Aug 5, 2020

Blast in Beirut hits a country already deep in crisis

Teams of emergency workers and medical personnel are on their way to Lebanon from France, Russia, Jordan and other countries. STR/AFP via Getty Images

The explosion killed at least 100 people, wounded 4,000 and caused between $3 billion and $5 billion in damage. U.S. private payrolls added fewer jobs than expected in July. The U.S. and China reportedly plan to review their trade deal.

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Lebanon, already reeling from a collapse of its financial system, suffers deadly explosion

From our editorial partner the BBC, Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab and Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen have more on the devastating situation.

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Private payrolls see significant slowdown in job growth for the month of July

They added 167,000 jobs last month, according to ADP. That’s far below what was expected. Susan Schmidt, head of U.S. equities at Aviva Investors, has more.

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U.S., China reportedly planning to meet and review phase one trade deal

Marketplace’s Scott Tong reports.

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David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

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