Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed at her ministerial office head of the Lebanese Athletes Charitable Association, Ziad Fahham, accompanied by the association’s treasurer, Sami al-Shoum. “The Government has been and continues to encourage sports, especially as it keeps young people away from all ...

Caretaker Ministers Manal Abdel Samad Najd, Ghada Shreim, Vartine Ohanian and Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon, Monika Schmutz Kirgoz, toured the Nature Reserve in Ehden, at the invitation of caretaker Minister of Labor, Lamia Yammine. It is worth mentioning herein that Ehden Reserve is between 1700m and 3000m above sea level ...

A new computer has been developed that can monitor brain activity and present what the user is thinking of in images. While looking at the images, the EEGs of the subjects were fed into a neural network – an algorithm inspired by real brains – which inferred whether an image was detected ...

Death toll doubles in three months as virus continues to spread   The coronavirus pandemic has now claimed more than 1 million lives around the globe, according to the latest official death tolls, with more than 33 million cases. The grim milestone was passed in the early hours of Tuesday morning. On ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday welcomed a delegation representing the Federation of Syndicates of Bank Employees in Lebanon headed by George Al-Hajj, who said after the meeting that the visit aimed at thanking Minister Abdel Samad for the relentless efforts she had exerted during ...

Lebanon’s gross public debt reached $94 billion at the end of July and the country faces potential civil strife if the economic crunch worsens   Inflation in Lebanon, which is facing its worst economic crisis since the end of its 1975-1990 civil war, continued to accelerate in August following a ...

It’s time that leaders across Lebanon put “people before politics” following last month’s explosions in Beirut port, said the UN chief on Wednesday, which must serve as a wake-up call following a year of upheaval and clamour for reform on all fronts.   António Guterres was speaking at a high level meeting of ...

A future version of the NHS Covid-19 app could warn users if they are exposing themselves to too many people, the developers say. The app has finally launched, after months of development and extensive testing in Newham and the Isle of Wight. But other features will be coming, including a “personalised risk score” ...

A team of Lebanese cardiologists successfully conducted the first artificial heart transplant operation for a 22-year-old patient in Beirut. The operation, headed by the cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Saab, took over 12 hours to finish after 3 weeks of preparing the patient through medication. It was performed in Al-Rassoul Al-Azam Hospital in Beirut. ...

The Ministry of Information’s Directorate of Studies and Publications launched Monday a Radio Web under the titled of “Citizens Media,” devoted to following up on and clarifying all matters relevant to the Lebanese citizens.   The link to the Radio Web can be found on the website of the Ministry ...