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WH Smith is set to axe 1,500 staff due to plunge in customers during pandemic – as devastating scale of Britain’s jobs bloodbath rises above 100,000 workers facing redundancy High … Read More
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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab said that 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, which is typically used as an agricultural fertilizer, had been stored for six years at a port … Read More
Inside Beirut’s ground zero: Astonishing images reveal the scale of devastation in Lebanese capital after mega-explosion ripped through city and left mangled wreckage in its wake The industrial port that … Read More
Dementia rates are falling THREE TIMES quicker for men as major study reveals incidence of the memory-robbing disease has dropped 13% every decade since the 1990s Harvard researchers announced the … Read More
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The blast has been linked to a large supply of confiscated and potentially unsecured explosive material, stored in a warehouse at the city’s port, close to populated areas. As world … Read More
German carmaker BMW says it lost 212 million euros in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down factories and dealerships By The Associated Press August 5, 2020, 7:47 … Read More
Destruction is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, August 5. Hassan Ammar/AP Jad Chaaban, an associate professor of economics at the American University of Beirut, said … Read More
While speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Trump offered sympathy and assistance to the people of Lebanon after the explosion, which left dozens dead and thousands injured … Read More
