Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a locally developed vaccine for Covid-19 has been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on humans.   Mr Putin said the vaccine had passed all the required checks, adding that his daughter had already been given it. Officials have said ...

Change must come from within Lebanon, but Emmanuel Macron and others can help by ending their patronage of a disastrous regime In the aftermath of the devastating Beirut port explosion last week, it is not just the role of the Lebanese political class that has come under scrutiny, but that of their ...

  Here is what we know so far. What happened? The disaster was preceded by a large fire at the Port of Beirut, on the city’s northern Mediterranean coast. In videos posted on social media white smoke could be seen billowing from Warehouse 12, next to the port’s huge grain silos. ...

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long, with some countries requiring a reset of strategy. More than 18.14 million people around the world are ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday said in the wake of the cabinet session, which took place at Baabda presidential palace, that the cabinet had adopted the Higher Defense Council’s statement, especially in terms of declaring Beirut a disaster city. “A renewable two-week state of emergency ...

Photojournalist Achilleas Zavallis travels to Lebanon and finds a country struggling with the effects of economic decline and mismanagement. Inflation is out of control, destroying the spending power of all but a wealthy minority   Lebanon has long been a country that somehow held it together. Through war, insurrection, chaos and intervention, ...

Brazil president’s chief of staff tests positive; Trump says US ‘doing well’; record fines in Australia for not isolating The United Nations has warned of a “generational catastrophe” because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on education, as Latin America surpassed five million Covid-19 cases – or nearly 30% ...

Scientists have discovered why coronavirus causes some patients to lose their sense of smell. Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is one of the earliest and most commonly reported warning signs of Covid-19. Studies suggest the “devastating” symptom better predicts the disease than other well-known symptoms such as a fever or cough. But the ...

Mars may once have been covered in ice sheets like those in the Arctic, rather than flowing rivers, according to a new study. When the valleys that cross across Mars’s surface were spotted and further explored, they led to hope that rivers once flowed across its surface. That helped contribute to ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad, pointed out during an interview with “Voice of Lebanon” Radio Station this morning that “Lebanon will not dispense with the West, especially France, whose foreign minister has been delegated to emphasize the importance of reforms,” stressing the need for all state institutions to ...