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On 4th August last year 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate blew up in a Beirut port warehouse. The explosion killed 200 people, injured thousands, and destroyed the port. Last month the public enquiry into the blast charged four politicians with negligence, including Prime Minister Hassan Diab. 大象传媒 Arabic鈥檚 Carine Torbey got an exclusive interview with him.

Cuba鈥檚 鈥渟overeign鈥� vaccine
Cuba has entered a new partnership with Iran to trial a new coronavirus vaccine. Its high hopes are summed up in the name, Soberana O-2, or "sovereign". 大象传媒 Monitoring's Luis Fajardo in Miami considers what the vaccine and its name mean to Cubans.

Kashmiri papier-m芒ch茅聽
Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir used to be famous for its papier-m芒ch茅 artefacts. But decades of insurgency and lockdowns have left producers struggling to survive, as 大象传媒 reporter Aamir Peerzada discovered.

The beach that lost the sun
The 大象传媒鈥檚 Fernando Duarte tells us about Balne谩rio Cambori煤 in Brazil, where shadows cast by the skyscrapers that line the sands make it impossible to sunbathe for most of the afternoon. Is the answer to widen the beach?

South Africa鈥檚 alcohol ban
Following South Africa's re-imposition of an alcohol ban as part of Covid-19 restrictions, the 大象传媒's Vumani Mkhize reflects on the impact this is having, and the background to his country鈥檚 toxic relationship with drink.

(Image: Lebanese army member by damaged grain silo, Beirut port blast site (August 7, 2020)
Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo)