Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Friday contacted by phone Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, paying condolences on the passing of the Patriarch’s brother. The phone call was reportedly an occasion to exchange views, whereby the Minister stressed the importance of revealing the truth of the ...

The media office of Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, responded to an article published by Al-Akhbar newspaper, entitled “The minister refuses to be quarantined,” saying: “The Minister of Information is very keen on the safety of employees, as she takes all necessary precautions to preserve her ...

Pandemics, it has been said, are lived forwards but only understood backwards. At the end of a year in which Covid-19 has claimed 1.7 million lives since it was first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December, experts are now wondering if, and when, there was a turning ...

In a statement issued on Thursday, Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, extended New Year well-wishes to colleagues at the Ministry of Information and Tele Liban. “Despite all the crises, we must not lose hope in our ability to change towards building a robust state and institutions, ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday detailed in an interview with “Radio Lebanon” the Ministry of Information’s accomplishments during her tenure. “We have a basic vision, which is to maintain free media and to keep stimulating this platform,” affirmed Minister Abdel Samad. “I have not ...

The coronavirus pandemic might not be the “big one” that experts have long feared, World Health Organization emergencies chief Mike Ryan warned at the global health agency’s last virtual media briefing of the year. Since the first reports of the coronavirus began circulating nearly a year ago, the WHO has repeatedly warned ...

A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from 1 January 2021. Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the app, forcing owners to either update their mobile operating system or buy a new smartphone. Any iPhone not running iOS 9 or newer, ...

The South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in the UK, is likely to be more transmissible, may hit young people harder, and may be slightly more resistant to vaccines, scientists in South Africa believe. However, research is still continuing to confirm the threat posed by ...

Scientists are investigating whether Uranus’ moons could have oceans hidden beneath its surface, in their quest to find habitable worlds that could have hosted alien life. Researchers believe that Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon, the five largest moons of Uranus would be prime candidates for investigation due to their similarities to Europa and Enceladus, the moons of Jupiter and ...

As many people face the prospect of being alone for the holidays, new science is showing how loneliness might actually help build structures in the brain tied to imagination. Lonely people were more likely to have increased activity in areas of the brain tied to reminiscing, thinking about others and ...