Sixteen people have died of coronavirus in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, 2188 new cases were recorded, and 1051 patients have recovered, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila ... ( read original story ...)
This Is How Singapore Keeps Its Cool as City Heats Up
Building design and technology are becoming increasingly important in the city’s fight to bring temperatures down. ( read original story ...)
Singapore approves sale of lab-grown meat in world first
Singapore has given U.S. start-up Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world's first regulatory approval for so-called clean meat that does not come ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon says difficulties in sea border talks can be overcome
The negotiations between the old foes were launched in October, with delegations convening at a UN base to try to resolve a dispute about their maritime border. ( read original story ...)
France looks to rally aid for Lebanon, but no bailout
France is hosting an international video conference on humanitarian aid for Lebanon Wednesday, amid political deadlock in Beirut that has blocked billions of dollars in ... ( read original story ...)
No global financial support for Lebanon until government in place – French presidency
France's presidency said on Wednesday that there would be no international financial support for Lebanon until there was a government in place and warned that an audit of the central bank was more ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam provides Laos with 1,000 tonnes of rice for people hit by flooding
The General Department of State Reserves at the Ministry of Finance on December 2 directed the Department of State Reserves in the Nghe An-Ha Tinh region to deliver 1,000 tonnes of rice from the ... ( read original story ...)
Israel may be headed for new elections — again
Israel may get its first government in months, but can it govern? Last-minute negotiations were underway that could still save the government. But the push to topple the coalition got a major boost ... ( read original story ...)
Israel moves towards fourth election with no-confidence vote
Wednesday’s vote, which is not final, is largely seen as a gambit by Benny Gantz to pass a budget ... ( read original story ...)
Israel hands over $1 billion in Palestinian tax backlog in sign of warming ties
Israel handed over a backlog of billions of shekels in tax money to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday, both sides said, in another sign of warming ties between the sides after the U.S. ( read original story ...)