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news Feature: Climate change, economic crisis take heavy toll on Lebanon's honey industry eblt © Provided by N.C.N. Limited A beekeeper inspects his beehives in a citrus orchard in Lebanon's southern town of Hasbaya on May 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Taher Abou Hamdan) With extraordinary climate change and unprecedented economic crisis gripping Lebanon, beekeepers in the country complain about the worrying sharp decline in their honey production despite great efforts to save the industry.    BEIRUT, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Majed Halabi, who owns 120 beehives in a rich citrus orchard in L...

2021-03-14 15:36:01 GMT2021-03-14 23:36:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIRUT, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Ziab, a Lebanese farmer in his 50s, gets busy every day taking care of his seeds, rose sprouts and vegetables in his 300-square-meter land in Wadi Al-Khardali, southern Lebanon. "Extreme poverty has forced many Lebanese to work in uncultivated fields because it's the only remaining source that one can secure an acceptable income to meet part of the daily needs," Ziab said while irrigating his roses. The farmer said the number of plantations increased remarkably because many rural...

news Plantation upbeat in southern Lebanon amid national economic crisis eblt © Provided by N.C.N. Limited A Lebanese farmer takes care of his roses at his plantation on March 4, 2021 in Wadi Al-Khardali, southern Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abou Hamdan/Xinhua) The number of plantations in southern Lebanon has increased remarkably because many rural people are making the best of their lands amid the current economic crisis the country is facing. BEIRUT, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Ziab, a Lebanese farmer in his 50s, gets busy every day taking care of his seeds, rose sprouts and...

BEIRUT: Thousands of people once again took to the streets across Lebanon on Tuesday as the dollar exchange rate hit a record high of more than 10,000 Lebanese pounds. Currency exchanges closed as protesters gathered and blocked roads in Beirut and many other parts of the country. Demonstrators returned to Martyrs’ Square in the heart of the capital where they expressed their anger at the devastating effect the soaring exchange rate is having on daily life, chanting for another revolution and banging on metal sheets. Roads there and in other Beirut neighborhoods were blocked with rocks, as ...

news Economic crisis, COVID-19 take toll on Lebanese couples eblt A vendor arranges flowers on the eve of Valentine's Day in Beirut, Lebanon, on Feb. 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich) Under the shadow of economic crisis and the ongoing pandemic, some Lebanese couples find themselves caught in a tough situation on this year's Valentine's Day. BEIRUT, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Jihad Tarhini, a young man in his 20s, stood in the middle of a perfumes store in the main street of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, looking for an affordable perfume for his fiancee. Tarhini gives his fiancee gifts e...