Posted By
Najib
Mar 24, 2023 04:22
The World Happiness Report released its annual ranking of the happiest & unhappiest countries in the world and Lebanon was ranked at the bottom along with Afghanistan. The report uses six key factors to measure happiness including GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption. I guess we don't need to explain much as to why Lebanon is so poorly ranked, despite the numerous displays of "fake" happiness we see on…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 23, 2023 03:47
A memorandum was issued today by the Lebanese government to postpone Daylight Saving Time, which was set to start on Sunday March 26, until April 21 which marks the end of the Ramadan month. In other words, people fasting during the holy month of Ramadan won't need to do so for an "additional hour". I wasn't aware that one can postpone daylight saving especially when all our phones, laptops, servers and systems switch automatically now.…
Critiques
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Critiques
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BeirutBlast
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