By the time I found a seat on the floor of the SAP Center in San Jose, California, for what was billed as a celebration of how hip-hop had transformed the Bay Area, the arena was thick with the familiar smell of marijuana. “You just can’t make the songs he made and then make that.” For what it’s worth, Ice …
Years of war did not prepare Beirut for the massive blast that rocked Lebanon's capital this week, plunging hundreds of thousands of people into sudden homelessness. 'We lost everything' Lebanese-Australian, Omar Jheir, 41, who moved to Lebanon from Sydney four years ago, said he was just 500 metres from the explosion when it happened. Rafic Hariri Hospital's Dr Diana Hatoum …