Hamdan creates innovation award board
Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Patron of Hamdan Bin Mohammad Award for Innovation in Project Management, has issued a resolution forming the Board of Trustees...
Island restoration supports conservation of two Pacific seabird species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that two Pacific seabird species, the Scripps’s murrelet and Guadalupe murrelet, no longer warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act...
Pollution driving Chinese demand for Australian farming land
Chinese demand for Australian land will continue to rise due to increasing contamination of soil and waterways in China, according to the fourth edition of the influential China Story Yearbook,...
Chianti’s star still rising after 300 years
The winemakers of Chianti knew they were on to something good when rivals started copying them. By the early 18th century, the sale of counterfeit bottles to ever-thirsty England had become so rife...
New York seizes $4.5 mn worth of elephant ivory items
The New York authorities seized $4.5 million worth of illegal elephant ivory items in what they described as the biggest bust in the state’s history, officials said Thursday. Ivory items put...
Lebanese shun pricey, polluted beaches for trips abroad
Lebanese like Hamza al-Sees should have no problem finding a beach to while away the summer in a country stretching along the Mediterranean. But as private developers have gobbled up seafront land...
Old Saida Waterfront: From No Light to Solar Light
Thousands of residents will benefit from a UK-funded project designed to assist municipalities in meeting community needs, part of UNDP and the Ministry of Social Affairs’ project: The Lebanon...
Eight Russian firefighters killed in Moscow blaze
Eight Russian firefighters were killed as they battled a blaze at a warehouse in eastern Moscow, authorities said today, in the latest deadly fire to hit the city. The bodies of the firemen were...
