French President Emmanuel Macron has visited shell-shocked Beirut, pledging support and calling for change after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital. “Lebanon is not alone,” he tweeted on...
Former member of Israel’s Knesset calls Beirut blast ‘a gift from God’
A former member of Israel’s Knesset, Moshe Feiglin, described the Beirut explosion as a “gift from God” and claimed that it was not an accident.
The Beirut Blast | George Galloway
If the United States had any sense… – It would now call off the war against Lebanon – It would flood Lebanon with humanitarian aid …But I’m not sure that the United States has a heart, or...
COVID in France | Office staff may be main spreaders of coronavirus
The second wave of coronavirus will likely hit France after the summer ends, according to the country’s scientists, while young people are being blamed as the main spreaders of the disease because they have been...
What caused Beirut’s devastating explosion?
Ashih Joshi looks at what was behind the explosion and why ammonium nitrate was being stored near Beirut’s busiest neighbourhoods.
Whose fault? Their fault! Growing anger in Beirut over tragedy
As the shock of what happened over the last 24 hours dies down, anger is growing on the streets of the capital that such a tragedy was allowed to happen in the first place.
Ammonium nitrate is no joke. Here’s why
The deadly explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, has been blamed on the thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse. So, what is it and when has it been at the centre of destruction in the past?