Tag: Explosion in Beirut

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  Beirut port explosion left a 43-meter deep crater; angry protests against the political class

  

  The huge chemical explosion that hit Beirut's port, devastating large parts of the Lebanese capital and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141 foot) deep crater, a security official said on Sunday.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  UN has received no official requests to investigate the Beirut port deadly explosion

  

  The United Nations has not received any requests to investigate the deadly explosion in Beirut’s port, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday after French President Emmanuel Macron called for an international inquiry.

• Friday, August 7th 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Macron pledges aid to Lebanon conditioned to anti-corruption reforms

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday promised aid to Lebanon but reassured angry citizens reeling from a lethal blast that killed at least 145 people that no blank checks will be given to its leaders unless they enact reforms and end rife corruption.

• Thursday, August 6th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  Destruction of Beirut port silos leaves Lebanon with only a month of wheat

  

  Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 6th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Beirut blast point to years on inaction and negligence over storage of explosives

  

  Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 150 people, injured thousands and left 300,000 homeless, an official source revealed