Largest global study finds the drugs in two-thirds of test sites in 72 countries Hundreds of rivers around the world from the Thames to the Tigris are awash with dangerously high levels of antibiotics, the largest global study on the subject has found. Antibiotic pollution is one of the ...
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EU elections: Tories and Labour savaged as voters take Brexit revenge
Brexit party humiliates Conservatives while remain voters desert Labour for Lib Dems An insurgent Brexit party and reinvigorated Liberal Democrats have delivered a harrowing night for the Conservatives and Labour at the European elections, prompting profound soul-searching at the top of both major parties. Nigel Farage’s Brexit party humiliated ...
Read More »Cabinet and 2019 budget: Finally at the finish line
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Cabinet will meet again Wednesday for a final reading of a draft austerity budget, two ministers said following Tuesday’s marathon session, the 17th in a series of meetings dedicated to examining the country’s 2019 fiscal plan. Wednesday’s session will be followed by a ...
Read More »UAE welcomes ‘Peace to Prosperity’ economic workshop hosted in Bahrain along with U.S.
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday said it welcomed a June 25-26 “Peace to Prosperity” economic workshop hosted in Bahrain in cooperation with the United States. The Trump administration has cast the conference as an overture to its own plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The UAE ...
Read More »Egypt explosion: Tourist bus hit by blast outside museum near Giza Pyramids
At least 16 people believed to be injured in blast A tourist bus was hit by an explosion near the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, according to security sources. At least 16 people were injured in the blast on the road outside the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Sunday. The bus ...
Read More »Hariri says laying foundation for serious financial reform, hopes budget will be sent next week to parliament
This is the speech delivered yesterday evening by the president of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri during the iftar held by the Future movement at the Seaside Arena: Ramadan Kareem, from our beloved Beirut to our people in Akkar, Meniye, Denniye, Kalamun, Zgharta, Koura and Batroun. Ramadan Kareem to ...
Read More »Cambridge scientists create world’s first living organism with fully redesigned DNA
Researchers create altered synthetic genome, in move with potential medical benefits Scientists have created the world’s first living organism that has a fully synthetic and radically altered DNA code. The lab-made microbe, a strain of bacteria that is normally found in soil and the human gut, is similar to ...
Read More »US to move Patriot missile defence system to Middle East to counter ‘escalating’ threat from Iran
Pentagon officials suggest Tehran preparing attack on American forces The US is to install an air defence missile system in the Middle East to counter the “escalating” threat posed by Iran, the Pentagon has said. The Department of Defence confirmed it was sending the Patriot surface-to-air missile system to the region in ...
Read More »Iranian leader announces partial withdrawal from nuclear deal
Iran announced Wednesday it was partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal, marking a serious escalation in Tehran’s faceoff with the United States.President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech that Iran would reduce its “commitments” to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, but would not fully withdraw, ...
Read More »U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton
The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling “indications and warnings” from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with “unrelenting force” to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. With tensions already high ...
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