On August 4, 2020, nearly 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded in the seaport in Beirut, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 6,000, and displacing thousands from their homes.
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Politicians know that they have a problem when they have to deny it. On Monday, Vladimir Putin insisted that an extravagant palace on the Black Sea coast did not belong to him, following a video exposé released by the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and so far watched by around 90 million people. Footage of him swimming in a giant pool was fake.
Read More | Lire La SuiteAnalysis. Biden’s inauguration speech calls for unity – it won’t be easy
America is facing a devastating pandemic which has resulted in massive job losses and business closures, a threatened environment, urgent cries for racial justice and resurgence in "political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism".
Read More | Lire La SuiteNorth Korea unveils new submarine-launched missile
North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as "the world's most powerful weapon".
Read More | Lire La SuiteThe Capitol riot exposed police double standards
On January 6, as the two chambers of Congress convened to count Electoral College votes and officially certify Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States, a violent mob stormed the US Capitol in support of President Donald Trump and his false allegation that the presidential contest was “stolen” through voter fraud.
Read More | Lire La SuiteWith a heavy heart, Johnson will always remind us who the real victim is: him
It is one of the curiosities of this inside-out age that Donald Trump is loved by conspiracists, even though he is a leader – at last! – who embodies of all their worst fears. He really does hate them, he really is plotting against them, and he really is lying to them, in multiple and increasingly wicked and baroque ways.
Read More | Lire La SuiteAnalysis. Trump’s parting gift to Morocco
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Read More | Lire La SuiteIsrael-Morocco Deal Follows History of Cooperation on Arms and Spying
For almost 60 years, the two countries, which agreed to normalize ties, have worked together closely but secretly on military and intelligence matters, assassinations, and migration of Jews to Israel.
Read More | Lire La SuiteFor Europe, losing Britain is bad. Keeping Hungary and Poland could be worse
Brexit means Brexit” – the mantra of the former British prime minister Theresa May – deserves a place in philosophy textbooks as the most meaningless sentence ever to contain the word “means”. But let’s not fool ourselves..
Read More | Lire La SuiteThe Covid vaccine arrived quickly – but there’s every reason to trust it
As a scientist, I firmly believe that scientific progress will provide the exit strategy from this pandemic. But I’ve often worried that we may not be able to achieve what’s needed to prevent the spread of this virus, or that doing so would take a very long time. Never have I been happier to be proved wrong.
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