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The Syrian government has officially expressed concerns to Lebanon regarding surveillance towers built along the Lebanese-Syrian border. This area stretches from the Grand River’s northern mouth to beyond Rashaya in the Bekaa Valley, as reported by al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday. Syria’s Foreign Ministry has sent a letter to its Lebanese counterpart, flagging these British-constructed towers as a security threat to …

Varda Space Industries, an American startup, successfully returned its space capsule to Earth on Wednesday, February 21st, with onboard crystals of an antiviral drug developed in space. The company announced that the W-1 (Winnebago-1) mission’s re-entry capsule landed safely in the Utah Desert at the Utah Test and Training Range. The capsule is set to be transported to Varda’s Los …

The New Horizons spacecraft, operated by NASA, has provided groundbreaking data indicating that the Kuiper Belt, a distant region of our solar system filled with icy and rocky remnants from its formation, might be significantly larger than previously believed. Launched to conduct a detailed study of Pluto, New Horizons achieved a historic flyby of the dwarf planet and its satellites …

The release date for the John Wick franchise’s upcoming spinoff, Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas, has been delayed until June 6, 2025. This delay is to accommodate the earlier release of Rupert Sanders’ remake of The Crow, now set for June 7, 2024. Ballerina’s storyline centers on a young female assassin with a background similar to the Ruska Roma, a …

Sudden death syndrome (SDS) refers to the unexpected occurrence of death from natural causes within one hour after symptoms first appear, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). SDS is often confused with sudden cardiac death (SCD), also known as sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), with the terms sometimes being used interchangeably. SCD is specifically the sudden failure of heart function …

Dani Alves, a celebrated former footballer for Brazil and Barcelona, has been convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to four and a half years in jail by Catalonia’s supreme court, which also mandated a compensation of 50,000 Euros ($162,990) to the victim. The incident, for which Alves was found guilty, occurred in December 2022 at Sutton Nightclub’s VIP section on …

Lebanon has been presented with a formal proposal from France aimed at addressing the ongoing border dispute with Israel. This follows an initial informal proposal and was delivered by the French embassy in Beirut this Wednesday. The document is available in three languages: Arabic, French, and English, unlike the first proposal which was only in English. This official document specifically …

U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Richard Blumenthal, both Democrats, emphasized that Israel is serious about launching an offensive against Hezbollah, but noted that achieving a truce in Gaza could lead to de-escalation in Lebanon. During their visit to Beirut, where they met with Lebanese officials including Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, they discussed the potential for a ceasefire in Gaza to …