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Australian COVID-19 death in India; Israel launches strikes against Lebanon targets; Sydney records coldest stretch of May days; Novavax vaccine on track for Australia, CEO says
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows between March and April the nation’s unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points. It’s the sixth consecutive fall in the unemployment rate after it peaked in July 2020 at 7.4 per cent. Australia’s unemployment rate is now just 0.2 per cent – or 33,000 people …
Lebanon administers 1st vaccines to health workers, elderly
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has administered its first jabs of COVID-19 vaccine, with an intensive care unit physician and a well-known 93-year-old comedian becoming the first to receive Pfizer-BioNTech doses. Lebanon launched its inoculation campaign Sunday, a day after receiving the first batch of the vaccine — 28,500 doses from Brussels, near where Pfizer has …
Sunday COVID figures surpass 1,000, breaking three-day streak | Local
Mark Ylen, Mid-Valley Media A three-day streak of less than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 — a rare stretch of positive news regarding the spread of the illness — was broken with Sunday’s data from the Oregon Health Authority. Oregon announced 1,416 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, 22 of which were in the …
Mt. Lebanon School District To Resume Hybrid Learning Model Following Winter Break – CBS Pittsburgh
By: KDKA-TV News Staff MT. LEBANON (KDKA) — When students in the Mt. Lebanon School District’s classes resume following the winter break, the district will use a phased return to a hybrid learning model. The school board voted during its meeting on December 16 for the hybrid model to be implemented again. Students in the …
Five killed in police chase after mass prison break in Lebanon | Middle East
Police said so far 15 inmates have been rearrested and four of the escaped prisoners handed themselves over. Authorities in Lebanon have launched a manhunt after nearly 70 inmates broke out of a prison after smashing their cell doors and attacking prison guards. The mass prison break on Saturday occurred at a facility holding pre-trial …
1 Dead And 2 Injured in Explosion In Achrafieh, Lebanon
On Saturday morning, a gas flask exploded in Achrafieh, Beirut, causing a total of 3 casualties. The explosion reportedly took place in a store, killing one person who was inside. It’s worth noting that the store has reportedly been out of service for months. Good morning #Lebanon – we slept to news of wildfires in …
Another possible heartbeat detected under Beirut blast rubble
Beirut residents and onlookers around the world are clinging to hope that a survivor may still be buried under the rubble caused by the port explosion there a month ago. Local media reported that the Chilean search-and-rescue team’s sensors on Friday night had again detected a heartbeat under the wreckage of the blast that destroyed …
UN tribunal: Hezbollah member guilty in Rafik Hariri killing | News
A United Nations-backed tribunal has found a member of the Lebanese group Hezbollah guilty of assassinating former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a massive bomb blast in 2005. While Salim Ayyash was convicted, the three other Hezbollah suspects were cleared of the charges on Tuesday. The verdict by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) – …
Lebanon’s justice minister resigns: Live updates | Lebanon News
Lebanon’s Justice Minister Marie Claude Najm, Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, and Environment Minister Damianos Kattar have all resigned from their posts. Lebanese police fired tear gas to try to disperse rock-throwing protesters blocking a road near Parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a second day of anti-government demonstrations triggered by last week’s devastating …
What is ammonium nitrate? Lebanon blames volatile chemical for Beirut blast
In this case, according to Lebanese officials, about 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate had been stockpiled at a Beirut port warehouse, just a few minutes’ walk from the city’s shopping and nightlife districts, since it was confiscated in 2014. Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the chemical had been stored for the past six years …
