Poverty rates will increase after blast: Aoun President Michel Aoun Friday said that poverty rates will increase following the devastation of the Beirut Port explosion, which damaged half the capital.
Poverty rates will increase after blast: Aoun President Michel Aoun Friday said that poverty rates will increase following the devastation of the Beirut Port explosion, which damaged half the capital.
UK's COVID hospital admissions double every 8 days Britain's health minister said on Friday that the novel coronavirus was accelerating across the country, with hospital admissions doubling every eight days, but refused to say whether or not another national lockdown would be imposed next month.
Turkey upset by Sarraj's plan to step down in Libya: Erdogan President Tayyip Erdogan said Friday Turkey was upset that Libya's internationally recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, an ally, wants to quit next month and Ankara may hold talks with his government on the issue in the coming week.
Pound slightly down as Cabinet deadlock endures The Lebanese pound fell marginally against the dollar Thursday as Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib struggled to rally lawmakers behind his vision for the shape of the new government.
Pound slightly down as Cabinet deadlock endures The Lebanese pound fell marginally against the dollar Thursday as Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib struggled to rally lawmakers behind his vision for the shape of the new government.
Israel, Bahrain tourism ministers speak, discuss joint ventures with UAE The tourism ministers of Israel and Bahrain held a first publicly acknowledged phone call Thursday and discussed possible ventures including three-way travel packages involving the United Arab Emirates, an Israeli statement said.
Biden or Trump, no guarantee of a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal US presidential candidate Joe Biden's recent warning that Britain must honor Northern Ireland's 1998 peace agreement to secure a US trade deal adds new complexity to already tough trade talks between the United States and the UK.
Haven't the Lebanese waited long enough? For as long as I can remember, the Lebanese people have been waiting. What are they waiting for?
Haven't the Lebanese waited long enough? For as long as I can remember, the Lebanese people have been waiting. What are they waiting for?
Hand in hand toward a sustainable food future in NENA region Recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring food security require investments, socio-economic inclusion, social protection, smallholder resilience and innovation
Gnabry hits hat-trick as 'hungry' Bayern run riot in historic Bundesliga opener Leroy Sane said all-conquering Bayern Munich crave even more silverware after the Germany winger scored on his debut in Friday's historic 8-0 thrashing of Schalke in the opening game of the new Bundesliga season.
Gnabry hits hat-trick as 'hungry' Bayern run riot in historic Bundesliga opener Leroy Sane said all-conquering Bayern Munich crave even more silverware after the Germany winger scored on his debut in Friday's historic 8-0 thrashing of Schalke in the opening game of the new Bundesliga season.
Osaka withdraws from French Open with hamstring injury Japan's Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the upcoming French Open with a hamstring injury, she said Thursday.
Comeback Heat do it again, rally past Celtics for 2-0 lead Goran Dragic scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo led a big third-quarter rally to finish with 21, and the Miami Heat pulled off another comeback to beat the Boston Celtics 106-101 and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night
Rocky start for Brady as Saints down Bucs Tom Brady's Tampa Bay career got off to a rocky start Sunday as the Buccaneers suffered a season-opening 34-23 defeat to the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome.
Hamilton takes 90th win in red-flagged Tuscan GP Lewis Hamilton celebrated the 90th win of his Formula One career, one short of Michael Schumacher's all-time record, after a crazy crash-strewn Tuscan Grand Prix on Sunday that was twice stopped and re-started.
Human footprints dating back 120,000 years found in Saudi Arabia Around 120,000 years ago in what is now northern Saudi Arabia, a small band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake that was also frequented by camels, buffalo, and elephants bigger than any species seen today The people may have hunted the large mammals but they did not stay long, using the watering hole as a waypoint on a longer journey.
Human footprints dating back 120,000 years found in Saudi Arabia Around 120,000 years ago in what is now northern Saudi Arabia, a small band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake that was also frequented by camels, buffalo, and elephants bigger than any species seen today The people may have hunted the large mammals but they did not stay long, using the watering hole as a waypoint on a longer journey.
Bohemian chic: Hendrix at home 50 years on Hendrix's then-girlfriend Kathy Etchingham transformed his small Mayfair flat and was called in again four years ago when it became a Hendrix museum, to recreate it as it was at the time
The quiet humanity of Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ ‘One thing nice to see is just how much a conversation about how to poop in a bucket can bring together people from all walks of life. If you’re going to have a discussion about how a human being can use a bathroom in a van, none of that [other] stuff matters’
'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77 Winston Groom, the writer whose novel "Forrest Gump" was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77.
End of the runway? Fashion world mulls post-COVID future It’s the September fashion week season, and in any other year London would be abuzz with fashionistas zipping across town in Mercedes Benzes, hobnobbing with celebrities at glittering catwalk shows before sipping champagne at late-night parties.
End of the runway? Fashion world mulls post-COVID future It’s the September fashion week season, and in any other year London would be abuzz with fashionistas zipping across town in Mercedes Benzes, hobnobbing with celebrities at glittering catwalk shows before sipping champagne at late-night parties.
British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, study finds A British COVID-19 test known as DnaNudge that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory was accurate in almost all cases, an academic review in the Lancet has found.
Black scientists highlight racism in the lab and the field University of Washington ecologist Christopher Schell is studying how coronavirus shutdowns have affected wildlife in Seattle and other cities.
Palestinian bloggers see local tourism as defiance Two Palestinian travel bloggers are promoting local Palestinian tourism in the West Bank as an act of defiance against Israeli occupation.
Bosnian Tesla fan impatient for Cybertruck release builds a lookalike A Bosnian fan of both Ford trucks and Elon Musk's Tesla could not just sit on his hands waiting for the electric carmaker to release its Cybertruck, expected from late 2021. Instead he came up with his own version of the futuristic vehicle.
Flooding affects more than 1 million across East Africa Flooding has affected well over a million people across East Africa, another calamity threatening food security on top of a historic locust outbreak and the coronavirus pandemic.
