Georgia is coming under pressure to reconsider its plans to begin allowing some businesses to open at the end of the week, even as the state has seen an uptick in coronavirus cases.
Georgia governor’s decision to start reopening state draws mixed reactions from business owners
The fact that he said it’s OK to open doesn’t mean that the virus transmission is different or that less people will die,” one business owner said.
‘Die From Hunger or Die From the Disease’: Protests Flare in Lebanon
Antigovernment protesters demonstrated in Beirut, Lebanon, as social distancing measures because of the coronavirus have amplified the country’s economic crisis.
Lebanon Passes Legislation Legalizing Medical Marijuana Cultivation As Economy Struggles Amid Coronavirus Fallout
Recreational use and cultivation of cannabis will remain illegal, but the country aims to build a legal industry for medicinal and industrial purposes.
Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal use
The Lebanese parliament legalized farming for medicinal use on Tuesday, a potentially lucrative export for an economy in dire need of foreign currency as it grapples with a paralyzing financial crisis …
Several dead in ‘indiscriminate’ Lebanon mass shooting
Beirut, Lebanon – At least nine people, including two children, have been shot dead by a lone gunman south of Beirut, according to a security source, in what is believed to be Lebanon’s deadliest mass …
Lebanon’s waste crisis worsens amid COVID-19 outbreak
A local NGO is taking care of medical waste produced by health institutions amid the coronavirus crisis in Lebanon, which is already grappling with an acute trash crisis. This prompted major …
Lebanon legalises medical marijuana amid virus, economic collapse
Lebanon’s parliament sat Tuesday in a conference hall to allow for social distancing between lawmakers amid the coronavirus pandemic, while outside anti-government protesters demonstrated in a car …
Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medical use amid financial crisis
Although growing the plant is illegal in Lebanon, cannabis has long been farmed openly in the fertile Bekaa Valley. Parliament’s decision was “really driven by economic motives, nothing else”, said …
Gunman Kills 9 in Lebanon Mountain Town
A gunman went on a rampage in a mountain town in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing four Lebanese and five Syrians before fleeing into the surrounding wilderness, Leb …