Apple has unveiled a fully revamped iPad Air alongside a faster version of its cheapest iPad and new Apple One subscription service. The new fourth-generation iPad Air sits below the US firm’s top iPad Pro line while inheriting its more modern design. The iPad Air has long been one of Apple’s most popular models, originally launched ...

After meeting with the iconic singer, the French President promised to ensure reforms took place in Lebanon   Fairuz, born Nouhad Haddad, is one of the most celebrated singers in the Middle East, and has sung of love, of Lebanon, and of the Palestinian cause. Many see the 85-year-old artist ...

Private- Amid tensions between Tehran and Washington, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a mock-up of US aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The drill, in a waterway through which 20% of all traded oil passes, underlines the lingering threat of military conflict ...

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, discussed with a delegation of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine the living, economic and health conditions of Palestinians living in camps.   Discussions focused on “developments in the Palestinian cause, as to the Israeli plan that aims to annex the lands ...

Exclusive: best analysis to date indicates significant increases in infections, hospital admissions and death   There is “compelling” evidence that air pollution significantly increases coronavirus infections, hospital admissions and deaths, according to the most detailed and comprehensive analysis to date. The research indicates that a small, single-unit increase in people’s ...

The World Health Organization has acknowledged new evidence that the coronavirus spreads more widely in the air than it had previously suggested, as the Trump administration gave official notification of its withdrawal from the group. A day after a group of scientists said the global body was underplaying the risk of airborne transmission between ...

Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, and Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, at 7:00 pm on Friday paid an inspection visit to Rafic Hariri International Airport to follow up on the measures taken to ensure a safe return of travelers. In an address to the press, ...

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, received Monday at her ministry office MP Adnan Trabolsi, with whom she discussed an array of public affairs. In a statement, the lawmaker indicated that talks touched on the current livelihood and social condition, in addition to the role of media, especially regarding coronavirus ...

The failure to consider air pollution as a factor in the higher rates of coronavirus deaths among minority ethnic groups is “astonishing” and “wholly irresponsible”, according to critics of a Public Health England review. The PHE report released on Tuesday confirmed the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on people from ethnic ...

A recent study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has found that particles of the coronavirus released by talking can remain in the air for 8 to 14 minutes, a warning sign that airborne transmission may be even more widespread than previously thought. While it’s been long accepted ...