The Ministry of Public Health announced 3906 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 289660. 76 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Abdel Samad receives work plan from Media Graduates Leaue: Media law and media workers’ rights are my cause
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, stressed during her meeting with a delegation from the Media Graduates League the necessity of securing job opportunities for university graduates, pointing to the need to assist students in choosing their majors based on the market needs in Lebanon. Receiving the work plan of the Media Graduates Association,...
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Confusion over AstraZeneca-EU talks on vaccine delay
Confusion erupted on Wednesday over a scheduled meeting between AstraZeneca and the EU to discuss the pharmaceutical group’s delay in delivering its Covid-19 vaccine. An EU official told AFP that AstraZeneca had abruptly pulled out of the meeting — the third called for this week — in what was seen as an escalation in the...
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Coalition for Energy Governance established in Lebanon: To promote governance, improve transparency in energy sector
Marking the launch of the “Coalition for Energy Governance” (CEG) in Lebanon, the founding members held a press conference via Zoom, on Monday January 25, 2021, attended by representatives of civil society organizations and media personnel. The conference kicked off with a short video presentation introducing the coalition, its goals, its affiliates, and its founding...
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Diab chairs Inter-Ministerial Coronavirus Committee meeting to discuss vaccination plan
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired at the Grand Serail, the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the follow up of Coronavirus Vaccination Plan. The meeting was attended by Ministers Zeina Akar, Imad Hoballah, Michel Najjar, Ramzi Musharrafieh, Hamad Hassan, Talal Hawat, Vartine Ohanian, and Charbel Wehbe, in addition to Parliamentary Health Committee Head, MP...
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Diab chairs meeting for ministerial coronavirus committee
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired Wednesday at the Grand Serail, a meeting for the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Follow up of the Coronavirus.
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Napoleon’s account of legendary Battle of Austerlitz goes on sale
Napoleon Bonaparte’s account of his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, dictated during his exile on the island of Saint Helena, went on sale Wednesday in Paris for one million euros ($1.2 million). The account of the 1805 “three-emperors clash” with Russo-Austrian forces, which is considered Napoleon’s greatest military victory, takes readers through preparations for...
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Health Ministry: 3505 new coronavirus cases, 73 deaths
3505 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Lebanon during the past 24 hours, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 285745, and 73 deaths have been registered, as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday.
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German government considering drastic flight reductions to contain COVID: Bild
The German government is discussing reducing to almost zero the number of flights into Germany in a bid to prevent more virulent mutant variants of the Coronavirus finding a foothold in Germany, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told Bild newspaper.– Reuters
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Abdel Samad receives Head of Press Photographers Syndicate
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, welcomed, at her ministry office on Tuesday, Head of the Press Photographers Syndicate of Lebanon, Aziz Taher. The pair reportedly discussed the Ministry’s mechanism to provide anti-coronavirus vaccines to journalists and press photographers.