BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
Read More »Backstory: coverage of the Beirut explosion, wounded and bloody
(Reuters) – Imagine throwing a giant explosion on the floor, removing a falling closet in your house, cutting your forehead by flying glass – and then brushing the blood and it to film news. TV producer Yara Abi Nader is pictured with her face covered in blood, in a selfie …
Read More »Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Riot police fire tear gas at protesters trying to break through a barrier to reach the Beirut parliament building on Saturday in protest of the government’s handling of this week’s devastating explosion in the city . Protesters gather as tear gas is fired by security forces during …
Read More »Lebanese vent rage against its leaders after the explosion; the Protestants gather
BEIRUT (Reuters) – As Beirut mourns its deaths and struggles with the scale of reconstruction following this week’s massive explosion, some Lebanese angered by the government’s response called on foreign states on Saturday to overthrow their leaders fall and run the land. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Martyrs’ Square in …
Read More »Wild video shows derailed Arizona train engulfed in flames
An Arizona freight train caught fire after it derailed on a century-old bridge on Wednesday, with pieces of the stretch collapsing amid a fireball that could be seen for miles, according to reports. “It looks like a scene from hell, really. A scene from hell, ”witness Camille Kimball told the …
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