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Najib
Mar 08, 2021 04:55
A monument was unveiled by Beirut's governor Marwan Abboud on International Women's Day, as a tribute to the first female firefighter martyr Sahar Fares. Sahar, a 27 year old bride-to-be, was killed by the Beirut Port explosion. She worked as a firefighter medic and was among the first firefighters to arrive at the port. Here's her tragic story as told by NYTimes: Ms. Sahar called Mr. Karaan on Tuesday evening to show him the fire…
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Najib
Mar 08, 2021 04:16
The first electric Lebanese car was launched in February in the cheesiest possible way, but we have yet to see a first drive. All they did in the launch was drive the car real slow and that's about it. We didn't see the interior of the car or any car details for that sake, not to mention that the venue they chose for the launch looked like an abandoned construction site without any noticeable media…
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Najib
Mar 06, 2021 06:47
The 2020 Corruption index has marked Lebanon as highly corrupt and ranked it 149th with a score of 25/100. Other countries with a similar ranking include Iran, Guatemala, Nigeria, Mozambique and Cameroon. As far as Arab countries are concerned, UAE is the least corrupt country followed by Qatar, Oman & Saudi Arabia. Here are the rankings of Arab countries: United Arab Emirates 21 Qatar 30 Oman 49 Saudi Arabia 52 Jordan 60 Bahrain 78 Kuwait…
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Najib
Mar 06, 2021 02:00
Kfardebian municipality issued a statement later today following the fiasco that happened at the Mzaar slopes, and decided with Mzaar Ski resort to end the ski season for safety considerations and to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. Honestly speaking, I don't know how the ski resort management expected to handle all these crowds when schools are closed and there are no slots assigned or limited numbers of tickets to buy. I have to admit…
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Joseph Al-Hajj registered back in January to get his vaccination slot, but never received any feedback from the authorities despite having priority as an 80-year old. In the mean time, the Health Minister was too ...
Lebanon
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After having shut down all their branches in mid-2020 due to the economic crisis, Reebook & Adidas stores are set to reopen in Lebanon by April after Azadea had acquired the franchises to both brands. ...
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The Big Mac Index was created in 1986 by The Economist and is an “informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which ...
Lebanon
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Anghami has officially completed a merger with Vistas Media Acquisition Co. Inc., a publicly traded special-purpose acquisition company and is now the first ever Arab technology company to list on NASDAQ New York. The transaction ...
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