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Najib
Oct 07, 2020 04:00
On October 1st, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Dr. Mona Nemer’s reappointment as Canada’s Chief Science Advisor. Dr Nemer assumed this role back in 2017 and will continue following her re-appointment "to promote science and its benefits for Canadians, and provide impartial scientific advice to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Cabinet". She has also been advising on the latest developments in COVID-19 research. Dr. Nemer is a distinguished…
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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…
Hotels
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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 ...
Critiques
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Lebanon’s Interior Ministry announced yesterday a weeklong lockdown of 111 towns and villages across the country due to a high number of coronavirus infections. The decision was taken based on the numbers provided by the ...
Lebanon
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Three weeks after US placed sanctions on Berri’s top aide finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil, Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker came out today to announce that Lebanon and Israel have asked that the United States mediates talks ...
Health
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Lebanon launched a new portal to map the daily number of COVID-19 cases across the country. The portal, which includes a color-coded map indicating the risk level per area, is a joint work between the ...
Alcohol
5 years ago
Bloomberg shared an article promoting Lebanese wines to its readers and shared links to shops where some bottles can be found abroad, but they forgot to mention the ultimate website for buying Lebanese wines, 209lebanesewine.com ...
Baladi
5 years ago
The famous ice cream shop in Achrafieh has officially re-opened at a new (temporary) location in Achrafieh after the original shop was severely damaged by the Beirut Blast. The new location is beneath Saydé Church, ...
Critiques
5 years ago
A friend of mine was traveling to Beirut two days ago, when he was asked to fill out an online survey as required by the Health Ministry. When he went in to check out the ...
Lebanon
5 years ago
L’Orient-Le Jour has recently launched its new independent English-language news service and is currently looking for reporters and copy editors to “help those in power accountable!”. This is great news that couldn’t have come at ...
