Month: July 2021

More than four billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, eight months after the vaccination drive started, according to an AFP count Thursday.

Speaker Nabih Berri said Thursday Parliament was ready to lift the immunity of its members in order allow for questioning over last year’s port blast in Beirut.

Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati’s first and utmost priority if he succeeds in forming a Cabinet is to resume negotiations with the International Monetary Fund to release up to $4 billion … Read More

Ibrahim Hoteit lost his younger brother, Tharwat, in the huge explosion that ripped through the port of Beirut last August.

(Adds links and details) By Simon Evans and Mitch Phillips TOKYO, July 29 (Reuters) – The rivalry of economic powerhouses China, Japan and the United States played out in an … Read More

Piano teacher and grandmother of seven Kimberly Ghedi used to think 60 was a death sentence.

Lebanon’s Ray Bassil ended her Olympic campaign in 21st place in the women’s trap event Thursday, finishing with 114 bowls from 125.