Category: News

A year after the cataclysmic Beirut port blast, Shady Rizk’s doctors are still plucking glass from his body.

The Lebanese pound rose on the black market Wednesday, trading at LL18,050 against the dollar, on renewed hope that a new government could be formed soon.

The Finance Ministry is set to pay Alvarez & Marsal Company $150,000 in few days to allow the firm conduct extensive forensic auditing of all Central Bank’s accounts, a government … Read More

The United States got back on track in their quest for a fourth consecutive men’s basketball gold medal Wednesday with a 54 point blowout win against Iran buoyed by a … Read More

U.S. superstar Simone Biles pulled out of a second Tokyo Olympics gymnastics competition to protect her mental health Wednesday, raising serious doubt over her participation in the rest of the … Read More

Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati Tuesday struck an upbeat note on the formation of a new Cabinet, citing identical views with President Michel Aoun on a solution to the political deadlock … Read More

COVID-19 has been a global crisis that constitutes the main test for governments around the world, and very few people can claim that many governments have passed that test.

Lebanon registered 1,502 new coronavirus cases and one death the Health Ministry said Tuesday, the highest number of daily cases since April as the country enters a new wave of … Read More

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday called for the temporary suspension of immunity on all officials, including the president, in the probe into last year’s Beirut Port blast.

The British Museum will restore eight ancient glass artefacts damaged in last year’s Beirut port explosion. The glass vessels were shattered after massive cache of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s … Read More