Category: News

A minimum wage of $275 a month came into force for all workers in Qatar Saturday, official media reported, as the Gulf state overhauls its labour laws amid international scrutiny … Read More

A third of France’s population was under a new partial lockdown Saturday to stop the spread of Covid-19, as some European countries resumed AstraZeneca vaccinations following an all-clear from EU … Read More

Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday his company would be shut down if its cars were used to spy, his first comments on news that China’s military … Read More

The Lebanese pound fell on the black market Saturday, trading at LL12,000 against the dollar to end a three-day winning streak after hopes were revived a new government could be … Read More

The Persian New Year, Nowruz, begins on the first day of spring and celebrates all things new.

Turkey’s president has fired the central bank governor, who in his four months in office had won the praise of investors for hiking interest rates and promising tighter monetary policies.

Nejmeh dislodged archrivals Ansar at the top of the standings Friday, edging Ahed 1-0 as the Lebanese Premier League returned from another lengthy hiatus imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Architect Hala Warde’s project creates a conversation among architecture, painting, poetry, video and photography, with the help of Etel Adnan, Fouad Elkoury, the late Paul Virilio and Alain Fleischer

The excellently preserved figurine was transported to a lab and initial examination indicates it dates from the Geometric period of ancient Greek art, roughly 1050 B.C. to 700 B.C.

Lebanon announced Friday that restaurants and gyms will be allowed to reopen as of Monday in line with a plan to gradually ease lockdown restrictions, despite coronavirus cases still high.