How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb JEDDAH: The risks of an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe happening off the coast of Yemen are receding as a UN-led operation to pump more than a million barrels of crude oil out of an abandoned storage vessel and into a …
Lebanese
‘There’s a lot of difficult history we need to talk about,’ says Lebanese singer Mayssa Jallad
BEIRUT: Five years ago, the Lebanese singer-songwriter Mayssa Jallad had an existential crisis. She was working hard at an architectural firm in New York, trying to make ends meet, but couldn’t find the time to embrace either of the things she loved — music and urban research. So she quit her job, returned to Beirut, …
Canadian rapper Drake meets Lebanese designer Nadine Ghosn
DUBAI: Lebanese Brazilian designer Nadine Ghosn this week took to Instagram to share images of her meeting with Canadian rapper Drake. “Monday magic,” Ghosn captioned the series of images she shared with her 69,300 followers on Instagram.
Lebanese Alzheimer’s patient kills wife while she sleeps
BEIRUT: A man shot and killed his wife in the early hours of Wednesday while she slept in Chabtine in the Batroun district of northern Lebanon. Preliminary investigations revealed that the killer is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The initial probe found that Georges Noon, 66, used a rifle to shoot his wife, Eline Sassine, 65, …
Electricity crisis compounds suffering of sweltering Lebanese
صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: BEIRUT: Lebanon’s electricity rationing is compounding the suffering of the public amid the Mediterranean heatwave, with sweltering summer temperatures sweeping the country. On Tuesday, the judiciary’s work at the Palace of Justice in Beirut was disrupted after power generators ran out of fuel. Interrogations and the few court sessions still operating …