beirut-based Regional Bureau of the UNESCO for Education in the Arab States Hamad Bin Saif al-Hammami, on Wednesday. Discussions reportedly touched on the bilateral relations between the Information Ministry and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...