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Several singers and actors from Brazil will be featured in the TV show ‘Embracing Beirut,’ to air on Brazil’s TV Cultura and Lebanon’s LBCI next Sunday as a fundraiser to help the victims of the August blast at the Port of Beirut. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is supporting the initiative.

Damages stemming from the Port of Beirut blast earlier this month are expected to amount to between USD 6.7 billion and USD 8.1 billion according to a Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment made available by the World Bank this Monday (31). A new prime minister has been appointed after Hassan Diab stepped down.

Prime minister Hassan Diab confirmed the names of twenty ministers. PM bets on specialists and a balanced representation of women to meet the protesters’ aspirations.