AP News:黎巴嫩首都发生巨大爆炸

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After crashing ashore near the South Carolina-North Carolina border, Category 1 hurricane Tropical-storm Isaias swept up through the northeast on Tuesday. At least four people have been killed by the storm.

More than 25 people were killed and over 2,500 were injured in a huge explosion that rocked Beirut. The blast flattened much of the city's port, damaging buildings and sent a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. The cause of the blast was not immediately known。
United Nation's chief Antonio Guterres is warning that worldwide educational disruption due to COVID-19 could be a generational catastrophe. Guterres called the crisis the largest disruption education in history and called governments to pump funding into education.
And small-scale miner in Tanzania who become an overnight millionaire a month ago when he found 2 huge Tanzanite stones, has unearthed a third. The three stones are valued at more than $5.4 million.