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New silo collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port: AFP
New silo collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port: AFP

Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, AFP correspondents reported. A cloud of dust rose over the port after the collapse, which brought down the last of the northern block of silos that was more heavily damaged in the blast and where a fire had been burning since July.

Ivory Coast's 'Pearl of Lagoons' loses its lustre
Ivory Coast's 'Pearl of Lagoons' loses its lustre

It was once a jewel of West Africa -- the "Pearl of Lagoons," people liked to call it. - 'Dead bay' - One of the biggest expanses of brackish water in Africa, the lagoon stretches far through countryside west of Abidjan to the Azagny National Park.

Term-limit row leaves Thai PM facing calls to quit
Term-limit row leaves Thai PM facing calls to quit

A legal showdown that could oust embattled Thai Prime Minister Prayut Cha-O-Cha reaches the country's constitutional court this week, threatening fresh political turmoil for the kingdom just months before national elections.