Wärtsilä to power Mediterranean’s first LNG fuelled passenger ferry
Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Construcciones Navales del Norte SL (LaNaval) shipyard in Sestao, Spain for the design and supply of the LNG power and propulsion installation for a new RoRo...
Lannate… A fatal poison killing animals in Lebanon’s streets
Animals in Lebanon are suffering a lot, due to severe unawareness among a large number of people. Recently, many cats and dogs have died due to a deadly poison being placed in various places in the...
Mubarak-era ‘black cloud’ smothers Egypt
Sharqia, Lower Egypt: Until more than a month ago, sunset was the best time for Shawki Barkat to stroll along the lush farmland in his village in Sharqia, around 80 kilometres northeast of Cairo....
Renewable energy among EU’s €129 million for Egypt
Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr and Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, signed Tuesday a €129 million ($142.1...
Electric vehicles could go first at traffic lights under UK clean air zone plans
Drivers of electric vehicles could be allowed to use bus lanes in five UK cities and even go first at traffic lights, to tackle illegal levels of air pollution, the government has suggested....
UN chief to visit hurricanehit Haiti as funding appeal falls short
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Haiti on Saturday to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew as a UN funding appeal for the Caribbean nation drew few donors. Ban will visit Les...
Japan to be COP22 latecomer
Although the government approved a bill to ratify the Paris Agreement — a new international framework for greenhouse gas emissions cuts covering a period from 2020 — at a Cabinet meeting and...
Zeinoun and his family rescued and Adopted 9 cats… so far
Hearing stories about rescued animals put a smile on our face, and once we know that some people dedicate much of their time for that cause, it gives us more hope of making the world a better place...
