Information Minister, George Kordahi, on Friday announced in a press conference held at the Ministry of Information his resignation from his ministerial position. “I have decided to give up my ministerial post for the mere fact that Lebanon is more important than my position. I do not accept to be ...

… Since it was first detected in India in December 2020, the Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 has become so ubiquitous that it would be easy to assume that the once-rapid evolution of the virus has been replaced by a state of quiescence. According to the World Health Organization, 99.5% of all ...

Emergence of Earth’s earliest continents from ocean influenced planet’s atmosphere, oceans, and climate   The first continents emerged from the Earth’s oceans over 700 million years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study that sheds more light on the evolution of the planet’s habitability. Although widely debated, the rise of ...

The Ministry of Information said Monday that a fresh statement disseminated by social media platforms and falsely attributed to Minister George Kordahi regarding his resignation from the government is totally fabricated and baseless.   “Electronic sites and social media means persist in posting fabricated statements and attributing them to Information ...

Scientists say Landsat 9 will monitor the effects of climate change in unprecedented detail   NASA’s  newest satellite, Landsat 9, has started taking pictures of the Earth. In collaboration with the US Geological Survey, the space agency launched Landsat in September to take thermal and infrared images of the planet, tracking ...

Minister of Information, George Kordahi, on Wednesday rejected claims accusing him of enmity towards Saudi Arabia against the background of his recent comments during an interview with an al-Jazeera-affiliated talk show.   “The episode that sparked controversy was shot on August 5, a few weeks before my appointment as minister,” ...

Facebook faced mounting pressure on Friday after a new whistleblower accused it of knowingly hosting hate speech and illegal activity, even as leaked documents shed further light on how the company failed to heed internal concerns over election misinformation. Allegations by the new whistleblower, who spoke to the Washington Post, were ...

It’s no surprise that when a person gets a diagnosis of heart disease, cancer or some other life-limiting or life-threatening physical ailment, they become anxious or depressed. But the reverse can also be true. Undue anxiety or depression can foster the development of a serious physical disease, and even impede the ability to withstand or recover from ...

Of the world’s three major ice sheets, the West Antarctic ice sheet is considered the most vulnerable to collapse, a process which would raise global sea levels by 3.2 metres. But a rapid collapse of the ice sheet – which would have catastrophic impacts around the world – could be avoided if countries commit to ...

Minister of Information, George Kordahi, on Monday received in his office at the Ministry, the Director of the UNESCO Office in Beirut, Costanza Farina, accompanied by the Communication and Information Officer, George Awad. Discussions reportedly touched on the means of cooperation between UNESCO and the Ministry of Information and the ...