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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd,and Information Ministry’s Director General, Dr. Hassan Falha, at the head of a Ministry delegation, visited the residence of the late State Shura Council Judge, Legal Advisor at the Information and Environment Ministries, Waheeb Dora, in the town Kfarhazir, offering condolences to ...

Nasa explains why the next full moon will have a ‘deep, rosy glow’   The full moon in May will coincide with two rare events that will make it appear bigger, brighter, and – in some places – redder. The celestial coincidence has earned this month’s full moon the moniker ‘Blood supermoon’, and ...

In an issued statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Information encouraged Lebanese media outlets wishing to partake in the “Arab Media Excellence Award” in the field of developmental media, to submit their nominations through the Ministry before May 28, 2021, so that the latter can send the candidates’ names to ...

To protect Lebanon’s precious water supply for future generations, Lebanon’s Water Institutions have partnered together to launch a new campaign, with the support of the European Union and UNICEF, to promote the importance of water as a life-saving resource and strengthen cooperation with communities across the country to protect water. ...

Study uses AI to assess data from citizen science efforts and published literature on 9,700 bird species   A new study to assess the population of birds in the wild has found there could be close to 50 billion individuals around the world – about six for every human on Earth. The ...

Caretaker Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, met today at her Ministry office with the Director General of Al-Ishraq Schools, Sheikh Wajdi Al-Jurdi, and the Director of Al-Ishraq Al-Maten School, Sheikh Kamel Al-Aridi, in the presence of the “Educational Modernization and Development” Association’s media official, Khalil Mirdas. Talks touched ...

The Ministry of Information on Monday invited media professionals and students to a virtual dialogue session titled “How to restore Lebanon’s pioneering position in freedom of opinion and expression,” under the auspices of Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, and the participation of CNN’s international correspondent, Jim ...