Month: July 2021

Lebanese try to stay afloat with cryptocurrency amidst electricity crisis

Lebanese crypto miners are in trouble. Lebanon has plunged into near total darkness because of its recent electricity shortage crisis, leaving mining machines suspended mid-way in their operations and their owners writhing over their financial losses. In the last two years, a growing number of Lebanese youths have turned to trading and mining cryptocurrency in […]

UAE targets garbage though waste-to-energy plants

The UAE plans to build a series of waste incinerators that will eventually burn up to two thirds of the country’s trash to deal with a growing refuse problem. Dubai is constructing a $1.1 billion waste-to-energy facility, one of the largest in the world, while a smaller plant in being built in Sharjah and will […]

Tunis crackdown reaches prominent judge

A Tunisian judge who has been accused by human rights groups of hiding terrorism-related files has been placed under house arrest for 40 days, local radio and a security source said on Saturday. The move against Judge Bechir Akremi came after President Kais Saied pledged to lead a campaign against corruption in all sectors, following […]

Saudi to combat climate change with 4IR tech

Saudi Arabia is aiming to use Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technology to fundamentally transform the energy sector, enhance the security of its water and food resources, and fight climate change, senior ministers announced. “Our vision is to transform the energy sector through the application of data and technology,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin […]

Israel wants retribution on Iran for tanker attack off coast of Oman

Israel on Friday accused Iran of having carried out an attack off Oman on a tanker managed by an Israeli-owned company and said a harsh response was needed. In a statement, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said he had told Britain’s foreign secretary of the need for a tough response to the attack in which two […]

FBI shads new light on chemicals used in Beirut blast

The amount of ammonium nitrate that blew up at Beirut port last year was one fifth of the shipment unloaded there in 2013, the FBI concluded after the blast, adding to suspicions that much of the cargo had gone missing. As the first anniversary approaches on Aug. 4, major questions remain unanswered, including how a […]

US to sell billions of dollars worth of attack helicopters to Israel

The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has approved the potential sale of 18 CH-53K heavy lift helicopters to Israel in a deal valued at up to $3.4 billion. The package would include engines, navigation systems, weaponry, support equipment, spares and technical support. Lockheed Martin Corp and General Electric Co are the prime contractors […]

Blockaded Gaza switches to making its out Herb-based cosmetics

For years, Palestinian farmers have exported herbs to Europe where they have been turned into high-end cosmetics and beauty products. Now a team of Gaza women have brought the process home, extracting the essential oils themselves and creating products such as shampoo and moisturiser which are sold in 50 stores, including 30 pharmacies, across the […]

Breaking news from Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan receives 3 million doses of Moderna vaccine Uzbekistan has received 3 million 60 doses of the Moderna vaccine. The vaccine was delivered to Tashkent on the morning of July 30 from the US state of Alabama as part of the COVAX program. Moderna is one of the three vaccines used in the United States, […]

CDC terrified of new Delta variant, as infectious as chicken pox

The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) has described the Delta variant of the coronavirus as being as transmissible as chickenpox and cautioned it may trigger extreme illness, the Washington Publish stated, citing an inside CDC doc. The variant was additionally extra prone to break by protections afforded by the vaccines, however the well being authority stated such incidents […]

Lebanese parliament no longer immune to Beirut blast prosecutors

Lebanon's influential parliament speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday the legislature was ready to lift the immunity of its members in order allow for questioning over last year's port blast in the capital Beirut. The massive explosion last August killed over 200 people, injured thousands and destroyed large parts of the city. Nearly a year […]

21 Saudis killed clearing landmines in Yemen

Twenty-one members of a Yemen-based team of Saudi and foreign mine clearance experts have lost their lives over three years operating in what has become known as the world’s largest minefield. The tragic death toll was revealed in figures showing the scale of the project being carried out in the war-torn country in cooperation with […]

Qatar lays groundwork for first planned election

Qatar's emir approved laws on Thursday for the Gulf Arab state's first legislative election in October, when Qataris will elect two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council, his office said. The election, plans for which were first approved in a 2003 constitutional referendum, is being held before the capital Doha hosting the World Cup soccer tournament […]

Lebanese grieve as Beirut blast probe drags is feet

Ibrahim Hoteit lost his younger brother, Tharwat, in the huge explosion that ripped through the port of Beirut last August. He went around hospitals collecting body parts, starting with Tharwat's scalp, and buried his remains in a small coffin. Nearly a year later, Hoteit, a spokesperson for families of more than 200 people who died […]

Syrian army attacked in Deraa

Syrian rebels waged a spate of mortar attacks on Syrian army checkpoints in the southern province of Deraa in the biggest flare-up of violence since government forces retook the restive region three years ago, rebels, residents and the army said on Thursday. The widespread attacks at army outposts near the Damascus-Deraa highway leading to the […]

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