Mohammad Najib Azmi Mikati argued that one of the primary challenges facing Lebanon was filling the presidential vacancy, along with instituting reforms needed to achieve economic recovery, ease the financial crisis, and promote institutional and political stability in the country. He expressed hope that the Lebanese Parliament would elect a president the Lebanese people could…
Countries met to review progress on implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction – a landmark 2015 agreement to reduce damage, losses and deaths from natural and man-made hazards by the end of the decade. During the meeting, they adopted a political declaration which in part calls for improving national mechanisms to share disaster risk…
A sad incident has happened in the old city of Indian Hyderabad in which a robber did not even spare a weak woman wearing a burqa. The merciless and cruel Raheen snatched the bag from the burqa-clad woman’s hand with such force that the elderly woman fell face down on the ground. This sad scene…
File photo Around the world, especially in Asia, children and young people are suffering from nearsightedness (myopia), so a Japanese company has developed special glasses that can overcome this condition. According to a study, by 2050, nearly 50 percent of the world’s population may be visually impaired. Research has also shown that if a person’s…
The IMF estimates growth at 2.9 per cent this year, falling from 3.4 per cent in 2022 and reaching 3.1 per cent in 2024. This represents a slight adjustment, 0.2 percentage points, from its World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast in October. Possible ‘turning point’ “Growth will remain weak by historical standards, as the fight against…
