REPORT: Quality of Lebanese honey among the world’s best

15 December 2016 English

Beekeeping, or apiculture, the maintenance of honey bee colonies, is considered in Lebanon one of the hardest occupations in terms of care and experience.

Having more than 2,000 types of plants, Lebanon has many types of honeys that are considered among the world’s best concerning the quality.

Culture

Lebanese Activists Ramp Up Pressure on Reviled Rape Law

23 April 2017 English

Lebanese activists have ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, with a dramatic installation on Saturday along Beirut’s sunny seaside. A proposal to scrap Article 522 of the penal code — which deals with […]

Lost Mars lander fell 2-4 km, destroyed on impact – NASA images

22 October 2016 English

The lander’s failed mission was confirmed by images taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passing above the landing site. Earlier this week, the ESA declared its ExoMars 2016 mission a success, despite losing contact with Schiaparelli just before its expected landing time. READ MORE: ExoMars […]

Colossus Probably Depicting Ramses II Found in Egypt

13 March 2017 English

A statue workers say depicts Pharaoh Ramses II who ruled Egypt over 3,000 years ago was unearthed on Thursday in the Matariya area in Cairo, Egypt, March 9, 2017. Share CAIRO — Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany have found a massive eight-meter statue submerged in ground […]