Hezbollah said Wednesday it attacked Israeli artillery positions with rockets, the first strike since pager blasts in Lebanon wounded thousands, escalating fears of Middle-east war.
Covid has wrought havoc everywhere, but in the nominally regulated shipping industry it’s fueling a worrying practice: the abandonment of ships, cargo & seafarers.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility, which was decimated by an explosion on 4 August when nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrates detonated at the port.
Decades of governmental malfeasance and the explosion — the biggest peacetime catastrophe in the nation’s history — have resulted in the current outpouring of public anger.
In the aftermath of the blast that killed 154 people and wounded thousands, some Lebanese speculated that an undeclared arsenal could have played a role in the tragedy.
In episode 542 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about what led to catastrophic blast in Beirut and how this makes Lebanon's political and economic crisis more messy.
While ammonium nitrate does not combust on its own, it can explode if contaminated by a flammable substance like oil, or if it comes in contact with fire.
Iran-backed Hezbollah has nothing to fear from the state but it won't escape public opprobrium. Most will assume the chemicals belonged to it, for use in Syria and against Israel.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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