Posted By
Najib
Oct 05, 2020 04:49
One of the most popular and most controversial sports figures in the biking world Lance Armstrong took part in the "Bike for Beirut" event today along with tens of other cyclists to raise awareness and funds for organizations helping residents affected by the Beirut Port explosion. Armstrong and the participating cyclists passed by the port and close to the huge crater where the explosion took place. The funds will be distributed to four organizations including…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 05, 2020 04:34
RHUH's CEO Firas Abiad warned back in August that the hospital is running very low on its medical supplies due to the financial crisis, and that they will be empty-handed very soon if the pandemic spirals out of control. Today, RHUH was informed by distributors that they will stop delivering medical supplies following the decisions taken by the syndicate. Given that the hospital has been the primary one for treating COVID-19 patients, and the drastic…
Lebanon
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Health
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Alcohol
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Critiques
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Lebanon
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Humor
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When I saw the billboards promoting an electronic civil registry extract, I thought to myself that this is too good to be true, and it turned out to be a hoax. What they did was ...
Critiques
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned today former Lebanese ministers Yusuf Finyanus and Ali Hassan Khalil, who provided material support to Hizballah and engaged in corruption. Why did ...
Lebanon
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