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Negligence probed in deadly Beirut blast amid public anger

05-08-2020 22:29 Investigators probing deadly blast that ripped across Beirut focus on possible negligence in the storage of tons of a highly explosive fertiliser in a waterfront warehouse.

LEBANON EXPLOSION

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

05-08-2020 00:11 More than 70 were killed and 3,000 injured as a massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital.

Bloomberg

Pandemic to disrupt US$160 billion of debt talks – including Argentina's

23-03-2020 07:00 Coronavirus crisis threatens to complicate matters for several of the world’s most indebted nations, potentially disrupting the restructuring of some US$160 billion in international bonds.

ENVIRONMENT

Vast fires sweep across Bolivia as well as Brazil

27-08-2019 17:35 President Evo Morales, who has been under criticism for an allegedly slow response to the fires, was in the region on Tuesday overseeing firefighting efforts involving more than 3,500 people, including soldiers, police and volunteers.