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More than 70 people were killed and some 2 500 wounded after a powerful explosion ripped through Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.

A massive explosion shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday afternoon blowing out windows and destroying buildings causing widespread damage.

The Zimbabwean government and former white commercial farmers on Wednesday signed a US$3.5 billion compensation agreement for the farmers.

Britain has agreed in principle to buy 90 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines under development by major pharmaceutical firms based in France, Germany and the United States.

Emojipedia is expected to launch 117 new emojis on Friday to mark World Emoji Day which is celebrated annually on the 17th of July.

One of the world's most popular social media platforms, Twitter, has been hacked. Several high profile celebrities like Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian and even the richest man in the world, Jeff Bizo's had their accounts hacked.

Amazon has a new cure for long supermarket lines: a smart shopping cart. The cart, which Amazon unveiled on Tuesday, uses cameras, sensors and a scale to automatically detect what shoppers drop in.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says its experts will travel to China to work with their Chinese counterparts to prepare a study on the origins of the coronavirus and how it was passed from animals to humans.